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General Cortina => The Showroom => Topic started by: Undefeated on March 31, 2011, 09:01:29 PM
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hi
my names Don and i own a td cortina.
the plan is to build her as a fun and very usable car that also goes hard. Im a family man and that comes first, but the corty has a special place in my heart.
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just some paint shots on her
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1702.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1008.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-373.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-384.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-2060.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1986.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1108.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1179.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-624.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-2150.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-555.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-432.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-551.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1751.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1713.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-710.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-2431.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-374.jpg)
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this is a 650 mech secondary annular booster blow thru carb also with adjustable air bleeds for fine adjustment to fuel curve.(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-694.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1783.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-245.jpg)
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The engines not a rebuilt motor..its a very low kllm efi stocker with a e2 head ( came from a smashed car with 70 000klm on her!). i figured id rebuild it later when the combo is better sorted to save destroying a good motor by accident.(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1098.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-299.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-826.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-605.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1266.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-2462.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-2367.jpg)
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turbo is a KKK k27 on a to4 foot , external wastegate.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1543.jpg)
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(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/donsupercharged/photo-1486.jpg)
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thats about were she is at.. i keep em drivable and have been enjoying the odd cruise in brisabane. cant wait for some real power but!
im going a water to air inter cooler.
also yet to be fitted is a t5 and xceedy 110u clutch..i like manuals.
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Hi Don, love your Corty. I have been following the respray on xfalc, your car looks the goods with those rims. How did the boot turn out? I tried to do the same boot floor in my TD but got about half way through that and mini tubs before I lost motivation and sold it! Now I just have the TC!
Can't wait to see it with the turbo on it!
Pete
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wow.
still trying to pick my chin up off the floor. the head looks awesome. great work
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thanks guys, i glad to be in the corty forums now.
im glad yous like the wheels, i had em custom done for this car and waited 6 months for em. im a big fan of the ford globe wheels and this is almost the same as genuine but these are 4" fronts.
Pete's referring to a panel that lifts up to give access to the fuel system in the boot. The panel just lifts up Pete. it works fine! but i haven't fitted the fuel system and surge tank in yet as you would know i decided to get the ute out of the way ( that build is almost finished now) and im about get back into this one and it will be finished in here now!
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fark, alot of hours there. looks awesome. looks like a colour which is impossible to get a true representation of what it looks like with a photograph.
did you do it all yourself?
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Yes, I do all my own work from engine building,suspension, metal polishing, bodywork and spraypaint. and whilst I do enjoy this stuff, I wish there was some young guys who could help just occasionally.(that's how I learnt most things..finding a mentor and listening and learning as much as possible)
It's another reason why I have bought the build to a dedicated cortina forum. To be with guys who know cortys!
With this car I've decided to go the turbo route to continue learning and the carb route will allow me to bolt down easily on other motors in the future..possibly back to v8s one day , but a good 6cyl corty turbo looks to be able to go almost anything. So perhaps just finding a good barra motor or ohc motor could be the next step. (using a carby manifold and programable msd ignition)
There's still some way to go but..
ATM I'm actualy looking more at the interior on it as I drive it regularly, I want basket weave seats like the tc cortys had (xygt also), it fits well with the globes and muscle car looks, so if anybody knows or has basket weave seats , or cool interior stuff in black get in touch with me.
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Just some updates,
I used the car again for last year as my daily, never got hasseled despite it having front runners, scoop and dirty big drop tank.
It allowed me to concentrate on other cars.
The TD is back in my garage now and im droping out the front end to do a bush overhaul, tie rods and ball joints.
(It allready had springs and shocks)
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oh, also have a new motor for it. Staying 6cyl but 4.0 litre with 12 counterweight crank.
Will continue with my crossflow however as thats the motor i plan to learn my new set up on.
Other parts the car has now is a 1000hp water2air intercooler system comprising of 2 set ups, street set up has a alloy radiator and pump, track set up is ice box (that will be mounted in boot). The W2A is planned to fitted once the heater box is removed.
The project is slow going but i love my TD.