NIce.. you won't regret it. I think the image wheels are going to look sensational on your car. [:p]

Hi Fehlbie,

Seeing yours at Gazspeed sealed it for me[:p] I have a deposit for the Simmons, should be picked up and paid for by Monday I have submitted all the tech drawings to Image Wheels to confirm rim split sizes etc so will be ready to order this Wednesday

Hi Stanley,

They certainly are a fun thing to play with[:p] My completion dates have so far come and gone several times over but hoping to have it running and the shakedown completed in time for the SFCC track day in September

Originally posted by Phil

Hi Fehlbie,

Seeing yours at Gazspeed sealed it for me[:p] I have a deposit for the Simmons, should be picked up and paid for by Monday I have submitted all the tech drawings to Image Wheels to confirm rim split sizes etc so will be ready to order this Wednesday

Awesome, I didn't think it would take long for you to sell the Simmons. Can't wait to see how the cortina will look with the Image wheels.

Its the best feeling watching the engine get built after a long car build good stuff Phil looking
gooooooooooood

Peter

haven't you heard of torque wrench arm Simon, it clicks at the elbow when the bolt is tight[;^)]

Mighty fine valves you have there[:o)][:o)][:o)][88][:u][:I][%]

I managed a little more progress today, we measured to new valves to see if the existing seats in the Cossie head could be used, no joy, we need to go to 38.5mm valve seats to accomodate the STi valves. All in all the conversion should see a substantial flow improvement over the std Cossie valves and substantially improved thermal handling capabilities.

I also stripped the new oil pump from Cosworth, measured it for clearance, cleaned it and preped it with assembly lube and primed it with vasoline. It is now installed and ready for action.

The sump needed some minor clearancing to fit with the small turbo Escort Cossie windage tray, thats now all done and ready for assembly, the gated baffle is also now fitted to the sump.

The rear main seal is installed and the ring gaps are all checked and prepared ready for install. Next visit will see the Argo rods washed up, bigend clearances checked and then pistons and rods will be assembled into the block ready to go.

Hopefully the head will be dummied up with the new valves so we can do piston to valve clearance checks once the bottom end is assembled, with the cam and valve combination never being done in a Cossie engine prior to this, Im hoping all is good and no further mods will be needed.

I should have some more pics after the next visit