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Dunno what Westfield supply these days, but
this cap stops leaks of petrol when accelerating hard. It
uses an O-ring seal. |
The radiator was the uprated one
when the car was built as it was felt the Pinto need more
cooling than a Kent or CVH. The fan thermostat can also be
seen just behind the RHS of the radiator. The exhaust manifold
tends to melt the plastic cover of the alternator, and the
alternator fan just clears the brake Tee. |
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The obligatory cat in car picture |
I started with an ordinary lap & diagonal
but the full safety is much more comfortable and safer. On
bumpy roads I lost contact with the pedal on occasions! The
back fixing was scratch built. |
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Yes, well. It works pretty well in fact, the
bottom pivot is a mini track rod end, and the coupling from
the stick to the actuating bar has greased O-rings sandwiched.
It's very fast in the intermediates, but the reverse spring
is too weak so you have to be gentle otherwise it's possible
to engage reverse instead of 1st... |
Ordinary pads seem to cool off too quickly and
you arrive at the next corner with cold brakes. EBC Greenstuff
Kevlar pads seem to be better even when they are cold, and
when they warm up the stopping power of the car is amazing. |
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Standard front view. |
The radiator sensor for the fan is seen to the
top right of the radiator, inline with the inlet hose. I have
my fan set to 105 degC, and I like to see the motor running
at 90 deg ideally. There's an aluminium plate on the front
corner of the chassis to mount the coil and the headlamp fuses. |
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1. Four views of the heater. This took for ever
to make! The air goes in around this decorative splash cover
into a piece of 4" pipe (gauze covered) that projects
as a stub through the body. |
The wiring was laid in and wrapped with loom
tape in situ. The three relays control the main and dipped
beams, and the main feed to everything else. Most everything
is fused. |
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2. Down at the bottom is a Triumph Dolomite
blower motor, coupled to the inlet stub and to the white plastic
(tumble dryer!) hose. |
This fan is from a BMW 320i, and it is incredible.
The car rocks when it switches on! It almost completely covers
the fan matrix. |
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3. The curvy silver tubular bit is a fibreglass
moulding, made on a male pattern. Flanges were moulded into
the top end to mate with the heater box. The box is a full
fresh air mixing box, with a Cortina heater matrix - much
larger than the usual Mini matrix. |
Further view of fan and front end. I know you
shouldn't run the SOHC with the cambelt cover off, but there
just isn't the room under the bonnet. Clearance is just a
few millimetres. |
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4. The heater was fabricated from scratch. The
flap mixing valve has a closed loop Bowden cable linkage to
a rotating knob on the dash panel. The aluminium guide was
machined from solid. |
Radiator expansion bottle came from the breakers
with it's own mounting bracket. Washer bottle is mounted low
in the bay, in front of the driver's feet. |
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I expect everybody's looks much the same as
this... |
Again, the dash was scratch built, 'cos I wanted
to position the instruments exactly. There's a complete Escort
Mk3 stalk set behind the steering wheel too. Indicators, wipers
and headlamps are in the normal positions. |
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Just replaced the original sidescreens with a pair of deflectors.
They fit to the orgiinal pillars, old and new type (I'm
told), mine are the old type. You may need to look closely
at the picture to see the deflector at all!
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Rear bottom corner fixing of air deflectors.
The edges of the deflector were sawcut, so I spent some time
smoothing the edges with wet and dry (used wet). Gives a nice
edge. |
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Made of polycarbonate, the deflectors spring
and slide onto the original sidescreen hinges. Marking out
is fairly easy, and polycarbonate is easy to work. |
Close up of the two original hinges fitted to
the deflectors. |
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They are much better than no sidescreens, but
more turbulent than with the normal sidescreens fitted. However,
the normal sidescreens (in my car) ride over the edge at the
back and end up pressing on your shoulders. This is not very
comfortable either. I think these need to be extended further. |
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