oh crap

[lee_capri]

well thaty's that ive foc**d the escort,ive cut to much out of the bulk head no i did'nt,my mate cut to much out of it,im fo**ed right off dont even no if i can make it good,been trying to sort it but it look's well sh**e,so im p**ed right off,

the moral to the story dont let some one lose with a disc cutter

[RETRO_AL]

Get some pics up m8

[hotrodholty]

its only steel mate. cut the full bulk head out and make a new one out of one sheet or cut one out of a scrapper and make repair panels

nothing that cant be fixed

[Twinkle]

recess the bulkhead and pretend you did it on purpose to fit the engine further back m8 thats what we said when andy cut too big a hole for the gearbox tunnel

 

if you want send me some pics via pm and i will see if i can come up with a suggestion

[lee_capri]

 

i did,nt cut the hole,ive still got to grind back,but i feel like crying has ive spean about £1400 on the wagion wheel and now it look's like scrape

[Twinkle]

DONT PANIC MR MANNERING!!!!!!

for a start there is nowt wrong with cutting that bit out, heres me doing it to andygfc's cossie coversion. i have since redone that area and will give him a call to see if he can post the pics up on here of how we did it to put your mind at rest

 

 

[lee_capri]

ive got to try and weild plate's in it all the way down to the exuest you can see on both side's,it's going to look sh*te i think and then try and make a good job of a abursion,this was meant to be my wagiong my pride and joy,but now im unsure if it will look any-thing at all

[Twinkle]

lee DO NOT PANIC!!!!! the bit i cut out there was only the first cuts, i took out more than in the pic that i have posted, wasnt far off what you have removed. you havent fooked it all up dont worry

[lee_capri]

you made me smile thank's lee,is that you in the pic have no idea what u look like

[Twinkle]

yep thats me gettin down and dirty with the grinder

i do like to cut bits out of cars, especially other peoples

i have texted andy and im sure if he still has the pics on his phone he will post them up to see what we did next including removing the plenum and all the reshaping of the bulkhead to be able move back the cossie lump in the bay

 

basically we formed the new shape of the recesses bulkhead in angle and welded that in place as a framework and then welded new sheet in place to fill the gaps creating a recess back into the car of a few inches was about the size of the area your m8 removed

[lee_capri]

so im all set to install a cossie then only wanted to fit a pinto

[Twinkle]

same engine, different head just ask gaz

 

you could if you really wanted to chassis mount the engine and move it back a bit if you decided to recess the bulkhead which would give a much better weight distribution

 

or plate it like you have and reinforce it behind, or, ask around for a bit of bulkhead like the bit you have missing and weld that in but dont worry all is not lost

[Twinkle]

just thought of another option!!!!!!!

 

 

 

get one of these and weld it in over the repair you have made

 

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/catalog/pr ... ts_id=4544

 

 

 

[Mr Sam]

i dont see the problem

[lee_capri]

done that lee that's what that shiney bit is could have done with a full panel going down,think i weild it up but it's going to look sh*te but i could also skim the buk-head in filler i think to make it look pretty

[Mr Sam]

mate fook what it looks like as long as your getting the times down

 

think how much a skin of filler will weigh

 

 

[lee_capri]

that's all very well but i dont want to be to lift the bonnet and people look and say what the f**k have you done their mr sam

[lee_capri]

DONT PANIC MR MANNERING!!!!!!

for a start there is nowt wrong with cutting that bit out, heres me doing it to andygfc's cossie coversion. i have since redone that area and will give him a call to see if he can post the pics up on here of how we did it to put your mind at rest

 

 

 

here lee this is were i went wroung i did'nt have a expert cf reading mertial to hand

[Gareth]

Once you've dressed the welds it'll look ten times better m8

 

Besides most of it wont be seen once the pinto's in there

[andygfc]

recess the bulkhead and pretend you did it on purpose to fit the engine further back m8 thats what we said when andy cut too big a hole for the gearbox tunnel

 

if you want send me some pics via pm and i will see if i can come up with a suggestion

 

 

I didn't cut too big a hole, it was always meant to sit further back

[Twinkle]

recess the bulkhead and pretend you did it on purpose to fit the engine further back m8 thats what we said when andy cut too big a hole for the gearbox tunnel

 

if you want send me some pics via pm and i will see if i can come up with a suggestion

 

 

I didn't cut too big a hole, it was always meant to sit further back

 

oh was it now

 

here you go lee, some pics from andy showing how we did it from the inside m8....

 

 

 

 

 

[lee_capri]

twinkle you alway's seam to have your head in a hole no wounder y u are so poperlar

cheer's for the pic's ermmmmmm mine look's a little like that i spose