1990 Ford ERST S2 RWD Cossie,More pics and update 07/02/21

I believe they used a cerbera chassis, such a waste imo But good work on the escrot, top fab work going!

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Just did a google search and the SS1 wheel base is shorter than the Escort and even the Fiesta so would need cutting and extending, Cool idea though ;D ;D and probably doable


Ginger


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Well i've beem making progress on the wiring, and been buying myself some goodies :-)

Wiring wise, there were a few thing i need to tidy up and a few things to add to the loom for the rear wiper, front heated screen, relocated the mirror adjuster into the car as the sierra is in the door and few other bits

So

Heated front screen wiring from the Escort is being used as it earth to the body at the top and the Sierra earths via 2 earth wires and the bottom,
All done and the per live wire extended to the battery, just waiting on a fuse holder


Rear window feeds removed to leave this


Just need to tidy and repair the wiring were it had total closure on the alarm

and a 2 switch cluster, as it's only a 2 door and a 4 switch would look stupid



Rear light plugs on the Sierra loom are the same, just had to swap some of the wires around


Rear wiper wiring added as per the same as the hatch back loom which uses the same feed and fuse as the front

and the rear end


The head light bulb plugs of the sierra were like new as there inside the actual lamp, so this was removed

And this was added, soldered, heat shrinked etc :-)


Alternator ends remade off as they were curse word


The mirror adjustor was nice and easy, this is the in car plug that feeds it

this is the part in the door, note the red wire, this is the perm live, and theres a female plug on the other end of the loom inside the car :-) :-) :-)

disconnect the 2 plugs in the door for the in and out to the adjuster

and join straight to the mirror

now plug the adjuter wiring in side at the white plug (and the red wire :-) )

and job done, all works, just have to swap the up and down wires around as there backwards on the escort mirrors :-) :-) :-)


Sierras have a rear interior light, so thought it would be a nice touch

and guess what, Ford were even nice enough to put a cut out there ready for it :-) (middle hole)



Front wiper speed controller and dash cluster dimmer all work



Rear fog, front and rear heated screen plugs all fit the Sierra plugs (nice) just had to swap 2 wires on the front screen plug


The Esocrt door wire boot is small and round, this is the Sierra one

big and oval, so this happened to the A piller hole

perfect fit :-)

Battery ends changed to round reminals




So after all that, i striped the engine loom for a look,

couple of injector plug 3 & 4


need replacing :-(
Crack on injector plug 3 :-(

Was total pickled as there were 2 blue plugs, turns out someone had replaced the brown air temp plug

curse word amal valve and dash temp gauge wiring extension/curse word bodge



and the TPS that was swapped when the PF09 was fitted


Not 100 sure what i'm gonna do about the engine loom as yet, i may just replace the 4 pairs of wires feeding the injectors and the amal valve as the rest all look ok, may just reterminated all the ends with new AMP pin's

And the new parts i've had delivered from Matt Lewis
Hand brake, clutch and speedo cables



SFS brake hoses


044 pump, filter and adaptor plus uprated pump wiring


and Collins mounts



Also been thinking for a while about front camber, castor and track width, when i measured the wheel off the sierra inner arch there abou 3mm difference, so when i did the rear mounts i squared them of multiple fllor pan points.
So that i can get every thing nice and square i bought these off MK MOTORSPORT :-)



So, still got lots to be cracking on with so more updates soon


Cheers for looking


Ginger


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amazing!
great skills man, truly amzing project

Been a bit slow over the last few weeks, but i've got all the wiring loom sorted and removed from the car.

So started on the fuel tank mock up from cardboard to see how and where it will go and came up with this, Works out at 52 litres. Gonna have a sump towards the drivers side so should be 53-54 litres (wood is just to support it).



And sits just a bit higher than the lowest point of the bumper


Because of the position of the tank I cant use the standard filler that goes under the chassis rail or i'll never be able to fill the think up properly, so i've cut the filler neck down to this

And have ordered 2 x 60degree fuel lined Samco hose's, 1 x 45mm and 1 x 27mm, should be here in a week or so

Which will come through here which is near the top of the tank



Only a few fabrication jobs left, one was the drivers side bumper mount on the wing,



Removed and cleaned up the inner support bracket which i've sand blasted, Qrusted and when dried the surface was fully wire brushed as paint doesn't take to the Qrust very well.




Had some parts through,

Crank sensor,
Plug,
Alternator and and pwoer steering belts,
Throttle cable,
Coil pack leads,
Oil and Water sensors,
Low temp stat,
And uprated fan switch and loom




Genuine Ford modified adjustable TCA



And a big big thanks to Dave (aka whizzisat114) for making me an ABS bypass loom so that I can run the servo pump



soon as the Samco's come i'll get the tank finalised so that can be fabricated, need to get myself a standard Cossie 2wd fuel sender as I have lost it :-( or if I can get a complete tank cheap then i'll get one.


After removing the looms, air box and a few other items I moved the car to gain access to the front end so as to flare the drivers side front arch to match the passenger one.
I put the car on all 4 wheels on stacks of blocks as although I have the adjustable top mounts and bottom arms so as I can narrow the track for extra clearence I decided that the 10mm flare on the passenger side just wasn't going to be enough, So decided to try the same process I used on the rear arches by slicing the arch so as to fold/fan the metal out etc. Looking at how much the wheel stuck out I decided to get the arch out at least 20mm.

So this is how they started and ended up.



cut




Temporary fixed on





Started plating


And the end result (not total100% finished, but almost :-) )






I have a pair of old front arches, so place one over the drivers side to show the extra width off better :-) :-) :-)




Looks awesome in real life, just need to get the bumper on as I need to cut the bumper mounting brack to extend it out to hold the bumper out level with the wing





Ginger

Stunning work there fella,can't wait to see this up and running

Looks awesome mate!

And hopfully people will look at it and think it looks different but cant put there finger on why


Ginger


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Small update, Samco fuel hoses for the filler neck turned up and fit perfect, will update on the fitting and location of these in a few days.






Also managed to get the left front arch that i had already done once cut off and redone to match the drivers side which was a bit of a mare.

They don't actually look that big in the pic but up close they look huge :-) :-) :-) :-)

This was a replacement wing when the previous owner had the car due to a carpark knock and the holes for the kit were huge so have now been welded up and redrilled.












Hopefully gonna sort out the new plate for the boot floor over the next few days, will see how i get on with that one



Ginger


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