Getting there mate

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Hey fellow blue oval lovers.
Bin a while since an update on the fez life has been on top of me over last months I have been moving home and now I am on apprentice money and my time taking up by work then after work college then after college working on the house but progress has still be going at a slow pace but the way I see it its better than no progress at all.

Plans are still the same to turn it back to a road going car and to put it up for sale.

So far I have my new engine built up its just waiting on the timing belt and my engine hoist coming in a few weeks and the engine will be in.

Some random pics I have more but I cant find them.

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Done a few little bits on the engine today.

Cleaned the top cover gasket mating surface I used my dremel with a polishing head attachment and it worked a treat cleaned the surface up nice and smooth.






Don't worry about the bits of crap that is around the tappets as I will give it a run over with an air compressor and then when I have the engine finished I will run some old oil through the engine and drain it out to flush the engine out before I put in the new oil.

Also give the port entrances a file down and then used the dremal to clean it out as they had a lot of carbon build up.



Fitted one of the cams from my old engine as I stupidly cracked the end of one of the cams.





The broken cam.




I was going to use both cams from the old engine but on inspecting them I found a dink in it so I decided not to use it in case it through the balance of the cam out not sure if it would or not but I rather be safe than sorry.



also can anyone help me I have forgot which way the hoses plug into the steering rack for the power steering.



Does this one go in the top hole or bottom lol ??



same with this lol

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good progress there buddy

Thanks.

Few little bits done today.

Fitted the cam pulley.



Rebuilt the injector rail and replaced a few of the injectors with the ones from my 1st engine as a 2 were damaged.






Replaced the timing belt guide wheels on the water pump as one has a sharp gink in it and the other had a crack in it to I swapped them for the wheels the were on the 2 litre water pump.






I decided to give it all a good clean around the pumps so no oil gets on the timing belt.



Also had a problem fitting the timing belt as it looks like it is the wrong size or has too little teeth I dont know but I wont go over the other cam. :-?

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Sounds good, when you sell it what do you plan to replace it with? It would be a shame to get rid as it looks realy smart.

youve done a lot of work their mate i no that when i dont my conversion. it would be a shame not to keep her. its such a nice lookng car.

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Thanks guys yea its a lot of work it makes it worse that I bought a SI with the 2 litre already in and because of the shoddy work done on it I am having to do the conversion any way.

Its a good car that holds a place in my heart but when you cant afford it you cant afford it I could manage to run it with 90% of a monthly wage so if it ever went wrong again it would end up off the road ages while I got the money to fix it and it will just end up rotting away basically until I am finished training and making more money so I rather see it go to a new owner with the money to look after it like I cant.

But I will be back with another fiesta in a few year time but this one is going to a special fiesta as for the last 3 month I have been studying space frames and the theory behind them.
So my plans are to build my own space frame chassis with a mk3 or 4 fiesta shell incorporated into the chassis or bolted on top of the chassis.

The engine layout will be front mounted but I am not sure on the drive system I will use if I go RWD I will be using mazda mx5 running gear and a 2 litre naturally aspirated duratec but if I go 4WD i will be using all cosworth gear so when I am back I will have a treat in store for you all I am doing my home work on it all at the moment working out what will work and what wont and also building tools such as pipe benders and things.

I am also working on making a model mock up of the chassis using straws so I will post some pis when I finish it.

Decided to hack up the original SI inlet rubber pipe to make some spacers so I could fit the RST inlet pipe to the MAF/TB.
Its not the best job but it will do its totally sealed and looks fairly neat so it will do the job.

Cut a thin strip for the end of the inlet that goes to the TB that then made the pipe fatter so the rubber adapter would fit and be air tight.



Done the MAF side of the pipe the same but made it fatter by using electrical tape to make it fatter for the adaptor usually I would not do this but with it being on the cooler side of the pipe it dont mind.






It all works perfect so I am happy I still have to clean it up and block of the pipe holes altho I may use one of then for the cam case breather pipe and I need to see if I can bolt it to the rocker cover with out the cams hitting the bolt heads.
All in all it will be way better than the standard inlet and the K&N banana pipe which starts to melt on the bonnet on hot days lol.

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Painted up the s brace and the rst inlet pipe its only a hammerite brush job but it looks better than it did so it will do.




Still need to touch up a few bits on the side of the inlet pipe.

Also primered my inlet today and will paint it the same tomorrow.

Well had a right time getting my timing belt on but its on.
The inlet cam pulley was no bother but the exhaust cam pulley was a nightmare, the bolt was so tight I ended up rounding the bolt.
So my old and faithful friend mr grinder had to come out and have a word or two or three with the cam pulley bolt lol.



I left the cam in place as I did not want to take the risk of the cam getting chipped inside the holding vice so I wrapped tin foil around the bottom off the engine to protect the pump gaskets and plastic pulley wheels on the water pump while I was grinding away.




My make shift cam holder so I could take the old pulley off the broken cam lol.




Took off the plate on the block to give behind and the plate a clean to get all the metal fillings and oil off so no crap messed with the timing belt.




Cleaned up plate back on.



I was concerned about the bits off crap that had got in around the tappets but I was going to just flush the engine out but I decided to stop being lazy and just clean out the area properly as flushing it I think wont guarantee to get rid off the crap but I will still give the engine a flush once its in the car.

















All in all a lot happier engine so I am more than happy and now work can go forward.

Couple of other snaps.





It looks a lot worse than it is honest lol.

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ill take your word for that then lol

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Trail fitted the inlet pipe today to make sure it would clear the manifold and thankfully it does.





Just need to drill the mounting holes in the rocker cover so I can bolt it down.

Striped the TB and primed it ready for it to be sprayed black to match the rocker cover and inlet pipe.






Same deal with the inlet too



Also got my self a second rocker cover so I am busy cleaning it down and I may do some kind of design on it when I paint it, I was thinking of claw marks ripping across it but i shall see.

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bloody hell you crack on dont ya lad?
the engine looks sweet
what manifold is that, where from n how much etc?

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Fiesta Si 2.0
Fiesta 1.1
Peugeot 206 sw 1.4

what sort of paint you used on your tb and inlet. you dont hang around do ya and that ashley manifold looks soo cool and nice i cant wait to get myself one for my 2 litre.

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Thanks guys I try to keep progress going as long as I have the funds to do so that is lol.

The manifold is an ashally I got it with the hole system just before my engine melted so I never got to hear it.

As for the paint I just used high temp primer and and am just going to give them a layer or high temp black spray paint I was thinking of doing more eye catching colours but those kind of colours always get dirty quite quick so painting them black will make them look cleaner for longer.

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Hog ya buffty

lookin good matey, now get it finished and back on the road/track

you goin to Ford Fair mate?

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ST170 with High Compression Pistons, steel rods, Stage 3 head,Newman PH4 cams ,Twin 45 Delortos, Weber Alpha Management, Quaiffe IB5 gearbox,LEDA Coilovers etc .........

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i love the look of that ashley manifold on your engine looks like a F1 engine. lol. looks nice.

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well a little update engine is in.

i decided to do the same as jonnyb4 and do it with a trolley and jack only i did it a bit different and that was by laying my engine on the trolley on its side instead of upright and then once it was in the engine bay lifting it up to the upright position (not easy when your doing it on your own) this meant i did not have to lift the car so high.

some pics

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nice idea and way of getting the engine back in the car with no engine crane.

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