Rsmat

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Love it mate

Caddyshack

Tell Mark that one of his Kent Cams stickers on the tool cupboards is on at a different angle to the others and watch his eye start to twitch.

jonfoc

Haha you're a bad man Toby

jonfoc

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...act=mrc&uact=8

Caddyshack

Lol, yeah, that's it.

cossiedevil

Very nice Fella

jonfoc

Thanks mate. If it's a tenth as good as yours I'll be very happy

jonfoc

Well Mark has been at it again. Quite how you can make metal do the things he does with it is beyond me!
He's extended the cage through to the front turrets. He's then moved onto the hole left from the previous fuel cell sump.
Here's the pictures

jonfoc

Another cage update.
Marks been fitting the mounts for the WRC cradle. I won't be having one any time soon but I'm future proofing



Now I'm a man who loves a gusset,who doesn't!?
Mark being the stickler for detail wasn't happy with the quality of bought in stuff. So he made his own roller. This means bespoke gussets that fit correctly and aren't paper thin.

jonfoc

Well mark has been plodding along with the cradle mounts. It turns out that the front mount is very close to the existing rear subframe mounts. This is good news as I am keeping it fwd for a while until funds allow, so the chassis pick up will add rigidity to the rear end.

Caddyshack

Well, it isn't going to lack structural rigidity...that's for sure...looks ace.

Only worry for me is that I am hoping for my fuel rail this week so he needs to stop work for 5 mins on your car.

That is going to be a mental chassis looking for a mad engine.

jonfoc

Cheers Toby. Yeah he's worked hard but not had any updates for a few days so I guess he's on with other stuff. Engine is sat waiting to go in.


Dry sump cgi block cosworth internals etc etc



Plenty has changed on it since this photo

Rsmat

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That engine looks awesome mate ..nice updates ..who mate the manifold if you don't mind me asking .

jonfoc

Cheers fellas. Looking forward to getting it home so I can build it up. If you're tall enough you can take it out once done.
Mat my manifold was made by a good mate that you know. Gary at GR Performance

Caddyshack

Looks the nuts, what power is it running?

Rsmat

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No drama mate it looks awesome ..yea best when there home and can play with em building them up ..I'm still waiting for that day with mine ..I think I might me tall enough .. ah yea Gary at Gr ..I'll have him make my manifold and pipe work I think ..he's good.

jonfoc

He's the nuts mate. He's helped me with a lot of the build. Tell me when you're going over and I'll see if I'm free.

jonfoc

It's never run mate. Waiting for a chassis

jonfoc

Mark has put me straight. His last update was Friday. Anyway he's plodding on a doing a fantastic job. Looking forward to the 30th to collect it

Caddyshack

I was only kidding. I can see he has made a load of progress and he sent me pics of mine a while back, just waiting on the anodising.

Will you go straight to paint for the interior? Looking forward to seeing the finished shell.

jonfoc

Yes mate straight for paint. It's going to Bam who has a great reputation on RSOC.
I've got a load of nice suspension parts that Mark has made but they're staying hidden for another day.

Rsmat

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Yeah he's a top lad ..will do mate deffo I'll drop you a text when I think I'll get a date to go ..won't be for a while though.yet

Rowe

Absolutely unreal work!

DJ_AL

Well that's my days work ruined, metalwork porn was amazing enough and then you topped it up with pure filth engine porn! Can't wait to see her finished. Think I may have to upgrade to an Mk1 RS next year.

jonfoc

I know mate she's filthy! I need to recover some of my money so I'll be charging for an hour alone in the garage.

jonfoc

In go the sill tubes. It's a shame to cover them up

Caddyshack

Looks great. Lovely shell.

Mark even has a snap on prayer mat in the last pic....flash Muslim

jonfoc

Can't be mate it's facing the wrong direction!!!!!

thielt1

OMG!!!

Caddyshack

Yeah, he is more "One Direction"

james kiely

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doesnt get anymore awesome than this jon

jonfoc

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nevsrevs

Smart mate ��

jonfoc

more updates from mark today. Quite how he achieves these high standards is beyond me. He's just sorted the new floor in the car. Just look at the precision. If I did it it would be kinked and scratched etc

Rsmat

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Once again amazing work by Mark ...top banana

jonfoc

Well the final few pieces of the cage have gone in. Just the touring car style column to do I believe. Not long til it's off for paint. Then it's the big build up. Shouldn't take too long as most pieces are sat waiting to go on

Caddyshack

Looks brilliant, I do like a nice cage! I bet you are hoping to get it back soon?

jonfoc

Thanks Toby. I was supposed to be picking it up on Friday but I've had a few things happen in my personal life to cause delays so it'll probably be a week later. Mark has had the shell for a while but once the spec was finalised he has worked hard to get it finished for me.

Caddyshack

Hope is sorts it self out for you personally.

I can see from the progress pics that the rate of work has been pretty quick once it all got started. I am going to watch the build up with interested.

I assume this will look like a Focus RS and be in the Blue (that is how I would do mine...if I were doing it)

jonfoc

Yeah all sorted now thanks.
Yes the car will remain imperial blue at least for the time being. There will be a multitude of decals on it of companies that have helped and contributed. After all it's a track car first and foremost