Ahoy there
I have this (side) project car, which im doing for daily driver for myself.
Its going to be a budget build, so no expensive stuff to see here.
Little history rambling about the car:
It's an 1973 "euro"Ford Consul (name changed to Granada on later models 75->) 2 Door, (2.3 V6 + manual from the factory).
Previous owner bought it because the engine 2.6 V6 (which had been swapped into it at some point), he wanted to swap it into a escort mk1, but never got it out of the car, so this one sat under a tree for 10+? years waiting to be stripped, which then never happened.
Someone has also sandblasted & welded the whole car floorpan and painted it. (So thats alot of work done there, which i dont need to do. (There are some few holes what i need to patch though and some surface rust ofc since its stood outside for so long.)
I was really interested in it, because it was A: Rare 2 door model and B: Solid shell C: Cheap (200?/220$) D: I had 3 of these cars in past, so i have alot of parts in my storage that i can use/dump into this.
So off i bolted to get it in 2018 summer
I knew i didnt want to use the old lump, so i sold it immediately when i got the car at my workshop and got the 200?/220$ back, free shell for me then
After that i got an cheap V70 Mk1 T5 for spare parts, since my better half drives an V70 mk1, which needed some expensive parts, id sell everything from it that i dont need.
Engine for me and other parts for her. win-win
End of history
Heres some pictures of the thing, it looks kinda rough on the outside, but looking underneath its hard to believe its the same car:
<a href="https://ibb.co/hQKwk0"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/nfxhQ0/20181029-123135.jpg" alt="20181029-123135" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/hWPCQ0"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/mjJHsf/20181029-123125.jpg" alt="20181029-123125" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/nyR6eU"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/fYdxm9/20181012-114735.jpg" alt="20181012-114735" border="0"></a>
Crossmembers sandblasted and painted, added new polyurethane bushings and Spax lowering kit, Vented brakediscs+calipers, new wheel bearings (All parts are leftovers what i had in my storage, so only the paint was all i had to buy:
<a href="https://ibb.co/cYRrD38"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/XY6CSL5/20180627-092804.jpg" alt="20180627-092804" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/3mjcMrB"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/QvTMCbr/20180628-191125.jpg" alt="20180628-191125" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/TKv3vL4"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Q8bwbdP/20180712-115157.jpg" alt="20180712-115157" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/Ct716kP"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/N3jVr8T/20180712-115213.jpg" alt="20180712-115213" border="0"></a>
The V70 T5 engine dismount:
<a href="https://ibb.co/dPU6W9"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/iY8ddp/20181014-154237.jpg" alt="20181014-154237" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/mEKvPU"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/mzt0r9/20181014-154243.jpg" alt="20181014-154243" border="0"></a>
Engine is B5234T3 2.3L T5 from 1999 V70 mk1 with automatic gearbox (all expensive stuff had been sold from it before i bought the donor car (turbo, throttlebody etc.)
Bought m90 gearbox out from a 960+Propshaft+Oilpan+Clutch master cylinder (this was the most expensive purchase so far (400?/440$ IIRC for them all)
<a href="https://ibb.co/cDV8yL"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/ikHXQ0/20181031-104007.jpg" alt="20181031-104007" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/eHriR9"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/mUxezU/20181013-193219.jpg" alt="20181013-193219" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/mqhMJL"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/dNAVCf/20181030-202256.jpg" alt="20181030-202256" border="0"></a>
V70 mk2 R Injectors + Inlet manifold + Exhaust manifold. Traded for some stuff with my bro.
<a href="https://ibb.co/e9bpzU"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/fnBdtp/20181010-120452.jpg" alt="20181010-120452" border="0"></a>
Basically i did all the parts and swap in a weekend:
960 oilpan shortening:
<a href="https://ibb.co/k16gJL"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/mZgFdL/20181031-080703.jpg" alt="20181031-080703" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/joacQ0"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/dOVBk0/20181022-115607.jpg" alt="20181022-115607" border="0"></a>
Engine&gearbox mounts
<a href="https://ibb.co/nPsadV"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/eQTsQA/20181102-212658.jpg" alt="20181102-212658" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/bW5QCq"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/jzcGJV/20181102-212712.jpg" alt="20181102-212712" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/hpzz5A"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/fGORkA/20181102-212729.jpg" alt="20181102-212729" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/iiTsv0"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/knvGNf/20181101-183242.jpg" alt="20181101-183242" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/mHG6Nf"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/n3Zt2f/20181101-183147.jpg" alt="20181101-183147" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/i07P8L"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/cxT9a0/20181101-183439.jpg" alt="20181101-183439" border="0"></a>
Im amazed how well this engine fits in the engine room, without fouling anything, like its ment to be there.
To Do list:
- Propshaft welding & balancing (Already shortened)
- Propshaft is hanging now from the middle like: \/ So gearbox rear mount & propshaft bearing mount needs to be modified higher.
- Mount turbo (friend gave me for free, once used chinese turbo + do exhaust
- Weld the holes in shell (atleast 2 that im aware of)
- Lights (Source some another dual headlights & wire them
- Clutch (have all the parts waiting, 850 R clutch kit, 240mm hard flywheel
- Clutch pedal modification, cable to hydraulic
- Source 960 COP's
Next thing would be the engine management, which im not sure what to use since this is a budget build. Any suggestions?
1. Standalone programmable engine managements are straight out of the budget. ( Ive been looking for used standalone engine managements, but theyre 500?+ still.)
2. I know megasquirt is cheap and ive soldered few boards in the past, but theres so much job in it that im not really keen doing it again. + im not so sure if would rely an MS in everyday use, like some aftermarket or oem ecu.
3. Source an 850 T5 and strip the engine loom? Problem: They have distributor and this engine does not. (which could be done with some drilling&modding), but then next problem would be the firewall. Iirc theres also a kit that relocates the distributor at front of the engine aswell, but
4. ?
I have this (side) project car, which im doing for daily driver for myself.
Its going to be a budget build, so no expensive stuff to see here.
Little history rambling about the car:
It's an 1973 "euro"Ford Consul (name changed to Granada on later models 75->) 2 Door, (2.3 V6 + manual from the factory).
Previous owner bought it because the engine 2.6 V6 (which had been swapped into it at some point), he wanted to swap it into a escort mk1, but never got it out of the car, so this one sat under a tree for 10+? years waiting to be stripped, which then never happened.
Someone has also sandblasted & welded the whole car floorpan and painted it. (So thats alot of work done there, which i dont need to do. (There are some few holes what i need to patch though and some surface rust ofc since its stood outside for so long.)
I was really interested in it, because it was A: Rare 2 door model and B: Solid shell C: Cheap (200?/220$) D: I had 3 of these cars in past, so i have alot of parts in my storage that i can use/dump into this.
So off i bolted to get it in 2018 summer
I knew i didnt want to use the old lump, so i sold it immediately when i got the car at my workshop and got the 200?/220$ back, free shell for me then
After that i got an cheap V70 Mk1 T5 for spare parts, since my better half drives an V70 mk1, which needed some expensive parts, id sell everything from it that i dont need.
Engine for me and other parts for her. win-win
End of history
Heres some pictures of the thing, it looks kinda rough on the outside, but looking underneath its hard to believe its the same car:
<a href="https://ibb.co/hQKwk0"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/nfxhQ0/20181029-123135.jpg" alt="20181029-123135" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/hWPCQ0"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/mjJHsf/20181029-123125.jpg" alt="20181029-123125" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/nyR6eU"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/fYdxm9/20181012-114735.jpg" alt="20181012-114735" border="0"></a>
Crossmembers sandblasted and painted, added new polyurethane bushings and Spax lowering kit, Vented brakediscs+calipers, new wheel bearings (All parts are leftovers what i had in my storage, so only the paint was all i had to buy:
<a href="https://ibb.co/cYRrD38"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/XY6CSL5/20180627-092804.jpg" alt="20180627-092804" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/3mjcMrB"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/QvTMCbr/20180628-191125.jpg" alt="20180628-191125" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/TKv3vL4"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Q8bwbdP/20180712-115157.jpg" alt="20180712-115157" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/Ct716kP"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/N3jVr8T/20180712-115213.jpg" alt="20180712-115213" border="0"></a>
The V70 T5 engine dismount:
<a href="https://ibb.co/dPU6W9"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/iY8ddp/20181014-154237.jpg" alt="20181014-154237" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/mEKvPU"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/mzt0r9/20181014-154243.jpg" alt="20181014-154243" border="0"></a>
Engine is B5234T3 2.3L T5 from 1999 V70 mk1 with automatic gearbox (all expensive stuff had been sold from it before i bought the donor car (turbo, throttlebody etc.)
Bought m90 gearbox out from a 960+Propshaft+Oilpan+Clutch master cylinder (this was the most expensive purchase so far (400?/440$ IIRC for them all)
<a href="https://ibb.co/cDV8yL"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/ikHXQ0/20181031-104007.jpg" alt="20181031-104007" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/eHriR9"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/mUxezU/20181013-193219.jpg" alt="20181013-193219" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/mqhMJL"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/dNAVCf/20181030-202256.jpg" alt="20181030-202256" border="0"></a>
V70 mk2 R Injectors + Inlet manifold + Exhaust manifold. Traded for some stuff with my bro.
<a href="https://ibb.co/e9bpzU"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/fnBdtp/20181010-120452.jpg" alt="20181010-120452" border="0"></a>
Basically i did all the parts and swap in a weekend:
960 oilpan shortening:
<a href="https://ibb.co/k16gJL"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/mZgFdL/20181031-080703.jpg" alt="20181031-080703" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/joacQ0"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/dOVBk0/20181022-115607.jpg" alt="20181022-115607" border="0"></a>
Engine&gearbox mounts
<a href="https://ibb.co/nPsadV"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/eQTsQA/20181102-212658.jpg" alt="20181102-212658" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/bW5QCq"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/jzcGJV/20181102-212712.jpg" alt="20181102-212712" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/hpzz5A"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/fGORkA/20181102-212729.jpg" alt="20181102-212729" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/iiTsv0"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/knvGNf/20181101-183242.jpg" alt="20181101-183242" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/mHG6Nf"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/n3Zt2f/20181101-183147.jpg" alt="20181101-183147" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/i07P8L"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/cxT9a0/20181101-183439.jpg" alt="20181101-183439" border="0"></a>
Im amazed how well this engine fits in the engine room, without fouling anything, like its ment to be there.
To Do list:
- Propshaft welding & balancing (Already shortened)
- Propshaft is hanging now from the middle like: \/ So gearbox rear mount & propshaft bearing mount needs to be modified higher.
- Mount turbo (friend gave me for free, once used chinese turbo + do exhaust
- Weld the holes in shell (atleast 2 that im aware of)
- Lights (Source some another dual headlights & wire them
- Clutch (have all the parts waiting, 850 R clutch kit, 240mm hard flywheel
- Clutch pedal modification, cable to hydraulic
- Source 960 COP's
Next thing would be the engine management, which im not sure what to use since this is a budget build. Any suggestions?
1. Standalone programmable engine managements are straight out of the budget. ( Ive been looking for used standalone engine managements, but theyre 500?+ still.)
2. I know megasquirt is cheap and ive soldered few boards in the past, but theres so much job in it that im not really keen doing it again. + im not so sure if would rely an MS in everyday use, like some aftermarket or oem ecu.
3. Source an 850 T5 and strip the engine loom? Problem: They have distributor and this engine does not. (which could be done with some drilling&modding), but then next problem would be the firewall. Iirc theres also a kit that relocates the distributor at front of the engine aswell, but
4. ?