Burton Power!

i arrived home to be greeted by the Burton Power 2008 catalogue!

browsing through it now to see what goodies they have inside. it's a good piece of literature regarding cam timing and fitting, just some of the technical babble most people leave to mechanics.

Wiring.

For record keeping purposes, I'll just post about the wiring. It was sent on tuesday apparently and should be done in about a weeks time.

Then it'll be off to the body shop (again) for some touch ups that the previous welder did not close which is how water keeps coming in. the hole in question is located on the extreme right hand corner of the firewall hidden from view by the massive fenders.

Also, I'm in the progress of designing my wheel adapters to suit 114.3 PCD wheels since those fucking 108 PCDs are a thwat to obtain here in Malaysia.

TADA! had some idle time so I whipped up a mock wheel assy. the adapter is to the correct dimensions as of this writing but is subject to change when I get the cortina back for proper dimensioning, just to be sure.

In New Light.

It's almost two years now. Come december it will be. Celebrated my grandad's birthday yesterday. Unfortunately i did not have the cortina ready. It's almost done, and i know i've been saying this to a lot of people pre-graduation but the car IS almost done.

the engine is in and running (alternator needs to be replaced though, wrong one was used donkeys years ago), painting is 90% done, needs to be touched up after the windscreens and wiring has been settled.

disappointments have arise in the form of rust. Front passenger door has built up rust beneath the layer of paint thus causing it to crack. oh well, like i said, the paint needs to be touched up in several places. orange peel developed on the surface of the boot lid among other things.

another worrisome issue is the mounting points for the front seats. as previously there were holes with weld nuts on the inner side of the plate to mount the seats which are non existent now since those parts were where new sheet metal was fabricated WITHOUT accounting for those weld nuts. so now i'm getting a headache over engineering a solution for this using non-evasive methods preferably.

anyway, found these seats and will be checking them out tomorrow, what do you think? will they suit the overall look of the car?


if i do get them, i'll probably wrap the rear seats to match the material. looks like it's velvety. at least if i park under the hot sun, it won't burn my girlfriend's butt (she said it, not me).

finally, blogs would be so empty without pictures, so here's some of the cortina with 11-ish a.m. lighting at harvinder's place.



good to see the engine in there eh? all ford/smurf blue and all.





front end needs sorting out still.


looking good here.


the left tail light needs to be binned. asked harvinder to source for a pair of new ones.


logos on and looking good.


free center console thrown in by harvinder. do all cortinas and escorts have a similar center console? seen a few pics of escorts with something similar.

there you have it. the car sitting there waiting for the windscreen rubbers to arrive so that the screens can be fitted and the wiring sorted. all after hari raya obviously.

fingers, toes, cats and dogs crossed that the windscreen rubber arrives on time AND that the wiring chap does a fantastic job.

estimated completion of harvinder's scope of works is end of October 2008. then it's on to me to complete the interior and wheels.