Deano66 205 Posted July 13, 2019 Great work there mate 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheffieldcortinacentre 523 Posted July 13, 2019 Yep more great fab work👍 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d.p.n.s 93 Posted July 13, 2019 thanks guys....much appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d.p.n.s 93 Posted July 15, 2019 parcel shelf time yay. as you can see it looks like some has put the mighty dof dof 6x9s in with what can only be presumed an axe and .ing big hammer. lucky for me there was a car being wreaked last year and i cut the shelf out of that. and one out one in 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d.p.n.s 93 Posted August 4, 2019 while im waiting for my engine hoyst back i thought i would clean up some parts of the engine starting with the area at the top that has the fuse box .....also welded up all the engine bay loom plug holes. then i looked at the wirewall didnt want to start from scratch but it needed to look cleaner . much better 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano66 205 Posted August 4, 2019 Great work mate 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d.p.n.s 93 Posted August 7, 2019 motor and box back in so i can make the new tunnel...... might look at making some new headers as well . 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d.p.n.s 93 Posted August 11, 2019 so now the motor and box are back in i can make a start on a couple of things one being the tunnel...just need to put the clutch fork and slave cylinder in on the passenger side and the starter and clutch pedal on the drivers side and i can finish it off.. and the cold air feed/air box...i want a sealed box feed air from the outside but when you one the bonnet you can see the ITBs (other wise whats the point ay lol) all so regardless of the colour i paint the car i all ways planned on painting the bonnet the same as the falcon XAGT. i looked around at bonnet scoops for ages and wasn't keen on the wrx scoop on your mums honda style ...had to be long low and slim.....so went with the falcon XWGT scoop so it looks like it will fit the plan is to have the scoop on the bonnet with the filter on the otherside of the bonnet so when you open it you can see the filter and then when closed it will seal onto the box around the trumpets. now the easiest way for me to do this is to make it all out of the car then cut a section out of the bonnet and weld the whole thing in so i made a cardboard template and cut some steel out of the sheet and bead rolled around the template flip it over and it means the scoop will be recessed into it. i did some searching on the interwebs for panel filters and it turns out i might have found the perfect one......size and price. ....so i ordered a Porsche 928 k&n panel filter 517mmx157mm and around 20mm thick. and this is the room it will take up. cheers 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano66 205 Posted August 11, 2019 More good work. The scoop will look great when finished. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d.p.n.s 93 Posted August 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Deano66 said: More good work. The scoop will look great when finished. yeah somthing differant mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d.p.n.s 93 Posted September 22, 2019 have been thinking about the air feed and was going to weld a recessed plate into the bonnet for the scoop but the bonnet has so many curves i think i might stuff it up.....so had a re think. made a card board airbox to see how much room i have to play with once i had marked out the area on the bonnet and drilled the holes for the scoop i took the bonnet off and flipped it over. the bonnet its self has indentations on both sides and they are almost perfect for the Porsche air filter.. i marked out the area needed for the filter and cut it out....needed to make a wee bit more room. trial fitted the filter again i then made some sides and back so that the filter can now slide in from the front and be held tight and sealed to the bonnet refitted the bonnet and checked the hole for placement filter in and scoop on im pretty happy with it so far 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beowulf 87 Posted September 22, 2019 Loving it! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano66 205 Posted September 22, 2019 Looking good 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheffieldcortinacentre 523 Posted September 22, 2019 Looks great. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MK5CortinaEstate 45 Posted September 27, 2019 Sorry for the late entry into the thread. Loving what you are doing, especially the electric power steering conversion. Seriously considering doing one on mine at some point, as it's pretty heavy with the V8 up front, and I can't fit the standard power steering rack in. What you have got there looks like it should fit in mine, even with the roll cage dash bar passing under it. I do have a worry though with what I have seen, and wanted to raise it with you. You don't appear to have a sliding section between the solid mounted power section and the steering shaft connected to the rack. Is this something that you were intending to include when you swapped out that temporary shaft. If you don't, something is going to break extremely quickly when it hits the road. The subframe, and therefore rack, moves a fair amount on those large bushes, and therefore the steering shaft needs to be able to cope with that movement. The standard column has a sliding section built in. Apologies if you're already on this, but didn't want to take the risk. Mike. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites