fair enough, it was a doddle to mount where i have done tho

any pics of yours ?

 

Pictures lol

Soon mate, soon.

Hopefully Thursday or Friday when i'm off work next

 

excellent Bily, look forward to seeing them

 

been spending some cash today

ordered these bonnet pins from Burton



and this piece of stiffness from Custom Cages

 

MENTAL Cage, that'll be a barrel of laughs fitting that in My half one was bad enough...


Coming along very nicely. I just lurrrrrrve your photoshop Are you going to put 18's on it?

 

You know my thoughts on the cage

 

wow proper cage

 

Love the cage

 

Tony Turbo yeah i can see it being fun fitting the cage its a weld in so will fit thru the doors and tailgate in millions of bits tho

i just like the look of the MO's mate, will probs stick with the standard wheels but in anthracite for now, then maybe change to 17" MO's cos i think they do them in 17" now

Freddy_mercury_magic yeah i know what ya think, you opinionated fooker

N1C4T3N cheers

 

Shit the bed

Do you get free monkeys with it?

 

Looks like the thing that landed on the moon

 

Red16
wicked cage mate

 

very similar cage to mine you got there mate! looks good

 

BillyCabrio lol @ monkeys

from the comments above i assume the cage is a hit

 

 

thats the cage i was about to order


but ended up getting a bit of a deal with a custom made one


will be based on that thou


seen one fitted in a s1 and they look awesome

 

Wheres this update you tart, i wanna see the "latest" update Pictures

 

They are only found on the RS16i and are economy lights, they are linked to the fuel shut off valve, so when you are decelerating they light up letting you know that its saving you fuel!!

 

sounds cool to me gus get some pics up of what youve got in yours so we can all have a spy

heres some pics to keep you happy

had my inlet manifold milled last night to make the face where it bolts to the cylinder head nice and flat. this was necessary because the zetec flange wasnt bolted down to a solid piece of metal while it was welded to the rover inlet, it deformed by curling up at the edges, meaning it wouldnt seal against the cyl head

here it is in the milling machine waiting to be machined flat



and heres the finished surface, flat and smooth as you like the stripes on the flange in this photo make it look as tho its not perfect but it is 100%



Radders you'll have to wait til Saturday for the "latest" update pics

 

Scott R ah... so thats what they do thanks for that bit of info

 

bonnet pins turned up this morning

i also assembled my inlet manifold







after all this effort of making it suitable for fiesta turbo management i dont even know if im going to use it or make a custom manifold and go for cossie or aftermarket

 

Loving the inlet manifold

 

rather nice inlet

 

like the look of the inlet

 

cheers peeps

what you think of the exhaust manifold?







should have my customised white dials by the end of next week too

 

same as franky's m8, go for the tubular... mite be a tight fit like ?

 

it is frankys, he's decided he's gonna go EFi CVH in his S2 Turbo, so i took it off his hands.

The turbo's not going to be positioned under the manifold, its going to be above the gearbox, so space wont be a problem

 

lovin all that Ben

 

Red16
very nice matey

 

Very cool

 

 

has anyone tested that these manifolds are a better flow rate to say a fezzy turbo one..

 

i think its not just flow rate but also the fact that the charge is not carried over the top of the engine thus heating it up significantly !

we all know hot air is bad

top thread

 

Red16 mate, could you post a pic of how the car is sittin now please , its been ages since we saw her...............................

good work by the way

 

it should flow better due to the inlet port shape and size being just about perfectly matched whereas the fiestaturbo port shape is wildly different to the zetec.

i would love to see the results of a flow test on this manifold, to see how wel it does flow compared to other manifolds used on zetec engines.

Moondust_crust im sure you can remember what rust looks like

 

wow, i've just sat n read 16 pages of the restoration and i must say mate, wot a crackin job !! i do have a couple of quezzies for ya tho...

1) can i have hadrian panels phone number - im goin to restore my mk1 orion 1.6 ghia and i need new panels.. (please)

2) if ya don't mind me asking...roughly how much did it cost you to restore the shell... and how many man hours do ya reckon it took?

as i said, you've done a smashing job, and i reckon the mk3 escorts are the daddies of all the escorts !! (coz i got a mk1 orion)

 

thanks very much


Hadrian have a website http://www.carpanels.co.uk but i bought all my panels through a local car spares shop.

all the panels ive bought were just shy of £250, and i bought genuine ford front wings off a bloke on ebay for £70, plus the cost of the car it all adds up to just shy of 1100 quid. not counting consumable items like mig wire, wire brush wheels, primer etc

couldnt honestly say how much time has been spent on the car, ive spent days lying under that car scraping off underseal etc thats before the welding/grinding/cutting stage!! ive been grafting alone and also with friends, so in man hours this time would be huge! ive got no doubt a pro would do it in a fraction of the time tho

 

just been to their website... it seem's they don't do panels for the orion...which is a pain in my ar$e coz i need two new rear inner arch's, i should be able to get away with mk3 escy (4dr) sills n wings tho right..?

thanks for the info dude

 

no idea about your orion to be honest

no worries for the info

 

Very nice Ben