speedtripledan

Battery's knackered probably a dead cell should be around 12.6v

The only real way to set it properly is a Dyno session. Other than that it's all guess work

Thinking maybe a zero or ideally something along the lines of a fury

I've got so many parts left over I think it's time to build something to use them all. Anything concidered except any RH,

Can any one recommend somewhere to get my rocker cover dipped?

And will also most likely ground out on bumps

My car is in constant winter spring summer autumn mods

Was looking at bgh today, for the hd v6 version it's big money!

Always looking for a spare 2.0l silvertop at the right price

If your not sticking with the zetec i.d be interested in purchasing it.

When my temps were down at 80 or so there was less expansion, now I'm running in the 90,s there is obviously more expansion. I want some where for the expansion to go then return. Stockport Steve has hit the nail on the head in how he describes it or at the very least it's what I thought and wanted confirmation of
As far as pump direction and gauges the pump is ewp and there are 3 temp sensors all reading the same.
Being heavily modified and running almost double the bhp Henry ford intended means the engine is potentially generating a lot more heat.
I.m trying to create the car for every occasion b road blasting cruising on a large tour or track days, cruising it runs cooler than thrashing and i want my cooling to handle both extremes without the need to pop the bonnet every time I go out.
Thanks for all your input it's all valuable

It is a very nice car, looks great in the flesh and has a wicked exhaust note, look forward to runs out in the stylus

Oh that's odd. I thought the expansion tank vents were behind the pressure cap, so it was impossible for them to draw back in... I guess I am misunderstanding the type of expansion tank, so I'll duck out at this point!

Ive spent hrs reading on the internet and am getting a little confused, i want to add some form of expansion system to my engine, it will need to be pressurised as the temps are siting close to 100deg etc, how do i plumb a one of these systems to my engine,

My rad has a 10mm outlet at the top (blanked off) the retro ford water rail has a bypass out let (blanked off) and i,m using an inline filler neck with 16lb cap in the top hose. with over pressure outlet, this is plumbed to a gbs tank with inlet to base of tank and out let to atmosphere

how would i plumb a tank into this setup whilst keeping it under pressure..

cheers

With decent type 9s getting thin on the ground and expensive i.m just looking at future options.

Looking for ideas on replacement gearbox options, what choices are there? Not rx8 as ratios are no good

Its the coolex polo derived rad 42mm thick, with a high quality spal fan (not cheapo copy) best you can get for the 7 style car. bought brand new a few weeks ago and used for 5miles only whilst playing with my cars cooling system.

If you have marginal cooling or over heating and your using the original robin hood supplied rads this will most likely sort things out for you...

£200 collected

I only have one sender from Retro Ford, I have drilled a small hole in stat. When the water rail was getting warm I turned engine off, to risky to leave engine running with wrong temp gauge.

retro ford reads 220 ohm and the etb reads 55ohms at the same temp approx 15deg, matched etb senders are only £10

Just check the 2 sender's at the same temp for there resistance. My etb sender fitted straight into the rail along side the the ECU temp sender I then drilled and tapped a 1/4npt for my pump control sensor. Do you have a bypass connected or small hole through the stat? You need it to equalise the temps both side of the stat

Relays are simple, pins 30 and 87 are used for feed and load pins 85 and 86 are switching, apply 12v and grd to 85 and 86 and they switch 30 and 87 from normally open to closed.

Grumpy no, cantankerous maybe X

The difference in performance will be in another post. Race line versus retro.

It has taken me a whole day to make a new coil pack bracket which with the race line and standard set up was not required. The description for the retro ford water rail fails to mention the fact that it will not fit unless you relocate the coil... much as a standard system may work I didn't want it.... I like the bling

This post isn't about how good or bad race line is versus retro versus standard, it was just about the lack of info about fitting the retro to my silvertop.

Dan was this to replace the raceline rail?

yes it is

when i spoke to retro they were aware the original dipstick tube will not fit, they said they designed the water rail to work with there oil sump which relocates the dipstick to the intake side of the engine.

my only gripe is i wish companys would write accurate descriptions of the products they sell,