03/09/2009 - The first batch of goodies have arrive from Retro Ford which are the engine mounts, Motorsport Sump and the exhaust manifold. very nice quaility and what I've liked about the RF parts is that they come with all the supporting hardware (Bolts, gaskets etc) have a gander at the but bu clikcing on the link

31/08/2009 - Began the preparation of the engine now, we are still waiting on some of the parts but this allow some of the maintenance to be carried out. So have started with the cam cover, which had a fair amount of corrosion on it, which is fairly typical for the age and the exposed nature of the engine. So we have degreased it and remove the top layer of corrosion as the alloy was getting slightly pitted. So about two hours with a Stanley knife blade and it was nicely smoothed out. Once it has been cleaned again to remove any debris a few coats of etch primer have been applied and allowed to dry overnight in a warm room to cure properly before painting. Then using engine enamel to hopefully give it some long-lived again several coat were applied and allow to dry overnight. I've gone with just standard Black and it’s the easiest to deal with but may do something special with the lettering. Have a look at the progress at the following link

15/08/2009 - With the car effectively complate now bar testing it has come to light that the engine, our venerable XFlow, is beginning to let go. So with a few options available we have gone the modern engine route and have managed to source a Zetec engine. The jobs done so far and the coming layout check out the Rallycar section for more details under Engine from the menu. Apart from that we are just going through the process of setting the brakes, spring rates and general reliability before the first event whitch will be in November so plenty of time......

14/03/2009 - A number of small jobs finished now (These always take the longest) please follow the link to see what has happened recently. Couple of biggies coming up are to sort the routing of the rear brake lines to give them a bit more protection which will entail shortening them slightly and routing then to the rear of the axle. We also need to look at fixing the mud flaps front and rear as these, like the bumpers, are now mandatory. We have the brackets and the material we just need to create the templates to give them the correct shape and fix them to the car. Sounds easy but will probably take all day.

Updated Thursday, September 3, 2009