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that looks something similar to what i have planned, that would put the turbo to the front ay? your downpipe just going to squeeze between the manifold and the inner wing? i want to see if i can keep both cast manifolds and just do a U turn with one of them, not even thought much about it yet though TBH.

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looking good bud

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Cast manifold can't be turned over due to the the bolt hole pattern.

chaffe

yeah mate, im going to keep them in the original positions and make a u turn to brong the exhaust forward

m4tt274

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i know its not a very conventional way of doing it, but when i looked into turbo charging mine the turbo all got very cramped and i was worried it would melt stuf, could you not remove all the airbox and mount the turbo on the inner wing? similar to the zzz granada.

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hi mate, not sure i catch ya drift? i think there is a reasonable ammount of space (not loads!) and i have no airbox so will be going with a k&N i would immagine, as for melting stuff, maybe look into getting some heat wrap, but ill wait till the engine is in before i commit to any desicions regarding turbo. Thanks for the input though, glad to hear any sugestions.

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just looked at your car and the idea im thinking is putting it roughly where your airbox is, so yeah, thats the place mate! will be attached to the engine and free from the inner wing though as the engine will need to flex.

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ill probably cut that aluminium elbow on the throttle body and weld it round the other way to send it this way too for ease of piping to the intercooler. I cant see any where else you would put the turbo? this side is too busy and there is not enough room between engine and rad.

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Nice project...

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Not mine but you get the idea.

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exactly what i was thinkin mate, keep it as close to the engine as pos, cheers for the pic!

m4tt274

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like you can see on the pic of my engine you posted, the battery tray and fire wall all get very close, i think that the downpipe would end up being almost a 90' bend from the exhaust housing and be very restrictive.
have you looked on boost performance's list of uprated parts for these engines http://boostperformance.co.uk/
they have done several before so if you ring them im sure they will be able to help.

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yeh ive seen some of there stuff mate, like i said no commitments untill the engine is in out of intrest does the granada alu engine brackets work with the sierra subframe?

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As long as you use 2wd arms with a 2wd x-member or 4wd arms with a 4wd x-member they fit.

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Mate that is a lovely motor. Once my Escort Zetec is finished I'm going to do something similar so I'd better be nice to you

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cool, problem is i dont know what is in my car! assume it it 2wd x member, it had a 3 litre essex v6 in it before! but the mounts where steel fabricated ones, so i assume the previous owner just used the standard 1.8 x member, ill find out when i try to hang the engine in!
Anyway the bodywork is complete and here are a couple of pics as the car sits awaiting its powerplant!

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I have also aquired two gearboxes, a 2.0 dohc rwd mt75 (50 quid) and a 4x4 v6 mt 75(100 quid, thanks liam for meeting me half way, top bloke! ) The plan is to take the aRSe end off of both boxes, and make a rwd mt75 for the v6, i will have to swap the main shaft as its longer as well as the v6 bell housing. i also got the 2.0 prop with the rwd box, ill post some pics of the boxes getting stripped when i do it (with the help of gearbox genius and mate steve!) for now here are the boxes as they stand

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need a flywheel and clutch!!!!!!!!

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Clutch is the same as a 4x4 cossie or transit diesel not sure on the model. You can use either flywheel 2.8 or 2.9. The 2.9 will go straight in to the mt75 box. The 2.8 will need the clutch arm pivot point extending by about 20mm.

I the x-member is steel its a 2wd, if its alloy its a 4wd

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what gear box clucth set up u using

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Thanks, steel x member, therefore 2wd! so does that mean the engine will drop onto the holes? and thanks for the info on the flywheels, was asking a few folk if they knew if a 2.8 one would work and no one could tell me why, as i may have a 2.8 one, changing the pivot is no big deal.

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gearbox as described above, clutch will be matched to the box and fly

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Cheers mate , just noticed your comment lol, you can practice your painting on my side skirts lol, as they are the only thing i have left to paint! and im fed up painting now! im in dundee often, i will have to stick my head in past some time

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Granada arms fit onto the 2wd x-member.

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Cheers mate, i had a quick look last night and it looks as if they will work, if they are a little out there is plenty of scope to drill new holes in the x-member, the plan this week if i get time is to sort the engine out, it needs EGR removed, pas pump removed and generaly minamise all the non essential components, might even give the old girl a quick paint, nothing bufty, just a tidy up!

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Right, ive stripped both boxes. The 4x4 gears have been taken off of the shaft and put onto the rwd shaft so i can use the lay shaft from the v6 with v6 first motion shaft and have v6 ratios in my box, ive also swapped the v6 front casing over onto the rwd box to create a v6 rwd mt75, ive got pics of the build to follow. Couldnt of done this without my mate steve, thanks mate.
Also got the engine on a stand now, removed the power steering pump and cast bracket, also taken both manifolds off. I plan on using the cast manifolds on the opposite sides from factory, facing forwards, and put the turbo at the front passenger side, bring the other exhaust header down and under the crank pulley then up into the turbo. I will have to mount the alternator where the pas pump was, and also Re drill and tap some holes for exhaust studs, but it looks like it will work!

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Forgot to say, ive also won a 2.9 efi fly wheel off of eBay, so i can acctualy start thinking about craning the engine in when it arrives end of the week!

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And the left overs lol

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