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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby AndyJ2506 » Sat May 01, 2010 8:39 pm

Got my engine mounts and radiator now :D . can anybody think of anything else i will need as i'm gonna take a week of work to do this and don't want to be caught short
Ta very much :mrgreen:
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby Luke » Sat May 01, 2010 9:27 pm

andy what are you doing re. the fuel tank :?:
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby AndyJ2506 » Sat May 01, 2010 10:08 pm

not sure yet to be honest i was gonna look into getting one custom built
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby Luke » Sat May 01, 2010 10:22 pm

yeah thats what i did :D the other way is have a low pressure pump feeding a swirl pot and the high pressure pump feeding the engine from that - oxtonyox did his that way there's some info in his progress report :D
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby AndyJ2506 » Sat May 01, 2010 11:02 pm

i'll try and find that and have a read up
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby AndyJ2506 » Sun May 02, 2010 8:47 pm

Thanks for that luke it was very informative :D
Just wondering about fuel tank, do you reckon the Granada one could be used :?:
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby Luke » Sun May 02, 2010 8:49 pm

AndyJ2506 wrote:do you reckon the Granada one could be used :?:

nope - it's too tall and i thought it was too close to the ground :( the tank i had made (have you seen it?) was the same 70 litres but a fair few inches shorter :D
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby AndyJ2506 » Sun May 02, 2010 8:53 pm

Haven't seen it yet, don't s'pose you've got some drawings for it so i could get one made
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby Luke » Sun May 02, 2010 9:12 pm

AndyJ2506 wrote:Haven't seen it yet, don't s'pose you've got some drawings for it so i could get one made

i did do drawings but i've moved house since and no idea where they are :( but i left copys with the guy who made it (jim at alloy racing fabrications) but i dont know if he kept them :?

also mines for a mk1/2 and it's different filler place to a mk3-7 :)
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby Luke » Sun May 02, 2010 9:17 pm

it's a beautiful thing :mrgreen: shame its under the van :lol:

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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby AndyJ2506 » Sun May 02, 2010 9:19 pm

No probs matey i think i'll get a second hand mk5 tank and and get someone to make me one the same but slightly deeper. :) Any idea how much deeper it will need to be. A couple of inches :?:
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby Luke » Sun May 02, 2010 9:21 pm

can't rememebr the depth but it just fitted with the granada pump in :D

have you got a granada pump :?: what have you got a complete donor grananda :?:
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby AndyJ2506 » Sun May 02, 2010 9:28 pm

Yup bought a complete non runner for £300 and got it running in 2hrs :mrgreen:
I intend to use the interior and all the electrics as well :D
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Re: cosworth fitting questions

Postby AndyJ2506 » Sat May 08, 2010 4:02 pm

Luke do you know if any car pump will fit in the transit tank as i was thinking i could get a petrol tank and then fit a high pressure warlbro pump. dont really fancy paying the £400 + i was quoted for a custom tank :shock:
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