Mk2 2.3 Duratec

[John Hall]

Some pictures I took of the axle at the weekend.







Cheers

John

[Banishit]

nice a no nonsense set up

[Robb]

Is that a fostek diff plate i spot there? looks very nice

[Frosticles]

Very nice John

[james cruise]

Very nice John, Looks like its well thought out.

[RabC-RS2-77]

looks like its guin to be proper tool...

[Mr Hoarder]

Rob aka Mr Hoarder came and had a look at the car last month and gave me a genuine 2.3 black boot badge off of a Mk4 Contina 2.3 S to replace my home made one, cheers Rob .

You are welcome John, as I said it all goes to the cause

[rs1800mk2]

Do you need a whole car loom or just an engine loom ? I have made a few for Mk2's mostly rally cars.

[John Hall]

Hi

I need a whole car loom.
PM me if you can help.

Cheers

John

[John Hall]

Quick update on engine build.
I had to stop build due to missunderstanding between me, engine builder and the consultant who spec'd the engine for me .

The result of this was I had to buy a set of these.
Which turn up on Friday.





A set of Eagle steel shotpeen'd conrods and come with ARP bolts as standard.
I bought them from the USA for $400 which is £225, cost me about £300 after post, import tax etc. Which is about half of what they cost to buy in the UK.

Just now waiting for a set of ladder frame (bigend cap) bolts and the engine can be assembled.

[mkIIvan]

Any more news on your engine John?
Have you sorted every thing out with biuld?

[John Hall]

Had another short delay with the build.
I could not get new ladder frame bolts from Ford.
No standard Ford OEM parts for the Duratec bottom end are vailable from Ford Dealer Spares yet
I tried to get a set sent directly to me from the engine plant in Mexico, but was taking too long and my engine builder wanted to get on with the build.
So have had to buy a ARP Stud kit for the ladder frame.
The engine is now being built up, head is finished.
Hopefully, it will be fully assembled next week some time.
But we have got to sort out the dipstick tube location and calibrate the dipstick for the fabricated sump before the engine is returned to me.

[Aaron P.]

john its good to hear the bild is still going strong, would love to see the car in the flesh when its done and hear the purrrrrrrrr from it

[John Hall]

Engine builders gone on holiday.
Engine will not be ready till the end of the month.
I have asked him to take some pictures as he is building the engine.
I will post them as soon as I get them.

[John Hall]

Well.... after engine builder going on holiday and other commitments, he has started the build.

A few pictures as promised.


Piston Crown with Valve pockets


Piston Assembled on Rod


ARP Bigend Stud Kit in Block

Crank and Ladder Frame loose assembled in block.

The build should progress more this weekend and I will post more pictures when the engine builder mails them to me.

John