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My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:16 pm
by beshy642
hi guys heres my new rs2000 4 door auto thought id throw some pics up just picked her up needs a clean before anything

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:17 pm
by beshy642
and couple more

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:18 pm
by beshy642
sorry bout the crappy pics will give a clean up tommorow and put up some better ones

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:21 pm
by Matt1975
Looks like a good one.

What are the plans?

Cheers

Matt

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:10 am
by beshy642
First off give her a good clean and take it back to original colour "burnt orange" I'd like to keep the auto try and keep it original but gotta find out how much power the lil auto can take before I get to excited engine wise I have a sierra 5 speed in the shed that would fit nicely though

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:57 pm
by Jimmy Hiddlestone
good to see another more door RS rescued. Try digging up a copy of David Vizards book "How to modify Ford SOHC engines" - has a section on building C3 auto for high output engine

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:18 pm
by beshy642
thanks jimmy il be sure to chase it up

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:36 pm
by Lightning_Boy
Wow, such a rare car. Congratulations. I hope you're inclined to make it as stock as possible, as it would be much more interesting to enthusiasts and valuable like that. If it were mine I'd probably put in a 134 cam and some head work to up the torque to compensate for the auto transmission.

A note regarding the Vizard book. The chapter on the auto trans is titled "Building a C3 Automatic Transmission", but as best I can tell from lightly skimming through it, every other reference is to C4. There are photos showing some of the differences between the parts used in the "4 cylinder applications" and the V-8s.

Good luck with it.

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:40 pm
by beshy642
yeh gonna try to keep it as stock as possible besides engine internals just downloaded the vizard book says the c3 is rated to about 170bhp wich isnt to bad so i guess itl be a see how it goes experiment haha

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:27 pm
by beshy642
guys could someone post some pics of an rs2000 interior mainly door cards im pretty sure mine arnt genuine ;(

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:49 am
by teeg
Whats your email address, I can send you some photo's of door cards.

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:30 pm
by beshy642
Thanks mate it's beshy642@live.com.au

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:33 am
by whooligan
Good to see the car has found a new owner.

I looked at this car a few years ago, but the owner at the time wanted big dollars for it.

The auto will make a good little run around. I have a few left over RS2000 parts if you need bits to finish it.

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:24 am
by beshy642
Thanks glen must thank you for putting me onto it.. Il try and get as much out of the engine and auto as I can so it can back itself at the lights haha

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:41 pm
by beshy642
ok guys its starting to get some where heres a few updated pics of the rs

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:43 pm
by beshy642
few more

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:45 pm
by beshy642
and heres a few of my old mans monza red rs2000 coupe picked it up from the panel beaters last week

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:51 pm
by beshy642
ok guys heres a few more all the rust has bein fixed rear panel has bein replaced and remade the fueler behind the number plate... has bein sprayed in primer atm and all sound deadning is done
was hopeing id have it done before christmas so i can start putting it back together over chrissy hols nut unfortunatly not :/

Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:52 pm
by beshy642
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Re: My mk2 rs2000 AUTO

PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:06 am
by Darren W.
Wow, great work and effort!
My projects are nearing fifteen years and you would not be able to tell what I've done :oops: