Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

[Retromotorsport]

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10K!!!

1k x 10 !!!!

£100 x 100 !!!!!

a thousand £10's !!!!

yeah make you right, its sounds a lot

[cossie matt]

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But if you've got to spend £5K twice on a quaife it'll be worth it?

Only Joking, that's a lot of money, still keep getting onto quaife and make it the easier option just to make you a 'box I've heard the 60G is good

[team_zi]

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Ah but its a lot less than £5K once they've given me it at trade price. 8-)

More progress.



Wiring loom finished. Just crimping all the pins on the wires now.

The green braiding is Nomex sleeving. Mahoosively expensive, but I found a load being chucked away at work. Sweet.

8 x injectors (4 with miniAMPs already on the ends, the other 4 wires are in the loom, in case I need to use them)
4 x COP (Coil on plugs)
1 x H2O dashboard
1 x H2O ECU
1 x Air temperature sensor
1 x Throttle Position sensor
1 x Cam position sensor
1 x Crank position sensor
1 x oil temp sensor
1 x oil pressure sensor
2 x wheel speed sensors

A lot of pins to be crimped, thats for sure.

[francky]

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Hi Graham
What is your choice for the camshafts ? With these roller barel throttle bodies, it is recommanded to fit YD0223 in and YD0182 exhaust.

http://www.srbpower.com/cosworth/mazda-ford-duratec.php

Did you found something better ?

[team_zi]

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Hi Graham
What is your choice for the camshafts ? With these roller barel throttle bodies, it is recommanded to fit YD0223 in and YD0182 exhaust.

http://www.srbpower.com/cosworth/mazda-ford-duratec.php

Did you found something better ?

Hi Francky. I've not made any choices yet regarding cams. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

[francky]

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There's also something to do for the cam tensionner. Standard is automatik. It has to be modified for a manual i think.

[team_zi]

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The British Sprint Championship meeting at Mallory on Sunday was a very poor turnout. Only 30 or so competitors. But the Superkarts more than made up for the lack of action. Blimey, they're quick.

I'll be crimping all the pins on tonight. I had to get a new chepao wire stripper, as the one I had in the toolbox, cut the wires as well as the insulation, which was a little unnerving.

[team_zi]

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Crimps all done. Just need to insert them (44) all through the IP67 rubber gasket, and document where they all go. Then I can slide the nomex sleeving back, and heatshrink everything.





The wire stripper was new from RS, only a tenner, and well worth the price.

[cossie matt]

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Nice work there Graham, I hate wiring! If I really take my time and do a neat job it's very satisfying but I've got limited patience when it comes to wires

[Retromotorsport]

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Nice work there Graham, I hate wiring! If I really take my time and do a neat job it's very satisfying but I've got limited patience when it comes to wires

The only Patience you've got is that Take That record you keep playing ....

Well done Graham, so.. fire up next week ?

[team_zi]

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Well done Graham, so.. fire up next week ?

Soon! Now I can turn my attention to the cockpit loom, which feeds the Dashboard, Datalogger, and ECU. And I have to include a control box, which will contain the relays and fuses, and switches to override cooling fans etc.

And I'm looking for some really good quality switches. So any suggestions, suppliers, etc, welcome.

Nice work there Graham, I hate wiring! If I really take my time and do a neat job it's very satisfying but I've got limited patience when it comes to wires

Each wire is stripped, tinned, crimped, soldered, then pushed in to the connector housing. Took about an hour altogether. Each of the twisted pair cables has a flexible metal foil shield and an earth wire which provides additional shielding against interference. These will be terminated at the ECU, so the whole loom is fully shielded along its whole length.

The nack is remembering to push the heatshrink and other bits on to the cable prior to crimping and inserting in the connector. Once all the pins are inserted, the sleeving and heatshrink can be slipped back in to place, and hey presto, one professional looking loom. PITA if you forget about a bit of heatshrink though.

[francky]

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Graham
I had always problems when the thermostat was inside my duratec. I did modify everything with a stat outside ( PRRT 82 ) and never have problems anymore. Road or tracks => always 80°

[team_zi]

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Finished the engine bay loom

[Roadsport]

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Looks very nice and clean indeed.

[exboyracer]

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Tidy