LewisH

Having got the Exmo on the road at last, my 1800 pinto is proving to be a bit of an anticlimax. As a result, I've just bought a 205 block from ebay. I'm planning on getting as much HP as possible within a budget of approx £1k, but I have very little experience in this...can anyone advise on best setup? I am not sure whether a re-bore to 2.1 or 2.2 is worth it? I do have a 2.8 cologne v6 in the garage that could be harvested for pistons. I would like to do as much of the work myself as possible but don't have tools for re-bore/skim. I'm also not clear on the right injection, whether I use twin 45s or bike cards or std injection? If anyone has some advice or could point me in the right direction I would much appreciate.

Was this sold? I'm looking for a 205 block pinto.

Today is a good day! Just need number plates now

So I'm now trying to register the car with the dvla and they have come back to me and asked for a certificate of newness. I understand that this should come directly from the kit supplier so I have contacted GBS hope to get something that I can submit. Does anyone know what this is for? Do I only need this if I am requesting a new 22 reg number rather than an age related plate?

I ended up fitting some arch extensions. Couldn't find any suitable wheels, didn't want to drill any holes in the wings but had no choice in the end. Pic below, doesn't look too bad I suppose...just need to give it a clean and try and get the paint back to life now.

Well after about 15 years of mucking about, I finally got the Exmo finished! IVA pass this morning in Yeading . Feeling mentally exhausted, very stressful day, but feeling great and extremely relieved.

Hi all, I am after 2 x ford wheel for my IVA as my current rears are too wide and stick out slightly from the arch. 108 pcd, ideally 15". My wheels are 6.5" wide, have an offset of 18 and are fitted with 195 wide tyres - they are sticking out by approx 5mm, so I guess anything narrower than these will work. My retest is booked for the 15th Dec, but ideally I would borrow then ASAP so that I can make sure they are going to do the job.# I am based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, but happy to drive within 100miles to collect.

Unfortunately some of the tyre can be seen when looking down from above, so sadly the examiner is correct, albeit 5mm at most. Very frustrating. I am going to have to look for some similar sized wheels with a smaller offset.

That would be great. Current wheels are 6.5 wide with 195 tyres. Offset is 18.

Yeah good shout. I'll get through the retest first and then look at this again.

Retest booked for December...bit of a delay whilst the bathroom got finished. I have done all of the items, but I'm struggling to find a solution to the rear wheel arches not covering the wheels. Pic attached, does anyone have an idea for this that doesn't involve making holes in the arches? I had considered using narrow wheels for the test but don't particularly want to spend a fortune just for one use.

I've had a bit of a nightmare with this unfortunately. TCA's arrived but unfortunately the guy had made them 2 inches longer than OEM when not extended, rather than 2 inches longer when fully extended as I requested. I put them on and found that I had approx 7 deg of negative camber...obviously far too much. I've tried cutting the threads & shanks down as much as I can but still got approx deg. So I've put the original TCA's back on and adjusted the tie-rod to push the caster forward as much as possible, which has also improved the camber a bit. I've now got approx 1 degree of negative camber, just a shame it took all of this messing around and wasting money on the adjustable one's.

Thanks for the info Dave. I've ordered and should have these by the weekend, I'll let you know how I get on. The guy at compbrake was very helpful, I said that I wasn't sure how much longer I needed them to be and he said that the extension is interchangeable, so in the event of them not being quite right I could always swap this bit out for something smaller/bigger if needed.

How did you go about setting up the amount of camber? Trial and error or did you have a tool for it that you can recommend? Also, can you remember how much longer than OEM you made them?

Cool, thanks. Good shout, mine are nut type as well!

I am thinking of changing the Track control arms for these https://www.compbrake.com/product/ford-sierra-mk1-mk2-pinch-bolt-adjustable-track-control-arms-pair-copy/ These can be made to any length, so I'm thinking of making larger than OEM in order to push the bottom of the wheel out so to give more negative camber. Currently my front wheels look to have slightly positive camber, my thinking is that doing this mod, as well as pushing the caster forward as much as possible with my tie-bars (instead of anti-roll bar), will give me a better 'centering effect' on the steering, which was one of my IVA fails. Any thoughts/opinions on this would be appreciated. Lewis

Thanks Chris

Hi all, Pic attached of the leaking part on my rad. Do you think this is repairable? If not, can anyone recommend a suitable replacement? Many thanks Lew

Hi Chris, Nit far then. The exmo is quite different to your 2b and my running gear is from a sierra, so not sure how much help I will be! Nonetheless, let me know if you need anything. Regards Lewis

I'm in Maidenhead, just finishing an Exmo build. What are you building?

This is stunning. Hat's off to the builder, very nice work.

Cam looks okay. Pulling the shaft further towards me didn't help because the boss stops against the assembly for the lock barrel, so it just ended up giving me more thread through the big centre nut. I've managed to sort it by using some old plastic lids to cut out disks with a hole in the middle to act as a spacer on the back of the boss. Only 3mm or so but just enough to move it away from the indicators. Problem solved and steering now SOOO much lighter. Now I've just got to work out how to get the horn buttons on the new wheel to work.

Okay thanks, I'll give that a go.

I've discovered the reason why my steering is stiff and hard work to turn the wheel (one of my recent fail items). The back of the steering wheel boss is fouling against the sierra indicator assembly, so much that it is gradually wearing down the indicator assembly plastic. Has anyone else encountered this? Pic below is with Momo boss, but Mountney is the same, if not worse.

Has anyone removed the Mountney boss to swap out for a different wheel? I have bought a Momo wheel which has come with a new boss, but I am struggling with how to remove the existing. Pics below, first part of boss removed, but not sure how to remove the rear section. Is this on a thread? Tips on how to get this off would be great, many thanks.