rs shawn

Sir, sir..Dan's picking on me....

Red16

Zetec Escort water pump



top end gasket set



bottom end gasket set

smitsturbo

what sort of power are you looking for mate?

if you take your time & your mate doesnt buy it i might have enough money

Red16

the engines going to be on standard head and cams so that will be the restricting part of the engine, even like that it will be ok for a nice reliable 250-300bhp with similar lbft of torque.

3i_gaz

just a quick tip, last time i used one of them inlet gaskets out of that kit the car ran like a bag of shite, wouldent idle, rough running etc....

stuck the 4 old rings in and it was ok, jsut something to bare in mind mate

Red16

what was it that caused the bad runnig? the piston rings or the inlet gasket? two totally different things

SafeChav

Aww not you aswell

Red16

cleaned the block up today and removed the flakey bits, still need to clean the deck surface with wet and dry





drilled a spare threaded hole out and pressed the turbo oil return i
fitting into the block



drilled the rear of the block and pressed home the breather fitting

Charlie Chalk

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Good work Ben

SafeChav

rich_frst

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smitsturbo

nice, is that how its usually done mate?

Red16

can only be done in 2 ways really, either press the fittings into the block or drill/tap the block so the fittings can be screwed in

Red16

as i wasnt planning on finishing the engine due to selling the car, i began selling stuff and the rocker cover was one of those parts. Bought another one off ebay and this is how it looked, ooh sexy



shot blasted the rocker cover clean, missed a couple of bits but cleaned them off with wet and dry paper later on



removed the splash plate from below the breather outlet in the rocker cover and jet washed it and blew it down with compressed air to ensure no shot was left inside after shot-blasting it



refitted the splash plate



a coat of primer and the parts now look like this



waiting on the top coat drying before i get some more pics, do that tomorrow.

Red16

and now theyre black



waiting on my mate picking me up now... off to get his Pulsar remapped today... just fitted a GT30

rs shawn

Good job Ben

Marc LJX

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I read the first 10 or so pages of this thread last night, (Body resto parts) and i really cant beleive you got as far as you did with it

Dont know wether you deserve a medal or putting in a nuthouse

Hats off to you mate

Any time i think mine is getting a bit too much, i just need to come and have a look at your pics

rich_frst

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Twins

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fezzajsy

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Red16

cheers you dont know how many sleepless nights i had over it

-beefy-

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any new on that inlet ben mate ??

drop me a pm

thanks beef

Red16

beefy-rst-2 pm sent

Mk1-stu

glad to see your starting to do it again !! i'll be looking at this thread for references soon when i start rebuilding my orion... you've done a fookin spot on job so far and i can't wait to see the final result

Red16

cheers bud been painting my rover inlet in the garage, will stick some pics of that and the finished rocker cover up shortly

Rs Baz

bloody hell there has been some work done on this

i didnt bother reading it all but did have a look at all pics and what you
have said your doing or done its taken 2 hour's just to do that never
mind reading it all

keep up the good work

Red16

injector sandwich plate, tapped the injector ports and screwed in some 1/2" BSP plugs with some sealant on the threads



primer'd



first coat of black



lower half of rover inlet manifold primer'd



upper half of rover inlet manifold primer'd



trial assembly of the inlet, with a few coats of lacquer





bit dusty in this pic



will be cleaning up the injector rail, idle speed control valve and throttle body over the next few days, then the manifold can be assembled properly

the finished rocker cover, oil filler cap and cam belt cover

Mk1-stu

that rocker cover looks spot on - you could easily mistake it for an oe part

-beefy-

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looking gud ben mate

Red16

cheers lads

the bits on the bottom of the rocker cover that look like paint runs are not, i only noticed them after i had painted it unfortunately, theyre imperfections in the casting, as i found out when i tried to polish one out after painting and it was aluminium

3i_gaz

didn't mean piston rings, i meant the 4 rubber rings on the inlets on the zetec's,

Red16

i dont see how the gasket in question would cause poor running, unless yours wasnt sealing correctly for one of many reasons

i also have one of these in the garage, a rubber clad metal gasket



but if you look carefully you can see its been damaged in a number of places by someone with a hammer and pin punch or similar dont know who it was but it wasnt me in the bin it goes

Rs Baz

what colour are you having the car ???

when is it getting painted

sorry to ask this if you have said allready but there is 38 pages to read

R6Franky

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He hasn't got it anymore Don't think it was the best decision he's made.

The engine he is building is to sell on to make a bit of cash to buy goodies for his evo.

Rs Baz

good job i didnt read the whole lot then

who has it now

Red16

R6Franky youre right... i dont think it was the best decision ive made in recent years will need to tweak the Evo a bit to make up for it

Rs Baz a bloke came and took it away... i assume hes still got it now, dunno who he is tho.

Red16

Opened up the holes of the efi flywheel today, so it now fits the zetec crank it will eventually be bolted to, also cleaned up the mounting face



so now its ready to be lightened and balanced together with the crank, rods, pistons. It could do with skimming for sure, look at the state of the flywheel face.

Red16

dropped the block off yesterday to be rebored and honed, also the flywheel and crank to be lightened and balanced, possibly reground if the bearing races are out of spec. cylinder head is also in being decoked at the minute

one filthy 1.8 sump and oil pick up... no its not... its the 2ltr one, doh





nice clean sump



other clean bits (accelerator cable bracket needs changing from the lovely green )

IanC

looking good mate just a pitty it is too sell on insted of going in your rs1600i (buy it back and finish it you know you wanna)

Munch

coming along nicely