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Old 03-02-2012 | 11:50 AM
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Yes, will be wearing Airtec decals along with others

Thanks again for your help Sticky!
Cor not another one lol
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Originally Posted by Sticky.
TBH mate, i'd never done a vehicle wrap before & wanted to give it ago. It took over 2 hours to do the roof but soon got into the swing of things & got the side done in no time. Between the pair of us I think we done a good job. Im looking forward to tomorrow & hopefully getting it finished.

Yes i've got the file saved.
cant really go wrong if this chap is involved
Old 04-02-2012 | 07:03 PM
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Well, done a little more yesterday and today with the help of my good mate Al (spudmurphy on here).

We started to have a look at how the cooling systems were going to go together and ideally move the radiator as far forward as possible to give us more space to play with.

So, up first was the Airtec intercooler! Bearing in mind this is meant for a Mk1 Focus RS, it was never going to be a direct fit...
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Major problem was hitting the back of the fog light area (even after a lot of cutting back)
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However, we got it pretty close and hopefully my fabricator Russ can modify the pipework on the cooler to clear the rest!

Then it was on to the oil cooler and power steering cooler. I'd had an idea in my mind for this for a while... So, spot the difference:


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Lock mechanism cut out

Which meant that once a bracket had been made up for the coolers, this could happen:
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I took delivery of a set of Morette headlights earlier in the week so chucked them in for this next picture...
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Before stripping them to make a start on wrapping the shells. So far, its not been an easy job and i've had to rip it off and start again twice
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Hopefully will get them done tomorrow...

Oh, and got my carbon doorcards remounted with some edging strip and a seal between the polycarb window and the top of the door

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More as it happens
Old 04-02-2012 | 07:08 PM
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Hi will great looking project, I had Matt over on Thursday and pull up this thread.

We run the same ecu on mini cooper s and love it. Very user friendly.

I have a EC1 going on my cossie too.
Old 04-02-2012 | 08:23 PM
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You have been busy.
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Looking really good Will, can't wait for it to be finished.
Old 05-02-2012 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by TommyB
Hi will great looking project, I had Matt over on Thursday and pull up this thread.

We run the same ecu on mini cooper s and love it. Very user friendly.

I have a EC1 going on my cossie too.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the ECU can do! Matt's been great to deal with so far, i'm booked in with him in early April to configure the drive by wire throttle and hopefully commission the ECU installation before a fire up!

Doesn't seem that long away now...

Originally Posted by Sticky.
You have been busy.
I'm trying to keep the progress rolling on without you love... Wanna come and help me wrap these headlight shells?

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Looking really good Will, can't wait for it to be finished.
Cheers! Will try and have a run down to one of the meets once its done
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Old 05-02-2012 | 04:21 PM
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Tidy spot for the oil cooler, same place as mine. Bags of air
Old 05-02-2012 | 05:13 PM
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Really taking shape... Can't wait to see it in action
Old 05-02-2012 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Will Pedley

I'm trying to keep the progress rolling on without you love... Wanna come and help me wrap these headlight shells?
Send them down & i'll have a go mate.
Old 07-02-2012 | 05:16 PM
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Well, after 3 attempts, I gave up trying to wrap the light shells

I could get the vinyl to stretch to shape but by the time i'd got all the way inside the light apertures, there wasn't enough adhesive to make it stick.

So today I thought i'd try painting them!

Scotched and primered (take note painters in the north east called Jacko! )
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Painted
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Checked for colour match:
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Built up:
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Fitted:
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Chucked the seats in:
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Hopefully going to get the fire extinguishers and brake stuff mounted and plumbed over the next few days
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Looking good mate...

Might be worth spraying the bumpers if the colour match is that good.
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PMSL @ the painting comments

The colour match is perfect
Old 08-02-2012 | 04:42 PM
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Decided to take full advantage of the facilities at uni today and took everything in to flow test and measure etc.

Started out by measuring everything on my cylinder head from throat diameters, valve sizes etc. through to cc'ing the inlet port on my new spec head.

Inlet port
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Exhaust port (ignore the gunk on the edges - just where the grease and parafin reacted with each other!)
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cc'ing the inlet port:
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Then it was on to flow testing the inlet and exhaust ports through 1mm valve lift increments:

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I fitted up part of the Jenvey inlet so that there was a bell mouth for the port to breathe through:

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Then it was on to cc'ing the cylinder head combustion chambers:
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And the piston crown:


Then once the compression ratio had been confirmed, it was time to check valve clearances at full lift etc.

Plastecine on the piston crown:
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Lift at TDC simulated:
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Sectioned to measure clearance:
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Compression ratio has worked out slightly lower than expected - not by a lot, it's still very much a high comp motor, but I might be able to get a bit more boost in it after all

Flow test results were very good, shifting well over 300CFM at full lift and with good flow properties at low valve lift too.

Hoping to get some more work done on the new front end cradle tonight too!

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Looks like Uni has some pretty nifty kit there eh Will.
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Top work fella... Coming together nicely
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How many inches of water to get 300cfm?

What lift?
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your not hangin round with this are ya mate lol
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hello again will.

more questions im affraid mate.lol.you know the cage picks up on the front struts..is that going to obstruct the wiper mechanism atal???only on the left side.

cheers,luke.
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Originally Posted by Gary_Hurn
Top work fella... Coming together nicely
Yeah. Its the result of years of getting all the bits of the jigsaw together, now its time to put it all together!

Originally Posted by AustenW
How many inches of water to get 300cfm?

What lift?
From memory the test was performed at 50" test pressure. I've got a datapack to go through tomorrow with port velocity readings, swirl, tumble etc. to sit and sift through so will confirm then. 12mm lift on the inlet cam.

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your not hangin round with this are ya mate lol
Can't afford to mate! Fire up is planned for early April and Time Attack first round is early May! Then the small matter of me getting my dissertation for uni done out of it by the end of May... Will give you a bell soon mate, need a quick chat with you

Originally Posted by davewithacossie
that wrapping looks epic!
Cheers, I think Sticky and I did a good job between us!

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brilliant thread!!! keep up the good work!!
Thanks!

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looking good mate
Aye, wish i'd still got it on the ramp at yours

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hello again will.

more questions im affraid mate.lol.you know the cage picks up on the front struts..is that going to obstruct the wiper mechanism atal???only on the left side.

cheers,luke.
Hard to say mate. Mine was LHD originally being a motorsport shell so the mountings were all different on mine anyway.

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Is it done yet?
No. Not quite...

Did a bit more this evening though with the assistance of Spud.

He'd managed to get some work done on the new front end cradle so we hung the intercooler:


And made a start on integrating the coolers:
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Nibbling away at it slowly but surely...
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Love it, keep up the good work, nice to see a well thought out build,
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Hard to say mate. Mine was LHD originally being a motorsport shell so the mountings were all different on mine anyway.



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Nibbling away at it slowly but surely... [/quote]

ahhhh i see will,thanks anyway mate.ill have to rip it apart and mock stuff up as the cage is going in.

intresting front set up youv made.im in planing stage of doing something to replace the front crash bar too.iv took insperation from the wrc set up.
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Quick update - car was nearly for sale earlier this afternoon

The new Corbeau Revenge seat has distinctly wider sections to it around the shoulders and head... My rollcage has a nice 45 degree section between the roof bar and the B pillar bar as well as door bars. Fascinatingly enough, the seat hits every single part of the cage on the drivers side

So, I had to adjust the seat position to clear it, only moved a few inches forward. Initially I was really pleased as I felt I had a better position for using the gearstick, but then I tried the brakes...

Unless I chose to try and steer with my knees, there was no way I could use the brake and clutch pedals on the Tilton floor mounted pedal box. So, it looks like i'll be buying an overhung unit to allow me to run the pedals higher up!

Also, I finally caved in and bought these:
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Means I can pull the car apart quicker trackside should I need to as everything will be on connectors. And they're an awful lot cheaper than the autosport ones!

Matt Lewis is on the case for the last few bits I need to build the engine up, once they land it'll be engine build and fit time!

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Did a bit more this afternoon - after yesterdays dramas with the seat, some careful adjusting, tweaking, modifying etc and this was the result!

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Got the harness eyes mounted into the bosses welded into the cage:
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Hydraulic handbrake mounted on rivnuts:
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Fire extinguisher again mounted with high tensile bolts and rivnuts:
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Spud popped up and did a little more on the front end:
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More as it happens
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