And off it goes

 

Your bits are in one of the boxes, I expect beam will be ready to collect, just need Mark to unbolt the flanges. There are new nuts in with the hubs and bearings so please make sure Mark keeps my flanges as he needs to sleeve them for the big bearings.

 

Cheers mate going up Sunday to pick them up, I need custom flanges for mine mate cosworth-frs so no danger, I'll give you a shout to let you know I've got them.
Thanks again mate

 

Just ordered my new carbon Kevlar boot lid, doors and a roof spoiler to try. At least I can dry build up the door and boot furniture. I expect they will need a bit of body shop magic to fit well enough.

 

your in this far so you might as well space frame some of it, your on the quest for less weight already plus its less to paint when the time comes

 

Yes, I was a little worried that if the front is chopped out the engine would always be dirty from Road grime. To be fair when you see how much of the rear will be gone there won't be a lot that isn't cage apart from what keeps you dry.

I will see if Mark has a way to weigh my shell as it stands, I could certainly easily pick up both ends without any strain.

 

Well the quote made me gulp a bit but we have decided to really go for it on the car, I will add pics of the spec as it builds up but as a hint we are taking out the bulkhead completely and cutting out the old floor and tunnel right to the place where the back seats would have been, then the boot will be cut for a new fuel cell and the big WRC arches / Turrets and cradle mounts. The bulkhead will be moved back a bit to allow more space in the bay and for the engine to move back a bit.

 

Have you thought about going double A arms on the rear suspension? When you're making these huge changes anyway I suppose it would be nice to go for the best possible. The McPherson struts at the rear are better than the semi-trailing arm setup, but it can still be quite a bit better.

 

Look forward to seeing this done wow! Be rude not to release all those ponies now lol

 

It is having Marks full WRC cradle with billet uprights, Mark has adapted the cradle to tune out the bump steer. It already had the front WRC setup (just needs the struts doing which we are including)

It will run 4 Coilovers all the same, all round.

The 6 degree beam is coming out and Smiley has bought it


I have to have a mind on what the car could ever break up for or sell for, by using stuff that can bolt in to an Escos or Sierra I have the option of re-shell if I stack it or want a change OR a big Ford market to sell all the bits in to as they will all bolt straight in.

 

It is going to be a LOT lighter than when it had 469bhp and 500ftlb and it was hard to take in the acceleration then on the close ratio box, I think I need to try it around 520 first as it should all come in VERY quickly and more torque, I cannot imagine what 600 / 630bhp would be like in 1000kg car, let alone the 710 that the engine has already done on the dyno.

Have you seen an old Rally Cross full bore launch where they crab up the race track with all 4 wheels spinning.....

 

Lol will be nuts and brown pants until you tame it but yeah best to wait and see to much wil be useless

 

Whilst I am doing the wiring loom I have ordered an antigravity battery as it weighs in at 4kg (this is the biggest one they do, some are 2kg) yet has 1000 cranking amps and a voltage cut off so if you have left your lights on or leave car and battery drains it switches off automatically, you then press a button and know for certain that the car will still start. It is fine with high output alternators and is sealed so you can mount it anywhere. My friends runs them in his GT3 Rs x, Cayman R and 911 Clubsport and has never had any issues....they almost feel fake to pick up.

 

Reminds me of when i was building my 106 cosworth

 

Is there a thread on here for that? 106 was a very light car and reminded me of a 1.6 gti when I drove one.

 

Was somewhere, few year back now, wish the car had been finished but im happy with my high spec Escos, my love for modifying was ruined with the 106 build and would never do it again, once my escos if finished in next couple of month thats it for me......

 

I have to do it in chunks, I actually prefer the spannering, learning and planning to the actual driving. I know it is a wormhole where you are unlikely to be fully happy with the end result.

My projects whilst the pug is away are a new bird table made out of my old roll cage and try to get the 20v turbo in to my 944 then return the underside of my TT as it's a bit scabby on the steel suspension parts.

 

This one?

https://passionford.com/forum/restor...s-h-brake.html

 

Thanks, I remember the car well now, lovely looking thing and very similar spec and ideas.

 

That makes sense! This way you can still use relatively standard parts.

 

It is very similar to yours lol same back end by the sounds of it and typically red

 

Yeah, quite a coincidence...was always tempted to do mine white or grey like a t16 but it came red.

 

Yes....

Had everything to put back together along with an alloy blocked scs 800bhp YB, 9" Rear, RnD front etc etc

Anyway Toby good luck with the build next step, will be a great wee 205

 

Thank You...that was some monster spec!

 

Look, 1 finger and full arms length. 1000 cranking amps and 4 times the life of a normal battery. It has a little computer in there so if you leave the car sitting or leave the lights on it will turn off and then you press a button and it will have kept enough power to always start the car. Sealed and as it isn’t lifepo4 it is safe and works with normal alternator. Not cheap but 3kg is sooo light.

 

 

I am missing my 205 already and its only been a week! So I made a bird table out of the old roll cage, luckily it fits a rotary line holder so I cemented that in the ground and that way I can lift it out to cut the grass.



We were fed up with the wooden one falling over in the wind. I might powder coat it brown next time I put some wheels in for refurb.

 

Mans got to have a project doesn't have to have wheels look forward to seeing the 205 tomorow

 

It's not much to look at as it stands, not a lot left of it and what there is will be chopped out. Mark said he turned it in to a skip yesterday.

 

 

Continued with the wiring and the more I did the more it made sense to make a whole new loom throughout in thin wall and matched the original colours and wire ratings, the old loom had quite a few crusty earths and as the car always had a battery drain I am confident that will have been fixed. I will post up a pic of the loom working off the car. The only challenge was getting hazards to work with the indicators and no cros contamination but have that sorted now.

 

All picked up cheers mate, deffo making the right decision with the floor will look mint

 

need more pictures

of the pug not the bird cage

 

It's just a skip at the mo like he said few full black bin liners in it

 

Today I ordered the t16 roof spoiler which was moulded from an original t16 so I can try that, I will offer it up to my 1.9gti to get some opinions whilst the car is away.

Still toying with the idea of a white interior with matte agent to dull reflections so I can have the choice of a Pts (pug Talbot sport) white racing wrap on the car.

 

Could wrap it like this or even have a company do a version on my red background

 

If anyone can photoshop that on to a red car and swap the red bits for white, that would be cool.

 

Does look well that does mate

 

I'd love to add the big light pods but I think they might block the rad and intercooler too much.

 

Could have it for shows