RS1600i zetec turbo restore - update 01-05-07
04-09-2005, 06:38 PM
#361
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good news on your gauge 
it had been going steadily but very slowly until ripper popped over for a bit and welded the battery tray and drivers side inner wing repair panel in for me
well done that man 
im feeling a lot happier and confident with the car at the moment, not be long til the wings and arches are being welded on
it had been going steadily but very slowly until ripper popped over for a bit and welded the battery tray and drivers side inner wing repair panel in for me
well done that man im feeling a lot happier and confident with the car at the moment, not be long til the wings and arches are being welded on
04-09-2005, 07:48 PM
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cartainly is Lee.
Steve that sounds like an offer i dont think i can refuse mate, i'll get it tacked in place through the week so its all ready to weld in properly. if my weldings going as it was today i think i'll get it done on my own but if not i'll just be your tea lady 
Steve that sounds like an offer i dont think i can refuse mate, i'll get it tacked in place through the week so its all ready to weld in properly. if my weldings going as it was today i think i'll get it done on my own
but if not i'll just be your tea lady
04-09-2005, 07:57 PM
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forgot to add ive just been shopping on ebay again bought 2 cosworth 2wd intercoolers, just need one more before my big intercooler can be fabricated think i best get some favours done for the die maintenance lads at work
bought 2 cosworth 2wd intercoolers, just need one more before my big intercooler can be fabricated think i best get some favours done for the die maintenance lads at work
04-09-2005, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Freddy_mercury_magic
Love it ben 
Strong shells are the way forward
Strong shells are the way forward
ive seen the light
im on the lookout for someone to make me a weld in 6 point cage with bolt in/out rear diagonal's and extra low door bars makes day to day driving easier, passengers etc but still means i can have a stiff one on track days
05-09-2005, 07:01 AM
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looks like i'll have to settle for a ride out in the S1 on Sunday then
heres the latest pic, its the bottom half of my rover inlet manifold, the flange has been milled off ready for a zetec flange to be welded on in its place
heres the latest pic, its the bottom half of my rover inlet manifold, the flange has been milled off ready for a zetec flange to be welded on in its place
05-09-2005, 07:26 AM
#372
Too many posts.. I need a life!!
Looking seriously good mate, keep it up
Does the Zinc paint stop the fresh wields from rusting I take it? I think I remember someone saying the place where a car is wield is the first place they rot, looking at my mild steel exhaust on my get-to-work shead mobile, I'd have to agree
Really good work mate, keep it up
Does the Zinc paint stop the fresh wields from rusting I take it? I think I remember someone saying the place where a car is wield is the first place they rot, looking at my mild steel exhaust on my get-to-work shead mobile, I'd have to agree
Really good work mate, keep it up
05-09-2005, 07:47 AM
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yeah the zinc primer stops the welded bits rusting as it doesnt absorb water like ordinary primer does
its amazing what a small amount of paint does to make a car look a million times better
its amazing what a small amount of paint does to make a car look a million times better
07-09-2005, 07:30 AM
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heres a better pic of the bottom half of my rover M16 inlet, with the flange milled off
heres a flange that i cut off a zetec Escort aluminium inlet manifold, that has been milled flat
just need to persuade one of the die maintenance lads at work to weld the two bits together now
heres a flange that i cut off a zetec Escort aluminium inlet manifold, that has been milled flat
just need to persuade one of the die maintenance lads at work to weld the two bits together now
07-09-2005, 02:59 PM
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Adam_BlackRS, no ive always been using the M16 inlet.
Freddy_mercury_magic, the areas on the zetec flange where there are no injector holes needs to be built up with aluminium weld then ground out to follow the same shape as the injector cutout does in the port of the rover manifold
Freddy_mercury_magic, the areas on the zetec flange where there are no injector holes needs to be built up with aluminium weld then ground out to follow the same shape as the injector cutout does in the port of the rover manifold
just one thing are you not welding the battery tray back in at an angle as it should be on the 1600i ??