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(Message started by: Daniel on May 26^th, 2012, 7:37pm)

Title: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on May 26^th, 2012, 7:37pm

Hi all
Hope matt dont mind but just been looking at the original show us you r scorpio thread and thought some of you might have upgraded or changed scorpios so thought id start a new one ;D plus it would be nice to have a nose at some :D I will put some of my scorpio tomorrow after a good wash and wax so feel free to start.
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Tompion on May 26^th, 2012, 10:39pm

http://i.imgur.com/0uBjOmU.jpg

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Mike H on May 28^th, 2012, 6:30pm

Ah the igloo variation ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on May 28^th, 2012, 7:41pm

Very rare ive heard ;D although i have seen a few but only when it snows ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Matt on May 28^th, 2012, 7:44pm

got the rare rs 4x2 alloys to, they the 16 or 17 inch version

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Tompion on May 28^th, 2012, 10:22pm

on 05/28/12 at 19:44:17, Matt wrote:

got the rare rs 4x2 alloys to, they the 16 or 17 inch version

You saying that I had to go & check I was right, they’re 15’s - a trick of the camera/light the tyres don’t look as fat as 15’s.
The 12 spokes are back on now.

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 9^th, 2012, 6:53pm

Right here is our 24v. Different aint it ;D Now i know at least 1 of you aint keen on it but im sure you find out who if he makes a post on here :-X ;D Let me know what you think good or bad. 89K miles Mot passed on 5th may 2012 with 1 only one advisery front pass tyre close to legal limit. ;D I have got bigger photos but wasnt sure if i was allowed to use them 8)

On Drive
http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/cosworthdan19/NewImage21.jpg

Inside after quick wipe over :)
http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/cosworthdan19/NewImage3.jpg

Engine before clean It had all dirt baked in so i got the autosol out had got scrubbing. :-[ http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/cosworthdan19/Engine2.jpg
http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/cosworthdan19/Engine.jpg
And After first clean many more needed i know but im pleased with this after 1 ;D
http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/cosworthdan19/NewImage.jpg

So what do you think thums up or down ;D
Lets see your scorpio on here id love to see whos got what. :)
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 9^th, 2012, 8:48pm

??? sorry about photo sizes ???

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Simmo on Jun 9^th, 2012, 8:58pm

on 06/09/12 at 20:48:39, Daniel wrote:

??? sorry about photo sizes ???

The size needs to be 640/480 and these seem well within that limit. The 'rules' are at the end of the post in How to do Things entitled 'Pictures in Posts'.
It is not wise to offend 'Snoopy' !!. ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 9^th, 2012, 9:05pm

lol ;D ok fixed thanks mate.

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by rich1 on Jun 9^th, 2012, 9:52pm

What happened to the front? Looks like it's melted

8)

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by lesterlad aka Rodders on Jun 10^th, 2012, 1:57am

on 06/09/12 at 21:52:54, rich1 wrote:

What happened to the front? Looks like it's melted

8)

24v innit......If ya go too fast the flux capacitor kicks in and the air pressure redesigns them. ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by adam on Jun 10^th, 2012, 2:28am

Dan,
The Autosol has done a nice job. 8)
It has a passing resemblance to a Mondeo's grille.
I wouldn't park it near sand though, the cats will try to bury it ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 10^th, 2012, 9:54am

::) Ok guys you will make me cry :'( ;D Yeah thanks Adam i am happy with how the autosol has worked. As for the front we are going to get a new grill dont like the one on it me and matt were looking at it and we dont think it is from a mondeo just based on the shape. It has mg zr/rover 45 lights WORK DONE BY BODYWORK COMPANY IN WALES. PREVIOUS OWNER NOT US!! He didnt like the front so he changed it. We just brought it because we havnt owned a 24v yet and this one was going cheap with 12months MOT and half the miles of our last one. It doesnt look too bad looks more modern (although today that might not be a good thing). Oh and adam was the 1 i knew about who didnt like it ;D Hoping to attend some shows soon so hopefully see some of you there.
Dan

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by leewar on Jun 10^th, 2012, 3:28pm

Looks like a renault grill to me.

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Matt on Jun 10^th, 2012, 3:40pm

i dont think the grill is off anything, looks like heavey duty plastic coated mesh, with some chrome detailing, theres no 'backing' to it so doubt it been robbed off another car.

You really need to see the car in the flesh, its like the standard car, looks really good in most angles but some its a bit awkard

Personally i like it but it doesnt matter what we think, so long as Dan and family are happy with it thats all that matters ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Jeff on Jun 10^th, 2012, 7:19pm

You asked for opinions...here's mine. Ahem.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the standard frog eye cheshire cat grin of the Scorp, so for that reason I'm out.

Bloody good effort nevertheless, and I lurve that inlet manifold. Autosol you say? Applied with what...brush, cloth, wire wool..???
More info please. Going to have a go at posting a picture but my patience is thin if it's not simply a drag and drop, so don't hold your breath. When we get computers in the future all this will be soooo easy.http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/YaBBImages/angry.gif
And I've got an iMac, that's supposed to be even easierer. We'll see.http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/YaBBImages/huh.gif

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Jeff on Jun 10^th, 2012, 7:20pm

There see, even the icon things didn't work. Kin ell.

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 10^th, 2012, 8:47pm

Jeff mate ive PM'd you with info a bit long to put on here
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by shaun on Jun 10^th, 2012, 11:14pm

looks good m8 8) 8)

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Baz on Jun 10^th, 2012, 11:16pm

Daniel.....

Don't change the front. I think it looks brilliant. I would have been tempted (for a nonosecond) to flog my S Class and buy it!!!

Seriously though, I personally have never really been keen on the pre-facelift Scorpio and having owned a load of S Reg Facelift 24v's over the years I always liked the later look.... Yours take the facelift to the next level

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Jonnycab on Jun 11^th, 2012, 12:43am

on 06/09/12 at 21:52:54, rich1 wrote:

What happened to the front? Looks like it's melted

8)

Looks like a possible Australian version of the Scorp ;)

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 11^th, 2012, 8:02am

Thanks baz and everyone for comments good to know what peoples opinion is.
Jonncab i never thought of it like that but looking at it i suppose it does :)
Thaks again guys
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Matt on Jun 11^th, 2012, 9:04am

that would be a falcon then ;)

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Mike H on Jun 11^th, 2012, 12:19pm

FWIW I like it. ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 18^th, 2012, 1:52pm

Hi all
I am going to slow down with the number of posts i make because i am on just over 200 already :-[
Thought id add this picture of the engines 2nd clean really pleased with how its turned out a LOT of hard work but its well worth it when they turn out like this ;D

Before clean :-[ http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/cosworthdan19/Engine.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/cosworthdan19/Engine2.jpg

After ;D
http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd433/cosworthdan19/Engine2-1.jpg
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Baz on Jun 18^th, 2012, 3:07pm

Daniel.....I think you need to paint your nuts.....(No pun intended) ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Mike H on Jun 18^th, 2012, 3:46pm

Maybe some nice stainless acorn ones

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 18^th, 2012, 4:08pm

;D ;D ;D Ok Baz thanks for that :D
Didnt know you could get them
They do look a bit nasty now dont they because the engine is cleaner.
Where would i get them from?
And What size are they 10mm? M6? ???
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Mike H on Jun 19^th, 2012, 5:50pm

10mm I think. eBay? Maybe shawstainless

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Jeff on Jun 19^th, 2012, 8:36pm

Careful!
Nuts and bolts are measured 'across flats' and that is the spanner size required.
But the thread size is much smaller: for these nuts on the inlet manifold cover that we are considering here, they are 10mm A/F, which is an M6 bolt (or in this case, a stud).
So don't go and buy a handful of M10 nuts. I think it would be immediately obvious you had the wrong size if you did...as these are 17mm A/F.

It's all written down and fixed and ever more shall be so. If you need to look the sizes up, get yourself a set of Zeus tables, a little pocket sized booklet full of wonderful engineering wonderfulness. Or go mad and invest in Machinery's Handbook...haha if it's still published....oh and don't forget we had it sorted here in Blighty with a perfectly functioning imperial set of standards using 1/16ths - 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8 and so on (as you will see in your socket set) and this was fine until we lost it completely and went metric. Then the trouble started.
See where my signature tag below comes from? Don't get me started......:-)

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 19^th, 2012, 9:48pm

;D thanks jeff ;D
I think they are 10mm M6 thread
Bag of 10 for £1.47 i think from b&q but im going to take one off in the car park and compare them before i buy. Found them in my dads various tradepoint/screwfix books being a property maintenance man there are loads in the cupboard ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Jeff on Jun 19^th, 2012, 10:57pm

Yes, you are quite right, but don't refer to them as 10mm - that's only the spanner (A/F) size. It's M6 nuts you need, and I would try and get stainless steel if you can. Or if you really want to go mad, see if you can get titanium ones. The key to my Nissan 300ZX is titanium.
So that's good then, innit :P

Oh and by the way, got me a tube of Autosol today.....

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Mike H on Jun 20^th, 2012, 1:15pm

I meant of course 10mm A/F (across flats), that'd be 6mm thread then. ;D

Title: Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
Post by Daniel on Jun 20^th, 2012, 1:55pm

Nice one Jeff for getting your Autosol good luck with it mate (got your wire wool?) ;D Let me know how you get on. I took some photos before and after so you can see the real difference if youve got a camera that is ;) I might try some titanium ones but if they are too much i will just get stainless.
Dan ;D