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Excellent work! 4th engine!! Love it  You did well to get all those Manta 1.8 bits, they're very saught after as far as I know! I think you should get a remote Servo, either one from say, a Rover P6, or a new one from Willwood if it's in your budget. Then you can mount it where you like  Shame it wasn't ready for RRS, but at least you've made major progress. Keep it up! I was very lucky. ;D Got the sump and mounts for a tenner and the box for £40! Just shows that these bits are out there, you've just got to find them. |
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Rob
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servos are for wusses. Brilliant. |
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nice work fella, tell me, how far of the back of the engine does the cam sensor stick out aprrox?
also have a look in the scrappy,s at late nineties hyundia accents, they have a nice remote servo irrc
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tigran
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nice work fella, tell me, how far of the back of the engine does the cam sensor stick out aprrox? also have a look in the scrappy,s at late nineties hyundia accents, they have a nice remote servo irrc You see it's random info like this that makes me love this place. |
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That engine looks right at home in there all except the 'SRi' badging. Nice bit of fabrication work to get it in too, well done  I would do as has been said & just run a master cylinder without a servo. I've never had a servo on any of my Escorts. I think i'm going to try it without a servo. The car weighs a shade under 800kgs so I doubt it really needs one anyway. The badging actually reads 'SFI' Sequential Fuel Injection ;D |
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I ran my last Cortina with no Servo no problem. I like the feel of a "direct" pedal.
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Aug 10, 2007 10:08:52 GMT
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I ran my last Cortina with no Servo no problem. I like the feel of a "direct" pedal. I like the feel of stopping before you rear end the car in front. But then I'm a wuss. Tasty motor by the way, I like how stock it looks from the outside. |
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Aug 10, 2007 10:25:33 GMT
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I ran my last Cortina with no Servo no problem. I like the feel of a "direct" pedal. I like the feel of stopping before you rear end the car in front. But then I'm a wuss. Tasty motor by the way, I like how stock it looks from the outside. Thanks ;D The plan is to keep it looking 100% stock on the outside with the exception of a 60mm drop and some 7 or 8" wide minilites. Oh and sort the rust too |
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Aug 10, 2007 10:28:40 GMT
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nice work fella, tell me, how far of the back of the engine does the cam sensor stick out aprrox? I'll find out for you over the weekend. |
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Aug 10, 2007 13:25:04 GMT
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Yeah that should work. So do you mean retain the standard pedal box and just use a smaller master cylinder on its own?[/quote]
a master cylinder kit and a bias valve will be about £50 from rally design. then just a bit of pipe work to go from tandem to single line brakes . worked on my mini that orginally came with a servo/tandem system (although the pedal boxes are different on a servo/non-servo minis) so its an easy swap
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Aug 10, 2007 21:57:10 GMT
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top work man, this is an awesome thread - takes some guts - just think - if a C20XE fits - then C20LET would too!! plenty of room for coolers n pipes!..
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Aug 13, 2007 12:28:34 GMT
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Please don't tempt me, I'm already on my 4th engine! lol
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Aug 13, 2007 15:46:21 GMT
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Just gone the whole hog and ordered a Rally Design bias pedal box. The pedal positions were horrible anyway so hopefully it will be a lot nice to drive.
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Last Edit: Aug 13, 2007 15:46:50 GMT by 2000GLS
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Hell of a conversion, 150 brake in a a Viva... sweet ;D
I'm after a Manta sump and pipe too, so if you know of any others I'd be very interested..struggling at the moment..
Look forward to seeing this one done
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Aug 21, 2007 12:34:37 GMT
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As a thought, using an end of a wheelbarrow maybe this is a better option for the firewall :  How-to here : www.galebanks.com/camaro-FirewallCowlMod.cfm#And for the brake booster - fit a remote one under the front guard or get an underdash unit from a Mitsubishi van or fit it on the other side of the engine bay with a connect rod from an Alfa or BMW. Great work nonetheless. Really like what you've done. |
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Last Edit: Aug 21, 2007 12:37:41 GMT by grumpydan
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Aug 21, 2007 16:17:57 GMT
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Thanks for your comments mate.
I got the Rally Design pedal box through and I must say I was a little disappointed. Paying almost £200 you would think you'd get an instruction manual! Putting it together was easy enough but setting up the brake bias is going to be a nightmare, especially when its up in the footwell.
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VWDan
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Aug 21, 2007 20:04:55 GMT
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Look at the tips they have on the website and in their catalogue - shows you how to set it up properly. It confused the **** out of me tbh, so i'll have to read it again when the time comes ;D
Should be a fun car when finished - what will it be putting out?
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If only everything in life was as cool as a retro VW racer.
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Aug 22, 2007 15:20:41 GMT
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Should be a fun car when finished - what will it be putting out? It will be putting out THE VIBE |
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Aug 22, 2007 20:35:33 GMT
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don't go for the Minilites, everyones doing that.
Try a set of 8 x 13 Alleycats, they look the spuds! You'll have to sort out wheels fouling the arches as well
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