My mk2 Rally car - Duratec power

[grum]

looking real good Jon - you keeping those rear arches the same or gonna go wider ?

[oldskooljoe]

looking good now,keep it up

[Jon Segger]

top job mate, thats lookink really good my mate had a group 4 mk2 in the mid to late 80s, the reg was VWL 43R, i am sure his car was first built by malcolm wilson, dont know where it ended up.

Ah interesting... so maybe its got a famous brother then...

[Jon Segger]

looking real good Jon - you keeping those rear arches the same or gonna go wider ?

I'm going to keep the same ones for now. The wheels still fit under OK And besides, I keep smacking these ones through the chicanes - imagine the damage I'd do if the car was wider.

[grum]

........ true !!

[RS_Fiesta]

Fantastic ,roll on North West stages

[Jon Segger]

About time for an update...

Not a massive amount to see really. Over Christmas and New Year I got the inside painted:












And I've now turned my attention to the wiring:


I'm making up a new center console. I wasn't happy with the way the old fuse boxes fitted and I'd grafted some bits to the loom over time, so now its time to do a proper job:


...but this is still work in progress as it is very time consuming:


I'm hoping to get the new engine soon, so I can trial fit it and finalise the gearbox mounts - and then we'll make the exhaust.

[paul spence]

looking neat jon

[grum]

that blue wire next to the two red ones is not crimped properly

[RS_Fiesta]

Nice

[hally]

nice one cracking on there!

[Jon Segger]

Another update! That's two in two days... good huh?

I collected a dummy engine last night, so had a quick go at lining everything up to make sure my gearbox crossmember was going to be in the correct place.

(sorry for the image quality - these were taken on my phone)

First off, a look at the dry sump of the real engine. Should be plenty of room to clear the steering rack:




And here's the dummy engine sitting in what should be its final position:








I even put the gear lever hole in the correct place:




It fits so well it almost looks like it was planned that way:

[Jon Segger]

that blue wire next to the two red ones is not crimped properly

[Jon Segger]

Today's update...

I recycled my old anti-tramp bars to make a new gearbox crossmember.

Started with the bushes & tubes:


...and then welded them into a piece of channel that Mark had folded up for me. It fits tightly on to the mounting post of the gearbox tail section:


All welded up:


Final test fit:


Then painted it:


And it's on:




Nice ground clearance:


Oh, and I shortened the handbrake lever also as it was a bit too close to the gear lever:


(I'm using Cossie rear calipers. The cable operation will be from the standard handbrake lever - so there will be no chance of scrutineering problems. I'll also run a vertical lever hydraulic handbrake again, but this time it won't have any cable attachment.)

[marky4]

top work looking really nice