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Hi All, Following the sale of my RS2000 I have a few remaining bits left to sell. These two are brand new in their boxes: Stack 80mm Professional Speedometer These 80mm professional speedometers from stack feature dial faces which match the Pro control gauges and tachometers. Simple wiring connections and push button programming ensure easy installation and set up. Compatible with most original equipment speed sensors. Professional Speedometer features - Fully user programmable LCD odometer with 2 resettable trips Maintenance free through dial lighting LED illuminated needle Black Face RRP: £160 +vat PRICE: OIRO £200 including speed sensor (these aren't included with the speedo from Stack and cost £50 separately) Stack Clubman 0-4-10,000rpm Tachometer - Black Face The Stack ST200 is superb value clubman tachometer featuring Stack's legendary stepper motor needle movement, giving unrivalled digital quartz accuracy which is guaranteed for life. The ST200 is configurable for use with all negative earth and magneto ignition systems and has a peak RPM telltale memory as standard. The 80mm body is water proof and dust proof. RRP: £199 +vat PRICE: OIRO £180 Please PM me for more details and phone number.

Hi Darren, sorry mate hadn't been back on. He's doing great bud, he's a dad now! A little girl called Olivia. Has meant that the Escort is under wraps for a while, but he hopes to be out with it again soon.

Car is now officially sold.

I probably could have yes, but ultimately if I'd not advertised it for that then I may not have had so many people interested I guess.

Tell me about it! I'll be honest I didn't really know what the market was like at the moment, so I'm somewhat surprised to say the least.

Sorry Daz, yes £9000 mate. However this is now sold pending final payment. Deposit received. Will post again if this changes.

Hi All, Yes I've finally decided that I'm going to sell the car, needs to go to a good home to get used. Advert is up on Piston Heads.... http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/ford/escort/ford-escort-rs2000-x-pack/1248912 I want as close to the asking price as I can get. The list of performance parts is huge, probably worth that sum on their own! PM for more details and pics.

Indeed mate, he totally adored his N/A Cossie too, so to say that the duratec is that much better is really saying something. I do know he does secretly pine for the cossie look in his engine bay still though

Big thread revival here, but just wanted to point out that cossie matt's duratec is still superb. 9th overall and 3rd in class at the tour of caerwent rally is fairly solid evidence.

Cheers Jo, it wont be long that's for sure! I don't think I can handle another summer without driving it!

It's been a year so thought I'd better do a quick update really Basically, the car is very much nearing completion now, with just a few jobs left to do. Engine is built and in (not run yet though), cooling system all but finished, new front brakes are all plumbed in and bled, just need to put new bearings etc in my GRP4 hubs and that's the front all complete. Taking my leaf springs down to Gartrac tomorrow for decambering, then I just have to convert the front struts to 2 1/4 adjustable platform to get the desired ride height. After that I can at least get her back on the road and use it!! Other jobs can then be done over time. Hopefully be at some of the shows this summer with a bit of luck

Well the good news is that my rods are finally back, and I can get down to building the engine. Bad news is that I now don't have many free weekends to do it! Bit of a pain when your brother is getting married.

Cheers Ian! I have called P4P again today and he has my rods back!! Will balance them tomorrow then I'll get them back, after that we'll be putting the engine back together!

Fair enough, the whole festival looks amazing tho man, check it out.

Oops!! Noticing your avatar, are you going to be at Sonisphere in August? Thin Lizzy are playing there

Car looks really nice mate, super job! Bent valve eh? Been ragging it a bit too much?

Cheers chap! Have you got some big carbs on yours yet?

Before I could send everything off for balancing I had to sort out the small issue of the water pump pulley not lining up with the crank pulley. After assembling and measuring, I found I needed to either extend the water pump pulley by 5mm, or take 5mm off the end of the crank. I decided on the easier option of machining the crank, as I didn't want to create more length and therefore leverage by extending the water pump pulley. Using V blocks, and clocking the crank up on height and straightness using the mains journals, I set about machining the end off the crank...... Also tidied up a few marks and rough sections on the crank, then gave it a good clean to get rid of any swarf.... That done, I dropped the crank back in to check the alignment, which was spot on! That all done, the bits went off to Dermot at Power 4 Peanuts for their balancing. I've now been waiting for getting on for 10 weeks for my rods to be finished, as they required re-rounding of the big ends. They're at the third sub-contractor, as the first two were incompetent. I must say I'm a little twitchy about my rods now, and hope they haven't been cocked up! I'm assured by Dermot that they're ok, and he knows his stuff so I have to trust him. I just want it all back together now, need to have a running car again!!! Watch this space for the next update

I got the pistons back, and started on the next phase. With everything assembled, I did a plasticine build to check valve clearances. By using a white paint mark and a pointer, we found maximum lift on each valve using a DTI again... We did this on each piston, and discovered that we'd need pockets but inlet side only, there was plenty on exhaust side. That done, I sent the pistons back to Vulcan for pocketing. Next job was to get the crank, rods, flywheel and clutch cover balanced.......

Well it has been a bloody age since I last posted on here, so I thought I'd better get my arse in gear and do a bit of an update! Well unfortunately for me, not a lot has happened really. Life got in the way a bit, but I managed to get back on track a few months back and started rebuilding the engine in earnest. I started off by cleaning up all the big end mains journals.... Came up pretty nice. I just used a stanley knife blade as a scraper, and some fine scotchbrite (scourer basically for those that don't know) so as not to remove any material, just polish up the staining..... Did the mains caps in the same way..... The main purpose of this day was to measure the piston height in relation to the block, as they don't make a piston suitable for cosworth bottom end in a pinto, Accralite supply flat-tops with meat to remove. We put the bearings in the mains and lowered the crank in.... Next, we put each piston on to the rods, and lowered them into the block assembly.... Next, using a digital DTI we found absolute TDC on each piston in turn, then using a height gauge measured its height in relation to the block.... I then had the excess machined off by Steve at Vulcans, and got the pistons back ready for the next phase, checking valve clearances for valve pocket depths............

Cheers Kev Jolly good Tom, with some carbs on it should be ace

Hi mate! That's great, it pulled like a train with the 45's on there. If you haven't already, treat it to a nice Ashley large bore manifold and system too, it'll need it

Could be worth a try before though mate, can't make it any worse, and also wont feck your screen

Could always try the trusty old Auto Glym car glass polish?