awesome

minty mint

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heres how the steering grommet turned out





if you look lower to the floor you can see the white delrin i had machined,
but not too bothered, it serves a purpose and the engine will be in the way of that view





centre vent all blocked up to make way for the gauges in the dash





put the front wheels on, first time on all fours for some time

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more new parts





as most people in work know about this project,
one mate had this from years ago and offered it to the cause haha
cigarette lighter kit,
(thought its one more brand new thing)





new arch liners





got a set of fiesta turbo dials, as they show 150mph rather than 140mph
also my original dials has a dodgy tripometer





and off with the white dials within five mins

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looking good

you binning them dials mate if not i'll have em please lol!!!

is that an escort servo and master cylinder as it looks very different

Great looking project Keep the pics coming

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Quote Clarkson, Top Gear, 17th July: "I'm not having a stroke... just driving a Nissan!"
Quote Ry, Mallory Park, 3rd Dec: "Ahhhh crap... Just a bit too over eager really!"
"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee"

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Your car is looking lush mate
I got big brake setup like yours too lol
Got mondeo mk2 servo and cylender, FST rear disk setup and mk3 mondeo calipers and ST170 disks - Pulls yer face off lol

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She's still alive! -23/02/2017

well some small news,

the engine was been taken to harvey gibb's yesterday,
so when they can fit it in, it will be connected to his engine dyno to be 'run in'
then map it the on the pectel T2 management,


also i've got another gearbox but will explain more on that with another update later
but did a little research on the ratio's which will be in the gearbox,
came up with the following

should be interesting





bought a brand new fuel filler neck pipe as mine just would'nt clean up
and would of stood out like a sore thumb with everything else on the shell being to a good standard

quick iphone picture for now

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well this week my engine was with well known Harvey Gibbs @ scs on the engine dyno
with all connections made such as exhaust, air, water etc etc
then they built the oil pressure up before starting for the first time since the full rebuild
and was run in properly

also i've gone for air injectors for boost control supplied by harvey


today was mapping time
had some figures at different times of the day during the mapping
220bhp @ 3k revs
310bhp @ 4.5k

the escort series 2 exhaust manifold was the first restriction which got the temps up
when it made 365-370
so it was turned down, and map was trimmed for smoothness

so an upgrade exhaust manifold may be sourced at a later date if the power is'nt enough
but i'll deal with what i've got first


final peak power result was
358bhp and 357ft lb of torque boosting at 26psi at the crank


a massive thanks to ian howell who spec'd and built the engine
and harvey gibbs that run the engine in and mapped the pectel t2 ecu

the results show ian is a superb engineer and knows what works, flow rates, cam profiles etc
still shocked how early the t38 made power


will have a power graph soon when i collect the engine

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fucking hell

animal

Superb news mate

excellant!!

in regards to the brake servo, ive done the same thing but im not sure if the brake pipes need to go on in a certain way as im making all new copper ones, as in front brakes fit to the bottom and back brakes on the side etc..

any ideas??

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FEED ME MORE!!!!

well thats right they need to go on a certain way,
two of the connections had restrictors on mine so they were obviously the rears,
not sure for you though,

maybe google image search what you've got
and you might strike lucky and see which has the restrictors so you know what the rears are

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that was an epic read! looking at my car depresses me now! but makes me want to get out there right now in the freezing cold and get cracking. brilliant mate, probably one of the best threads i'll ever read about a restoration. well done.

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fifi

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Awesome mate, nice one!

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