peteretep Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 I have the pedal box finally fitted up and running, took it for a drive today. I had adjusted the bias to the rear so thought the braking was worse than the old land rover cylinder, adjusted it the right way and it brakes awesome, can finally lock up the fronts !!! Also fitted some sock filters for the nats drive, didnt notice a major difference in power loss before filters with filters pedal box with relocated throttle cable showing the cover plate for the heater intake and mildly upgraded wiring haha mock up of the hall effect sensor and trigger wheel with laser cut bracket 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 after the rather long south island drive, I decided to check out the compression, I have ~ #1 105 psi #2 105 psi #3 50 psi #4 100 psi so I decided to take the head off. It appears that I am getting some leakage from between a couple of cylinders. I think I will take the motor out and get some new rings/hone and new bearings as well as decking the block slightly. The head has already been reco'd about 7000k ago so should still be sweet. I had not touched anything in these pics. #3 cylinder has quite alot of dusty/sandy type bits in it compared to the other cylinders. Also not quite sure what was happening with valve 3 being a bit oily as the head was taken apart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 anyone ever seen this before? waterpump is new and has only done ~4000km. I havent seen anything similar pulling the engine bay apart. Its kind of hard but crushes easily. The motor did have green coolant in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 talked to engine builder today, rings in both cylinders 2 and 3 were broken so would explain loss of compression as well as head not properly flat. Found it also has teflon bushes in the gudgeon pins instead of using circlips, supposed to remove friction and allow the pins to rotate easier or something, pretty cool all the little things that have been done to the motor. Also got double valve springs from kelfords and another motor which had an a3 cam which will be going into the rebuilt motor, good for 8000rpm. The other motor has some fancy bits in it too but it will wait until the current motor has finally died before rebuilding that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 this was the worst bit, looking back on old pics, it was done by the place across the road from where I work now haha. There are some other bits up under the dash and a bit by the drivers footwell. Tomorrow its on to get a panhard rod fitted then the painters after and then finally once my bank account has been destroyed I can start reassembly where more money is still required 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peteretep Posted October 15, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2014 getting some bits ready for welding. new pedal box because the one from england was shit and new plates for throttle body manifold and hall effect sensor mk2 after I realised the first one clashed with the belt... 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peteretep Posted October 26, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2014 engine and gearbox fitted, test fitting the throttle bodies and manifold, everything fits so far you can also see the new temp sensor for the ecu fitted above the standard temp sensor, unfortunately it sits about 1.5mm too high so the thermostat needed a slight tweak to fit you can also see the new and updated aluminium bulkhead fitting for the brake lines and ecu wires, no longer a plug due to peer pressure 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peteretep Posted November 5, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2014 parts for a bias pedal box, ready for assembly Assembled, not often I build the first time it never comes apart again but heres hoping. TBH I think the clutch pedal is too high but I can get it remade new laser cut air filter plate with trumpet visible inside it 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Pete's Escort. Will it start first pop?: Pete's Escort Spitting Flames 1: Pete's Escort Spitting Flames: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 OK this ones better 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peteretep Posted December 15, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 15, 2014 I need to machine a chamfer on the intakes but its looking good, filter just fits. intake length to bell mouths is about 230mm 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peteretep Posted June 21, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2015 dang I have been slack in updating this build thread Since the last update I have fitted the pedal box, played around with the tune alot and get the car running pretty good. I have raced it around hamptons a couple of times and broken lots of things I can even remember. It has a locked diff now which is actually super great. Actually I broke all the flywheel bolts off at around 7500rpm, they were brand new oem bolts done up to spec, it is quite unusual for this to happen I am lead to believe. Amazingly it did no damage, so I fitted a new set of ARP bolts and I havent had any problems since I took the car to nats and raced around a bit. During this time a 'tappet' noise would not go away and the drivers footwell flooded pretty good while driving through the rain. The exhaust headers also broken after being re welded while driving back along the gravel road to thames. I will take the engine out as I think I know what the noise is. I saw some material missing off one of the cam lobes when I put the engine back together after checking for engine damage when the flywheel broke off. I took a pic as per below but I was in a rush to get racing again so I left it. Pretty much all the welds looked like this before being re welded. now they look like this again. The main flange is mild steel and the pipes are very thin SS. I have the thing braced to the gearbox and it still breaks!!! they cost alot of money but they are fairly well trash if they keep breaking In the mean time though I thought I would check out where all the water was coming from. I found a previous fix which I had no noticed before which had rust through. The previous fix hadnt really sealed the problem so water had been getting in and sitting between several layers and caused a bit of damage. The drivers floor was also full of holes being held together with paint and underseal. I have now re sealed the interior of the car and now I am in the process of remaking the bits on the outside to refit/reweld the lower part of the gaurd back on hmm hmmmmm I also partied with dane in the middle. dont worry his gf was cool with it I am yet to remake this retarded peice, so much of it has rusted I am not really sure how it fits together and some fancy conveyors that will be conveying all of your sour cream products in the near future but dont forget 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 I'll do a write up of how to convert your old car to micro squirt one day if anyone is keen but its not a super cheap solve all but definitely worthwhile 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 panel work is mostly done, wanted to get engine out to have a look at cam so did that yesterday. Found one offending lobe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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