well then i can finally do a thread for this
its been hard keeping this a secret from most
Pistonheads Ad Pic's :-
Pic's i took for my insurance :-
swapped from Clears to Ambers
, jst need to swap the side repeaters to ambers too now
then on my way to see baz my exhaust fell off, i knew it was blowing but thought it would at least stay on for a little longer
with a spot on genius baz decided now was the perfect time to have a side exit...
up on the ramps it goes... we check the under side and it looked pretty clean
it was given a lick of black paint and this is how it looks now
, sounds pretty good, lots of popping when i change down through the gears 
i decided i wanted to paint the floor so out came the carpet, only to find 2 small rust holes in the passenger foot well
, deffo not as bad as i thought, will be sorted out soon hopefully so i start again with the painting 
stripped..only have the seat belts in the back which are coming out soon and my f2 front seats
after we dropped my cossie off, i gathered a few bits from my garage that will be needed for the zetec conversion..
Si Fan
Bit of Bling i bought of matt years ago now..
Si Rad
New Gaskets
RS1800 Inlet and TB
Si Fuel Lines
Near New HT Leads
Pink CVH Alt Bracket
Spare Clutch and speedo Cable
2 Random Poly Bushes for the Exhaust
Header Tank and Piping
Desk ECU and MAF
Si Engine loom
and my 2.0 Zetec Engine, strategically camo'd in the garden so my dad doesnt spot it while is strip bits off that i dont need
Bits Removed
Bits fitted.. well only one bit
, pink Alt Bracket.. 
while up the workshop on saturday i got my mate baz to switch my zetec pulley off my zetec alt onto a spare cvh alt he had
Zetec Alt :-
CVH Alt :-
CVH Alt with Zetec Pulley :-
a trip to halfords on sunday saw me walk out with these bits -
Fuel Filter :-
Oil Filter :-
i then ordered a new non pas alt rs1800 belt :-
i then test fitted the alt o make sure the swing arm that tensions the belt fitted :-
it fitted a treat so i test fitted my new alt belt,fits spot on juts need to tension it up when its in the car
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i then had a root round in my box of goddies that i had stored away when i had my fez and found this, a stainless steel water hose which i bought off matt years ago! :-
this this eve i went to collect my last remaining bits for my conversion
Stage 2 S2 CTS Box
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Modified CVH Engine Mount :-
4 Branch Zetec Manifold :-
MK2 XR2 Exhaust which needs a little tlc :-
XR2 Tie Bars and Brackets :-
i then let the car cool down and begun stripping it, its now at the stage where the 1.1 engine is ready to drop out tomorrow eve, i'm waiting till i have a few more hands to help me
Started stripping :-
Ready to drop out :-
the engine was ready to drop out on thursday eve -
my crew of missfits
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1.1 out and me in the empty hole
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zetec ready to have the box and inlet bolted on -
zetec in -
snug as a bug -
i then fitted the alt and tensioned the belt up -
then it was time for the 4 branch to be fitted, but i had to remove the alt and the alt bracket to get it on
, so with that done the branch was in and resting in place - 
pic's of the engine with bits fitted -
then it was onto the part that would make or break this conversion
, the fuel tank!! mk2 and mk3 tanks next to each other -
mk3 tank cut in half to show the swirl pot and the pump and sender -
swirl pot and pump/sender plate -
pump/sender -
mk2 tank cut -
i was making up some blanking plate for the holes that weren't needed anymore -
baz, the man who was going to do the welding for me
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the welding starts
swirl pot spot and blanking plates welded in place -
mk3 pump/sender plate getting welded in -
all done -
sneaky little sticker on my boot
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it started on friday where i stupidly forgot wtf half the plugs did on my si loom
so i took some pic's for rs220bhp to help me out, but before he could reply i had already worked most of them out
close ups
1. Coil Pack correct
2. Oil Pressure Switch correct
3. Bottom Therostat Plug - Gauage correct
4. CPS Plug corect
5. Maf Plug correct
6. VSS Plug ? 6+7 possibly to do with the pats sytems
7. ? as above
8. Plug for Injector Sub Loom
9. Main Car Loom
10. ?possibly that charcoal thing for emissions/ or not neened
11. ? this connects to the inlet vacume on the back,im sure its not needed
12. Lambda Sensor Plug
13. ?possibly that charcoal thing for emissions/ or not neened
14. Earth Wire
wiring a zetec into an mk2 using a 1.6 16v si loom
http://www.xrtwo.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... it=si+loom
my suspension and tracking have now been done,i have done a few 1st's this week! i fitted new ball joints, did the suspension swap and did the tracking on my own, i did have some help and guidance from baz and my mate steve as i was up at thier work doing all this
shitty before pic of the 1.1 suspension
after pic of the 30/40mm drop
some pic's to go with the last update
another hole to be welded up...
cowboy'd shaft, can you see the flat edges??
old drum off ready for new bearings
right then guys some bits arrived for me in the post yesterday afternoon, nice fresh set of bright oranage poly bushes, to match my hair :cool: :pmsl:
on wednesday after i had finished work i shot off to the post office to collect another parcel that i had missed, 2 cans of crackle black had arrived for me :top:
i got my spare rocker cover out of the shed and headed to baz's work, i gave it a clean off in the degreasing tank thing
then set about spraying it, nice and shiny
then after 3 coats, i left it in the sun to dry out,looked really good here
On Saturday(last week) my beam was collected for me by a mate of mine up in Yorkshire! big thanks to mattyboy for collecting it for me and another big thanks to happypaul for bringing it down to FF for me!
I also had a post delivery,my gearbox mounts arrived
after i fitted my uprated suspension one of the rear shocks burst, so i had to then set about replacing it AGAIN!!.....
On Wednesday before FF I ordered 2 brand new standard xr2 shocks!
D: which actually turned out to be made by bilstein :top:
got them fitted and what a transformation :content: , I love it :cool:
comments welcome, she's a work in progress so bare with me
got my mot tomorrow.....
** Big Thanks go to - Alex,Del,Baz, My 2 Brothers, Kenny, Adam(scamp), Steve(rs220bhp) for all the parts i have bought off him and helping me source some bits i couldnt get hold of!**
