JLH's 1955 Splitty van pics and a bonus pic

Post by **Redmoggy** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:56 am

Thanks Jonathon. I like that a lot nice one!

Post by **chrisd87** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:42 am

All looks very well thought-out. Is it going to run carbs or EFI? I think it would look (and sound) great with twin webers!

Post by **dunketh** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:49 am

TBs or bike carbs are the way forward. Bike carbs are ideal as they dont drink fuel either.

Run the ignition side of it on basic EDIS from an old mk3 fessy.

Post by **jonathon** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:47 am

Won't say too much more as it bordering on an advert for us. If this needs moderating I quite understand.

*I have removed it, and sorry. I'll check with the other mods and see what they think - you never know, it might come back. PM me if anybody wants a copy, anyway

Andrew*

Post by **8009STEVE** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:15 pm

Looks like changing the oil filter might be fun.

Post by **jonathon** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:16 pm

The, oil filter will be replaced by a shorter one which will have plenty of clearance..
No probs Andrew about moderating, would be nice to have it back for continuity as I have pics to follow. Fully understand if this is not possible.

Post by **jonathon** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:40 pm

Question: have a look at the first two pics of the green splitty at the flitch extention panels. These are original to the car but I have never seen this type before. Normally there would be a swage line in this panel, whereas these are just split and spot welded. You can just make out this feature on pic one just above the black cam cover. Comments welcome

Post by **Welung666** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:44 pm

Some pics showing the throttle bodies...

Post by **bigginger** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:21 pm

JLH - I can't see how to replace the post without breaking the rules

Everyone else - as I said, PM me for a copy of it. Sorry

Post by **jonathon** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:43 pm

No probs Andrew

Post by **jonathon** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:18 pm

Russ has kindly researched the splitty van and believes it to be the 109th oldest in existance

Post by **chrisd87** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:31 pm

Those throttle bodies do look very nice, especially with the ram pipes. Very classic-looking actually! I'm still a fan of carbs though

Post by **jonathon** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:40 pm

The ram pipes will be fully radiused 40mm ones rather than these, that way we can fit the airbox and induction system. Carbs look fine but need constant tinkering where as the throttle bodies give more torque and tunability. Allied to a set of fast road cams and aftermarket Ecu's these motors can achieve nearly 200bhp.

Post by **Redmoggy** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:04 am

Ok please stop now!
I leant my Minor to a friend today. He subsequentially blew it up and all this Zetec talk is giving me very bad ideas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **alex_holden** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:55 am

Redmoggy wrote:Ok please stop now!
I leant my Minor to a friend today. He subsequentially blew it up

Ex-friend I hope!

Post by **dunketh** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:17 am

Shame we cant have full details.
Its not like you're competing with any other companies doing zetec conversions and more technical details (such as remote thermostat?, body mods, etc..) would be great.

Could you add me to the PM if you start sending them out, its more personal interest than business but I'm a nosey fecker like that.

Post by dp » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:56 am

I'm also a nosey so and so. I got the pm with Zetec details. I'll ask Jonathon if I may. Can the RS2000 back axle cope with the torque of a supercharged and/or 200bhp Zetec or must one use a different axle and if so which one? I have a goal of something like that power output from my Fiat engine one day, also via a supercharger so would be interested in that info.

Also, could you PM me the price of the 200bhp Zetec, box and chassis mod? Might be cheaper and easier to sell one engine and buy another...

Ta

Darren

Post by **jonathon** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:14 am

Probably easier to just have info at the National. Many costing have yet to be made, although much of the K series kit will cross over to the Zetec one.
The Escort axle will take 180-200bhp, V8 Escort rally cars still used these in standard form except for discs and LSD's with over 240bhp.