Comptoncj's GSI project

[craig green]

Bummer! H27' has gone big block!

[Edd]

Should of crushed it when you had chance mate it's been violated by the big block will never be the same again now

[comptoncj]

Im sorry , it seems to like being big block apart from the alternator issues

[C612DNM]

Told ya to do the inner wing properly. Bashin' it is *not* the solution.

The solid mounts might make a bit of an improvement.

I dunno!

[comptoncj]

D'oh Had an attempt at fitting solid mounts today only to find i need to do some drilling , where the strengthening plates have been welded into the inner wings they have covered the little hole in the drivers side mount so my solid mount wouldnt fit so the nova currently has two solid mounts and one normal one! Then i noticed that one of the metal fuel lines is leaking so i need to replace them before it goes anywhere again. On a better note, i gave it some stick today and it goes better than i expected it to so im happy in that respect, pics to follow when i get a chance.

[comptoncj]

Wow last post was in June , quite a bit has happened since then, after running the engine in for a few thousand miles i set to putting the twin 45s on it. Bit of a job as i was running DIS managment, so i swapped the exhaust cam for a dizzy drive one, removed all the injection stuff. fitted the 45s and cav dizzy set up, started first turn of the key! and idled! was rather supprised although the idle was at about 550rpm anyway its awsome has transformed the car, so much quicker and more willing to rev, and the noise is epic! Having a few issues at the moment though, i think i need shares in BP to keep the thing running! 4th gear crunches all the time and the oil leak that i thought was the rocker cover has turned out to be a crack in the front of the head! plan is to drive it around and enjoy it untill feb time and its off the road to be resprayed and sort all the issues out. The other reason is i have bought a series 2 90 spec rs turbo in a moment of madness .

I will add some pics of the bay when i can and some more progress of it, MOT end of october as well!

[craig green]

pics!

[comptoncj]

pics!

Well heres some pics of the progress, rear discs are the next mod to be tried out, and its MOT time soon and i need to do i little bit of welding to the o/s/r chassis where the rear beam bolts on.

anyway pics, not many im afraid but more to come.







And My stupid purchase that is going to cost me lots of money



anyway untill next time.

[davidfox280585]

pics of escort mk2 needed mate im after one

[comptoncj]

Haha yes i will have to put a pic up of my mk2, she's looking sorry for herself, only good thing is it is hidden away in a barn out of the weather. In fact i went in there the other day and looked at it thinking i NEED to start working on it.