drum roll please....

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ta daaaaa....

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you must be well proud now tony

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yeah i am, i struggled a bit tho cos i was on my own, im gutted that my 4into1 manifold doest fit tho, it snags on the steering shackle thingy.

 

(que vista to say "i told you so" )

[5hane]

loooks ok i suppose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

its bloody awsome looks great, cant wait to see it all finished

 

also cant you cut and weald the manifold to fit?

[Slammed]

what he said^^^

 

p.s shane you on msn or ignoring me

[stevepeanut]

looks bloody lovely

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cheers steve.

 

 

the manifold has already had this much taken out and needs the same again which is obviously impossible, anyone any ideas please?

 

[Deano1351]

That looks really nice mate, big pat on the back, makes me want to do under my bonnet now

[Vista]

cheers steve.

 

 

the manifold has already had this much taken out and needs the same again which is obviously impossible, anyone any ideas please?

 

 

Don't use that fannymould now mate aside from the fact it will leak you'll put extra back pressure on at least one (if not two) of the cylinders.

 

Show us a pic of it installed so we can see what the problem is, mine didn't foul the knuckle it fouled the column so I machined the bevel further up so that it cleared (see pic) it doesn't look as if it fouled as much as yours though.

 

 

 

P.S. Looking very sweet

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ok heres it loosely fitted, its made to fit a mk5 cortina, it was cut and plated when i got it , (why will it leak? its totally sealed vista.

[Retromotorsport]

Simple answer ... you need a self aligning bearing let into the bulkhead, then the sline from your shaft re attached so its just poking out from the bearing, which is now closer to the inner wing, this then has a fiesta UJ fitted and goes via a hex bar to another fiesta UJ which fits the steering rack spline

[Vista]

why will it leak? its totally sealed vista.

 

Sorry I didn't realise you'd plated the recess over I thought it was still just a cut out. Even as is though it would be very bad for gas flow.

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Simple answer ... you need a self aligning bearing let into the bulkhead, then the sline from your shaft re attached so its just poking out from the bearing, which is now closer to the inner wing, this then has a fiesta UJ fitted and goes via a hex bar to another fiesta UJ which fits the steering rack spline

 

thats your simple answer is it?

 

il stick with the old cast manifold for now.

[Grey Crayford]

That looks the biz, nice job well done!!

[livewire7116]

SAFcapri has just taken a 4 branch off his pinto mk3 capper, gone XE so he be glad to get rid if you cant find him on here let me know will text him and ask if ok to pass on his number

[Retromotorsport]

Ok.. even simpler answer... raise that side of the engine ....

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it would have raise a good inch or so to clear it.

[OldskoolSue]

Looking very very cool

[Mugshot1968]

Ok.. even simpler answer... raise that side of the engine ....

 

Might get oil starvation problems if you do that.

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i wouldnt do it anyway mate.

[wolf666]

nice 1 tony

[Copey]

lookin good tony, shame about the manifold though

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yeah that pissed me rite off, ive just blasted and painted the original cast one till i can afford a new 4into1.

[Vista]

yeah that pissed me rite off, ive just blasted and painted the original cast one till i can afford a new 4into1.

 

How do you plan to solve the clash problem with the steering column?

[Rick]

looks great mate, too good to drive though...