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Riggers' Mk2 Xr2 project...
- Thread starter jamie rigby
- Start date
Sounds good Jamie 
Really want to ITB the type r for a laugh!
I wont be going FCS, so will more than likely be on track
Really want to ITB the type r for a laugh!I wont be going FCS, so will more than likely be on track
JDM Dc2
was a good weeend tho imo, and ffs really? ill probs do mallory this year then tbh as i missed last year
Sounds good Jamie
I wont be going FCS, so will more than likely be on track
get it done!! cant beat the sound and power delivery as you know
Matt_90
ClioSport Club Member
Sprint/climb 106 gti
nice one
only shows that stand out for me atm are Fiesta in the Park and Ford Fair, ill also be attenting total Vauxhall at POD and FCS but wont be in this!
I will be at the both of them, I wasn't to impressed with FITP, but ford fair is always a good day. You going with any clubs ?
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Love this project.
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Are you taking this on track at Oulton in March Jamie?
JDM Dc2
ive never been FITP, been the last 2 Ford Fair's, awesome days out specially as big as ford fan as i am lol
Cheers
Yeh man, Saturday 5th March, 1st trackday of the year for me
Going upto my mates in Preston tmoz to have plates welded in and the cage all fitted and bolted in, cannae wait
Clio 182 full fat
FITP is terrible
Mk1 F4R
FITP is in the middle of a horse racing track, boaring as sin and rained 2-3 times ive been, NEVER AGAIN will i go!
JDM Dc2
lmao, i love ford fair tbh, biggest ford show in europe
Cage all done plates welded in and bolted in -
note there are no door bars in yet, due to the ones i got with the cage are shite and dont fit, well they do but at chest height so going to sort some proper ones once ive had a few words with f0xy also going to add one or two more bars into the cage too for more strength
JDM Dc2
cheers, gotta thank my mates for the welding and making them plates think they've done an awesome job on them!
and yep
Mk1 F4R
don't lie Jamie, the door bars don't fit because you didn't weld the cage in right, i heard the front stays are to far forward :clown:
JDM Dc2
the front stays are spot on, all fit like a glove tight up against where they should be etc, fits awesome tbh
JDM Dc2
cba painting it now, plus i like the yellow, in the day light goes well with the blue and red touches, will look better with the interior all done and painted and both seats back in!
JDM Dc2
this week with little time after work, ive removed the seat again, removed the rest of the sound deadening cleaned that up, painted over all the welds inside the car with 2 coats of hammerite and painted the front footwells, cleaned all the filings off the bumpers skirts, hoovered all the car out then refitted the seats again -
going to swap all the nuts with Nylock nuts tmoz and try fit the Fibreglass bonnet!
going to swap all the nuts with Nylock nuts tmoz and try fit the Fibreglass bonnet!
JDM Dc2
Head gaskets gone :| lots of thick brown sludge in the top of the header tank and all over the cap, no mayo on the dipstick or the oil filler cap tho... heaters not quite getting upto temp, water temp on gauge is on the dash is normal tho, and oil temp still seems silly high for a standard engine when kicking its head in considering too and i have mocal 13row oil cooler too...
piece of ****, 80quid engine to be expected really lol so...
went shoping yday morning -
10l of 5w40 fully sythentic and CVH oil filter -
Nylock nuts for the cage -
...which i replaced yesturday and painted over all the weldss underneath the car, i protected the threads on the bolts sticking through underneath the car with a little bit of copper grease to stop s**t sticking to them
whilst i had the paint out did the drums and the interior -
will be giving the interior anotyher coat later on today
then onto the engine....
sludge! (was alot worse in the filler cap when i removed it last night then wiped the s**t off it)-
drained the coolant and oil and fitted the new oil filter, heres the nice coolant -
then removed the dipstick, radiator, coolant hoses and catch tank -
More to come today!!
piece of ****, 80quid engine to be expected really lol so...
went shoping yday morning -
10l of 5w40 fully sythentic and CVH oil filter -
Nylock nuts for the cage -
...which i replaced yesturday and painted over all the weldss underneath the car, i protected the threads on the bolts sticking through underneath the car with a little bit of copper grease to stop s**t sticking to them
whilst i had the paint out did the drums and the interior -
will be giving the interior anotyher coat later on today
then onto the engine....
sludge! (was alot worse in the filler cap when i removed it last night then wiped the s**t off it)-
drained the coolant and oil and fitted the new oil filter, heres the nice coolant -
then removed the dipstick, radiator, coolant hoses and catch tank -
More to come today!!
JDM Dc2
More progress... removed the rocker cover then realised i needed a female torq (whatever its called) to undo the cams, so anotehr trip to halfords, got some anti freeze whilst i was there too -
cams and tappets out, disconnted the fuel lines and throttle linkage too -
alternator and manifold then removed -
then undone the head bolts in reverse order as to the haynes manual now we have the head off
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slight bit of oil on the head gasket -
mess! -
ITBs off -
one bare head ready to be skimmed
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more mess! -
thats about it, going to get the head skimmed this week and wait on the order for the Blacktop steel headgasket and ARP rod bolts from Shawspeed
also gave the interior its 2nd coat of hammershite too so thats done with, will fit the seats tuesday once its had a good few days to dry!
cams and tappets out, disconnted the fuel lines and throttle linkage too -
alternator and manifold then removed -
then undone the head bolts in reverse order as to the haynes manual now we have the head off
slight bit of oil on the head gasket -
mess! -
ITBs off -
one bare head ready to be skimmed
more mess! -
thats about it, going to get the head skimmed this week and wait on the order for the Blacktop steel headgasket and ARP rod bolts from Shawspeed
also gave the interior its 2nd coat of hammershite too so thats done with, will fit the seats tuesday once its had a good few days to dry!
Not always... depends on the oil/coolant pathways on the engine. My oil and water was mixing slightly, but the car was still perfect. Only when I removed the head it was just two of the small pathways were leaking into each other.
Headgasket looks fine on the pics above... but it could be the head or the block thats warped/not level. You'l soon see if the problems come back after skimming the head and putting a new gasket on - problem with the block then...
Also - Roant usually want the valves out of the head for skimming so he can clean it properly afterwards...
Headgasket looks fine on the pics above... but it could be the head or the block thats warped/not level. You'l soon see if the problems come back after skimming the head and putting a new gasket on - problem with the block then...
Also - Roant usually want the valves out of the head for skimming so he can clean it properly afterwards...
JDM Dc2
yeh we'll see, and i don't fancy removing the valves lol
and when me and andy fit the ARP's ill ask andy to bring his snap-on spy camera thing and we'll have a look at what we can, oil pump etc...
JDM Dc2
JDM Dc2
Just dropped the head off the head off at a Engineering place nearby and ive asked them to just do a light skim of 5-6thou, picking that back up tmoz.
Also just removed the starter motor and loosened all the sump bolts ready for the sump to be removed when i get the ARP rod bolts.
Also just removed the starter motor and loosened all the sump bolts ready for the sump to be removed when i get the ARP rod bolts.
JDM Dc2
Bad Luck mate
Duratec FTW
yeh better engines but alot more expensive and ALOT more to get one fit one into a mk1/2 fiesta, hence why only one person has done it so far lol
Just about made it in time to pick the head up before after work then got caught in mega traffic on way back from there, had 6 thou skimmed off it -
gonna swill it down with the hot tap hose tmoz along with flush out the heater matrix and the coolant hoses.
interior floor had dried and came out pretty well after 2 coats of hammerite -
seats back in -
JDM Dc2
New head bolts ordered so picking them up along with the gasket from Shawspeed on Thursday now, will fit the head friday after work if i can borrow f0xy's torque wrench.
once its all back togther it'll have had new/replaced -
-Skimmed Cylinder head by 6 thou,
-Blacktop Steel Multilayer head gasket (45thou thinner than a standard silvertop item),
-5w40 fully sythetic oil and new CVH oil filter
-New genuine head bolts,
-ARP heavy duty Rod bolts
-2l of anti-freeze.
then will be taking it to Mikeanics HOPEFULLY next week
once its all back togther it'll have had new/replaced -
-Skimmed Cylinder head by 6 thou,
-Blacktop Steel Multilayer head gasket (45thou thinner than a standard silvertop item),
-5w40 fully sythetic oil and new CVH oil filter
-New genuine head bolts,
-ARP heavy duty Rod bolts
-2l of anti-freeze.
then will be taking it to Mikeanics HOPEFULLY next week
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Looking good!
JDM Dc2
cheers mate!
Earlier i attached the garden hose to the hot tap and blasted the head all before for a good 5 mins, then flushed out the heater matix for another good 5 mins to make sure all the **** was out.
Then fitted the bodies and cam belt tensioner, and put all the tappets back in in order all ready to re-fit the head Friday if the bolts and gasket do arrive with Shawspeed tmoz
ARPs arrived today, will pick them up from the post office tmoz on way home from work
Earlier i attached the garden hose to the hot tap and blasted the head all before for a good 5 mins, then flushed out the heater matix for another good 5 mins to make sure all the **** was out.
Then fitted the bodies and cam belt tensioner, and put all the tappets back in in order all ready to re-fit the head Friday if the bolts and gasket do arrive with Shawspeed tmoz
ARPs arrived today, will pick them up from the post office tmoz on way home from work
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JDM Dc2
Picked up the ARPs up on way home from work yesturday the nipped to Shawspeed to collect the Genuine Ford head bolts and head gasket, because i asked Jon to get me a Blacktop gasket he asked for a ST170 gasket, which is not quite as thin as a normal 2.0l Blacktop but still 28thou thinner than a standard silvertop gasket, so still going to have my Compression Ratio raised by a nice 34thou...
cleaned the face of the block, then fitted the gasket, then head bolts, then throttle cable, then fuel lines, then header tank, then coil pack, then thermostat housing then radiator -
Progress will continue Sunday
cleaned the face of the block, then fitted the gasket, then head bolts, then throttle cable, then fuel lines, then header tank, then coil pack, then thermostat housing then radiator -
Progress will continue Sunday
JDM Dc2
head bolts torqued then angle tighetend, cams in, cam carriers torqued up as to haynes manual too... advanced the cams slightly ..
ARPs fitted -
ARP bolt on the left -
fitted -
torqued up to 34nm as to ARP website
then sump, exhaust, starter and alternator back on... oil in and 5l of water... then connetced the battery...
then started it all sweet as a nut sounds well, got it all upto temp...
then noticed a leak from here where i think ive overtightened the jubilee clip -
so out of this pile -
i rigged it all up -
also when i had to drain the coolant, theres still oil in the coolant :|, no where near as bad as what it was but still in there, maybe just the s**t thats been stuck in the bottom end as obviously i havnt flushed that out... so when i piped them coolant hoses up i just topped it up again with water, going to drive the car later kick its head in see if theres any signs of sludge on the filler cap again and see if the oil in the coolant gets worse etc
as for the map, if anything seems to be smoother than what it was, specially from cold when we first started it up lol
still will be going to mikeanics to get it checked out, cold map 100% sorted and map the top end and raise the limiter to 7500rpm
..ARPs fitted -
ARP bolt on the left -
fitted -
torqued up to 34nm as to ARP website
then sump, exhaust, starter and alternator back on... oil in and 5l of water... then connetced the battery...
then started it all sweet as a nut sounds well, got it all upto temp...
then noticed a leak from here where i think ive overtightened the jubilee clip -
so out of this pile -
i rigged it all up -
also when i had to drain the coolant, theres still oil in the coolant :|, no where near as bad as what it was but still in there, maybe just the s**t thats been stuck in the bottom end as obviously i havnt flushed that out... so when i piped them coolant hoses up i just topped it up again with water, going to drive the car later kick its head in see if theres any signs of sludge on the filler cap again and see if the oil in the coolant gets worse etc
as for the map, if anything seems to be smoother than what it was, specially from cold when we first started it up lol
still will be going to mikeanics to get it checked out, cold map 100% sorted and map the top end and raise the limiter to 7500rpm
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
Wish I had a car like this, one to mess with. (oh and someone to show me how to do everything, just once, I'm a fast learner).
JDM Dc2
wrong!...
it seemed to be better and started easy, but when i came to drive it on tuesday night it took ages to start, it feels slower and the induction noise is so much different to how it was so the map must be quite a way out so...
Dropping the car off at Mikeanics at 10am tomorrow morning, then hes going to sort the cold map first thing monday then sort the rest of the map and map the top end from 6900rpm to the new rev limit of 7500rpm, cant wait to get it back!
also ordered some Eibach adjustable camber bolts the other day, they arrived yesturday, will fit them next week and get it booked back in to get all aligned again hopefully egt eh camber set to -2.5degrees, just looking around for some proper 10mm spacers for the front atm before i get it booked back in, would ideally like the same as crispyclios
JDM Dc2
New goodiess....
1800 s2 zetec engine, out of a escort GTI...
85k, recent clutch and cam belt
turned it over by hand and feels awesome/perfect/lots of compression
also came with loom ecu key
2.0TB
air filter and pipercross breather filter
escort top rad hose with fan switch
got it all for about half the price for whats its all worth and was only an hour away in Morecambe to collect it yesturday so win win
Plan is to fit rs1800/130ps spec cams
HO/2.0 Inlet manifold and injectors
then either sell it for more than i payed for it or keep hold of it and plunk it in the XR2 when i come to sell it so it'll be running a nice fuel injection zetec cos i dont want to be breaking the car and i'd rather keep my 2.0, jenveys, omex etc etc for my next ford... so we'll see
spent an hour taking all this off it earlier -
then the cambeklt cover and rocker cover ready to fit some RS1800/130ps Cams which i bought last night and shell be here mid next week -
1800 s2 zetec engine, out of a escort GTI...
85k, recent clutch and cam belt
turned it over by hand and feels awesome/perfect/lots of compression
also came with loom ecu key
2.0TB
air filter and pipercross breather filter
escort top rad hose with fan switch
got it all for about half the price for whats its all worth and was only an hour away in Morecambe to collect it yesturday so win win
Plan is to fit rs1800/130ps spec cams
HO/2.0 Inlet manifold and injectors
then either sell it for more than i payed for it or keep hold of it and plunk it in the XR2 when i come to sell it so it'll be running a nice fuel injection zetec cos i dont want to be breaking the car and i'd rather keep my 2.0, jenveys, omex etc etc for my next ford... so we'll see
spent an hour taking all this off it earlier -
then the cambeklt cover and rocker cover ready to fit some RS1800/130ps Cams which i bought last night and shell be here mid next week
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