FORD xr2 con !! come on let me have your feedback !!!

[XR2.0L]

HELLO EVERBODY OK HEAR I GO (WISH ME LUCK I NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS )
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p250/xr2000CC/1.jpg
this is how it looked after i picked it up did all the welding and got her motd .
first i stripped the car and fitted new shocks springs polly bushes all round .
then went on the xr2i front hubs with black diamond vented disc's and fast road pads along with b.f.goodridge braided hoses and all new rears (they should be good enough)
afterwords a phone call to ashley comp exhausts where i set up my own trade account ant ordered full system inc manifold.
that was where it was all gonna stop but as always we stride to do better and i thought why not lets give it a go
1)start with a 2.0 liter zetec as its got 136 bhp standard !
2)found that there are lots of reasons why not many people use this engine (its all bloody wrong !!!!!!!!!) so much to change but its still a 2.0 liter!
3) strip engine bay down (easy)
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p250/xr2000CC/3.jpg
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that all took about 2 hours cool i thought (not so easy)
4)i decided to use a 1.0l mk3 fiesta g/box as the box i found had only covered 11k (it was like new) i took the box to my local g/box center where they fitted a xr2 diff (thought it might help)
5)(more problems) in the end i used a xr2i j reg flywheel that was skimmed till it was wafer thin and a black diamond series 1 rst clutch
6)all bolted together sweet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7)fit it easy (2hours with 2 teas and some bad words used) its in !!! yippee
8)o no room for injection manifold so i will use a carb !!!! i used the xr2 38dgs carb and over jetted it . it had to be mounted on a custom base plate ( to use cvh manifold )
9)exhaust easy weld on new base flange from ashley comp exhausts job done
10) electrics (what a pain) right i used a wasted spark system from a early cvh carb model 3 wires and she fires up wicked my girl is alive again .
11) all oils and waters fitted road test time .
12) o my god !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need not say any more
13) some more pictures ! car not yet finished but not long till scoop and paint to be done soon
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p250/xr2000CC/8.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p250/xr2000CC/9.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p250/xr2000CC/10.jpg
thanks for looking !!!!!
all comments welcome !!!!!!

[Asa-James]

i hate to point this out, and maybe its just ignorance, but i kinda thought this forum was for novas and other vauxhall related items? have fun in your little rattler, and always remeber..Fixed Or Repaired Daily

[Jack]

Nice, but, erm... this is a Nova site? Put an XE in it lol

[Stuart]

who cares if its a vauxhall site. FFS stop being narrow minded.

good on ya mate.

[XR2.0L]

built crashed and killed novas (i made h15 nva) thought i would try something different as said all comments welcome !!!!!

[wudgey]

diferent but it dont like fords lol

[Spudly]

Was gonna say from pic9, err bonnet wont close but you kinda solved that problem pic10 hehe, good luck with it mate, might be a nova site but at the end of the day it gets dark lol, nah but really were all faffin with cars is what it all boils down to so dont really matter what car youre playing about with, youve still got a spanner in your hand lol!!

[rc]

rekon its quite lively!! its not for me tho!

[Nobby]

Fair play mate i love ford but not quite as much as novas i have a mk3 escort estate A reg that im completly stripping and im hoping to do a rs1600i replica estate sometimes soon lol!! cant beat a oldskool ford sometimes

[JSeymour]

like the old fords,(love old school hot hatch's) nice fiesta bar the hole in the bonnet....

this is closer to a nova anyway then new, new vauxhall's.

[JSeymour]

like the old fords,(love old school hot hatch's) nice fiesta bar the hole in the bonnet....

this is closer to a nova anyway then new, new vauxhall's.

[Jack]

Couldn't resist this one

http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/1168705855-fiestacat.b.jpg

lol :p

[Novadex]

lol i had loadsa fun in my Xr2!! miss her alot, loverly motor mate, keep us updated!

[H15 NVA]

tis tru this guy supplied the garage with ramp etc and lots of mechanical knowledeg when i did my xe conversion, a tru legend and a wizard with the snap ons!!! i would like to point out that he did build this cos of the buzz of comin out in my xe!! stil think ill piss him down the 1/4mile thou!!
should be a proper tool once its running right!!

[Dave.]

like it abit :D

[SRlew]

yeh you know i like it fella as i was aking you about it the other day.

xr2's are so much fun, i wouldnt mind getting one when i sell the B reg, when ever i drive my brothers it just makes me smile, when the twin choke kicks in its awsome. we were looking into puting the 2.0 zetec in his but i think he's gone off the idea now and wants another nova lol

good work thou mate!

and jack! pmsl good pic lol

[XR2.0L]

Just thought i would upload the pictures from the dody shop so far at least i will be able to go out in the rain !!!!!
thanks again for all comments
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[Geth]

The old blue oval isn't that bad really, I love my Mk2 fiesta. It's only a 1.0 but I'm pretty sure it's indestructable. Sorted the tappets out when I first bought it for ?50 2 years ago and nothing has gone wrong since. Oh, except for when it broke down on the motorway but that was because I hadn't spotted it had in-line fuel filter which looked like it hadn't been changed in 10 years lol

[Dan]

looking good, although alot of minimal changes would of made way for alot easier fit and less hassle..........

http://www.aqul58.dsl.pipex.com/allin.JPG

http://www.aqul58.dsl.pipex.com/allin2.JPG

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/xr-stu/xr2engine3.jpg

Thats just a few i easily came across on the following link from a forum i have used for years now. good bunch of chaps with a good knowledge base for all things fiesta .......

http://xrtwo.speedcentral.co.uk/

This conversion is quite common place now with many variants be it using the good old carb like yourself or using the 1.8 inlets etc on the 2.0 zetec lump. Then it continues to the turbo'd variants and throttle bodied versions. Take that as a warning everyone else as the game is more equal now when it comes to big block conversions

[Dar]

Fair play & keep up the good work:thumb:
The ammount of times that my Nova was mistaken for a Fiesta on Tubrosport was shocking lol
I've seen a fair few nice, fast Fiesta's now. A friend of mine has a RWD cossie powered one and there is also a black one that was at Combe last year that went very well as well. The thing sounded like it was jet powered.

[Jeff16v]

Drove a MK1 xr2 with a bored out 1750 lump and kent cam,lightened and balanced, stage two head. fantastic fun........for a ford!

really would have liked a mint series 1 RS escort.

Keep up the good work.

(its kinda like a nova, just got more rust)lol

[H15 NVA]

Fair play & keep up the good work:thumb:
The ammount of times that my Nova was mistaken for a Fiesta on Tubrosport was shocking lol
I've seen a fair few nice, fast Fiesta's now. A friend of mine has a RWD cossie powered one and there is also a black one that was at Combe last year that went very well as well. The thing sounded like it was jet powered.

was the black one wide arched?? completly stripped etc? if so its my mate slims and is running 4x4 cossie lump and runninggear, its a complete beast and scares me silly! people just assume its turbo conversion with silly 80/90s arches. lol

[dannyb]

was the black one wide arched?? completly stripped etc? if so its my mate slims and is running 4x4 cossie lump and runninggear, its a complete beast and scares me silly! people just assume its turbo conversion with silly 80/90s arches. lol

Where does this bloke live mate, theres a black wide arch Fez that I see burbling about in Bognor.

As for the 2.0 conversion, I reckon you'll have a right laugh in that, good power to weight, good balance in the Fez chassis and a fairly good soundtrack (although no match for an XE lol:thumb:) A 'driveway' conversion one was made by a mate around here, the engine and box were both dogs and it still flew!

[H15 NVA]

black one now in se london somewhere, brought it off a guy in scotland i think

[SRlew]

hey dan cheers for putting up links lol me and my brother have are looking at putting a zetec in his xr2 sometime hopefully, will check out that site.

also i stil want to put an xe in one. might buy an xe and when we take my brothers engine out test fit it lol and see if its a goer.

[rdanny]

1st pic

i thought the car looks mint

[srs1]

fair play to you fella, putting aside the car make (ref site) its good to see people aint afraid to get there hands dirty and do something different from the run of the mill.

not keen on the bennet bulge as it now makes the car not look like a sleeper. well easier to judge now seeing the alternatives.

but never the less, top work and hope you enjoy the car. thats the best bit.

[Dod]

What about doing a ZVH conversion using the XR2 Head and 40s?

[H15 NVA]

might aswell just put the zetec on 40s if gonna use carbs, zetec head miles better than cvh

[Lee]

I only have one question..

Is Simon ACTUALLY a Homo? lol lol

[H15 NVA]

lol simon is actually quite a decent bloke, but if you sneakup on him and shout two words at him he wil jump like a startled cat at the second word!! used to work for tvr.wen i did my xe converstion he gave me set of tvr tyre vavles, chrome ones. im rambling as drunk.

[Dod]

Not really, the CVH is more useable and modable.

[XR2.0L]

Just a up date
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[performance*nova]

:thumb: looking a good project

[Novadex]

lol i remember that dash on my old one, always wonderd what to put on that big flat surface... good job