Anglia Project

The torque dampers are actually just glorified rubber mounts. I too thought originally that they may be some kind of fluid damper.

The piston inside has a circular disc on the end, and either side of that is a thick rubber disc, of similar type of rubber to that of a standard engine mount.

I'll have to pop the starter motor back on now it's fully supported and get another video to show the movement on the engine, and then can compare it to the previous video when it was supported just front and back.
 
I thought it about time some control was brought to this project!

So, first off, how about some engine control, with the beginning of some of the multitude of wiring? I'm stripping out wiring for any systems that were present on the Galant, and won't be on the Anglia.

So, that means removing: ABS, ASC, AYC, SRS, TCL and Automatic Gearbox ECU.

After starting with the engine and ECU looms, and re-routing, we're currently set up as such:



Before going too much further with the wiring under the dash, a small amount of adjustment is required to fit the water manifold to the back of the engine. Firstly we had to trim down the top of the gearbox casing.



And in order to run the coolant hoses to the front, a small amount from the bulkhead.



Next on the agenda is some way of telling the car where to go, so... one Mitsubishi steering column and wheel :)



With the ability to steer, I think the ability to move and stop might be the next logical step.

Before:


After:


The clutch/brake pedals are an old set of dual controls which were removed from another car, and the accelerator is from the 200SX.

Now that the steering and pedals are done, the bit of floor that had been hacked about to previously fit the Escort steering column was then replaced with a nice fresh bit of steel.

 
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Yeah pretty much all the new stuff we're putting in is Zintec :)

Those He-Man pedals are nicely built, and they're very adjustable, which is great because of the limited space for traditional master cylinders and locations.
 
The biggest issue we've been worrying about is how we're going to fit the turbos. They won't fit in their standard locations. We decided to bite the bullet, and try to come up with a solution.

We took a trip to our local engineering firm again with a rear turbo, and a sheet of steel, and came back with a set of flanges:



One of the flanges bolted to the rear manifold:



A small bit of nice thick pipe (Mitsubishi L200 rear bumper bar):



And one turbo in place:



Now to rinse and repeat for the other side:



Next step is the downpipes, so out with a nice bit of stainless steel rear bumper bar, marked out, cut and welded into place:




Once we'd marked up where the downpipe would fit, we extended the hole in the flange to incorporate the wastegate before welding it all together.


Well... that wasn't as bad as we expected - only a day to mount two turbos and one exhaust downpipe. So, yes, we have blown it now! ;)
 
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