Project "ASBO"

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Gooey
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Project "ASBO"

Post by Gooey »

After owning lots of Ford machinery both old and new, I ve gone Old Skool again and bought a Mk2 XR2. It was origionally Turbo'd pushing out near on 200 bhp but whilst driving it home, It decided to melt a piston :x

It did look like this but alot has changed :lol:

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The car wasnt built to a very good standard so the project begun. It was completly gutted inside and out and basically all the fu(k ups of which there are lots are slowly been put right as and when funds allow :shutup:

This was its state 2 weeks ago :shutup:

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The car was full of Autometer guages but these have been sold and I ve spent just over a grand on a set of Defi's from Japan including a HUD :D

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The car had a Mk3 dash installed but it looked gash so I binned it and my brother has modded a Mk2 dash although you can barely recognise it anymore. I picked it up last weekend after getting it flocked :D

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New Mondeo push button start

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Next up were the wheels as I didn't like the Wolfrace ones that were on it.I bought these off ebay from Germany which cost in total with postage.......... 104 of your finest English pounds :D

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Sent them away to be refurbished and they came back a week later looking like this
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They ve since been wrapped in a set ot Toyo T1-R's and now sit in my mothers dining room looking very Carlos Fandango :roll:

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The engine choice was always going to be a Duratec but I hadnt planned on the turbo lump expiring as soon as it did so a 2 litre Zetec is currently been built up to be dropped into the engine bay

Modified Engine Mount

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Nice Shiny Manifold although I have some Heat resistant material to wrap it in

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Inlet Manifold which is currently having its ports opened up

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then these should work a treat :thumbsup: Crackle Black Jenvey Throttle Bodies with Emerald Management

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The next find was once again German Ebay and comes in the form of a rocker cover bearing a certain old skool feel to it as it sort of resembles a BDA one

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Fiesta lights on whatever I ve owned including the ST have always been bad so I ll be running Xenon's FPMSL

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Random bits from Ford

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Gearbox is a proper nightmare. Im using the gears from a RS1800 as these are best for acceleration, a late spec zetec escort bellhousing as the starter motor is located at the back allowing my manifold to run under the front nicely and finally the LSD out of a Series 2 RS turbo as pictured

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Got some pictures of the flocked dashboard today so I ll get some of them up soon. Currently waiting on a baffled sump and some engine work and then things should start moving along pretty swiftly :-D

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Post by duncan »

wow - looking good so far :thumb:

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Post by ValoSunnyGti »

very nice indeed,

im looking forward to seeing that dash finished

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Nice and different. Looking forward to seeing it finished
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Post by pablo »

At last another XR in the club. Mate that is sweet and will be a right pocket rocket when it's finished.

I have seen that car somewhere before but can't place it.
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Post by Ben »

awesome project - love the fuel tank filling arrangement :)
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Post by rayman gtir »

i love it, im so jelous i might just have to get another xr2.

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