Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/03/27 23:24:42
(permalink)
Mine still needs paint Len but this seemed pretty straight forward. The job for the weekend is to paint the diff and begin plumbing the brake lines.
|
deano
Deity
- Total Posts : 1484
- Scores: 315
- Reward points: 3705
- Joined: 2015/08/19 10:49:10
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/03/28 13:24:33
(permalink)
Thanks for posting a good thread Paul, I've just read it from the start.
From 2009 until now, you (and your partner) must have great patience.
The best part of this has been able to get all of the installments in one go.
Ok now it should be painted, and we expect weekly (not yearly!) updates.
On the home stretch!
|
Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/04/01 18:25:23
(permalink)
Was tossing up whether to paint or powder coat my axle. Decided to give painting a go with the KBS product. http://www.kbs-coatings.com.au/product/rust-seal/So a little while with a grinder and wire wheel to clean it up ready to go. Use this product at work and goes on well and flows out nicely considering it's applied with a brush and appears to be resistant to chipping etc. It's a satin finish and still has to dry but looks acceptable.
Attached Image(s)
|
Drewdog
Deity
- Total Posts : 1030
- Scores: 118
- Reward points: 5330
- Joined: 2013/03/06 22:31:01
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/04/01 19:08:52
(permalink)
Looks good Paul. That KBS stuff is great. I used it on the underside of my car, it sticks like nothing else and self levels so you don't get brush strokes...
Cheers Drew.
GT Cortina Project "The Ugly Duckling"
|
Sean
Supporter
- Total Posts : 458
- Scores: 10
- Reward points: 5482
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Sydney NSW Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/04/01 19:42:01
(permalink)
Looks good Paul. 
|
Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/04/01 19:57:13
(permalink)
Thanks guys. I made all the hard brake lines the other day and now about to strip and clean the R31 calipers before assembly. Will need a custom pair of hoses too and was going braided but as it's a street car rubber will do.
|
Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
|
NQRS
Deity
- Total Posts : 897
- Scores: 58
- Reward points: 6931
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Townsville QLD Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/04/14 10:11:59
(permalink)
Nice neat n tidy install. hardest part is keeping it looking that good when its been in the car a while ! Len
|
Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/04/20 23:01:44
(permalink)
U bolts plated, new spring pads and reassembled the rear end. A little annoyed as I think I may have had the rubber brake lines made a little short so will need to have remade 😡. Onto the axles next.
Attached Image(s)
|
Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
|
Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/05/20 16:26:53
(permalink)
Amazing what a bit of blasting and plating can do to the appearance of panel fittings 👍 Decided to move away from the original gold plating as it doesn't really fit with the basic overall theme of the car.
Attached Image(s)
|
NQRS
Deity
- Total Posts : 897
- Scores: 58
- Reward points: 6931
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Townsville QLD Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/05/20 19:27:54
(permalink)
certainly a nice neat finish, Paul. I was lucky in that I had access to a bead blaster to do the cleaning but we haven't had a plater of any sort here for 20 years, so painting is the go, too expensive to send away all the time, apart from not knowing a reliable plater elsewhere. Len
|
Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/05/20 23:39:23
(permalink)
I have a decent size blasting cabinet at work and a decent local plater.
|
Paul Dunstan
Supporter
- Total Posts : 1378
- Scores: 35
- Reward points: 4790
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/06/13 16:13:40
(permalink)
Killing time till the painted shell returns but thinking this might work. BA fuel pump with modular pot into the standard tank to keep the engineer happy by having no fuel components within the cabin / boot area.
Attached Image(s)
|
NQRS
Deity
- Total Posts : 897
- Scores: 58
- Reward points: 6931
- Joined: 2011/08/01 11:02:49
- Location: Townsville QLD Australia
- Status: offline
Re: Paul's Mk2 RS2000 project - Now going ZETEC!
2017/06/13 19:41:26
(permalink)
Might as well use a Ford assembly for the job if it fits, are you able to find out flow capacity, seeing as it supplies a 6 cylinder and you have a 4. Does the Focus use a similar setup, tank size and flow rate might be better matched to the engine. Len
|