alanrichey

I made my own

It seems Richard Stewart, the original 'Mr Robin Hood', has 'found' 10 complete sets of Superspec body panels (4 yellow wings, a yellow nosecone and the 5-piece plastic covers for the rear end) in his 'lockup'. He is drip feeding them onto E-Bay at £200/set (Item: 301097270356 is the latest).

I have just grabbed the first set and will be picking them up from Nottingham tomorrow. I will report back on any other Superspec-specific parts he still has in stock.

I would have thought this is a unique opportunity to pick up a spare set at a good price. I doubt there are any other sets lying around.

Al

Will we need application forms if we just rock up with the kit car for a few hours on one of the days and park at the RHOCar stand ?

I picked up the complete set of GRP and CF body panels for the Superspec. Hope I never have to use them

Thanks. Nothing is simple is it ?

Next spare part on my list is the lower Universal Joint at the bottom of the steering column as it has some play in it and I suspect it will fail at the next MOT. I can see various ones for sale, including one from Kit Spares, but they have different fittings. Some have 'Escort Standard', some are 9/16 splines for both ends, some have 3/4 splines and the Kit Spares one has 14mm/36 spline and one end and 17mm hex for the other end.

I have also seen posts here saying that the column actually has a plain end and the splined UV joint is simply jammed on and another post that had a plain end on the joint.

Most confusing

I assume the Superspec uses the standard Sierra column and steering rack like all the others ?

Anyone have a clue what the specification should be ?

Thanks

If you are spraying it anyway isn't it worth buying a replacement wing, rather than repairing?

Yes, looks exactly like mine. Previous owner had the car towed in after hitting a pot hole and engine stopped when he didn't realise what the switch was for So he showed me how to reset it.

Thanks for all the replies. I can get a touch-up pot of Eclipse Blue for about £3 so if it doesn't match it won't be the end of the world.

I'm having to repair a damaged cycle wing (Unexpected departure into a hedge ) The GRP repair seems to be going well, but obviously will then need painting.

To save me having to use trial and error or respraying both wings. does anyone know if the 'Blue' used is a standard off-the-shelf colour ?

Don't forget the dog

OK, thanks for that. Need to take them out I guess

No, very low mileage at the moment (car has only 7000 and I am doing about 2000/year), so maybe only stock up on front ones ? Could still do with a part number ?

Still picking up spare parts to 'future-proof' my Superspec. Still thinking of brake shoes. Are they standard Sierra parts ? Anyone know the exact part number to save me buying the wrong ones ?

Same for me please

OK, that makes sense. Still don't understand why others are seeing it in their News Feed and I can't.

Everything I read says there should be a 'Join Group' button on the page, but I can find no trace of one. Guess I'll have to wait until someone invites me in

Nope. If I go there manually the 'Like' and 'Following' boxes are ticked but it is not included in my News feed. I'm sure when I joined the 'Kit Car Owners Group' I had to specifically invited ?

How do we join the Group ? I'm not seeing a 'Join Group' button

I had the same problem, but based on advice in the forum I replaced the clutch cable and redesigned the connection and it is now fine and very easy to operate. See http://the-superspec-journey.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-clutch-cable.html

I am also going to try fixing a weak spring between the clutch arm and bell housing to keep it under tension as I understand that was a standard fit on the Escort when it used that gearbox.

What fun

Looking at the revised wiring diagrams supplied by a member, and some Goooogling, it was apparent that the ECU could have been from an Auto gearbox model (?) and the 'immobiliser problem' was nothing more that the ECU looking for a closed circuit from the gearbox inhibitor switch. So a quick check, by cuting the cable from pin 17 (I think) and taking it to earth, and the problem was solved! Inhibitor switch or not, it resolved the problem, (may have just been lucky!).

For info, I future proofed by Rover engine Superspec by changing it to a Zetec (completed by GBS, but there's another story).

OK, seems good, so bought that. Any other suggestions for 'future-proofing' for a Superspec ? I have a spare fan belt and a spare clutch cable. My only immediate thought was brake pads, I assume they just standard Sierra parts ?

As my Superspec (Rover 'T' 2000cc DOHC, circa 1995-1998) gets on in years I am aware that getting spare parts will become more and more difficult, so I am thinking I should pre-purchase anything 'unique' that might be needed in the future.

This ECU (http://www.ebay.co.u...-/191014702359?) seems to be the right part (looks identical to my preset one) at a good price.

A logical purchase ? Anyone know if it would be 'plug & play' or would it need to be programmed ?

I suspect he finished up buying it himself. Watch for it coming back on

But first 17 bids were a much more logical £300-£700.