tjRS500

Got a quote today of £1600 to spray the car inside and out.... Ford gloss black

Is that quite expensive? The car is already stripped and sanded down, only 1 or 2 small dents

DixieTheKid

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Sounds reasonable, you be looking at £200 just in paint and clear coat.

tjRS500

Yeah thought so, there doing the engine bay and complete inside also...

Well there lifting the car on the 20th or thereabouts so updates then...

Also got a 89 spec dash, really Mint off cossie09, pic soon

DixieTheKid

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I'm putting a 3 doors mk1 cossy front end on my p100, got anything your looking to get shot off?

tjRS500

not really buddy, have 4 sets of front lights and foglights but want to hold on to them until i decide which ones are best to fit.....

gavrwdfiesta

esc mate proper pukka bitta kit 4 around £50, just then need a zetec coil pack and leads, but it can even run the scorpio/rs coil on plugs(some how?) and ull need an after market cps or do what ive done and mount a trigger wheel 2 the face of the crank pulley, as for the cams theres a big differance in them and are a lot better when using carbs, as for the type 9 it bolts straight and except the rs2k clutch plate but i had to cut the middle outta me clutch fork and bring it foward 12mm

tjRS500

yeah seen a few running the vis scorpio system... i dont have any knowledge of wiring to that degree so would still need to pay someone to do it, so wouldnt really work out cheap in the long run, but thanks anyway mate.....

think i might take the simpler option and sell the rs2k and buy a 2.0 pinto engine so i can get it on the road faster.....

gavrwdfiesta

trust me its so easy, its 2 wires and 2 plugs abit of vacumn hose and job done, on my last rr mine came in at 153 bhp at f/w and thats bog standard on a twin choke weber, itll cost over a grand to get that out of a pinto, ask around the zetec chaps 4 advice but trust me its piss easy

tjRS500

im capable of doing that, cheers for the advice il ring a mate tomorrow and we we will figure something out.......

another thing what inlet manifold are you using for the twin carb? only one ive seen is the burton one at over £200

gavrwdfiesta

not twin carbs twin choke as what was on 2ltr pintos, i used a pinto manifold and an adaptor plate, send me your email address and ill fire you sum pixs in the morning,

tjRS500

yeah thats what i meant... sorry

cheers il do it now

gavrwdfiesta

this is the esc im on about, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ESC-banger...#ht_500wt_1202

tjRS500

That looks dead simple...

gavrwdfiesta

did u get the email mate?

gavrwdfiesta

emails not working so;-

gavrwdfiesta

SMILER258

Could you have not used a ct133 capri release bearing?

SMILER258

Is that I4 lump been put in a fiesta??? Looks awesome!

Also, hope not to hijack yout thread tjrs500, but how do you get an rs2k to run on carbs? ignition wise?

Mk4 Lew

iTrader: (1)

Think that looks mint with the rear plate on the front

gavrwdfiesta

yes mate but doin it my way shortens the pedal throw

gavrwdfiesta

sorry 4 the hijack just abitta insiration

tjRS500

Cheers for all the help... Really does look simple... Going to have a hard think about what I'm doing engine wise now.

Just one more thing.., where did u get the cps and trigger wheel?

gavrwdfiesta

trigger wheels.com mate and a normal zetec cps smiler:_ ive used esc mate 4 ignition

tjRS500

Has anyone ever modified one of these lower lips to fit along with the whale tail spoiler? Results?

Think it's off a 85 glsi? It is much shorter than the one that was on the car( 1600l ) it fits the bootlid perfectly, both 52.5cm....

tjRS500

Update

Car is now away to the body shop for a full respray inside and out in frozen white. Decided that diamond white was too dated and it would never look good compared to modern white cars


Anyway I will try to get as many pics ad I can of the car in paint.

Cheers for looking

R4N SS

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i wouldnt bother putting that spoiler on personally as it doesnt cover the rear quarters - they look odd just covering the bootlid

tjRS500

Decided against it anyway, I like the bootlid without the spoilers anyway

Car now at the garage

tjRS500

Where can I get a new windscreen trim?

H3lsing

Autoglass, motor factors, breakers yard?

clyde 1800

got a mark 1, 2.8i 4x4 07759640401

tjRS500

I must get a run down lad

clyde 1800

been a while is it sprayed yet?

tjRS500

Been away 3 weeks Tuesday past... Painter told me 4-5 weeks as they have to take the windows out now

tjRS500

Just got a call, car is going in primer tomorrow. The car will be painted by next Friday if all goes smoothly!

tjRS500

called in today as i got a call saying the car was fully primed. safe to say im delighted it looks great already... the kit hasnt been done yet as there was quite abit of damage so its slowing things down


i decided to go with a bmw white, a happy medium between ford diamond white and frozen white( way to modern on a old car once i seen it in person )

also bought a set of newly refurbed 16'' mondeo si alloys with 2 good tyres for £100, which i didnt think was bad.... not the nicest wheel in the world but money is tight at the minute.

cheers for looking heres a few pics

mk22door

looking like its going to plan

RichieST

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Nice work mate

BON_300

tjRS500

Cheers everyone

XR2000STEVE

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well done for sticking with it mate i have changed my mind about my last four cars ended up selling or swapping them all lost a fortune and now im back where i started, keep with it and the bits will turn up slowly like mine im still collectiong for a pinto turbo in my sapphire.
cheers steve