project barn find,cosworth mondeo
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Until he braked and water poured down the front of the car
Old school headlight washers
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Until he braked and water poured down the front of the car
Old school headlight washers
The last thing you wanted to do with a 1985 1.1 Fiesta was allow even more water into the engine bay lol. None of that new fangled electronic ignition in them. Oh it had home made headlight washer too
Actually it wasn't. This engine has a different head, different cam cover and different inlet manifold.
The only thing that hasn't been changed is the shell. Everything else is being vastly improved as quite frankly it was build like f uck all by Reyland.
The only thing that hasn't been changed is the shell. Everything else is being vastly improved as quite frankly it was build like f uck all by Reyland.
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In fairness to them it was built near 20 years ago, a lot of methods and parts have improved massively since then
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In fairness to them the exact same parts and methods where around 20 years ago. They just executed them badly. There's no excuse for shoddy wiring, badly fitted dash board and a horribly plumbed fuel system.
In fairness to them the exact same parts and methods where around 20 years ago. They just executed them badly. There's no excuse for shoddy wiring, badly fitted dash board and a horribly plumbed fuel system.
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As above really, very little of this car is going to be 'original' in terms of how people remember it from years ago, it was basically brought over here as a rolling shell.
So further tweaking, changing and enhancing what was already a bespoke build is proving to throw up a few more challenges just.
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got the engine in last night,**** its a tight fit and we have hit a problem,i want to use the a s inlet but the throttle body hits the battery,so I'm going to look into race batterys and cut the tray or put the battery in the boot,which i don't really want to do.
also got the bumper on so it well on its way
lucky the wall was there for paul to use to support him as he pushed like **** lol
fitted
this is were the throttle body is hitting the battery so that needs sorted in the new year
and a picture of the purple hoses to see what they look like with the green
thanks to paul and terry for there help
also got the bumper on so it well on its way
lucky the wall was there for paul to use to support him as he pushed like **** lol
fitted
this is were the throttle body is hitting the battery so that needs sorted in the new year
and a picture of the purple hoses to see what they look like with the green
thanks to paul and terry for there help
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Jeepers, that is close up against the bulkhead
The engine looks awesome though
The engine looks awesome though
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is it ok that tight to the bulk?
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Was thinking that myself, would engine movement/heat not cause bother?
Other than that, cracking build!
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It's hard to see but it's actually notched back to allow it to sit further back, albeit it's still very very close. I'd say the main heat worry is going to be the maaoooosive turbo though
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Looking forward to seeing it NOT street racing on the bangor ring road or across the carriageway
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