Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

I used the clutch once on the upchange, some habits do die hard.

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

New pb of 51.72s at Aintree yesterday.
0-60 mph in 5.23s
Good days racing. So tired today though. 2 practice and 2 timed runs before lunch, and then 2 more timed runs in the afternoon. 5th in class behind the Juno and the 6R4 and the shared exige. But I beat the 2.0 Mini.

Video and pics to follow.

[monte2]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

hi graaham can you pm your phone no please need som details of electrical items that we discussed last week ,cheers rob

[david_white]

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I used the clutch once on the upchange, some habits do die hard.

Great vid Graham. Make yourself a proper footrest if you dont have one, makes it easier to not hover over the clutch, a sin that I used to be guilty of until Gary kept slapping me round the head!

[team_zi]

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A friend of mine has just bought Gordon Sheddon's ex-BTCC Ford Focus, which I'm going to view on Thursday. He's running it in tin tops at an event in October, and its not turned a wheel in 7 years apparently. Looking forward to having a good nosey round the shell/suspension etc. I'm also hoping to see Mark Wrights Zakspeed Ford Escort RS1600 which is in the same garage.

Fitting the gearbox position sensor tonight. I had two fluffed 1st to 2nd gear changes at Aintree, (one during practice and another on one of my slower timed runs) and this should prevent that from happing again.

This is the video from Saturday of my quickest run. I'll get a foot rest on order

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

I removed the two screws that held the position sensor in the gear box and oil
started Pissing out the two holes.

I couldn't budge the sensor, seemed
glued in with sealant so I quit while I was ahead and refitted the screws and
the leak stopped. I assumed that I could just remove it without any oil loss,
but it is a prototype box so I'll leave it be until after Loton before I try
again.

[team_zi]

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1st in class at Loton on Sunday. Unfortanetly Windy retired before the first timed runs, so it was just me and and Elise, which I beat by 3 seconds on my first timed run.
I span at Triangle on my 2nd timed run, the rear brakes locked the wheels again after I registered -1.2G under braking before the back end over took the front. Lots of plans for the winter to solve the braking problem, stiffen the rear with an improved ARB, new tyres (Avon slicks), split rims, and a few other electronics aids to help keep the power down.

This is my video of my 1st time run.

Clutchless gearchanges again (on the upshift) and new tyres meant I shaved nearly a second off my PB, but I've still 2 seconds to remove to get near to Windy's times from Saturday.

[team_zi]

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Heres my spin on T2. I braked too hard, and the rears locked up, puff of smoke from the rear tyres at ~29s

[team_zi]

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I went to the Pod on Saturday, and ran a 13.4 before giving up with due to the excessive axle tramp. I reckon the gearbox steady bar is loose, again

I did a 13.4 @105mph, and 0-60 was 5.17

[team_zi]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Removed the engine and gearbox on the Mk2 today. I used the GoPro in timelapse mode to capture the work.

The new gearbox has a shorter ratio 1st and 2nd and is brand new, so we'll soon see if its easier to get up the grassy slopes in a few weeks. It was built for a Dellow, but the owner long since sold the car. My Dad trials the Escort and is suffering from too taller gearing on some of the slippier stuff.

We had to remove the cross member and steering rack in order to lower the engine and box to the ground. Was quite an experience, working on such an old girl. They're rather agricultural when you get close enough with a set of spanners.

The engine we discovered, had a weeping core plug on the flywheel end of the engine, so we'll remove the flywheel and fit a new one.

Hoping to get it all back in next week over the course of a few evenings.

[team_zi]

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Dropping the engine and gearbox back in to the Escort again tonight. Dad's had fun and games sourcing the right sized core plug for the block, but QED came to the rescue. Its now got a new sump gasket too, as the original builder had two paper gaskets back to back, and it leaked at the front of the block. Hoping with the cork gasket set that it wont leak any more. Or at least not as much as before. It is a X-flow after all.

[david_white]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Burtons do a decent sump gasket for xflows that doesnt spread like the cork ones

[doughman]

Re: Grahamb's Mk1 Fiesta XR2 Duratec HE Hillclimber

Grahamb - Hi, I've just got a gopro and I'm hoping to do a few of these time lapse vids, did you have to use any software to string it all together and make it a movie? Also what time interval setting did you use to take photos?
Thanks
Lewis

[1962]

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[team_zi]

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Thanks 1962 for that Picture. That's me with my lad at Prescott in 2011, one for the family album.

Doughman, if you use the Cineform studio software free from GoPro it does a more than adequate job. I tried other packages, but Cineform was by far the best tool.
You can specify the target film size (I chose 1080p) and the frames per second during play back. I recorded at 30s intervals, at the highest resolution.