Looks like its all coming along fantastically, your doing a great job
 
I noticed you ran the Falken tyres at the track, what did you think of them? I have them on my car but haven't had track day heat into them yet
 
Keep the updates coming!
 
Cheers,
Ryan

79Escort
Looks like its all coming along fantastically, your doing a great job
 
I noticed you ran the Falken tyres at the track, what did you think of them? I have them on my car but haven't had track day heat into them yet
 
Keep the updates coming!
 
Cheers,
Ryan

Yeh, the Falkens seemed pretty good. But I haven't used any others to compare them to. Used them on the MK1 at a track day with no problems either.

With the holiday period now here we've been able to get a little more work done on the car.
Started to work on the wiring loom in preparation for the ECU. A new dash has been installed, the coils packs have been mounted and the ignition module mounted in the front kick panel.










And a xmas present of sorts! With all the machining done the engine has been assembled.





So hopefully will have it home and installed over the next week or so.

The engine has now been completed with new water pump, thermostat housing, alternator and brackets added.



It now sits nicely in the engine bay. The correct clutch plate to mate the T5 box to the engine should be here tomorrow so the drive train should all be installed by Tuesday.





Then it's off to have the turbo manifold, intercooler and radiator fabricated.

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Any updates........
 
Matt

Like all projects things are a little slow, have been delayed in getting the next lot of fab work done. But have received some more parts for the car. Got the gearbox fitted after sourcing a suitable clutch, the quick shift has been fitted too.
 

 
Got a custom plenum in from the UK, very nice bit of gear but may need further modification to fit the larger throttle body that I plan to fit.
 

Looking the goods- nice work and great finish.
len

Nice Project!
 
What Engine Management are you planning on using?
 
I will be interested to see what you do with your intercooler / radiator set-up. I ended up setting my engine back another 25mm from the factory location to allow me to run a couple of half decent sized fans, but it's still super tight in there.
 
Cheers,
 
Damion

Mk2_2dr_2L
Nice Project!
 
What Engine Management are you planning on using?
 
I will be interested to see what you do with your intercooler / radiator set-up. I ended up setting my engine back another 25mm from the factory location to allow me to run a couple of half decent sized fans, but it's still super tight in there.
 
Cheers,
 
Damion

I will be running a Holley EFI HP ECU.
 
It will be a tight squeeze and because i don't want to cut too much away to fit it, I will most likely get a custom intercooler and radiator made for it.