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Old 02-07-2010, 06:31 PM   #1
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Thought I better add some pics of my "Work in Progress" track car...

Its my second Ford Focus 1999



And it will give you all something to have a look over..

I bought it in Nov 2008. It was already on Spax RSX coilovers and had a Pipercross Viper induction kit.













Once i got it home i started having ideas for it...

Got hold of some Sparco Buckets and harnesses off ebay



And as soon as the custom Sparco subframes arrived from italy they were in




After a few months of driving it (for me and about 2 years before me) on of the rear shocks went which killed both rear springs (i think they were on the way out anyway)



Then I'm sure we have all had it.......Multistory carpark (being slammed on coilovers its not a common resting ground for my car) someone backed into the front of my car... And after a few months managed to get a new front bumper, foglight, indicator lense, grille and front deflector. (minor damage I am sure you will agree but I was very pissed off considering I was sitting in the car at the time)



I then got hold of some genuine Morette front lights for a mk1.5 so the sparky in me got to work converting the looms







Picked up some strut braces from the bay (pretty cheap as well)










Along came the stripe.... (to cover a nasty bit of lacquer lift on the bonnet....just in time for ford fair)







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I got a blue light conversion, plasma dials and custom gauge +surround off of ebay







and with it all fitted...




And now some Carbon Fibre.....









Once all the CF is in ill get some more pics up

Ok all the carbon Fibre is now in. I was waiting on a hot glue gun and it finally arrived so all is done!











Tiny little update from me...

What with promoting the website www.e13-design.co.uk

Ive not had too much time to spend on the focus... but I did get a nice little package from the USA today





Just been sat sorting out the wiring for it....



enjoi!
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when i first saw you say "track car" and then saw that huge speaker box, i was like "wtf?" and then i saw the lack of rear seat and addition of braces, and i smiled. headlights look great. ive always been a fan of that style. awesome job pulling out the one light for air induction. when is the turbo/supercharger coming?
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The car will soon have a new heart (in the form of a 2.0) and then I need to choose a route....

A) turbo charged
b) super charged
c) running on super bike carbs

I'm undecided as of yet..... Glad you like it tho
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Dang! you been working on this for awhile! coming along nicely :P

(I think it's just me, but those MK1.5 lights are ugly lol)
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The lights arnt to everyones taste but i like them.


Thanks mate!
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Looks nice dude, i was thinking of getting morettes for my Punto but there rare as **** and still go for around £150 second hand :\
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Ive seen them go for closer to £450..... lol


But yehh i got a deal on them for sure
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I took a look through pics again (last time it crashed my internet lol)
Loving the carbon fibre on the car. Also nice cup holder lol
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I'm glad to see you took out the rediculous amount of speakers out of the boot lol But I think you should strip the whole of the interior out (like my Vectra), would save a lot more weight
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I have been looking at the car recently and have felt like ive let it down by not washing it.. And ive been asking myself why I bought a black car... well this is why!

So first proper clean of the year. (Pics from my iPhone )













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black is pain in the *** to keep clean
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nice focus! a bunch of my friends and i build foci for autox and road racing, we are tearing one down right now, too bad you hav a ztec or id offer you a cosworth intake manifold. keep of the good work, the focus is a really fun little track car
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Got any pics of this autox car? Would like to see what you done with it
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around here somewhere i do, ill go hunt some down on on my photo bucket, ill get you pics of our flat black zx4 and of the stripped silver zx3
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Cool sounds good...
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Ive got my hands on a little project



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Should give me something to play with and ive always wanted one

Cost me the grand total of £60

Enjoy!
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hey ace, these are the pictures iv found so far of the cars, they are through multiple photobuckets lol, this is the cosworth powered zx4. its not the prettiest but who cars its a track car, still waiting on paint though. function over form....sorry there is alot of pictures....there is a bunch more of all the parts we have on it, it will be turbo charged in about 2-3 weeks, oh its a 2.3L also

full cosworth built engine, custom hand made tune, race headers, 3inch exhaust set up for a rear mounted turbo, KYB AXG adjustable damping suspension, race seats and harnesses, mustang TB, it has a short ram on now but going back to a custom cold air in a few days, just waiting on all the turbo parts to come in now








mustang TB had to heat up the hose to pull it over, its much much larger than stock
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Thought i would pop a quick update one here

Project 2.0 started in April of this year...

Couple of pics of the new Lump...






Turns out its form a 2000 Mondeo that had a nasty rear end shunt...

62k on the clock...

Got an st170 4-2-1 manifold in the post. Looks like its hardly been used..


only payed £40 so thats all good should be able to get it heat wrapped on monday.





Managed to start the heat wrapping on the exhaust while I was free this evening.


I was using the 2" stuff but ive decided that in future (and for the second half) im going to go with 1" as it would be easyer on the bends.

So this is where im at....





Ok so the strip down begins. Im a total novice at this so its a massive learning curve all this working with internal engine parts..

First off we needed to get the engine and gearbox separated.









With out too much hassle that was off. But it did reveal what a mess the inner bell housing was... So that needs a good clean up (is this a common thing?)

The clutch was in ok nick but i have another (along with a new thrust bearing which was checked to be the correct one ) ready to go on so thats fine.



But the flywheel needs a right good clean up.






It was then looking like this... Hung on the winch



Got hold of a engine stand to make things a bit easier so that will be in use as soon as i can get some long bolts to go through the bell housing / block holes in the engine.





Pulled the plug leads off and found out that it was flooded with water in the plug trench (not sure what its called) so dried all that out... apparently it had just came out of the car (yehh right ohh)

Next off came the inlet mani, Aux belt, pulleys and rocker cover to reveal...







So that was tonights antics in the garage. Its been a massive learning curve already so onwards and upwards...

The shopping list has an aux belt and tensioner now on the it The question is do i ditch the A/C as a weight saving effort??.. In 2 years of owner ship i have never used it...


Ok little update.

Got a bit more done this evening with help from my Grandad (mobil mechanic all his life)

Draining it of oil revealed a rounded sump plug. Got some big grips out and got that off in no time.


Started by taking the cams out to try and get the head off.












Then realised we needed a Tx55 Torque bit to undo the head bolts so we put a stop to the head.

Removed the old exhaust mani and placed the nice new ST170 mani up to check the fit. The only thing that changes is the port shape. Are the ST170 exhaust ports on the head circular? or rounded rectangle like on a zetec?

Anyway that was all good so we then flipped it over and took the sump off to check the crankshaft for wear. The shells look almost new that are in it so very little wear. They will be replaced anyway.


Soon as I can get that torque bit I can wip the head off and asses the situation there.


Then its piston out time and check the bores.

Ok update time.


Got the head off tonight.. Ill let the pics do the talking.









Gave the top a good clean up.





As you can see very little (to no) wear on the bore... there is no lip at the top its really really clean!



Then onto the head...







The crank...



And the flexi pipe from a member on here (maniecruz) thanks mate turned up this morning!




So the upshot of tonight is that a bore is not needed as it is in such good condition...

Some new big end shells and a good clean up should do the trick. Go and order my gaskets this week and sort cleaning everything now

Ok Little update...


Started timing the engine up.. Got the cams set and the pistons at TDC just waiting for some sealant for the end caps on the cam carriers.

I have some ARP con rod bolts on order from Big Will so they should be here soon

Got this is the post...






Then gave her a quick wash and wax...











Excuse the dirty wheels...

UPDATE...

Torqued up all the cam carriers.

Got it all timed and torqued up.

New water pump is in...



Got the rocker cover back on and started cleaning the outside ready for a lick of paint on saturday.






Just waiting on a sump gasket and ARP rod bolts.
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UPDATE...

I managed to slap some paint on the block to tidy it up a bit..


Needs a second coat (and i need to do the sump pan too so that will be todays bit..








Also sorted a gearbox and powersteering pipes for £80 which was a result! should be pickingthem up monday!

UPDATE TIME...

Popped back to the workshop tonight to try and sell the old mondie gearbox to some guy on ebay. Turns out he wants a different one.. So no sale..


Anyway..


New ARP Rod Bolts arrived today from BigWill:


New (to me) MTX75 Focus Box after a good clean up:




Finished Painted Block:




Sump:


And oil breather:


And the box full of new goodies!



Got some Gearbox oil seals and Exhaust Gaskets on order from tezza so they should be in the box of bits soon too Should be getting all the bottom end done up on thursday night...


Tonights update...

Not much done tonight as my Grandad was taken to hospital and I had a very minor "DING"in the car ;( . So was kind of bummed out. Tought I would take my mind off things by doing some work on the engine.


So...


This was my bargain exhaust from the bay of E cost me a grand total of £50









I think youll agree its in dam good nick (even still got the ford sticker on it) and it was a right laugh trying to squeeze it into a 3 dr

Then finished off some bits like the oil breather...


Then bolted it on...


Painted the mid cambelt / engine mount cover (cant really see that it is infact black it in the pic)...



Got some of the mounts cleaned and bolted on...



Finally I started work on the inlet manifold but called it a night so ill save all that for the weekend.


The car is looking very eager to have its new engine put in (so am I)


right another little update for you lot.


Went to fit the ARP Con Rod Bolts today......Wrong ones.... Turns out the ones i have are probably for an ST170.... So Should have the right ones by Monday/Tuesday.

As you can see (Left is the ARP bolt, right is the Standard one ):


Then got the inlet manifold on after a good clean out..




Also got the alternator on:



Then bolted the power steering pump back on (I have a question about this but ill post it up in the engine section):


Painted a little bracket off the sump:



Got the A/C pump bracket on (A/C pump needs a right good clean):




but im wating to put the sump on before that can all be bolted up..


Tonights Update...

Picked up my engine mounts tonight (£15 for the lot)



Gave them a good clean in preparation of fitting...




Then gave some other bits like the coil pack bracket a good clean up.

And then test fitted the manifold....











Now i know i need an ST170 Dipstick and tube :twisted:


Righty oH...

This mornings work... I got up early (from me on a saturday 8.00am is early) so i could crack on.

First on the agenda was to fit the freshly supplied ARP Con Rod Bolts from Big_Will. They fitted a charm So thanks will. Greased and torqued them up.

Old Bolts:


New Bolts!:


Next was to fit the lower crankcase. Popped the gasket on and put it on. Torqued up the 10 bolts:




Put the oil pickup pipe in and a new gasket.


Next was to put the sump pan on. Put the sealant all round the edging and all round the bolt holes. Then popped the sump on and tightened:




Also put some of the sump magnets on.

Got the new oil filter on.

Got some new plugs in.

Got the A/C pump back on (one of 2 that I have so im unsure which to use yet)

Then got the exhaust manifold on:







So a good day today... got everything done alot quicker that i thought

Thanks mate...

Update time....

First off was to show the fitted oil seals (tapes there to stop grit from getting in):




And new thrust bearing:


Clean Gearbox:


Got the flywheel all torqued up (and found a clutch alightment tool :P ):


Mr Engine meet Mrs Gearbox...... :P :











Also got the fuel lines cleaned and on. and got the starter motor on.

OK UPDATE......

The silicone hoses arrived this morning..




Just waiting on some nice stainless steel clips to arrive in the post... I also need to cut them down a bit but that will be done when its all in


I also has the ST170 dipstick and idler to put on... Which also meant the 170 heat shield can go on...



Nice shiny new idler...



I then popped round to my mates house to see the hose placement and locations on his 2.0. Got plenty of snaps as reference...


Came back and painted the off side driveshaft bearing holder.





Cleaned and painted drive shafts:






Painted shaft bearing holder..



The tin of hammorite has taken a beating the last few weeks :S
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