My silver RS2 Project

[newsh]

HNY Dave, great progress!
Oil cooler duct will be in the post tomorrow.

[Ian Simmonds]

Happy new year too Dave. Look forward to popping in, in 2025.

[Tractor Dave]

Kit kindly sent me a pic of his engine bay so I was able to correctly route the unusual rs2 specific pipe in the correct way. I've got most of the coolant pipes re fitted now.

I got the injector rail fitted. As I suspected, fuel pipes will need some work to get them to fit.




I also re fitted the gear linkage. I can get all gears except reverse but have no clutch as yet. It might need a tweak. The gearbox end joints got plenty of rubber grease.



Happy new year everyone. I hope you are enjoying the thread. Smiley face.


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[Tractor Dave]

Thanks Rob. I did search high and low for those but somehow missed that.

[GT500]

Get some of these.

[4WDrifter]

Frig Dave, your ingenuity knows no bounds!! Fabulous fabrication!!

[Tractor Dave]

I couldn't find a new gasket for the wastegate in the UK and refuse to pay nearly £50 for one from Europe.
My old one is toast.


I have some exhaust gasket material from another project.

And got to work.


I did a test fit on an old wastegate. It won't win any prizes for looks but it should work fine.



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[Tractor Dave]

Thanks John

[newsh]

I think I have a cooler shroud you could copy. I've been saving up parts to replace the missing rusty mess, couldn't find it just now but it's probably in a black bin liner with the oily cooler and pipes somewhere up the back of the “cave”. I'll try and have a look tomorrow, being an RS2 it would be good to get it back mostly stock.

[Tractor Dave]

Yes. Might have to ditch the aux rad and put the oil cooler there.

Just tinkering really. Still not 100% so only doing an hour or two each day.

Discovered that I should have put the pas pipes in before the engine. Still, a bit more difficult but got there in the end. Pic taken whilst in progress. Not final route.



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[Ian Simmonds]

I need 26 here or dimensions. Thanks



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Oh, gosh, good luck. Our S2 dissolved that about a decade ago.

[rxl]

I started re fitting a few bits in the engine bay yesterday. I made a new short piece for the coolant hose and got it fitted with new Norma stainless clips.


Then I went to get the next hose and remembered that the RS2 uses a different hose. Doh!


So before I tighten this up, could someone with an RS2 confirm the route this hose takes to the bottom of the coolant reservoir?
Also did a few other little jobs like tightening up the crank bolt to 450nm. Big boys toys required for that.








Then I went to fit my nice new shiny oil cooler. I however hit another problem. I don't seem to have the shroud. They normally rot out so I'm not surprised. Has anyone either got a good one for sale or one they could take measurements from so I can re make one?


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yes it does

[david1980]

Sal_s2 on here is breaking a s2 so might have it

[Tractor Dave]

I need 26 here or dimensions. Thanks



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[Tractor Dave]

And a few bits got cleaned and painted in zinc.




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