Practically Classics Forum

Did some pikey pinch your engine while you wern't looking?
Have you found yourself a v8 donor?

nope, just needed it clear for final welds and paint.

Just cleaning up the 1.8 for now, and then keep a look out for the v8

bit more today, got me a bit of access now the bay is cleared, so it was back to fabrication and modification

I forgot to take a pic, but the N/S basicly started off looikng like this



Front panel on and showing the gap



Plate ready to weld in



crap pic, but welded in and the head light profile cut out panel fitted



Wasnt at all happy with the fit of the wing to the front panel, and after a little measurment I couldnt do while the engine was in place, i found the wing mounting panel was 10mm higher on the N/S compared to the O/S, so I lowered it, now the wing lines up with the front panel, and it has also dramatically improved the wing to door gap.



starting to get a bit late, and the normals are putting thier kids to bed, so I thought I'd call it a night with the grinder, but I thought I'd put a pic of the last top bit to weld on the landing panel....should strengthen up the front panel no end, and gives me summit to screw the grill to

bit more work done to the front, a new way of mounting, still have to seam it up, but it all sits flush.

oh yeah, in the words of Heman

I HAVE THE POWER!!!!

Will there be space for a couple of turbos?

this hunk or pig iron flew up to 140 mph with no issues at all, it won't need turbo's

just a modifed oil pump, a rear drop sump and a couple engine mounts

So judging by progress so far: about 10 minutes work and it'll be fitted

Keep it up, that is an amazing beast!

V8's taxed and mot'd till December , and I gotta wait forthe v5 to be in my name so I can cash the tax in, so gonna a little longer than 10 mins. Wheels tyres, interior, and basically breaking for bits is scheduled to go up on eBay for 18:00 this evening

Hi Bubs, great work!
The thoughts of electronics would completely put me off attempting what you plan to do. Is it a consideration, or is the BMW setup such that you can just screw the computery bits onto the Escort and plug them into the ciggy lighter?

I had a 4.2 A8 which I sold for peanuts because I thought it would be impossible to ever get the engine going if it were installed in another car. Now that I think about it, it was probably bought by a clever guy like you!

Edit: And that guy is probably busy ripping around in his 4.2L 4 wheel drive Mini!