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[Thealastair34]

harness trials fitted





temp cover



evo time!

Edited by Thealastair34, 31 December 2012 - 08:56 PM.

[Thealastair34]

bodywork take 2, the new stuff!!!!









takes ages marking cutting testing etc....



getting there though!



another set of wheels

13" this time less weight

[Thealastair34]

looking better!









wheels on

[Thealastair34]

washed






had to cutout bonnet top for turbo



smaller front tyres, running 185 up front 205 at the rear



set of carbon front archs fitted





boost solenoid

[Thealastair34]

carpeted garage luxury with added duct tape



vac tank made, need this to sort the issue of the vac take offs having direct to head throttle bodies



front indicators



sold the 15" splits rims and r888's for a healthy profit


quarter turn fasteners to old leading bonnet edge



big front plate fitted, carnt decide what do do about the plate might run a small one or a vinyl on the bonnet your thoughts would be good on that point

take off the throttle bodies then into the vac tank

[Thealastair34]

air filter fitted into nose cone







new fuel pump catch tank oil hose and heat refelctive matting



breather lines fitted and catch tank

[Thealastair34]

exhaust lagged



heat mat fitted



wide angle rear view mirror





had a set of wheel spacers made for the rear



fitted



nearly finished









All three toys out

Edited by Thealastair34, 31 December 2012 - 09:25 PM.

[Thealastair34]

took it for a short spin







loaded up ready for its next trip!

[leevx2.2]

What's your plans for the Vx ?

[Thealastair34]

What's your plans for the Vx ?

nothing!

seems fine just a nice reliable fun car that isnt too expensive to run i did think about building a nice engine for it but i have more than one money pit at the moment!

[CocoPops]

Needs that plenum covering with the bonnet IMHO. Hoses look ok in nose, but a moulding around the throttle bodies is needed I think. Fibreglass addition perhaps?

[Thealastair34]

Needs that plenum covering with the bonnet IMHO. Hoses look ok in nose, but a moulding around the throttle bodies is needed I think.

Fibreglass addition perhaps?

afraid not at the moment, maybe if i break the bonnet or something goes wrong with it dont fancy crafting something like that!

[CocoPops]

Good job it doesn't need iva/sva again then! Coz that sure wouldn't pass

[Thealastair34]

Good job it doesn't need iva/sva again then!

Coz that sure wouldn't pass

exactly!

one reason why i purcahsed it as a rolling shell as that it a proper ball ache to pass, stupid rules

[Firthy]

Two words...... ruddy epic! Great thread really enjoying reading it look forward to hearing about the trip!

[Thealastair34]

Two words...... ruddy epic! Great thread really enjoying reading it look forward to hearing about the trip!

thanks!

updating now

[Thealastair34]

right car was ready to go for mapping

was going down to the two gods of engine mapping steve and steve

at http://www.tracknroad.com/

no bulls**t not friendly but they know more than the internet about tuning engines and if there good enough for Ford there good enough for me!

on the dyno









short vid of dyno run



afraid i had the aux belt fail which cut mapping short, very short only had about 40mins on dyno just got to the point of adding some boost in

the figures however were great and i was over the moon with them

at 4.5psi it did 230bhp and 160lbft

at 6.5psi it did just shy of 250bhp and 190lbft

a shame that the belt failed and cut the night short but overall the engines good temps were ok so just had to get that sorted for next time!

graph

[Thealastair34]

drive home was fun it snowed?!



had the car put through the mot the day after, passed which was good just have afew tasks to sort to make it ready to pass the scrutineers for hillclimbing

needed to change afew bolts they were not long enough, had play in the steering column too

so on with those tasks, decided to make a new column from scratch to do this exhaust had to come off





got a new wheel too as i like them smaller nice SPA item!


engine



steering column bits ready to be fabricated



got new aux idler pully and mount from a formula ford proper bit of kit!



also needed to sort brake lights, they were working from a pressure sesnor in the rear lines but they didnt work untill you really stamped on the brakes which i wasnt happy about

pedal box, small feet need only apply!

[Thealastair34]

column work

purchased the mk2 escort threaded section to cut down and sleave into the lower column i had





test fit column



spot welded up



ready for proper welding



drilling and coutersinking the wheel



mounted



bit more welding



been working on a westy too

[Thealastair34]

back to the pedals

decided to use micro switches mounted infront of the pedals

knocked up some alloy mount that bolted down to the pedal box





fitted sorry for crap pic



tidied all dash wiring too, wiring is hard work not my best thing i do to be fair!



delivery from think automotive, redoing rear brake lines and remove hydro handbrake, nightmare to bleed never been happy with the brakes since



column all fitted and done





well happy with that, zero play and saved some weight