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[Thealastair34]

shimming cams, fun - not!





all alloy work



going black!

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convertible has advatage to looking gay

[Thealastair34]

side panel on


race battery in



swirl pot



suspension all on




axle back in



back on zee floor!

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outside





fast parts delivery!



accrilite pistons


steel rods



fancy crank



vs stock crank

[Thealastair34]

panel fitted inside







started making a wiring loom, hate electrics never done it before

learnt alot and would do it different if i were to do it again





delivery!!!







painted wheels

[Thealastair34]

archs and lights









set of plates



air deflector and fia cutoff



light control knob and dash buttons



dash top panel in

[Thealastair34]

meanwhile engine rebuild pics

injector blanks and head



cams all in


pistons in



mains in



rods and crank



crank in



lightweight flywheel on


ready to time up


this is where this engine build stopped.

the rods were made wrong and nipped up on the crank, i wasnt happy with this and decided not to continue the build at this stage

Edited by Thealastair34, 29 December 2012 - 08:42 PM.

[Thealastair34]

car body work was finished at this stage just needed a engine to power it!

i decided that i would knock building a 200bhp n/a 1.6 engine on the head after the hassle that i had with the rods and having to strip the whole engine and bin them.

i decided that i have never had a turbo car before so why not turbo the engine? sounds simple in theory and i like to learn and a challange so it was decided!

turbo sigma, about a year before Ford did there Eco boost haha

pics of car with bodywork on

[Thealastair34]

Stage three of the rebuild!

Turbo power

started to collect bits, focus exhaust manifold and puma inlet manifold

idea was to weld flange to exhaust and use split the puma inlet and make a plenium to fit on

also got a mr2 intercooler








never liked the seats i had so picked up a set of Caterham R500 Tilliett items

Edited by Thealastair34, 29 December 2012 - 08:52 PM.

[Thealastair34]

back to the car

lights working







dash

[Thealastair34]

thats it for today fun bit next build a turbo engine! hope you enjoy my toy car

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Bravo keep on posting

[RalphyBMW]

Top stuff Al! Look forward to hearing more

[allsteel]

Great job, you're a handy bloke.

[Ormes]

Top stuff Al! Look forward to hearing more

[rob999]

Hats off to you OP, if I had a smidgen of the skills I'd be pleased.

[CKR]

It must be amazing to drive along and know you've put together every inch of the car beneath you. excellent build

[Hark]

Very interesting read,cheers for posting. Really like it in the white.

[Thealastair34]

thanks guys,

right more in depth write up of an engine build

take one all alloy 1.6 sigma engine block





scrat all loose paint off and give it a lick of black



new parts collection

arrow steel rods, proper for the job, proper expensive



5 1/2" race fly wheel



compared to a lightened stock item



dry sump tank



hopefully where it will go


dry sump pan, again a pace item 2 stage from formula ford

[Thealastair34]

i had the block checked over and the bores honed everything was within tolerance which is good for a block that had done 70k plus milage

i am missing some pics so will make the best job i can

new ss2 shawspeed turbo cams fitted in head, the head has had some work done including larger valves and some heavy porting by the guy who did the 1600 rally engines for ford in the puma's



head all ready



dry sump pump on mount


new clutch single plate ap ceramic 5 1/2 item



set of carbon fibre front arch's



new custom low comp accralite pistons



rods all marked ready to go

[Thealastair34]

the crank and rods were all plastigauged to make sure each was within the min and max that Ford give, which they were so no worries there this time!!!



crank back in its cradle





needed a return welding to the sump



sorted!



by my cheif welder and teacher of most i know!