qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 52
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May 24, 2014 11:16:05 GMT
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Engine bay looks so neat!
Excellent work as always. I love this thread, so much good work being done.
In other news I've just bought a pair of S13 toe arms for the back of mine, so thanks for sharing that tip!
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May 24, 2014 20:51:21 GMT
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Engine bay looks so neat! Excellent work as always. I love this thread, so much good work being done. In other news I've just bought a pair of S13 toe arms for the back of mine, so thanks for sharing that tip! Good work, should tighten up the rear end a bit for some better cornering! don't be alarmed if you hear some knocking when they are in, the solid joint will be a bit noisier than the squishy old bushes! Cheers Guys, I was flat out on it in the workshop every day till 10pm to get it finished for the scotland trip, so worth it! The pass in the vid is a relatively tame one, some of them were seriously fast and fun, will crack a full report out soon though! Nice ride u got there man.. Can I ask you what radiator and fan are in the car , because I got the same engine and cant solve the cooling due tight room in engine bay? Thank u... No problem man, at the moment its a standard cortina V6 rad (apparently although it doesnt fit that well!) it does have a heat issue though! Driving is fine, even hard driving but as soon as you sit in any sort of traffic it heats up quite quickly, the fan (electric slimline) cant really keep it cool so on the list is a larger alloy rad, ill have to cut the slam panel to get it to fit though but not too bothered about that! The garage should be warm now!!
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May 25, 2014 11:24:40 GMT
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Great work, you must be well pleased with the dyno results. & glad the fire didn't get the fuel lines!
This build thread has been a great read and compensates for all the pointless ones about tinting the windows on rice-wagons
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May 25, 2014 17:26:00 GMT
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Great work, you must be well pleased with the dyno results. & glad the fire didn't get the fuel lines! This build thread has been a great read and compensates for all the pointless ones about tinting the windows on rice-wagons Cheers Guys, it really makes those long nights worth it! Yea super happy with the dyno results, calculated a theoretical 300 bhp but wasnt actually going to believe it till it went on! it definitely feels like its got the power and is surprisingly stable when fully unleashed! Thought it would be a bit much but it only goes mental if you want it to....and it sounds freckin awesome....! So the next chapter....Scotland! Pictures are slightly limited but I have a few.. We set off from the south to glasgow on thursday afternoon, all met just above stafford at 4 ish and proceeded on (via the petrol station of course). the convoy consisted of The cortina, the golf R32, Audi TTS, Mazda MX5, Corsa VXR and the mighty Monaro. Its started well by me breaking down 5 mins after leaving work but this turned out to be a boost pipe that I hadnt tightened up fully when repairing a slight earthing issue on the lights in my lunch break...So meeting at the services we set off, some obligatory motorway fun proved the cortina was the fastest (outstripped everything!) which made me happy. We got to glasgow late and found the hostel. The next morning we set off for fort william and the good stuff starts coming out Feeding the habit.... So on from Fort William our first stop was going to be Applecross. We went there last year and its just epic, a proper pass up the valley leading to a hairpin section to the top of the mountain where theres a bit parking area and some spectacular views....photo dump!: We got there at about 5ish which is perfect as theres still plenty of light but the pass empties a bit allowing for some fun to be had! we camped at the campsite on the other side of the pass and after setting up, hit the pub... Such an epic place, and pretty dam remote! the nearest town is probably 30 miles along single track roads away! Saturday we left applecross and headed around the peninsula, its probably the best road ive ever been on, including such classics as stelvio, 30 miles of smooth tarmac draped over some of the most spectacular terrain, open enough to see a descent way ahead but windy enough to keep you very occupied! The video I posted previously is a small section of that road. Leading to Loch Shieldag we stopped for breakfast. or lunch. brunch. And continued up the west coast towards Ullapool Heres where pics get a bit sparse I'm afraid, we headed up to the summer isles which have to be the most remote place in the country! An hour north of ullapool followed by an hour down a single track lane got us to the house, after a quick jaunt up a mountain and a good pub supper and we turned in. it was also raining now. Hard. The next day we headed back down and decided to hit applecross again as we knew the layout (read good pub..) got there about 4 so ditched the cortina (the steering rack started ceasing up!) , audi and corsa and went for a hoon and photoshoot with the others: A local who was lying in the road And some drive bys And finally heading home.... An epic trip, will hapily share good roads etc if anyone is interested! There should be a good edit coming out once i have time to trawl through all the gopro footage!
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May 25, 2014 20:10:10 GMT
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Just read from the start.........awesome work that man.
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Jul 13, 2014 17:21:47 GMT
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Great result Chris well done
Regards
Paul
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any updates on this beast?
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No build updates but have been using it all summer for fun and games....There wont be much progress this winter as I accidently bought a MK1 Caddy which needed repainting so I'm working hard on that at the moment! This does however mean I'll have a fun car to keep me occupied so there will be a massive overhaul on the Cortina when the caddys done! I'm planning it already but its all gonna kick off!
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ah sweet ur tina is much inspiration for my 2
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shug
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That's some pretty impressive work and some cracking road trips. Definitely inspired me to pull the finger out and finish off mine!
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Aug 14, 2015 19:03:50 GMT
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I know it`s been a while since your last post, but I just can`t admire your work and get inspired by it. I just have a few questions, I hope I will get and answer for them. What`s the rear coilover dimension and spring rate/lenght and how are they doing after a while? And what offset are those rims? I am now placing an order for the coilover conversion . Thanks a lot! Eduard
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Right: Its been a while.....
Things have been happening though.....when I last left off I'd just been on an epic scottish road trip and ended up bending the steering rack after some over enthusiastic use of the throttle round a sharp corner. This was duly replaced with a recon unit and steering harmony was restored.
So with loads of plans in my head for the next direction the cortina was going to take I immediately bought another "this is definitely not a project" car. I bought a nice Mk1 Caddy with a 1.8T engine to use every day, promptly decided it wasnt good enough and spent the winter stripping it apart, rebuilding and painting it, so no more work on the Cortina.....I did end up with this though:
(Photos when rural internet catches up with the rest of the world)
Its awesome (but sold now) but this thread is about the stupid orange thing so back to that..
There were a few things on the car that I wanted to improve, mainly stuff that I'd done in the past, but now having a bit more cash available and alot more knowledge I reckon I could do a much better job the second time round! Things to make better:
Cooling system: Way undercooled since the blower was added, fine when your driving but as soon as you stop in traffic it starts to heat up cant keep itself cool, therefore new radiator needed.
Front Suspension: Shocks and springs were too small the first time round - bigger units needed
Rear suspension: Shocks at 45 degrees and a single shear bolt with a massive moment at the bottom - needs sorting.
Exhaust: Loud = awesome. Loud = extremely antisocial at 6am in a small rural village. Attention needed.
Fuel system: Tank too small and air locked so a nightmare to fill
Steering: Power steering good, 4.5 turns lock to lock Bad.
Not much to do then.....
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Last Edit: Dec 1, 2016 20:34:51 GMT by Crallen
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qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 52
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I have seen a little preview of what's coming up on Instagram! Looking forward to seeing this progress!
Tom
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I got inspired by your coilover conversion so this happened: Drove it for about 300km, still needs some adjustments. What`s your instagram? I want to see more of the ~stupid orange thing~. Thanks!
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Didn't realise you were on here Crallen. Looking forward to the Orange beast being out and about
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Thanks guys, HoTwire, of course I'm on here (just been a while since updates..!) Edwscho Thats EPIC! my IG is @crallenallen, theres some updates on there! Really struggling with curse word internet at the moment, it wont even think about uploading photos
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Last Edit: Dec 5, 2016 20:18:15 GMT by Crallen
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So I'll start with the interesting bits, this is all retrospective at the moment and been going on over the last year or so, so it might get a bit out of order while I update it all but bare with me! Also the shocking upload speeds of my internet are making it near impossible to get photos onto the internet so they might be a bit sparrodic but I'll try my best! So - Rear suspension.... Previously I adapted the rear spring and dampers to coilover units, there were two reasons for this: 1. you cant get performance parts for this car (no a selection of 2 springs at Burton power don't count..) I want to make this car handle therefore will need to be able to tune the spring rates to suit. 2. Adjustability- Coilovers would allow for ride height and damping adjustability. The previous setup was OK, it worked but it definitely wasn't ideal. The shocks were mounted at 45 degrees to the direction of travel of the axle for a start, this means the springs weren't working in their most efficient way (that would be parallel to the axle travel) and the lower mounts were single shear on a bolt which then had to be spaced away from the axle to clear the spring, serious loads on the bolt which wasn't working well (the bolt sheared when I undid it!). The top mounts were in double shear but only an M10 bolt, again did the job but not ideal. Many hours pondering possible solutions left me with a couple of options: Turret the wheel tubs in the traditional Ford way or go for a different approach. I'm not usually one for following the traditional approach. Looking at the position of the rear cross member it sat directly above the axle, ripe for some holes in it.....much scheming, research and calculations (mainly motion rations and rising rates) I cam up with this scheme: More to come in the next update..
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PhoenixCapri
West Midlands
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Club RR Member Number: 91
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Now this is the sort of out of the box thinking I love! Great idea, can't wait to see it come together
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Interesting!
Are you going to fix the main problem with the rear suspension, the binding and strange geometry K-link as well? :-)
Gustaf
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mrluke
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I don't really understand why you have done this? You stated the angled 45deg shocks were a negative but you still have them, your bottom bolt is still in single shear.
Don't get me wrong it's definitely cool and I appreciate the work involved, I'm just not sure what the benefits are of the added complexity?
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