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C3 cast into the inside of the sump. According to Turbosport forums it's exactly as you describe it. apparently the sumps with F cast into them are the better sumps to weld. I believe they are more common on the esky zetecs. Going to have a crack with "Super Alloy 5"/Dura weld/Easy weld ali brazing rods and see what happens. Failure isn't an option. I'm avoiding it, But if I have to I'll bang one outta tin.

Hello you... And Welcome, to Starship Cortina. On this weeks episode... Not much actually. Drew an Exhaust manifold flange up a couple of weeks ago. Haven't really messed with autoCAD since tech. And never played with Solidworks before. Photoshop is my bitch tho. Photoshop exports .dxl and .dwg files. Sounds like a solid plan. Armed with Verniers, a box of Pure Blonde, and everything Mr Dave Grohl has ever done I measured everything up so many times I can now give port measurements off the top of my head. Swap the calipers for a keyboard, and the beer for some of the finest hydro herbal enhancement I can lay my hands on, Then I went to town in photochop. Didn't bother getting it jetted on mdf as a test run. Took a gamble and backed myself on my drawing. It's not like I measured it drunk, and drew it high or anything crazy like that. Have I mentioned I get a woody over seeing shit I've drawn jetted out? Will it fit? Place bets now... LIKE A GLOVE! Considering the backwards half assed way I went about drawing it up. Pretty stoked with the outcome. Update on the Sump mod. My step sister. (IE the younger sister I never wanted) works in the office at the local ali fab workshop. She's going to sort it or I'm going to punch her... repeatedly. Next step headers and water rail. Then it's onto the body. Gotta contact thru work at the local muffler shop. So they're going to bend header pipes up over several trips in and out with much dicking round. 1.75" primaries. 4 into 1 collector, I'm thinking 2.5" from the collector thru a couple of mufflers. Don't want it too loud. The auto box lacks an overdrive. so the motor is doing around 4krpm at 100 clicks. Last thing I want is a droney noisy exhaust at 100km/h. Can't wait to get the motor out and flip the body on it's side. As much as I HATE panel & prep. I'm getting over the engineering work. Thanks for watching. Oh yeah... The 1600 and 4 speed is up for grabs if anyone is interested. Can be started if someone insisted on it. But I'm keeping the starter and the alt. I'd throw it in the for sale section but I have no idea what it's worth. I think it's a drop in for an esky? if a 1300 sump is fitted? Flick me a PM if your keen on it. (Unless saying that is breaking the rules, In which case, I'll sit on the naughty mat, and hope someone gives me an idea of what it's worth so I can list it) Peace love and free parking. Cheers.

Cheers dude It's little things like this that keep me going on those days were "nothing goes together like it should" I see you have a mk1 esky. Very Jelly. I'd love to slam and zetec/T9 an esky wag, split the tailgate so it opens like a ute tail gate. Infact. That is the very plan after getting the Cortina done and on daily duty and I can flick off my dirty daily famila hatch to fund it.

Hello You. And welcome, To Starship Cortina. On this weeks flying instalment. BFGs and Sump hacking. But first. A nana approved back seat. Remember how I said sometimes a man needs his mum? Sometimes Nana is even better. Rear seat back is in good condition, some one at some time has used the Cortina to move poo brown roof paint. Thumbs down. Couple of small tears down the bottom, but that's it. Thumbs up. This was done with "BAM! and the dirt is gone" and a 3m scouring pad stolen from nana's kitchen. Quick wipe down with a baby wipe (I keep 'em in the workshop. They get shit offa EVERYTHING) Nana: "Think of all the fun you can have in a back seat that big David" Grimmy: "I'm 6'2" nana, I'm too long to have sex in the back of cars... Believe me, I've tried" Nana: "Your just not being anywhere near creative enough" You win this round Nana. Like I said. This is a flying instalment. Everything in the world of Starship Cortina has to go on the back burner for a couple of weeks. School Holidays. It's only 2 days into it and I'm already feeling it at work. Kids everywhere. Hyped up on sugar and Erin Simpson. (I'd hit that) Needed some stress release. Enter the BFG... 10" grinder. Biffed on a Masonry disc to hack up the sump. Mill drill? I wish. The BFG it is. Pretty confident I can cut a straight line. Measure many times. Have a smoke. Measure again several more times... Cut it once. Game on... "Look. Thy sump haft been cleft in twain." Shakespear would say... If he had done a Zetec conversion into a mk3 GoTina. Measured from the block surface to the top of the steering rack and it's 130mm. Hacked the sump off square at 90mm leaving just enough room for the oil pickup to run along under the crank guard and down to the bowl. With the bowl being moved the oil pickup pipe has to be moved too. Decided a curve to give a low point 10mm below the sump cut will still leave me 30mm clearance from the steering rack/crossmember and give me another 10mm in the sump should I need it. (Error on the side of caution and all that jazz) You can see the beginnings of making up a template. I've got to do the math a little bit more on sump capacity. The Mondy sump before the chop takes 3.8 litres and the full mark on the dipstick is inline with the end of the bolts on the crack cover/splash guard in the sump. With this in mind the theory is cut the sump, add a bowl to the rear once clear of the cross member that will total up to 3.8 litres when full to the same point on the dipstick. Will mean shortening the dipstick about 30mm, and I'll lose the original "low" mark. But nothing that will have any major impact on anything. And most importantly will leave full and half where they currently are. In this photo you can see the rear line that marks clearance to the crossmember, and the front line that marks clearance from the steering rack. We've given ourselves a minimum of 30mm of space all round everything inside the bay. Nothing is going to move. But again. Always like to go a little bit beyond minimum requirements. Hopefully getting the sump sussed out this week. I'll have a crack at many things, But Tig welding ali isn't one of them. Especially not impure ali. Asked a couple of mates that might know someone and the same name has come up a couple of times. Just need to track him down and find out if he's interested in a relatively quick one off cash job that could be slightly annoying, but will come with the reward of free cold beer provided he delivers a reasonable and fair price. (Translation: see if he's keen/high enough on the food chain to do it in his downtime at work for the cost of materials and beer/bit of cashhhh) Failing that I'll have to walk into the local ali fab shop and hope they are interested in taking a look. If anyone knows of any guys in pretty much the entire north island that take on that kinda work drop us a hint on my discussion thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40329-grimmys-71-mk3-cortina-zetec/ Or even if anyone could give me a rough idea what it could be kinda worth to get done. Would be a bonus to have a ball park idea. Exhaust flange is due from the water jet guys. Budget is getting close to being blown again... (hahahaha. Doesn't it always get blown?) So kinda thankful the school holidays arrived when they did. School hols = more hours = more dollars = less free time on my car. But We'll get there, Target is Feb. Fingers crossed. Thanks for looking guys. Time for a cold beer and a mellow puff.

Hello you... And Welcome, To Starship Cortina! On todays episode... Waterjetted Engine mount plates. 6mm plate. Overkill. But I like overkill. My Cert. engineer likes overkill too New Landrover engine mount rubbers And 2L Cortina engine mounts. The exhaust side needed 25mm cut off the end and some spacers made up behind it. Inlet side was a little more and a little less pissing round... In the end we've gone for function over form and bolted the Cortina bracket thru the 6mm plate to the block before tacking it on. Pulled it all out again so we could get a good run going. tickled surfaces up a tad for good penetration and spat out these. Back in with the inlet mani back on. The mounts in situ That's all for this week. Tune in next week when I take on the header pipes fab, and cut & shut the sump. Thanks for looking! Discus my inferior workmanship here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40329-grimmys-71-mk3-cortina-zetec/

Got a flying delivery from trademe today. Dude sent the goods yesterday before I'd even paid for it. Paid for it today and they turned up an hour later. GOOD BUGGER! Center console. The center strip for the stashbox cover/armrest needs recovering. Every man still needs his mum sometimes. And the lid is one of those cases where she's just gonna make it all better. Gotta call about my Water jet engine mount plates. They've come in under time and budget. The next instalment should see some more progress in the drivetrain. Any recommendations on Engine mounts? I see Rover V8 mounts being used in a couple of pintos? What's the guts of this? Same size as the original pinto mounts? Can I mock it all up with the Cortina mounts and then biff the rover mounts in once I get them? //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40329-grimmys-71-mk3-cortina-zetec/ Would love to get your input guys!

Total agreement. Love the XYs coons. And to me the mk3s are a baby brother to the XY, sorta, just a tad. I'm into the whole "Coke bottle" design era cars.

Hello you... And welcome to Starship Cortina. On this weeks episode... Rust rust and more rust. Waiting on engine mounting plates and a couple of other things to be water jetted out so started ripping the back end apart. Who does such things? Chocky blocks are the devil. I'll need to redo this and clean it all up. I want trailer lights. But this is wack. CNG has been fitted at some stage and then pulled out prior to me getting my hands on her. This isn't mounted the best. But I'll fix it and use it to run the fuel lines up and back for my swirl tank. Back inside to tear some more down and check out the rust I'm dealing with in the floor plan. That's the worst of it in the bottom A pillar.D/S Close up: RHS A Pillar needs a bit of work too. Seams on both sides need a clean up. But she still ain't bad considering. Close up: Pulled the rest of the dash and vent system out for a bit of a look. Solid as a rock in the factory brown primer. Boss has been keeping an eye on my rims. This is his mk3s 2000E rear guard after a bit of messing. Doing the same small flare to mine front and back. This isn't my first Rodeo. Bolts are all in filter bags and labelled like this. SO much easier to find Huge cheers to everyone watching for their support and advice.

Thanks dude. HA HA! Yeah. The day I got my hands on the grill I was well pleased with myself. Always been my favourite set of lights on them too. Gonna change the lights themselves up just a tad. Got an idea. Will see how it goes. Works in my head. Re fuel set up. low pressure pump to Surge tank somewhere. factory to the motor. return to surge tank, and a return from the surge to the main. MegaSquirted. as long as it all fits. I'll make the ECU from a kit and wire it all up, tweak the map etc and get it dynoed to fix how crap I prolly am at tuning a map. Then I'll prolly tweak it some more as time goes on and I start to understand it. I'm stealing your colour coding of the motor. Alt. etc. I decided this the moment I saw your thread before I joined up. Yes I admit it. I'm a thief... I'm still doing it Cus that looks kick ass. Sweet car you have dude. Read your Cortina thread several times

Yup. A lot of cvh bits will bolt over from what I've read. What exactly are the shitbox sierra's dude? I only ever remember wagons. With 2.0 OHC motors. Haven't really searched deep for one cus the plan is the auto. A cvh sump is also on the "Find or just make somehow" list. Still pretty keen on the lazy auto But always good to have the options there depending on part availability. Or if I break the slush box. Or if I get shitty at the slush box and rip it out in disgust. I have MANY questions about your set up. Water rail? Exhaust? cooling? Because I wanted to do something slightly different re into the mk3, and with the auto, I had to use "If that works... I SHOULD be able to use that." logic when putting the parts list together. Seems everyone does the 5 speed. Awesome. I like being different :-)What's the Zetec like as a motor? I figure it's gotta be a bit harder better faster stronger motor than a 2.0 x-flow? Where the hell did my multi quote thing go?? Sigh.......

Cheers dude. Slushbox is sheer laziness. Spend most of my time in stop go traffic. Just OVER heel and toeing between lights. Got a Sierra T-9 5 speed sitting in the pile if I ever decide I want to biff the manual in. I would get better fuel economy outta the overdriven 5th, and with the torque and power band of the Zetec (180 nm 1400-6400 rpm. 170bhp stock zetec head vs Cortina x-flow 100 nm and prolly around 100 horse with an untouched head) it would work a lot like a closer ratio box. But this will be my daily. And hopefully the last car I ever own. Can't really see me wanting to drive a manual when I'm 60. With almost a doubling in perceived power over a 2Ltr gobanger she's sure to get up and go if I give her a boot full. And with the injection, will still deliver 30+ MPG all day every day. Into the stealth idea. keep it looking and sounding old skool and factory-ish on the outside. But feisty enough to upset ricey jappas when they realise they have to grab another gear to keep up. The manual conversion is a little more expensive and a lot more dicking round/locating/frankenstiening to get right. Requires a 1.8 escort flywheel because the 2.0 ones are dual mass, Fly would need drilling and doweling for the Sierra clutch pack, Crank would need a spigot bearing and Thrust bearing outta a mk 1 transit to get pedal travel right. The auto is just drill the flexyplate to suit the Cortina Torque Converter, space it out 13mm between the plate and the TQ, and have a beer cus your done. Just realised I've typed a lot of crap. It's becoming apparent I love this car. And will wax lyrical with anyone that shows any interest. Couple of engineers I've spoken to about it reckon it should be a pretty kick ass conversion as long as I do it all properly. I don't think many people realise how easy swapping the east/west into the drivetrain is. I'm really surprised more of them aren't floating round in rwd escorts.

Couple of money shots not taken with my phone. Fabbing up my own engine mounts starting with baseplates outta 6mm plate. Hopefully get some templates down to be water jetted out tomorrow arvo. Oh yeah. Got a Discussion thread sorted: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40329-grimmys-71-mk3-cortina-zetec/ Have at me guys

Project Build Thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40195-grimmys-71-mk3-cortina-zetec/ Discuss my inferior workmanship

Mated the Zetec up to the c3 Cortina slush box. 5/6 bolts line up on the block. "Is it in yet" That's what she said. Not sure of the clearance of the inlet mani from the steering shaft. eyeometer tells me it wont fit. Only other mk3 zetec conversion I've ever seen and the only photo I've ever seen of it looks like the factory mani. will try with them on before I put the engine in after I do the mounts and sump. Slight angle. Looks about the same angle as this one tho. Now it's time to start the fun stuff. Fab the engine mounts, sump thermostat housing/water rail. It's well past beer-oclock today tho.

Picked up the Mondy Motor with everything intact. MASSIVE thanks to Harley at Walsh Autos. Made sure I had all the sensors, ECU, The entire loom, and swapped around some of the smaller parts I needed swapped around for little more than the price of a long block. Even let me work to island time come pick up. GC. Started tearing it down. Did some rough measuring. This is a fairly tried and true conversion into RWD escorts, early Cortinas, Anglias and Populars in the UK. But I've never seen a build log of one into a later Cortina subframe. Was hoping I could get away without cutting and shutting the sump. But that isn't the case. Hit a stop when it came to the tx50 bolts on the "front" engine cradle. The workshop has most tools. But the newer Torx style bits are something we don't have. This is one of those moments I'm going to take advantage of works trade account and pick a set up before the weekend.

Tuesdays over summer have been dedicated "Cortina Tuesday" at work. And as such I've actually started doing some real work. With tools other than a socket set. Discovered this when I picked up the body but I forgot to mention it. Coil overs? apparently. Also got the RHS guard off. Cancer in the top of the inner wing up by the A-pillar. This is where mk3-mk5 Go bangers tend to rust anyway, and I was fully expecting it. You can also see the Battery tray still attached... Enter the technically advanced spot weld removal tool (Drill, Cold Chisel and BFH)... And BAM... The battery tray is gone. Made a little bit of Swiss Cheese outta the spot welds. But nothing I can't fix. Got to try out the new B&D Matrix modular drill I got for fathers day though. Also bashed off all the loom tags in the bay. I'll be stuffing the loom inside the guards, and the battery will be going in the boot. Going to attempt to clean the bay up as much as possible and leave just the donkey there. Altho I'm already rethinking my plan for a wiring loom as there isn't anywhere near as much room behind the glovebox as I first thought. Ripped out everything else in the engine bay, Master Cylinder, Choke/clutch/speedo/throttle cables. Then spent some time on the inside. Check out the retro brown vinyl interior. Here's a tip for new players... Don't rip your front seat out till you've got the dash out. It gives you something to sit on while you do it. I wasn't that smart. And now my back is bitching about it. Rest in Scrap battery tray. The boss is picking up the 2.0L Zetec donkey tomorrow. Should have photos of it in the bay by the end of the week. Decided to forget the factory ECU. Too much dicking round for little to no reward. Looking at getting a MegaSquirt in kitset form and assembling myself. I'm actually more comfortable doing the wiring and ECU building than I am doing panel work. So can't see any major dramas with it. I think I've done enough for a Mellow Puff. Thanks for looking

Sussed me some free slave labour. The irony is I spent most of my time making sure they were on task and didn't get a lot done.

Hey all. Been lurking a while. Project Build Thread://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40195-grimmys-71-mk3-cortina-zetec/ Discussion thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40329-grimmys-71-mk3-cortina-zetec/ It's getting warmer. So I'm dragging my ass into the workshop more often to work on my project. Anyway. Wanted a mk3 Cortina since I was about 6 years old. Fast forward almost 30 years and I'm finally at a point in life where I can dedicate a bit of time and money to sorting one. Picked up a couple of go bangers in the last 12 months... Don't have any before pics of the shell. But here's a photo of the spare rolling body I picked up last summer. Spent most of the winter pretending I was working on the shell, but really didn't do a lot other than sit in it and make car noises. I have no idea how to resize photos, So sorry in advance if they are huge. But I will sort it as time goes on. First things first. had my heart set on a 2.3 v6 from a mk5 ghia. Even got the v6 cologne motor with the blue rolling body. But found out pretty quickly that tracking down any gearbox (T9 or even a slush box) with the v6 bell pattern is easier said than done. So 2.0 Zetec from a mk2 mondy is the donkey of choice now. First thing that has to happen is the poo 1600 HC kent has to come out. Fired the 1600 with some gas down the carb, gapped the points and plugs, Realised the fuel pump was foobar. But other than that she fired and sounded strong. Clean oil etc. Well impressed considering according to the last owner it hadn't been started in close to 20 years. Seemed weird to get it firing etc just to pull it out and not use it. But I'm prolly gonna have to flick it off to cover costs somewhere else anyway. And knowing it's a goodin should make getting rid of it easier. Buh bye 1600. Hello Rats nest. Other than the Rats moving into the heaterbox and vent system, she's pretty tidy and original under the hood. 400 tons of body sealer and a below average paint job at some point have sealed and saved the metal underneath. Managed to pick up a few little goodies... GT dash. (Rarer than rocking horse shit. It's still the only GT mk3 Cortina dash I've ever seen in the flesh) And GT/GXL quad headlights Shut my eyes and pulled the LHS guard off It's actually not too bad. Chunk of cancer in the top of the inner wing. Little bit starting by the light bracket. And the easy winner for weld of the week around the Front sway anchor (I'll have to get a photo of it with my camera. It's not even half assed, more quarter assed. That's as far as I've gotten this week. But I'll be into it pretty hard over the coming months. My boss is a GC, and an old skool ford fan. So he's very generously allowed me a) free storage. free workshop. c) time when work ain't busy to work on my car (So I'm getting paid to work on my car when it's quiet) Got some '88 Honda Poolude buckets and a C3 auto (Yes. A slush box. Cus I like to drink big serve V while I'm driving. and I can't do that if I'm grabbing gears) Grabbed a 2.0 Zetec auto/loom/ecu/etc from a first Reg in 97 Mondeo at the local Ford wreckers for a good price. (Cheers to Harley at Walsh Autos) Going to try to get the zetec going on the factory ECU. Failing that I'm looking high and low for a manual mk1 Mondeo ECU. Which apparently ain't too common either. But if all else fails. I'll bang a carb on it and an ESC module from a CVH escort until I can get an aftermarket ecu. Ordered Nolathanes. Which was about as fun as dental work price wise. (Hence not getting an ECU) I'm really only ripping panels off to see how much work I've got myself in for. I plan on doing the engine swap before doing the panel work. But I'm excited and wanted to start a thread cus I've wanted a mk3 for soooOOOOOOoooooOOOOOooooo long. Comments questions and abuse most welcome.