looks good lads, when do you think you will be out and about in it,have you got all parts or gotta get sum more?

 

Well today we were hoping to get the rad/intercooler/prop/diff mounted up, plumb the ancillaries in, tidy up the opening in the floor where the new gearstick is and do a bit more wiring, and possibly get the brakes on.
First off, Ians made a bracket to mount the box on, that all went together sweet,


then it all went tits up.
The rad fits snugly, but the intercooler was miles out. Ended up having to chop 2" off the front slam panel to get it to fit Hopefully, we can either re-make the cooler mounts and/or modify the intercooler (a Forge RS500 intercooler)

afer getting pretty fucked off about having to do that, the diff went up. All 4 holes for the diff mount were nearly an inch out. So we need to cut/modify/re-weld the Grp A Diff mount.
And then the 'piece de resistance'
Come to fit the prop, after Ian being a spoon and trying to bolt the donut on upside down, we got that mounted, only to find that there's a 3" thick piece of structural floor cross member in the way of it

That part of the floor needs to be cut level to the two holes.

So progress has now halted temporarily while we chop, plate, weld and re-paint the underside of the car.
Oh, and the steering column mount needs moving an inch to the right as the wheel is offset to the left

But hey, at least the rear discs got fitted




Got the clutch plumbed in too, and its looks spot on, feel nice through the pedal too

Glad I missed most of the day doing foreigners

 

I would be very very fucked off having to make all those alterations to a freshly painted shell. Should it all not have been a straight fit?

 

Cant expect everything to fit perfect, but we weren't expecting this much!!

 

Looks good keep it up i like this project alot.

 

Surely when you pay good money to someone to convert a Focus shell for use with Cosworth running gear - you expect them to do just that!! Especially when they've done the conversion before!!

I'd be getting on the blower to said company and asking them what the crack is!!

Could it possibly be that the engine/gearbox needs to be mounted slightly lower perhaps??

Having said that its all coming together nicely mate - might try & pop down for a nosey one weekend!!

 

Car is looking stunning

keep the piccs coming

Paul

 

very nice what power u running. And how big are your brakes

 

Thats what I was thinking

 

im sure they put the car on a jig and weld it all up so unless the jig is out wheres the problem? Unless it is garanteed to run standard running gear like intercooler etc. Is the gear box and all them bits standard or they slightly different items.

 

These things are sent to try us, just gotta overcome the hurdles and get on with the build
Lee_R21Turbo Giz a shout if you're on our side of the water on wednesday, I could use a pair of hands

 

car comein on now mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

what an awesome thread looking forward to some updates cant wait to see when its all finished

 

If the diff mount holes are an inch out i would be questionng the squarness of the whole car.

If i where you i'd flip the car on its side again and take some diagonal measurements between two major points eg front crossmember bolt and rear beam mount and check that opposite diagonals match.

 

Already checked that out Doug, its dead straight so thats no worry, just the bolt holes were about 25-30mm too far back, but we are using an aftermarket diff hanger so it may be that (although it came off my old saff?)
The offending cross member is being chopped out this week and plated up, so the prop should be mounted and the car might move under its own steam at the weekend!!!!!

 

all focus slam panels need cut to mount intercooler mate. and we had dif mounted up to your car to weld captive nats on mate..

 

i ment nuts lol.........

 

Nice one Dave and Ian. Its Getting there. Lol.

If you need a hand over the weekend give us a text and i will see what i can do.

 

Is that nuts with a scottish accent?
Tbh mate the holes on the floor may be blob on and our beam might be slightly out, but no matter its all sorted nowIs just the prop tunnel thats concerning us really. Do we just need to chop out the bit in the way, or should anything need re-mounting?
Saw a few Focus's in your write up in Pf a while ago, only just dawned on me that all of them have the slam panels chopped out I'd be dangerous if I used my brain!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'm stuck in Neston Vasey all weekend bud, but i'm sure Ian would appreciate a hand

 

Sorry dave your just not LOCAL enough. Lol

I will see what I can do.

 

you could cut the piece out where the prop hiting. or try spacing the prop donut dwn a bit first. let us no how you get on.. it looks mint in silver... diffrent..........

 

Thats the bit that needs chopping out, its getting done on Saturday, so full steam ahead them
Shouldn't affect the rigidity of the shell at all due to the extra bracing thats already there with the cage and diff mount.

 

Ive got a NEW Intercooler left over from a Focus rallycross car i sold a few years back , its massive and i dont need it ! PM me if you want it .

 

I'll let Ian know Tony, nice one

 

Will be a massive update soon, watch this space!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

lovein the paint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dave

 

Should have the rest of the bodywork done by the weekend, finish the wiring, start her up, put some windows and brakes on it and go play!!
Massive shout to Andy, Dave and Phil at Spraysystems too, the work is quality

 

what colour scheme is that?

 

I would say Reyland judging by the base colour, and title of the thread.

Mike

 

penny has just dropped lol

 

Is the painter aware that the grey strip has wavey lines rather than straight?

 

One of those, "doh" moments.
From reading that other thread in GD about the new Reyland maching blah blah, I reckon this is gonna be the fella.

Mike

 

I always though the lines were only wavey cos of poor pics on my laptop

 

They look strange if done straight, here's what they look like..

 

the new reyland beast is finally revealed then!

 

yer martin he knows should have the rest of the paint on by friday he wanted to get the roof done in the orange first because of the amount of masking off think he is doing the red next and doing the grey strip last it wanders 5mm and is 9 inches wide thats right isnt it

 

I first noticed on the redline desktop style pics of Porkie's old three door.

 

I noticed this too and thought it was poor workmanship.

Benni.

 

car is gonna be amazing!