2.9 24v Cortina

[ben]

Hi popuptoaster

That car is sweet and I just love it work hard mate.
I nearly put a 3000 motor in my second car a Cortina mark 2 1600 E. I had the engine all lined up but saw a Nova up for sail. It was not a no brainier choies Nova or savage Cortina. But just before I made my dection the cortina had a flatty after jacking it up to put on the spair. The NSF wheel did not leave the ground.
I am a good greace monky dection made Nova.

Ben

[popuptoaster]

Heres the latest lot of instalments, some problems reared their ugly heads but nothing serious.


The hole for the loom cut and strengthened.









room for the loom with the engine in



But not for this rad





or the sump



or the offside fannymould



This is down to the engine mounts being home made by the previous owner I think, were probably fine for the 2.8 that was in it before but not the 24v, taps spaced the engine up 1/4" on the mounts and as the pics show there still isnt room.

Gearbox mount lines up ok though



2wd Sierra prop is the same diameter as the Cortina one though so making a prop will be ok.

[popuptoaster]

Mk2 granny rad was found and fitted





as are the new rear springs



prop



and exhaust



The boxes the cats lived in have been modded as they were hanging down lower than the crossmember



other than them though the exhaust is just pipe running into a standard cortina back box for stealth purposes.

offside fannymould was modded to clear the steering







modded gearbox crossmember

[popuptoaster]

exhaust is on and finished



Surge tank



two fuel pumps, one to feed the surge tank and one to feed the engine from the surge tank

[popuptoaster]

Fuel lines are fitted and plumbed in and....













IT LIVES!!! bwah hahahahaha!!

[popuptoaster]

Pumps and stuff all fitted in final positions








All four brakes were sticking, indicators and horn didnt work, bushes were knackered front and rear but have been replced with polyurethane ones, it needed a front number plate and wipers blades, but she's now passed her MOT and goes like smelly stuff off a sticky thing accompanied by large clouds of blue rubber smoke in the first two gears, on the minus side a pin fell out the gearchange and disconected the stick from the gearbox, so a temporary setback, car will be on the road very soon.

[v8rick]

now that ,,,,,, is nice!!!!

[jason (mitsubishi L200)]

bloody ell popup,, you have been busy ,,

i bet that gives the boy racers a run for there money,

you will have to bring it to shows and draw circles in the grass

[ben]

Hi popuptoaster

That car you made is just fab ;D ;D My grate respect to you.

Ben

[popuptoaster]

It dont have to be on the grass to draw circles, it will spin the wheels in frst or second without any effort at all and will go sideways in third if the road is damp, its a bit lively, i think thats down to the gearing though as it was running the 1600 axle still (till i melted it anyway) it was hitting the redline in 5th at 130mph!!

I am gonna be fitting a stronger, higher geared axle to it (its sposed to arrive today) so it will hopefully be a bit more controllable in the lower gears although im hoping it wont knock to much of the acceleration as it was fast enough to keep up with me mates RS Focus up to 130mph. Should improve my MPG as well although at an average of 30.2mpg its already pretty good.