I had a great weekend in Pemberton just gone. The Targa South west event was run in perfect weather, cold crisp morning allowed the cars to run at thier full potential. After a nervous start i managed to finish the rally on sunday lunch time eith the car in one piece. The car proved very competitive on the challenge class finishing faster than a GT40 and 911 Porsche regulary. Having a 130km/h limit certainly helped.
There are a few pics of the event, I will place some links for the incar video abit later when i get time.  Next event in Albany around the houses this weekend.
 

Here are a couple of the links to the action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZu5LaQcJ-c was an early morning tun and i was second car. Great fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcokW3TguSY&feature=youtube_gdata reverse order of the above
 
Fahley
 
 

No, not at all.
There were a few places that you could go faster. However very happy with the experience. Wrapped to have finished without any major incidents. Im not even sure ill change anything for next year.
 
Fahley

Nice work, did  it feel good to beat a Porsche

>>comes down to the cars acceleration
 
So you need to fit the 5.3 diff then... 
 
 

the only great thing about WA is the fact you can get awesome personal plates. as seen on your car. My mk2 RS2000 is in melbourne and still getting about with the WA plates. 2 reasons, 1 its cheaper, 2 im changing them to custom plates from WA soon too ;)
 
PS, bloody nice MK1. my first car was a mk1 that i sold far too cheap and regret it to this day, but still loving my mk2 RS !!!!

I thought you were sending the motor to me for christmas
Awesome bro, would love to tweak one of these for a resto one day
 
 

fahley

I felt the need for some more power and built myself this little gem.





Cosworth engine
2WD head
205 block
Lightly ported head
Kent CW22 cams
Wossner piston
CR 10.3
High volume/pressure oil pump
Will run 45DCOE Carbs
ashley exhaust
Machined cam cover
Vernier cam wheels
I'm hoping for around 200HP that will be complemented with a celica 5 speed box (not yet fitted) and this hilux diff, fitted to the car last week.





The diff has Nissan A32 Maxima single piston calipers and discs which fit nicely on the hilux diff without modification. I made some new aluminium brackets and used the nissan hand brake cables.The lower ratio diff placed a lot more torque on the standard springs so I have fitted a reverse eye lowered setup. I will have to see what happens with this. Fitting the hilux diff also meant that I had to change to a 5 stud pattern, so I also purchased a big brake kit for the front from UPC on ebay.





The kit fitted onto the capri struts well and i believe they are VE commodore calipers. This forced me to fit the pedal box riding the engine bay of that ugly booster. I like the engine bay a lot more now that the booster is gone.



Along this jouney I have started doing a few superkhanas and other tarmac events with some other escort buddies.





Competition soon started to hot up so I fitted new 250lb front coilover kit (with the help a good mate who owns a welder) and a Kmac 24mm swaybar and adjustable camber/caster strut tops; I didn't want to overdo the stiffness as the car is still used regulary as my daily drive.



Along with the upgrades to suspension I wanted an all around package and decked out the boot with the rally look but kept the carpet to soften and maintain the road use standard.





I'm not sure when the cossie engine will hit the car as the pinto is still strong and many historic events will frown upon the late model engine. Here are some recent shots of the car taken this week. I still have the interior to complete.

It been a while since a post. I have been busy giving the engine bay a tidy up and fitting the much longed for cossie lump.
Here are a few pics of the refreshed engine bay.