Looking good mate, nice to see another saved for a few more years .

 

Cheers

Got most of interior in, wheeled it outside for the first time since its been painted;





Finally got all the front end finished off



Just having oil pressure problem now which is doing my head in so may have to get it looked at.
All thats left to do now is headlining, front seats, new door seals and handbrake cable, so with a bit of luck it'll be on the road soon, can't wait

 

Its looking good mate.Shame your havingproblems with the engine.Keep up the good work.

 

Right, well over due update after mucking about with the 1.6 with low oil pressure ive got fed up and binned it, sorting a 2.1 zvh out, my dads prepared the block and is machining the rods for the vauxhall pistons,

Block;





box of goodies



new AP organic clutch



And cylinder head which has been skimmed and my brothers cleaned it up for me



Just waiting on pistons and rods and headgasket from sitech then the build can begin, then back into the car.

 

Time for an update,

Engine mount altered for zetec block;




Got it all built up



Back in again and running to find out that the reamed out little ends were a bad idea as they rattled like hell



So out she comes yet again



Got these rods which have a vauxhall little end complete with bush to solve the problem



Just got to get it built back up, also have newman cam and solid lifters on the way.


one headlining made from scratch;




And latest pic of how the car currently sits

 

Also got some aerocatches to fit, whats the best way of cutting the bonnet for these?

 

Quick update, sorry about pic quality, got bottom end built up today;

Forged rods on vauxhall pistons









Sump back on



Job done




Going to get it back in the car sometime this week then build the head back up when the cam finally arrives.

 

Right, finally after 2 years the thing is now on the road!
Quick spec;
2.1 zvh running EFi
Vauxhall pistons
custom Farndon steel rods with ARP bolts
Cometic MLS headgasket
Kent cam and vernier pulley
T3 with 360 bearing
Has been setup at FST Automotive in scunthorpe.

Done around 300 miles in it so far, touch wood had no problems, took a few pics of it lastnight








Just a few small jobs to do now such as jacking point covers, catch tank etc.

 

Looks nice. Needs black bumper inserts and logo badge I reckon

Another one saved

 

Cheers, it came with blue bumper inserts when i bought it so i thought id carry the theme on throughout the car with blue hoses, badging and need to paint all the brake calipers blue aswell, thought it looked quite good being different, its not too vibrant a colour to make it stand out i think

 

Good work mate, how did you find fitting the airtec cooler to an 88 spec bumper as that's what I'm after

 

Thanks mate, yeah wasnt too bad really, got the grinder to the back of the bumper to remove the steel plate then pulled all the foam out if it and then trimmed the painted part of the bumper to suit, you will have to slice the thin peice in the middle that connects top part of bumper to the bottom aswell or it wont fit behind it. ill take a close up pic tonight and post it for you

 

Many thanks mate

 

Here you go mate, pics arent the best but it gives you an idea, use a dremel or rotary tool to cut the bumper itself;





This is the peice that needs cutting down;





And an engine bay pic since converted to EFi

 

Thank you very much mate, bay looks the nuts to

 

looking good mate

 

good! moore pictures

 

Cleaned the Escort at the weekend and took it out for its first show at Thoresby Hall, good day managed to stay out of the rain before i got home too

Paintwork is quite flat so shall be painting it again after the summer is over, might aswell get some use out of it first, heres a few pics from the weekend;





One next to my Dads ST;





Small show n shine competition;

 

Did u buy that off mick

 

Yes mate couple of years ago, seen you about Newark in a couple of nice lookin cossies

 

Looking good mate

 

Ah yes you work behind rsm , escorts gone now unfortunately , and blown the Saph up, the day them useless coach painters gave me the car back

 

That's me brother at RSM. You planning it getting the staph running again? Looked smart on them gold wheels

 

Yeah mate engine at Harvey Gibbs in peterbourgh it's all built just need some Siemens 55 injectors and then it's a session on the engine dyno then I can have it back with 400bhp/ 400

 

Mint, spending a few bob then. I'll have to have a look at that at some point

 

Could say that pal

 

I'm only jokeing well done it look's really smart and i understand it goes as well has it look's [ some old bloke told me that] hopeing you have lot's of happy hour's behind the wheel well done
cheers Chris

 

Been a while, done a fair bit to the car since my last post, heres whats been happening, hope you like.

well back end of last summer, the oil pump let go which also made me see the other problems with the engine, was a bit gutted at this point as i had track sessions booked at ford fair, and this happened about 3 days prior, so i pulled the engine out to see the damage,







turned out my vauxhall pistons were slightly touching the oil spray jets, and it had battered one off, i found it lurking in the oil pick up pipe!
I then had the pistons machined to clear these jets, but i didnt take any pics at the time.

so to cheer me up a bit i bought myself a new toy



been at it for a short while and started to get the hang of it



Then when the weather turned for winter it got too bad to be out on the bike so i turned my attention to the car and started gathering parts for the engine build, all new bearings, gaskets, piston rings and a gen ford oil pump this time!





new shells in, they are the only pics i took of the build though, i dont often have a camera in my hand!

while i was refreshing the engine, got a couple of friends to flat and polish the car for me as id never had it done since it was painted, i couldnt beleive the results

tried a quick tester on the roof



Here you can see the difference in reflection



so on with the rest of the car







then i decided enough was enough with that crappy sunroof, so out it came, and got my dad to weld a plate in its place





Slapped some hammerite on it to keep it good, then went down to Essex to see Phil at carbon delight for my new roofskin, what a top bloke he is and his work is fantastic, well pleased with it

the pic he sent me when it was ready for collecting





quick test fit, then loads of sealant and the arse clenching moment of dropping it in place



so much better!

had to have a new screen as i broke it removing it lol



still need to get some proper pics of the whole car with the roof on it,
got a 90 spec bumper painted and stuck that on the car, took a quick pic as it was getting dark



Got it taxed and back on the road last weekend, but its sat waiting for the wheels to be painted, pretty much where im at at the minute, will hopefully update more over the weekend

 

Lookin mint mate

 

Cheers pal, do you still have the cossie?

 

Certainly do , goin to have air injectors and my rear beam set up next tues , then she's out

 

Sounds good, probably see it out and about soon then

 

Nice one mate it'll be good to see it out and about

 

great project love the attention to detail you have certainly built a good solid car there

 

Well it's been worth the wait,the new roof is stunning i've never seen one of those before bet you'll get to a few Ford gathering's this year,will you take that old bloke? with you.Hope you have many happy hour's driveing round in it
cheers Chris

 

You goin to pod in it

 

no mate, its misfiring on and off at the minute so i need to sort that first, ill definately be off to ford fair in it though so give us a shout i'd like to see your sierra.

I ought to drop round and see mick with it when its sorted, told him id bring it round once i got it on the road n never got round to it

 

Thanks for the comments guys.




Cheers Chris, yeah i shall imagine he will be going to ford fair when he washes the dust off his ST!
Really need to get some more pics up soon as theres a few things ive missed, also need to make a new headlining.

 

Right, finally got some pics of the car now ive been out and about with the freshly painted wheels

some pics with mates ST on marmite wheels, quite like it myself;











some of the roof, best mod on the car imo;





dash and interior;



Went a bit mental on the crackle black paint in the engine bay, just got the master cylind to paint which ill probably do with a fine brush in situ








hope you all like c&c welcome

 

Got annoyed with the mk5 clutch quadrant snapping with the AP clutch so my dad knocked one up out of a block of steel and does the job nicely