Hi all Newbie here i thought i would share with you my latest project. After owning 5 200sx s14's an mr2 turbo and r32 gtst i wanted something different. so with some help from the father in law i bought this.




As you can see she was a bit tired and in a bit of a mess but all the bits was there.
After a few weeks of tidying and a bit of a spending spree she started to take shape.






After enjoying a few weeks of trouble free motoring i started having what i thought was fueling issues one min running fine the next she was spluttering and cutting out i also notice that it was running really hot. I did a compresstion check as a quick test and found that the motor was down on 2 and 3 so i sent the head off the be skimmed, I decided to use this as an excuse to raise the compression ratio so had a fair bit took off, 80 thou iirc. Once i got the head back i gave all the ports a good going over and put a Kent fast road cam in. At this time i decided to go through the whole fueling system. I got a new tank, run new fuel lines, facet electric fuel pump and in-line filter and with pressure regulater and a DGAS carb.

After putting it all back together i was still having a problem of missfiring i changed the leads plugs new dizzy cap and rotor arm but at high revs it was still missing so a quick re think i bought a luminition ignition kit and changed the carb for a set of twin 40's and hey presto with a bit of tweeking she ran beautifully. i cant belive the difference the luminiton set up made.




Happy with the engine i turned my attention to the rear suspension as with my new found power the car was tramping extremly bad. After reading a few books i decided to replicate an american design known as slapper bars. Whilst i had it all stripped down i decided to paint all the bits.





I started to mock up the slapper bar kit.




Whilst i was waiting for the delivery of the tubes for the kit i cracked on painting the the under of the car and all the bits.





In between all the painting and fabricating i have also fitted a cage and mocked up how i want the car to sit.



How i plan the car to sit once finished.




So im just waiting for my next delivery of goodies.
Coilover convertion kit
old ford autos top mout to bring the struts in at the top
175 50 13 tyres
Jaz seat
hydro handbrake

Few more bits to carry on with whilst im waiting for the rest of the parts so some more coats of paint on the axle and other bits and to start to paint the bottom of the car.

Hope you like guys and girls.

 

What a car!! Old skool cool! I'm keeping an eye on this.

 

This is going to be seriously cool!

Looks in good nick too..

Keep us updated with lots of pictures

 

Cheers guys il keep you all updated i will be down working on the car next week so il get loads of pics and updates next week.

 

i`m liking this matey

 

So a bit more progress today the anti trap/slapper bar set-up is now all finished painted and fitted. im really pleased with how they turned out.



I moved on to start the conversion of the front struts to coilovers. It all came apart really nicely so far.



Whilst the struts was off i cleaned the arch and a nice coat of stonechip paint.
before

after

Also recived my new topmouts today really happy with them top bits of kit.

Im just waiting the delivery of the threaded tubes to finish the coilovers. oh in figure out how to get the inserts out of the 2.8 billys. any info would be great.
cheers guys. more to come this week.

 

Cool! Looking good.

 

Cracking little project.

 

Hi all thought i better update my thread, i have made a fair bit of progress over the last few days. i'll let the pics do most of the talking.
So i finally got all the bits i needed to finish off the front strut conversion.
The main job was to get the inserts out after a bit of lubing and praying, they came out rather nicely.

leaving me with just the leg.

So after getting my favourite power tool out i got stuck in.
half hour later.


then a bit of grinding.

I then positioned the threaded sleeve ready for father in law to weld it for me.

action shots.


Looked a bit better after paint.


I had to drill the top cap out to 16mm to take the top of the strut.

Then fitted the top mounts.

After waiting for the paint to dry, i fitted the struts to the car.


In between this, i got my new 175/50/13 tyres fitted and fitted the rollcage properly.

i also started on fitting the Jaz seat.


After a well spent week, i finally managed to get her down off the axle stands.




Also during the build, i shared a good laugh with my father in law on his newly acquired mk1 cortina estate.

What a handbrake "repair" thanks to the previous owner...
Hope you enjoy!

 

Your handbrake looks srewed.

Like the car a lot, like what gou did with it too!

 

The hand brake was on my father in laws mk1 cortina estate, i have never seen a bodge like it lol. cheers mate.

 

coming on well m8, nice to see another 100E on here.
I still haven't got round to getting the new old ford top mounts (I have one of the first ever old ford conversion kits) and converting my struts to coilovers, will try and do it this winter

steve

 

Coming on really well. What are all of those other classic fords in the background?

 

Well its a pretty long list, some are used most are projects other are race cars.

Mk1 cortina estate. (Daily)
mk2 escort estate. (Daily)
MK1 escort twincam. (Project)
MK1 transit beavertail. (Project)
MK1 capri 3 litre. (Daily)
2 x mk5 cortina p100. ( projects)
mk5 cortina estate.
3 x mk1 cortina gt 2 doors. (Projects)
mk1 lotus cortina. (Masive Project)
mk1 escort rs1600. (Project)
mk1 escort mexico. (Almost finished)
mk2 escort 1600 sport. (Almost finished)
100e. (Drag car)
2 x anglia. (1 road 1 race)
1969 beetle. (daily)
vw camper. (project)

 

Do they all belong to you??

 

No buddy i just own the 100e the rest belong to my father in law. but i help to build them etc. i get to use them tho lol.

 

Bloody hell! Mighty fine collection.

 

Good to have you on here Aaron. Loving your car at the minute!\

Simon H @ Classic Ford

 

Cheers simon, im glad to be here to. cant waitto get and use it now just a few more hours work left on her.

 

This looks well cool.Nice car.

 

cheers fellas, I got a few more bits to do im going to get the back end down lower so im going to get the leafs decambered about 2" i wanted to go lower on the fron to bud sadly that will leave zero clearance on the x member. Also i getting all the bits to convert the rear to disc's and plumb in a line lock and hydo handbrake.

 

cracking project mate, love to have a 100e, your father in law got an amazing collection
of old school fords mate.

 

cheers mate he does indeed. il have to get some good pics of them all up.

 

Yes you will.

 

Hi all another small update for you all, Front end lowered a bit more, seat and harness fitted. engine all wired back in and running now.




MOT booked for this sat then i can start to sue her.
Next up 2" decamber on the leaf springs, quickshifter, fitting oil pressure, water temp gauges and a rev counter. snap off steering wheel boss and a few switchs to operate the indicators,wipers etc.I also want to figure out how to improve the steering lock it has 2" extentions on the steeering rack but i still have a weak lock.

 

If definately getting there with you. Good work!

 

She's alive mwahahahah. sorry im slightly excited at this.







I love this pics as you can see from the scuffs on the drive its rather low.
.

 

Looks great like that mate!

 

Cheers simon looking to get her out for the hot rod nationals in september.

 

That looks awsome! I'd leave the bodywork as it is, its got a great sleeper-rat rod look to it

 

Hi guys just a few vids from the hot rod drags this weekend. it was my first time drag racing and the first real shakedown for the car, I had a few small issues but nothing major. and with a time of 16.64 for the first run and 16.96 with a missfire on the second run i went home a very happy chap. Bring on ford frenzy.

 

16.64 is pretty damn respectable. Nice one

 

Nice one mate. What's next for it?

 

I need to save sell my focus and buy a classic, love this car

 

Cheers si im thinking big valve head and a hydro handbrake at the moment.

 

Not sure why its posted the sane vid 3 times.

 

Thats canny, Wouldn't mind having one of these.

 

Hey, do you have a link for these top mounts? Im going through the same strut conversion and these would be perfect for my application.