Yep, with you Marty. Of course helicoils are a blessing
I try not to be a jack of all trades, cause I have enough trouble mastering the ones I attempt.

Very cool project Deano.
 
I thought I'd chime in on the benefits of the helicoil (I've used them a few times to repair threads in alloy).
 
The advantages for a non-repair situation are:
1) The helicoil "outer" thread is larger than the inner bolt thread (e.g. M10 for a ford bell housing), so will have more "bite" into the aluminum, making it stronger.
2) When taking the bolt in and out, you're not wearing out the aluminum, which as you'll know is much softer than steel and much more prone to cross-threading and galling.
 
Keep it up - watching this one with great interest :)

Look at all this forum chatter!

Am i right in believing your going to make this electric? or is it my post night shift less then 4hours sleep brain losing it.

Awesome im not losing it then, Electric is a great idea, which state are you located? i love the charged garage mk1 cortina!

Good work Deano.
Yes that link you put through a while back with the Electric Corti was great. He kept it so authentic.
I think that was why I was a bit reluctant to start something on my build, its been done to death.
 
I am really interested to see how the whole package comes together. Not so much aesthetically (though if its anything like the Corti it will be fab), but the logistics of having the electric motor marry in with the running gear of an internal combustion engine.
 
Go for it son.
 

ha, Im not so sure on that one Marty.
You have a much more practical skillset and wealth of ICE knowledge that shouldnt be underestimated or ignored. If I went the duratec route in the end, I could not see it happening in practice.
But the EV doesnt seem to have as many pitfalls once ironed out.
 
So here is the link for all good components from an Aus supplier, James who I mentioned before.
https://tractionev.com/
I just mocked some cardboard Telsa batteries up, to see how they would fit in the small Escorts engine bay.
You will laugh when you see the pics: they fit so well they did not need fixing and suspend straight across the inner guards. We need 5, 2 fit in the engine bay.  You can even just about mount then North South, save for the grill inner support brace, shift that forward slightly and 2 batteries could be made to fit.
Im hoping to make the install something to look at, not just a black battery box.
 
You know the space behind the front seats under the load floor? One fits there easily, if the floor support brace could be made removeable and refitted. Or a double pack would go there, with the floor raised abit, leaving one more to go behind the rear diff, tilted.
The motor Netgain Hyper 9 is about $8,200 inc. , approx $4k from US.
Used Tesla batteries vary in price, there are alot of salvage cars coming in from the Qld floods, on Manheims, etc. and people buying written off cars are after the batteries also for home made power walls.
I will just get a few parts at a time, leaving the battery pack until last.

before Marty accuses me of not updating, I'll get in early.
Albeit without much of an update, more an excuse.
We've just come back from some time away, overdue by 2 years thanks to Covid.
I'd forgotten my CF login, so spent some constructive downtime rereading the yellow loadlugger van build, and others, mainly to confirm how things should have been done.
Anyway, after spending time up past Len in FNQ, we came back appropriately less white, but also it seems accompanied by CV, we all got it.
Im in day 4 now, and playing around having no taste or smell, which is totally weird when you make up red cordial with the wrong ratio, and know you are drinking pure sugar syrup but still cant taste it.
 
Car wise, my gold plated, ally plate came in for the adaptor, and also the oldscool rally roof vent.
Both are utter tings of beauty, and I cant wait to get outside again
Thats it brain is dead after about 7 minutes typing.

I won't dob you in for non posting mate...I been scanning the world for Focus bargains, the dining table is loaded with repair parts/upgrades and misso is again going low brow about it lol. Must've spent over 2k on stuff so far ..
Hope you get back to health again soon 👍