Its been a very busy weekend for me and here is my large update.lol
Firstly i stripped of everything that was not needed from my 2ltr and gave her a quick like of paint!
(the rocker cover will be repaint white, it was just a guideline to see what it would look like white)
Then it was time to pop the bonnet and take out this little lump
engine out then
The fez was up in the air then
Then i fabricated engine mount, gearbox mount and fitted the xr2 tie bar and xr2 cradle, then compared the drive shafts from the diesel box to the 1.1 driveshafts they were a completly diffrent shape:
i popped the cups out of the 1.1 box and they fitted directly to the diesel box so easy problem solved
Also went out and bought a new xr2 exhaust system as i do want to just go for the clean/ sleeper look and it looks the nuts.lol
and fitted in place
it has been welded directly to the zetec down pipe and it only has literally just the centre box
no cat needed
now we couldnt get the fez high enough on jacks to push the zetec under so one person on each front arch we lifted it and another made slid it under
surprisingly light for a car.lol
Then got distracted and thought it would be funny to blue tack a cosworth badge to the back as i had two lying around
engine was then fitted up and the all plumbing done, two custom pipes needed all i did is got spares from the si and put an alloy tube in between them to extend the pipes around the engine, i used the si rad as i know the plumbing for these so it made it easier, only real issue there was the si rad is huge in comparison to the 1.1 one so made out own lugs on the rad to mount it to the chassis
I fitted the inlet and exhaust and did wired the loom into the engine side, still trying to work out the other side of things now but thats to someone called benny who is on XRtwo.com and lives local to me ive cracked it! just need time to wire the other side into the mk2 loom now.
I did start plumbing in an erst pump in line as a temp job but after speaking to another guy im going to pick up a mk2 tank with a swirl pot and fiesta RST pump already build in so thats going to save me LOADS of head stress.lol then all i need to do on the fueling side is wire in a relay for the pump and put the zetec fuel line connectors on the other side (if you look at the bulk head you will see where i will be fitting the filter)
Also one other issue im having is i have an overhanging cvh alternator bracket rather than an underhanging bracket so my alternator wont fit between the water pump and the chassis...it either hits one or the other.
Other than finishing the loom, fitting tank & sourcing hanging bracket and belt then obviously tidy everything in the bay im ready to go
im hoping she will be running by next weekend
Although Benny doesn't come on this site got to say thank you to him as his advise has saved me a few times
lol
Comments welcome please
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