Had a disaster - Not sure what next ?

[TiddlesRX7]

Bloomin heck Shaun. Glad you ended up unhurt mate. If I were you I\'d take a couple of days to mull over what to do with the car now.

Ade

[Arnie_O]

Sorry to her about the problems with the car
Hope you eventually decide to rebuild it or sell it on to somone that will
These are become rare and its a crime every time one is broken (then again I don\'t have to tell you that) maybe the car spinning out on the the hard shoulder is a sign telling you it wants to be saved (not destroyed like landing in traffic and getting hit)

Still as has already been said the most important thing is that you are safe and nothing bad happened.

[shaunwil]

Cheers Guys ! Priority at the minute is getting a daily. I can think about the FB later on. might pull the engine just to look at the damage (plus the weather is perfect to do it)

I\'m glad I do trackdays otherwise I\'d be a gibbering wreck. Very glad the car and me are in one piece. Left some interesting skid marks, that for sure !

Shaun

[shaunwil]

to be honest mate i have NO idea what it is

i think its blown the rear tips , but not sure if any of it is usable to be honest

its been outside for prob 6 yrs , so has been full of water !! LOL

Be fun to crack it open anyway !

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Engines Out Started after last post, pulled engine and tidied up. Now sat on Trolley waiting to be stripped.

Autopsy of damage later in the week, definitely the engine has gone pop. Still seized without anything connected to it.

Shaun

[Will66]

Glad to hear you\'re okay, must have been more than a bit "brown-trousers".

It\'ll be interesting to see what caused the engine to seize though.

Mondeo is a good choice of daily though!  It\'s what I have. :lol

[Brett]

Glad you\'ve got it out etc

You have to get it back on the road Shaun - its the law! :Giggle

[shaunwil]

I\'ll start a thread and take some photos whilst I\'m taking it to bits. I\'m going for the chain broke on the oil pump and its been starved of oil.

But I thought the diff had lunched itself at first.

I\'ll see what I can do !

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Been a busy time after work. Just put a deposit on an 03 mondeo 2lt 130ps estate. Its got a towbar, clean in and out and has 100k on the clock.

Just sorted my insurance out as well because Footman James don\'t want to swap the policy over or give me any money back. Although its only got about 6wks left on it !

Should be picking it up Friday

Shaun

[mpk490p]

Wow just read this glad your still about to put a deposit down!

[marcusd666]

Just seen this thread, Glad to you are ok Shaun you had a really luckly escape its a shame your FB did look really nice.

[bumpstart]

there is a few options..
first -
did you spin a rotor bearing?
if so then sometimes housings are OK and your cheapest option may be a home rebuild and your only looking for a crank and a rotor

OR

seeing the price of EGI FCs in britain , would be tempted to grab the whole car for the gearbox and engine.. these NA engines are capable of 250 000 + Kms
and can be adapted to run a turbo .. i have run 6p turbos for many years


else grab a FC or FD engine , and an impco mixer , adapt it to the TB hat ...and blow through it.. as easy as it reads



this way you keep the holy grail.. a rotor you can afford to use daily

.. fix / replace the engine ..add the turbo .. then you have fast cheap and clean...
 a 1st gen with a highflow 13bt is a very fast animal and will give the FD a good shake

this is the excuse you need

[shaunwil]

Not really sure yet. Engine hasn\'t been opened up yet. Hopefully will be doing it this weekend.

The engine is out of an FC egi, but the cars are hard to come by in the uk with a good engine.

I have an impco carb already, couldn\'t actually find a manifold to fit an fd engine instead.

Been living the holy grail of a daily reasonably priced rotor for the past 4yrs ! Done about 50,000 on gas on current engine !

Shaun

[bumpstart]

to adapt any 200 or 225 impco then you only need the generic base fitting and weld it onto the TB snout.,,
 with an impco 225 ( and on turbo inlet manifolds ) you have to take care to clear the oil filter ( use rx8 oil filter )

convertor reference pressure is plumbed to the TB ,, and it all works fine at mild and medium boosts with either FB solenoid with commander or non FB setups

dizzy can be the 12at ( though i mod them to DFI leading and shorten the mech curve, and set the base aggressively )

i think your nuts if you dont go one again and this time add the turbo .. suitable turbo manifolds for stock s4 or s5 turbo into a 1st gen can be found in oz

[shaunwil]

I was running a microtech LT8 for the ignition using an FC dizzy and a impco 305 carb.

Picked my mondeo up this morning so at least I can get to work and back. Got a cracked intake pipe and a squeal. Nothing that can\'t be easily sorted (well the pipe at least)

Seriously considering my options really now.

Shaun