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Post by Barney on Nov 13, 2013 22:27:37 GMT
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Post by Barney on Nov 13, 2013 22:37:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 7:24:08 GMT
Regards to the brake resovoirs:-
You would have to fit dual senders on the brake front and rear cylinders, not just one.
Car Builders solutions do a kit which fits the girling res, and you drill a hole in each cap. You will still need 2.
The minimum level must still be higher than any of the brake outlet hoses/piping.
otherwise, its a good solution. I looked at this, but the cost of 3 res at £20, then 2 sensors, just didn't seem viable at the time.
There should be good clearance under the bonnet, but check with one sender unit fitted.
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Post by Barney on Nov 14, 2013 13:46:06 GMT
This is the example that inspired my choice. Reduction in spaghetti.
Pictures from brownie's thread "Gaz's build (ST170)". Very tidy using hoses.
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Post by ade on Nov 14, 2013 17:21:51 GMT
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Post by ade on Apr 2, 2014 17:16:30 GMT
Well 4 months since last post but I have been busy, honest! Unfortunately most of it has been disassembly where things were not quite how I wanted them and removing the engine/gearbox for an upgrade. I must be the only person that gets their rocket built and then take my first drive down the road only to start taking it apart again! Just to finish the brake fluid reservoir post above I had an issue with the clutch reservoir hitting the bonnet cut out. I solved it by getting the bolt at the bottom of the reservoir machined down by about 5mm and now it fits perfectly. Onto the changes and I have stripped out the seats because they were too high for me. It's a shame because the guy that built most of it had made a great seat mount platform but the seats need to be pretty much mounted to the runners to be comfortable. I purchased a remanufactured engine based on a new block with a ported and polished head, piper ultimate cams and throttle bodies attached. I also bought a 1.8 Ginetta lightweight flywheel, clutch and gearbox (IB5). So I had the choice of IB5 or MTX gearboxes lying on the garage floor. Weight difference is only about 8kg (dry weights IB5 37kg / MTX 45kg) so to allow for a possible forced induction upgrade (or even a paddle shift i'm going for the MTX. Plus all the mounts are already setup for it, so it makes install quick. Now purchased new driveshafts to get the right paperwork for a new registration plate at the grand price of £56 delivered. The questions I have now are what ecu to use and can/should I use the 1.8 lightened flywheel? It seems the diameter of the flywheels are the same so in theory it should align with the starter motor. I'm not sure the 1.8 clutch is compatible with MTX but will a 2.0 clutch fit with a 1.8 flywheel?. As for the ECU I have been speaking to Boost Monkeys about being a tester for a new product they might be coming out with, which will be a direct ECU swap for Zetec engines using the standard Ford loom. They already have one when you are using the external FORD EDIS module on the older Zetec engines but the more recent engines use internal spark drivers so I will need an ECU capable of this. Another question is while the MTX gearbox is stripped can/should I use this LSD? RS gearbox ins LSDNew engine on the left and old 2.0 on the right with MTX gearbox just separated. lightened flywheel
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2014 17:45:23 GMT
Mtx gearbox likes the thick flywheel, I doubt the 1800cc one would do it. The ring size is the same, but crank flange to clutch face is 20mm odd difference. ATB? Not sure. Not driven one with, except RS focus in their day. I'm not using one. the 235's do a sterling job without. Glad your making progress it's sounding like you've built a nice parts collection.
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Post by ade on Feb 9, 2015 21:57:53 GMT
How have people mounted their individual throttle bodies? I've got an inlet manifold aluminium plate and I'm getting someone weld on the tubes for me. I just need to mockup where they should sit in the engine bay. I've seen some people having to cut out sections of the rear cover but I'd rather not do that if I don't have to. The engine hopefully should produce 190bhp so is probably going to need a performance exhaust routed outside the rear of the engine bay so i think there is room to point them downwards. Alternatively maybe point them upwards but there isn't much room. This pic is taken looking up into the engine cover and shows that pointing them horizontally rearwards means the end of the bodies end up 5mm from the engine cover and there isn't an air filter on the end yet. That saw shape ali plate is the manifold plate and the cardboard is just to space them off where the tubes will go. The metal strip with holes in is just to hold the throttle bodies in place temporarily.
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Post by airforceone on Feb 10, 2015 7:20:21 GMT
To get 190bhp you will also need to fit a set of performance cams and possibly get some head work done.
Just with TB's you will be looking at 160-170bhp at the flywheel with cams and head work the you will be around 200-210bhp at the fly wheel which is about 180-190bhp at the wheels.
Ref your TB fitting, have a search on youtube and google, I found loads of videos on how to space the TB's for the focus.
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Post by ade on Feb 10, 2015 9:15:38 GMT
Thanks Airforceone, the engine has been ported and polished and has a piper ultimate cam upgrade so sounds like my expectations aren't too unrealistic. My concerns were not about spacing the TB's more about space under the rocket engine cover. Is it ok for them to point downwards? I guess they will be nearer the hot exhaust which is probably less desirable.
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Post by airforceone on Feb 10, 2015 10:47:57 GMT
Depends on the length of the horns/trumpets you are using.
I started off with 50mm ones and a pipercross filter. You have to cut a small section out of the cover to get it to fit. I then went up to 90mm long as this is supposed to give better torque so I had to cut a massive chunk of the cover out. Now I have moved on to a alloy intake plenum and I think more will need to be cut out as I also have a bigger filter to fit inline with my air intakes.
Have a look at my build thread and you will see what I mean. I think it looks alright and when I had the car at the Scottish Car Show there were a lot of positive comments.
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Post by casesensitive on Feb 10, 2015 14:38:00 GMT
Depends on the length of the horns/trumpets you are using. I started off with 50mm ones and a pipercross filter. You have to cut a small section out of the cover to get it to fit. I then went up to 90mm long as this is supposed to give better torque so I had to cut a massive chunk of the cover out. Now I have moved on to a alloy intake plenum and I think more will need to be cut out as I also have a bigger filter to fit inline with my air intakes. Have a look at my build thread and you will see what I mean. I think it looks alright and when I had the car at the Scottish Car Show there were a lot of positive comments. airforceone: did you put it through the IVA with the ITBs on? I'm tending towards putting it through with the Omex in but the ITBs waiting until it's got its passport. Is there an explicit exclusion to having the air filter partially exposed to the elements? I dream of 90mm DanST trumpets for my GXR1000 TBs.
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Post by airforceone on Feb 10, 2015 15:45:53 GMT
Did the TB's after IVA. I also had the omex fitted for IVA and no problems.
I bought my TB kit from Dan at DanST, I think I was one of the first to buy his Hayabusa TB kit. It was all fully spaced perfectly for the zetec and came with the 90mm trumpets and pipercross filter.
The alloy inlet plenum I'm fitting now was also from Dan, again one of the first and it's a cracking piece of kit if you need trumpets and filter I have a set of 50mm with filter and the 90mm with filter going for sale. I could do you a MEV owners deal.
If you want some pics of the stuff just PM me. I'm home on the 19th or you can have a look at my build thread as there are some pics on there.
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Post by casesensitive on Feb 11, 2015 0:51:34 GMT
Did the TB's after IVA. I also had the omex fitted for IVA and no problems. I bought my TB kit from Dan at DanST, I think I was one of the first to buy his Hayabusa TB kit. It was all fully spaced perfectly for the zetec and came with the 90mm trumpets and pipercross filter. The alloy inlet plenum I'm fitting now was also from Dan, again one of the first and it's a cracking piece of kit if you need trumpets and filter I have a set of 50mm with filter and the 90mm with filter going for sale. I could do you a MEV owners deal. If you want some pics of the stuff just PM me. I'm home on the 19th or you can have a look at my build thread as there are some pics on there. Cool, I found them there; some pictures of the 90mm one and filter (125mm? ) would be great. Do you have the backplate etc? Wasn't planning on getting that stuff immediately, but I do loves bits. Are they DanST's?
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Post by ade on Apr 14, 2016 9:04:02 GMT
Bit of a gap in build progress but things have slowly been moving on. New 2.5" stainless steel complete exhaust built complete with twin silencers positioned along the back of car. I took the wheel hubs off to get some reinforcement metal added to strengthen as per the advice on here. That is now done and I come to put them back on and one doesn't fit. I didn't assemble the hubs previously so not sure if it was like this before. I can't think the welding has distorted the metal like this so either it hasn't been reassembled properly or it never did fit very well and someone has forced it to fit previously. I can't see any adjustment Photos goo.gl/photos/c5u4muv3tB9riJDv5Any ideas?
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