Ford Cortina's Mk3 & 5

[Conair]

Part 6

its done (ish) lol it runs, drives and stops, is taxed (exempt now) and well what can i say, its awesome! we did have a little hick up, we had an air leak, which we solved, pulled the carb and resealed it jobs a good'un but we still had a rubbish idle, we ended up with a compression tester which ended up showing number 4 cylinder was low at 100 compared to about 170 for rest so Carl stripped off the head as the only thing we could think off was when the timing jumped which happend god nows how after the first fire up and after the exhaust was done, we went to start it but it jammed, after head scratching we rechecked the timing and it was way out, technically its shouldn't really possible, Especially but the amount it was, it bent a valve which it had, lucky thou carl has some spare so he swapped it put and wallah idles a beut and runs nice, just needs setting up a bit now as she runs lean, had the idle set at work and subsequently broke the gas analyzer lol but now booked for a rolling road set up. 

Enough of my confused waffle, some pictures!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And how we are now  Which i think is where i started lol

 

 

Cheers for following

More updates to come as we shake the old girl down

Mike 

[Conair]

This brings you all up to date and the end (of this evolution) of the build

We sorted the starter motor, no longer did i have a bodged spaced pinto starter i now have an 1.8 CVH starter fitted and working perfectly, also i have a new clutch, once i knew the set up i had worked i brought a new one to replace the slipping 2nd hand one, both of these we fitted last night on the drive, sorry no pics as we were a little busy lol however i will make up for with pictures and videos of my Dyno run with my friends and legends at DLF classics, Today was'nt just a case of power it was to properly tune and set up the carb and that was were Steve earned his crust, he enlarged the main jets and did some more voodoo tinkering and the final result was 164 BHP & 201 ft.lbs, Happy am i and the beast pulls like a train and flys sideways, anyway enough waffle here are some pics,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Hopefully the Vids

 

https://youtu.be/fmiejQwLddo

 

https://youtu.be/U4YTF_Bqtyo

 

Cheers For Following 

Mike 

[Conair]

Howdy All

Quick update, just covered near on 400 miles to oxfordshire and back for a weekend with family and to do the MK1 Cortina nats, unfortunately we never made the mk1 nats as we had a bit too much BBQ and beer lol, maybe next year lol but we did manage no faults and even let my uncle, who used to own my car before me experience the new motor and in doing so i finally got a vid of it running 


https://www.youtube....h?v=_XOHjw5uF00

Cheers For following

Mike 

[Bone]

I had a Mk4 Cortina 1600L about 20yrs ago, a blue one. Cost me £180.

 

The left hand back wheel, drum & halfshaft escaped at the end of the M56 at 60mph-ish.

 

They're not the most agile vehicle with 3 wheels.