Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Thats on my desktop background now.

[M508]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

excellent. glad you liked it....it was the only car i bothered to seek out at ford fair......and have a good perv over if you want the hi res image ill happily mail it to you.

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Yes please. Ok to use it on my website?

Youtube video from the photoshoot at Brunters. You can see the water temp drop as I increase the revs from tickover (950rpm).

Another link just incase the embedded video doesn't work: http://bit.ly/9sWcIV

V.Busy at work at the moment, so not able to get out in the garage to try to sort it out. No hurry, first event isn't until next March. Only four months contract left to run though, so I may / may not be able to afford to compete next year anyway, but keeping that out of mind for the time being.

[M508]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Yes please. Ok to use it on my website?

I'd be more than happy for you to use it there ill sort that out for you in the morning (2nd)

Ben.

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Thanks Ben. Just downloading it now. 8-)

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Drained and pulled the radiator out last night, and I'm now busy cleaning everything following the coating in concrete dust from driving round Brunters behind the photographers car. Not to be repeated. Luckily soapy water brings the hoses up a treat, and the jubilee clips also benefit from being washed, as they're full of grit too.

The sensor housing is off to Altiss for some TiG welding. I've removed the pressed steel pipes that fed the heater, and the 8mm bleed pipe, and these will be TiG'd close.
I'm also blocking off the original sensor mounting hole on the rear, as that'd sprung a leak at Bruntingthorpe, where I'd fitted a bung to seal the hole.

I'll fit a 1mm restrictor to the swirl pot vent hose when I put it all back together, and then I'll see if the overheating is cured.

And I believe that Fast Ford is out possibly this week. Look out for a red Mk1 and white mk6 Fiesta on the cover.

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Fast Ford magazine is on the shelves in the next few days.

Sneak peak of the article here.

[dobuy]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

fame at last, but well deserved considering the work you put into this little beast

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Had the sensor housing TiG'd yesterday at Altiss.com
I can now run it without the rubber bungs blocking the holes off, which saves some more weight.



I'll dip it in caustic soda solution to give it a clean.

[Tristan]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

There's obsessive , .......and then there's Graham! You miss nothing mate !

[eldercaddy]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Wow! That mk1 really got me inspired building my own. Thanks for posting it

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Fuel sample kit arrived (dry break connector). Bought it fromwww.Plays-Kool.co.uk

Fitted the radiator back on the car, and its ready for testing with a 3mm restrictor in the swirl pot return hose.

[headbolt]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

just read this from the beginning and what a car and such a credit for the attention to detail love it loads and well done

[cossie matt]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

[QUOTE=grahamb;1742079]Fuel sample kit arrived (dry break connector). Bought it fromwww.Plays-Kool.co.uk

Fitted the radiator back on the car, and its ready for testing with a 3mm restrictor in the swirl pot return hose.

[QUOTE]

Just make sure that dry break is fuel compatible Gray. There are a lot of cheap steel ones out there that are for hydraulics but the seals swell and leak with fuel.

Just a friendly warning.

[team_zi]

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Already responded to Matt, but this is a worthwhile concern, and I had to check once Matt raised it with me.

The Aeroquip parts supplied are rated to 7000psi, and the only thing I can find that they say they should not be used with, is brake fluid. So these should be ok for 3bar fuel pressure. 8-)

The red/blue Speedflow -6 anodised part sits in line with the current fuel system, in the engine bay.
The smaller aeroquip part, with the black rubber dust cover, screws in to the side of the Speedflow alloy housing and is left permanently on the car.

The larger aeroquip part, pushes on to the smaller dry-break part when a fuel sample is required.
A rubber hose (not in the picture) screws in to the end of the connector, and allows the fuel to be drained off.

I shall rewire the relay in the control box, so that I can override the ECU, as that currently controls the fuel pump. If a litre of fuel needs to be drained, I need to run the fuel pump for a couple of minutes I'd have thought (not tried it yet) and running the take off with the engine running, isn't allowed.

I need to be careful with the ECU override function though. If I have an accident the ECU wont be able to turn off the fuel pump. I dont think that the MSA has really thought this rule change through. They dont mention how fuel is to be drawn out of the car, so I'm assuming that I need to be able to run the pump to produce the sample.

Apparently the really serious guys drain fuel between runs, and replace it with chilled fuel, so this may be another possibility once I've plumbed the dry break connector in and rewired the fuel pump.