My Mk2

[Miniliteman]

Hi,
don't think I posted some photos of my car before so here it is!
Car is a '79 RS2000 restored/rebuild with Roger Clark's Manx 1981 MCD car in mind.
Strengthened shell, Safety Devices rollcage, homemade loom, FIA kill-switch, battery in boot.
OMP seats, Sabelt harness, alloy 45 litre fuel tank, twin Facet pumps.
Leda struts with Koni inserts, tensionstruts with 5/8" Gartrac ARB, rollertopmounts, WCXM, quick rack.
Single leaf springs, Bilsteins, 4.1 diff with LSD.
Mag Minilites (8Jx13 and 9Jx13 for the road, up to 11.5Jx13 for sprints/slalom)
BDE spec engine, 1790 cc, twin 45's, Tony Law exhaust, Lumenition ignition, Quaife SCCR gearbox, Tilton clutch.

Within the next weeks I will be fitting another (now 4-bolt) head and camcarrier with different cams, and an AP radial brake setup on the front.

Regards, Leon.

[Gary P.]

VERY VERY nice Leon. Thank you for sharing with us. Any more pictures???

[dingo_boy]

Very nice looking vehicle Leon, is this the engine you were originally looking at putting 50DCOEs on? (trying to locate a manifold from memory). Are you planning on doing a few tarmac events in it?
Cheers
Justin

[bmw02rally]

Stunning mate....I remember Clark's MCD car well as the BBC program 'In the Deep End' profiled Chris Serle navigating for him on the RAC rally...

Mark

[gen mk 1rs2000]

leon it realy looks "the dogs bollocks" as they say !!
i am interested in the heat sheilding you have on the extractors
any closer pics ??

[Roger Miller]

Where have you been hiding that ?

First time Ive seen it.

[Neville Bertwistle]

Awesome Leon. How many more like that hiding in your part of the world

[escortmk1600gt]

Nice and it's the right colour

[Miniliteman]

Thanks all for your comments!

Although the car is almost (FIA seats, harness, fire-extinguisher gear, intercom) ready to do events I am happy to just use it on the backroads over here. It isn't a concours car either, I clean/wash it every 2 years or less ...
The heatshielding on the extractors are exhaust jackets from thermotec (bought from Demon Tweeks in the UK).
(link : )
First time you start the engine with that stuff around the manifold it smells like the whole car is going to burn to the ground ...
The engine was a F2 spec BDE used in a single seater I believe.
Detuned it (smaller carbs, fast road cams), and generally rebuild it.
It has DFV pistons and getting new rings for them was a nightmare; in the end Andy Burton supplied me some genuine Cosworth items.
Photo is from the centre console: it has aircraft spec resetable fuses. I rewired it all and the normal fuses are now the bottom row of fuses.

Lots of people here are restoring a Mk1 or Mk2 most of them have a Kent, Pinto or a Zetec under the bonnet.

The manifold I was after was for the rally car of a good mate. We eventually made our own exhaust manifold from universal Powersprint bends and ends. Will post an in-car videolink of that car in the Video section.

Regards, Leon.

[Darren W.]

Ditto what Gary P. said, plus a 'I'm impressed' as well. Very clean car, great colour and an even better choice of cosworth.

[Miniliteman]

[Darren W.]

(one for each bolt)

P.S. I'll have your old one if you don't want it!

[jsa]

Leon,

I always thought BD's were pentroof not hemi style ?

[Miniliteman]

Hi John,

BD's are a pentroof design, maybe pentroof with 'rounded edges'.
The valves are parallel to eachother so it cannot be a Hemi.

Leon.

[maxrs]

That would put a horn on a jellyfish.
Fantastic work.
It should be a ripsnorta to drive.

[jsa]