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2007/06/22 12:01:48
BLOWNMK12L

RS First Drive with new motor - YouTube added !

Guys,
Its been a while coming but finally got the RS back home and took it for its first drive this morning and its pretty good no oil leaks or major dramas needs some fettling as it really takes off in first and second gear above about 3000rpm but beyond that its very flat so some playing around with the carb needs to be done. Pics & YouTube link below.
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It hasnt been washed for 12 months here but its just warming up for its first drive

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From the rear with the chasers



Spent yesterday changing the wheels over and putting the new electronic dizzy in it has to one of the few times that something that I have added has worked first go just got on the net and downloaded the wiring diagram for the Crane XR700 and connected it up accordingly the trigger wheel inside the dizzy had been put together without the shim so added one I had from another dizzy and started first pop, took a bit longer than that to get it idiling, but at least it goes !

BLOWNMK12L
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Paul Dunstan
Good to see the Ol' girl come back to life!

Any engine bay shots and/or specs?

YouTube link?
2007/06/22 12:20:55
BLOWNMK12L
Here you go Paul ! Went for another drive to get to run it in a bit more, gave it a wash after the first drive this morning and have included an nice shot of the engine bay.
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Exterior on 2nd Drive

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Engine bay

Have you recieved the speedo cable yet ?

BLOWNMK12L
2007/06/22 13:06:18
RS2000mk2
looks bloody tuff with those wheels![:u][:p]
2007/06/22 14:08:07
Paul Dunstan
quote:
Originally posted by BLOWNMK12LHave you recieved the speedo cable yet ?

BLOWNMK12L


No, not yet. Thanks for posting it back etc

Did you respray the engine bay as it looks a bit nicer than when i last saw it
2007/06/22 15:13:33
joeyjonsey
nice clean ride there.. got specs on the motor? interested how much power a single dcoe get's, is it a 45??
2007/06/22 15:30:12
3sc0rt
Ha that looks mad, finally got your mk2, yellow looks awsome on the RS, got any pic of your otherS?
2007/06/22 18:16:04
BLOWNMK12L
Yeah resprayed the bay, specs on the motor;

2.1 Lt overbore
Double Valve springs
Custom ported head with anti-reversion treatment
Big Cam of unknown origin (had to take material out of the valve seat so the springs didn't bind)
Extractors
2 1/2" Exhaust
Lynx manifold w/single 45mm Weber
Cam Vernier
Crane XR700 electronic ignition
4 Speed w/quickshift

More pics tomorrow.

BLOWNMK12L
2007/06/22 18:41:02
maxrs
Very nice. Too clean to drive.

Have fun in it.
2007/06/22 23:52:21
escortinadriver
Hey there,

Just wondering what you meant by this...

Custom ported head with 'anti-reversion treatment'

Have heard/used in manifold, but in the head..? Care to explain?

Thanks, Shaun
2007/06/24 22:30:20
Mark
Looks great Ben. Will we see it at Wakefield? It would be awesome to have another RS there...
2007/06/25 10:29:44
BLOWNMK12L
escortinadriver - "Anti Reversion" its just a flash term for a special shaped lip on the inlet port to stop the intake charge coming back out with a big cam.

Mark - Live 6 Hours away from wakefield now so may be a while til I get back there but have a bit more time & better facilities where I am now so should be posting a few videos of local events that I attend, hoping to compete every couple of months and get some of these projects finished.

BLOWNMK12L
2007/06/25 13:05:14
BLOWNMK12L
Dog89
haven't set them up yet, will be getting rego and then lowering the front and rear then try for 2deg neg camber, have 3deg on my beige car but I will be driving this RS daily and on reasonably long trips so I dont want to be buying tyres all the time, on my beige car I have added swaybars front and rear, tramp rods, capri struts that are 1in shorter already with bilstein inserts, good lowered springs, reversed the eyes on the leaves and did most of it gradually and the one thing that made the biggest difference was the strut tops on the beige car I have NOLTEC tops and they give you heaps of adjustment, but once it was setup it was like driving a different car, completely transformed.

BLOWNMK12L
2007/06/29 12:05:54
BLOWNMK12L
So its been a while since I put an update on here about the RS, I have fitted my new wheels 13x7 Superlite's and I cant wait to get it rego'd and lowered, no problems smokin these either ! 205's on the back and 185's on the front, I will eventually go across to 185's all round but as I had some good 205's I thought id use them up first. Its running great so just reco'ing the brakes at the moment, got some braided lines from SMCKA (thanks again) I had some rebuilt calipers with near new pads on the shelf which will go on then some new shoes for the back and some new wheel bearings.

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BLOWNMK12L
2007/11/18 20:53:32
BLOWNMK12L
two more pics;
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BLOWNMK12L
2007/11/18 21:12:05
Paul Dunstan
Looking good!

Great to see a car remain on the site and see it progress.

I recieved the speedo cable thanks (if I haven't said so already) [:I]
2007/11/18 21:53:35
greenmk2
I am interested to see what dyno result you get. I had a simalar setup like that (Single side draught lynx manifold) and it was tops!

Your engine bay looks very clean to. That linkage setup looks tidy..

Do you find those fuse covers just fall off. I just lost mine [:(!]
2007/11/19 19:42:30

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