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Re: Road/Track 172 Well had a couple of hours on the clio last few days, engine mounts,suspension mounts fitted along with the poly dogbone mount. Ive also tried to tidy up the door panel trims as the fit on them is very poor. Then since the car isnt going to get used due to me being away...

Ive already emailed the guy about that , just waiting to hear back from him justnow about the spec of loom.

I'm in a similar position as I have the bodies, injectors and filters and I would think I'm still looking at atleast another £1000 for management and mapping.

Will be interesting to see how long it stays 300 bhp before the big power engine gets fitted from his escort cosworth project.

Ritchie's KA is cool as even better since he also has a sport ka in the same colour to use to bait people. That was its first show as its still not fully finnished that's why it looks so clean but if it's like any of his other cosworths it will get used well.

Re: Road/Track 172 Now I have a range rover sport as a daily and the clio and shifter kart as toys.

Re: Road/Track 172 The brakes were fine they were smoking a fir bit after a 15 min session but had no fade at all. They are brembo disks with ds2500 pads. I'm running 60mm trumpets but had problem with the backing plate hitting te rail so have put 20mm spacers in giving a 80mm trumpet and...

Re: Road/Track 172 Suspension parts to be fitted. Power parts :) I need to make a new backing plate or may buy a bigger filter ,this one is fairly tight to the side of the trumpets but does have good clearance at the mouths. Im running Jenveys,20mm jenvey spacers,backing plate then 60mm...

Re: Road/Track 172 Well first track day and it was faultless , I did 3 sessions and my mate took it out for another 2. Hope to get the uprated engine mounts and top mounts sorted for the next time out. Was a good few clips out and it seemed to hold its own against them.

Re: Road/Track 172 I just called to check spaces for one of my mates and it's sold out. I will be taking it easy as first ttime on track with the clip and first time driving the track in reverse.

Re: Road/Track 172 Thanks the pacific escort was a really nice car that ended up on the cover of Fastford, but the 996 turbo is the only one I really regret selling. It was close to 600 bhp with Moton 2 way coilovers, amongst a load of other high end mods.

Re: Road/Track 172 The 197 cams were £75 compared to £500 for normal uprated cams, might not get the same gains but im not chasing big bhp. Its one of the knockhill nights open pit for 2 hours limited to 40 spaces sure it was £60 , Its running reverse so not ideal for a first time out but its...

Re: Road/Track 172 Not sure on head work 200 bhp would do me and standard head will be fine for that I think.

Re: Road/Track 172 I have also now bought some Peco 430 cc injectors off the guy selling the bodies so that is another thing sorted, just ARP bolts to sort . What revs are the standard valves safe to ? justnow the car has a 7K limiter but I was thinking 7.5K with the rod bolts done.

Re: Road/Track 172 Had a little shopping spree today :D Jenvey ITB 197 cams Inlet horn spacers (20mm as horns are 60mm) ITG filter I also have my first track night booked for next Thursday . Will see how the car goes as it is justnow, then get the uprated engine mounts, camber...

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I know Paul through the ford scene as I have had Cosworths for year, and thought I recognised it from some of the pics I had seen.

Nice work on the inlet . The xr2 looks stunning , did you end up selling it o a guy in Aberdeen with a CSL.

Are you going full aeroquip or push on ? If running it inside the car I would be going PTFE lined hose to avoid fuel smells inside the car.

Would it not be possible to fit the oil cooler where Bomber has put his, then mount the oil tank in the wheel arch where the original carbon canister was. By mounting it low with a hole cut so the fill was sticking into the engine bay it would keep the tank level with the charger, give air flow...

I found a old post on here a few days ago about the coolant sensor that replaces the bleed screw, sure it was TDF and there around £50.

Was at that time Chip before the Gt30 went on along with the small turbo inlet and new engine loom.

The crackle paint is very durable , alot of the bits on my old escort had been done for about 5 years and still looked fresh.

If I wasnt so far away you could of had mine, cams and bodies are on my shopping list.

Re: Road/Track 172 Thanks but I cant take credit for the build as Ive only done a few changes since I got it, I wouldnt mind finding out who originaly did the work on the car as there is a few parts with no records. One of my friends has just bought a 106gti on bodies last night so looks like...

Looks a nice install and could be a cheap conversion if it does make power. Stupid question but have you ran the car up with the filters removed to see if there causing a restriction?

Re: Road/Track 172 Ive just bought a second hand set of K-tec topmounts, will see how I get on with them not looking for full adjustability.

Not heard anything about them for years they use to be big into supercharged saxos when they were fairly new , also did a couple of quick AX's that went to Knockhill.

I know Simon from Sitech racing has done alot of mapping on OMEX, mainly ford stuff but he does do any make. He has a civic in justnow for mapping on bodies , and is now based in Rosyth. Thats who I was goign to use if I got them as known him for years and half an hour along the road for me...

Looks like a proper build with some very nice bits going onto it, who is going to be doing your mapping ? Im gutted I missed out on the throttle bodies but you snooze you loose .