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 Extreme Veteran Posts: 592   Location: kent | Bought this locost kit car a few months ago for a reasonable price, it's a 1600 crossflow, the kit cars based on the mk2 escort, Plan is to strip the whole lot down and get the frame powder coated, new set of wheels, new body, new seats and fit my 1.4 turbo into it on a type 9 gearbox      | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Pick up the new body tomorrow, gearbox arrived today, collected the seats last weekend so just needs stripping engine mounted and bell housing made then I can beat Dylan in his lotus  | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Picked the new body up today, mk indy fibreglass shell  And type 9 gearbox from a v6 Sierra  | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Busy busy busy. .. cars now stripped down to the frame, cut most the back off for the new mk indy body and started making the bellhousing, bought some nice carbon fibre front cycle wings as well what should look great !!! The Bellhousing will be 10mm thick metal on the bolting faces and 5mm thick in between, a bit ott and heavy       | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Look what was sitting at work for me   | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Holes cut  | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | How far the bell housings come  Edited by dazz 111 27/3/2014 6:59 PM | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Few goodies, hydraulic clutch conversion kit, pg1 starter and a pedal box kit Tried a v6 2.3 clutch on the pg1 flywheel but it don't fit!!@@!! So custom clutch it is  | ||
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 Expert Posts: 2812 Location: Bournemouth | Dazz the clutch kept going on the metro, not due to the power, but due to misalignment of the cam cover engine mount (being made by eye) The std 220 turbo clutch will be all you need 250lbft torque is not a lot, nor is the 7500rpm limit The clutch i bought you, was also fitted to a 1.8 turbo k with 300lbft torque in an elise and has no problems. So dont worry too much about a sierra clutch, as they are no better than the 220 turbos And can i beat Sean first before you get this on the road and destroy the elise......please Also as said on Facebook the original bonnet would be better for a turbo, you want to get air out of the engine bay not it Edited by djwilma 2/4/2014 11:08 AM | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | djwilma - 2/4/2014 11:07 AM Dazz the clutch kept going on the metro, not due to the power, but due to misalignment of the cam cover engine mount (being made by eye) The std 220 turbo clutch will be all you need 250lbft torque is not a lot, nor is the 7500rpm limit The clutch i bought you, was also fitted to a 1.8 turbo k with 300lbft torque in an elise and has no problems. So dont worry too much about a sierra clutch, as they are no better than the 220 turbos And can i beat Sean first before you get this on the road and destroy the elise......please Also as said on Facebook the original bonnet would be better for a turbo, you want to get air out of the engine bay not it Wish I could use the rover 220 clutch but the Splines different to the Ford gearbox, also its about 2mm too big for the flywheel, the holes in the flywheel have been chipping away at the clutch so I'm going to get a rigid 226mm clutch with type 9 spline You don't have too worry lol this won't be on the road till next year or till I win the lottery lol The bonnet should be staying the same, unless if the engine don't fit but that'll only be a intake size bulge into it Will need to open the sides up for the turbo though, quite a tight fit | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Test fit of the body      | ||
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 Expert Posts: 8490 Location: Midlands | Love the bell housing work. not entirely sure what youre going to do with that, but i look forward to seeing it Are you going to run with the steels? Looks awesome! | ||
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 Expert Posts: 5629 Location: Letchworth/Basildon | djwilma - 2/4/2014 11:07 AM Dazz the clutch kept going on the metro, not due to the power, but due to misalignment of the cam cover engine mount (being made by eye) The std 220 turbo clutch will be all you need 250lbft torque is not a lot, nor is the 7500rpm limit The clutch i bought you, was also fitted to a 1.8 turbo k with 300lbft torque in an elise and has no problems. So dont worry too much about a sierra clutch, as they are no better than the 220 turbos And can i beat Sean first before you get this on the road and destroy the elise......please Also as said on Facebook the original bonnet would be better for a turbo, you want to get air out of the engine bay not it You don't half chat some bollocks Dylan   | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | AdrianSi - 3/4/2014 12:40 PM Love the bell housing work. not entirely sure what youre going to do with that, but i look forward to seeing it :) Are you going to run with the steels? Looks awesome! Need to weld a plate for the starter and weld it all together I'm looking at getting some rota grid drifts  Edited by dazz 111 3/4/2014 3:14 PM | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Haven't done much, just saving for goodies at the minute made some side impact bars    | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Well, ordered the clutch, should take around 2 weeks Made a front splitter up, fibreglass backed carbonfibre faced...looks good imo    Next thing I'll be moulding will be the rear spoiler and the interior | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Got some tie bars fitted now  | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Building the Bellhousing got a little easier, I bought a type 9 to rover k series Bellhousing and jigged the engine and gearbox up   | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | New clutch, 225mm 1" 23t spline!! Do hope it works  | ||
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Expert Posts: 2812 Location: Bournemouth | dazz 111 - 20/5/2014 8:25 PM New clutch, 225mm 1" 23t spline!! Do hope it works How many times do i have to tell you wasnt the clutch but the engine mounts and misalignment Tis a nice clutch though | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Nearly finished the bellhousing at last! Just needs a few welds inside and the welds outside tidying up             and my carbon fibre guard I made   | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Thanks, all the original dowls have been used, and all the bolts are well fitting to the holes so should be okay there Main thing I'm worried about is heat distortion...I've taken about a week to weld it up, little bits every night after work | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Now to get it powdercoated  | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Offered the engine up to the car, everything should fit quite nicely...should be room for a nice equal length manifold too Also The parts I've recently got for the kit car, alloy fuel tank, race technology dash with leads etc, 10mx1m woven fibreglass for the bonnet bulge ill need, poly bush kit for the front, stainless steel turbo flange, 600mmx3000mm sheet of alloy mesh for moulding the interior out of and then carbon fibre over the top of it and a perforated 3" tube for the carbon fibre exhaust ill be making    | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Engine mounts done, made out of 3mm thick steel   | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 Location: kent | Not done a lot really, welded the petrol tank cage, and test fitted the 1.4t in also bought some tubing for the manifold    | ||
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Expert Posts: 2029 Location: sittingbourne, kent | pickford - 2/12/2015 8:37 PM nooo I hope you still have that engine it needs to go back in a tro ? it is going back in a tro if Daz sticks to it that is | ||
