WooDoo's Mexico

[WooDooUK]

[3/3/05]
Another Day spent on the car.

Stripped the engine to take a look. It apears to have been bored by +0.5mm
And the cylinder head is in excellent condition. as are all the bearings and the krank



However the same can not be said for the differential. The Cross pin is snapped, and this has chewed most of the teeth on one of the gears.




So a new diff it is then.

[WooDooUK]

[10/3/05]

Been busy soucing parts and putting the engine back to gether. i know have for the car:

3.77 Diff
Type9 5 speed box + Std gear leaver (soon to be modded into a quickshift)
Pair of volvo 240 vented 4-pot calipers + 2.8i Capri discs
High Pressure, High Flow Oilpump.
new water pump
55AMP Alternator
and one Haynes Manual for mk2 RS models

I had a good look at the cylinder head and it apears to be a 2ltr (larger valves etc.)

once it all starts goin back together i will take some more pics

assuming i havent missed any major mechanical parts i should have this finished way before lemans

[Banishit]

nice little shopping list you have there LOL

shame about the diff though, the head looks well though polished and are they stainless valves too

[dasadrew]

the head looks well polished and are they stainless valves too

Well Brian, you haven't got valves as nice as that, but you do have a polished head!

[WooDooUK]

amazing thing is that when i asked the guy i bought it off "is the engine standard?" he Said "yes" but im not complaining

[Frosticles]

Just got some Volvo 4 pots myself today

[WooDooUK]

[14/3/05]

finaly had the chance to have a good go at the mex over a weekend.

volvo 240 calipers are now ready to be fitted to the mk2 strut

BEFORE:



AFTER:



The diff, drums and back plates are all given a little TLC



And the rear axle is now all together (still waiting for brake shoes and cylinders)



Nice shiny calipers:



next to do: everything else!!

[RS2000&MEXICO]

thats coming on well m8 ...good job...

[WooDooUK]

Been busy, Very Busy

Need some more upto date pics


have done a little more since then. have made a start on the the rest of the car now the mecanicals are all sorted.

Using the ignition from sierra was a gr8 money saver. even without the correct plug it all went together nice a quick and worked straight away.
Ignition Amp


The nice shiny Starter motor on the engine was knackered. the realy grubby mess of a starter motor that came in a box with the car however did work. (sods law)

shame the same cant be said for the fuel pump. the car came with 2 pumps not knowing what state they were in, we tried them both and being unsure of which connection was which did not help at all. so in total the fuel pump came off about 5 times. evenualy we came to the conlusion that both were dead. so when a bout a newone which was gr8. it had arrows on it and worked straight away

ITS ALIVE it now runs and the single box 4-branch system sounds great. However the carb did need a clean and rebuild as one of the Diaphrams was missing and it was causing a hughe dead spot when u give it some revs. crab has now been looked at and sorted. the carb apears to have larger jets that the std which is another bonus. (standard Carb thou)[/img]

[RS2000&MEXICO]

looking good m8 keep it up....

[M11RF]

nice mate. coming on well now!

[Banishit]

good job mate keep it up

[WooDooUK]

oh and the Volvo calipers are also on, all i need now is for my steering rack to arrive and then it can go back on its wheels

The flash on the camera makes the colour look at lot worse than it acualy is

[Banishit]

have you cheacked if those will clear the wheels ? as they seem to sit out quite away from the disk edge !!

[WooDooUK]

have you cheacked if those will clear the wheels ? as they seem to sit out quite away from the disk edge !!

yeah they fit. lets just say that they are nice and snug there is plenty of pad on the disc