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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2007/12/15 09:25:36 (permalink)
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That has cleaned up really nicely Warren. I'm really keen to see the bay with the BP in it even if it isnt looking pretty and painted.

Will be seeing you on some climbs next year!

G


Will post up some piccys of the sad looking engine bay soon!!
Looking forward to the hillclimb series, cant wait.

Thanks for the nice comments guys,

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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2007/12/15 10:45:47 (permalink)
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Very nice mate, good job
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2007/12/18 13:43:41 (permalink)
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looks awesome! good work wozzah
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2007/12/23 18:18:13 (permalink)
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Here is some piccys of the unfinished engine bay and interior!! You will note the carpet hasnt been fitted yet, as the roll cage is going back in first!
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Will keep updating them as i go,
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2007/12/24 14:07:26 (permalink)
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excellent ,oh your going to get alot of questions (at least from me)
1stly about the water/cooling system.What have you used there it looks like youve gone in to the front of the head from the photos,Im not familiar with the BP cooling system.
And are you using a MX5 box or escort with adapter?


How did you go about getting rid of the dizzy out the back of the head?

CheeRS

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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2007/12/24 16:18:29 (permalink)
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[br]looking very tidy mate, what are your further plans?


Thanks, plans for the future are to refit the roll cage and run the Vic hillclimb series next year, and also a few club sprints and car shows etc. As I stated earlier, the engine is stock standard, but I am building a new one for it (there is a posting under engine conversions, I will be updating it shortly on the progress),
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2007/12/24 16:35:34 (permalink)
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[br]excellent ,oh your going to get alot of questions (at least from me)
1stly about the water/cooling system.What have you used there it looks like youve gone in to the front of the head from the photos,Im not familiar with the BP cooling system.
And are you using a MX5 box or escort with adapter?


How did you go about getting rid of the dizzy out the back of the head?

CheeRS

Dave


Ok, my engine is out of a KH Laser (FWD). The engines are basically the same for FWD and RWD, there are some slight differences. Try and get the engine with the later crankshaft (it has a bigger snout) as these engines have a nasty habit of flogging out the keyway on the front of the crankshaft. The cooling system was pretty straight forward, basically removing the thermostat housing and blanking it off at the rear, then there is a welsh plug at the front to knock out, fit the MX5 thermostat lower housing (the holes are already in the head) and a mazda E2000 top housing (need to slot the holes), then it takes the standard 2ltr escort top hose. Found a hose to go from the rear heater fitting on the engine straight to the heater core, and then put a fitting into the original waterpump and ran it to the other side on the heater core. Bottom hose is an off the shelf corolla item, cut one end and fitted it straight on, standard 2ltr escort radiator.

The distributer was a little more involved. Basically it is a Telstar Bosch unit (you will notice it now comes out at a right angle). I made the telstar housing fit the BP head, then machined the end off the telstar camshaft and interference fitted it to the BP camshaft (spot welded just to make sure!) and basically angled everything to suit the bubble in the firewall. Was time consuming, but works well.

The car runs the standard Escort gearbox, I made a bellhousing to suit. The gearbox now sits around 1-1.5" further forward(the engine is lots shorter than a pinto, so its not an issue)but it will make the type 9 conversion easier later on, as the hole is in the right spot now!

Cheers
Woz
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2007/12/24 20:27:56 (permalink)
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quote:
Originally posted by jimmy
[br]excellent ,oh your going to get alot of questions (at least from me)
1stly about the water/cooling system.What have you used there it looks like youve gone in to the front of the head from the photos,Im not familiar with the BP cooling system.
And are you using a MX5 box or escort with adapter?


How did you go about getting rid of the dizzy out the back of the head?

CheeRS

Dave


Ok, my engine is out of a KH Laser (FWD). The engines are basically the same for FWD and RWD, there are some slight differences. Try and get the engine with the later crankshaft (it has a bigger snout) as these engines have a nasty habit of flogging out the keyway on the front of the crankshaft. The cooling system was pretty straight forward, basically removing the thermostat housing and blanking it off at the rear, then there is a welsh plug at the front to knock out, fit the MX5 thermostat lower housing (the holes are already in the head) and a mazda E2000 top housing (need to slot the holes), then it takes the standard 2ltr escort top hose. Found a hose to go from the rear heater fitting on the engine straight to the heater core, and then put a fitting into the original waterpump and ran it to the other side on the heater core. Bottom hose is an off the shelf corolla item, cut one end and fitted it straight on, standard 2ltr escort radiator.

The distributer was a little more involved. Basically it is a Telstar Bosch unit (you will notice it now comes out at a right angle). I made the telstar housing fit the BP head, then machined the end off the telstar camshaft and interference fitted it to the BP camshaft (spot welded just to make sure!) and basically angled everything to suit the bubble in the firewall. Was time consuming, but works well.

The car runs the standard Escort gearbox, I made a bellhousing to suit. The gearbox now sits around 1-1.5" further forward(the engine is lots shorter than a pinto, so its not an issue)but it will make the type 9 conversion easier later on, as the hole is in the right spot now!

Cheers
Woz


Good on you mate sounds like a great conversion,I wanted to do this conversion years ago,(did it in a KB laser but not to an escort)just never got around to it with any of my Escorts,But now its time to decide weather or not to put an injected pinto back in my RS mk2 or do a conversion with the zetec or the efi BP1800 turbo.Only real issue I could see would be the throttle body facing the firewall,which could just be a cut and shut to the new front on the engine..
then knock up some engine mounts,.........MMMMMM food for thought,thanks for the info,I may call on your knowledge in the future.
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2008/08/01 21:21:29 (permalink)
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Nice setup there mate!. That colour is the rite colour for them lines! Super sweet!!!
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2008/08/01 21:23:23 (permalink)
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Here are the latest piccys of the bits that have arrived. You will note the massive difference in standard and new cam profiles. The pistons are Nissan items (raised dome, with modified valve reliefs), Carrillo rods.
camgears&amp;arpstuff

camshafts

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carrillo&amp;std

The valves are currently away having the collett groove modified. They are Ferrea items (to suit Nissan) to fit the Mazda retainers and colletts. Will keep this updated as I go,

Cheers,
Woz
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2008/08/01 21:33:04 (permalink)
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[br]Nice setup there mate!. That colour is the rite colour for them lines! Super sweet!!!


Thanks Scoop, I am really happy with the color. My panel beater was a bit "iffy" about painting it the original color, but I assured him it was a great blue, now he is rapped that we stuck with it , and he was very surprised how good it looks fresh,

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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2008/08/01 22:37:49 (permalink)
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looking very nice mate
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2008/08/01 22:48:29 (permalink)
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Warren who built up the cams and what buckets are you going to use
Also why did you bother getting the camm wheels as you don't need them with a Zetec as they don't have a key way


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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2008/09/01 09:02:26 (permalink)
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Hi Danny, Clive Cams in Melbourne did the cams for me, he has been doing my work for 17 years. I am using solid buckets and shims from the later model mazda engine, they are a direct fit. The engine is not a zetec, it is a BP mazda,
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RE: My Mk1 RS2000 replica-Update!! 2008/09/01 11:17:31 (permalink)
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Yeah you're right you can slap me upside the head at Bathurst in November
With the cams be prepared for them to pull chunks of the build up out after a while as the material is too dense to run on those steel buckets. If you want them to live have the buckets hard chromed on the faces to improve their ability to trap oil as the standard finish will allow the cam to literally squeeze the oil out and heat will be enough for it to pull pieces of the stellite build up out

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