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Then i decided i've had enough of N/a power, its expensive and decided i wanted a turbo instead....
I picked up for cheap a frs turbo and manifold, injectors, focus inlet, frs top elbow and a loads of other bits. a 4k mile old zetec https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...309983A037.jpg Brand new frs pistons which i fitted to a set of free frs rods Attachment 143546 The head as it was removed Attachment 143547 I then set about cleaning the exhaust valves. Im fitting focus rs valves but they needed a clean up first, so one by one i put them in a drill and cleaned them with a brass brush. They came out rather nice! I lapped these in afterwards and replaced all the valve springs with the focus rs version. You can see in the pictures that it is a much thicker coil. Attachment 143548 https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...93F2F21A4A.jpg https://passionford.com/forum/attach...ine=1357320765 This was then reshimmed on the exhaust side to get the clearances of the solid lifters correct because of changing the exhaust valves. I also picked up this focus rs breather pot along the way for £5 https://passionford.com/forum/attach...ine=1357320765 Also this difficult to get hold of adaptor/gasket for fitting a metal throttle body to a plastic inlet manifold https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...93109F0098.jpg On christmas eve i got pretty close to having the package ready to drop in, but disaster struck and i accidentally over-torqued the idler pulley and snapped the bolt. The left over bit of bolt came out the head fine but due to some confusion at ford, getting the right bolt to replace it wasnt an option, turns out it only comes with the pulley itself so i got a complete new INA pulley from eurocarparts for £15 This is how i finished up before xmas Attachment 143549 Attachment 143550 Attachment 143551 After advise from Mark Stewart i've ordered a single piece inlet manifold instead of the 2 piece i have fitted. I should imagine it is far more susceptible to splitting under boost being a 2 piece. Then today this happened Attachment 143552 Attachment 143553 All i need now is some moly lube to put the arp rod bolts back in, modify the sump for oil return and bolt it on :) |
Very cool project this.Did the frs engine cost much.Are you using an after market ecu.
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Originally Posted by Glenn_
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Very cool project this.Did the frs engine cost much.Are you using an after market ecu.
Im keeping it on megasquirt, the ecu got sent off to boostmonkeys today for a bigger map sensor, barometric correction, and boost control :) |
cool project this, will keep an eye on it.
Any more pics of the fabrication needed for the mondeo mount? I was looking at going this way with my black top in my fiesta. |
Originally Posted by Gadget
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cool project this, will keep an eye on it.
Any more pics of the fabrication needed for the mondeo mount? I was looking at going this way with my black top in my fiesta. |
Cheap for 700 quid.
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Got some more enthusiasm today at about 3:30pm.
Bolted in the battery tray, ran the new fuel lines, battery cable, bolted in the swirl pot and fuel pump, and fitted the front live terminal to the inner arch. Pictures should explain all :) Attachment 143554 Attachment 143555 Attachment 143556 Attachment 143557 Attachment 143558 Attachment 143559 Attachment 143560 Attachment 143561 |
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Wiring loom is almost done! All i need now is the connector from a focus so my injector loom can be connected to the main loom, i wanted to keep it detachable like standard
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps6acb06eb.jpg The main earth connection Attachment 143566 Crank sensor and coil pack connections (all brand new terminals) Attachment 143567 Connector to make it plug and play with the car loom, and a sub connector to make the wideband lambda controller detachable Attachment 143568 The last wires going to the new connector Attachment 143569 All comments and criticism welcome :) |
very cool project. me brother had one exact same colour was solid as
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A few updates in one here.....
Today this happened Attachment 87043 With only 2 trolley jacks.... Attachment 87044 Need to work out spacing the rad and intercooler setup, but I expect first step is ditch the bonnet release cable, fit removable slam panel, and lockable aero catches Attachment 87045 Attachment 87046 Attachment 87047 New slam panel, originally fitted to one of the uk's fastest zetec turbos, hopefully it gives me some good luck! Small update Got the downpipe back today and fitted it on Attachment 87048 Followed by the alternator, mainly because i suddenly panicked that the downpipe was going to foul it. All clear tho. Attachment 87049 Done a few more bits recently and starting to feel a bit more complete! Bolted the fuel filter bracket in, the ERST item is massive! Attachment 87050 Fitted the big aluminium radiator, and removable slam panel Attachment 87051 And finally the pace escort charge cooler i picked up the other day. First boost hose went straight on, and only a little fucking around to fit the other. Back to being a proper sleeper with no stupid intercooler hanging out the front. Attachment 87052 Also got the air filter in Attachment 87053 Did a few more other jobs that i didn't take photos of. Gear linkage, alternator wiring, mounted ecu. |
as said before...... this is a wicked project..........
i got a problem with mine that the fans are so big on my new rad that the bar in front of the rad touches them and i think i need to remove it with the catch and go bonnet pins which i couldnt be bothered to do but guess i have no choice now what power you going for?, 300bhp? people say the standard manifold wont do it, but my old frs was 290bhp and 314lbs at 21psi and couldnt flow more because its all the standard management and map sensor could do at the time... so 1.7/1.8bar and should be ok but your spec with tubular manifold and forge actuator will do nearly 300bhp at 1.5bar which will be bloody good fun |
Tubular manifold is on the list of upgrades once the car is running and on the road!
I'd like 320bhp by that stage, with a 50shot of nos for the fun of it :) I didnt really want to ditch the standard catch, but wanted to have plenty of space for radiator, fans, and the option of intercooler etc. With my current setup theres nothing to stop me adding a twin pass intercooler as well as using my chargecooler! |
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Hi can I ask you some questions on how you ran the st lump plz
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