You may hate me but.... S2 conversion.. any help etc

[the chef]

Well I now own a 12" Spal cooling fan. It is the blower type and will sit infront of the S2 Rad as there is much more room for it there. I have a slight problem with the expansion bottles run off hose, it is bent at a very tight angle against the washer bottle. I may have to move the fitting bracket from the cars front leg so the rad sits angled slightly to the front and frees up the hose. Although I do wonder if the RR water bottle or rad is different in some way?? Any ideas?

[Gazjen]

What engine have you used?

[the chef]

It is a 3B engine from a '91 S2.

[Damo M]

Ive just put a stroked 2.55L 20v with 6 speed box in my '86 WR. Tubular exhaust, wagner intake etc etc. Goes well!!

[Gazjen]

How come your having to mess with the rad then? have you used a different inlet manifold?

[the chef]

No, I just seem to have a very slight angle on the rad as its fixed into the bracket on the leg and the expansion top hose is very close to the washer bottle that it has a bend in it that will restrict its water flow.
I ideally need to make sure its straight across the bay and it will then clear the bottle. I may just have a teething' problem but I did wonder if the WR washer bottle was bigger than the RR one?

[the chef]

Well today I finished cleaning and polishing the leather seats, as we are moving house soon I have fitted them for safe keeping and think they look ok. I am looking for matching or similar door cards next.







The pics dont really do them justice as the look quite patchy but I am pleased with them... Its only been 4 years since I bought them!

[JimH]

I think you need leather door cards from about an '83 car to match those. I think those seats only came on the earlier brown dash models, which may mean that the door tops / pockets were brown?

[the chef]

Thanks Jim,
They are a bit of an oddity, as the passenger side has the tilt adjuster on the door side and the driver one has it on the tunnel side. Yet they appear not to be two passenger seats.

[Chewy]

The rear seats look nice, the front seats just look abit faded. I too have this interior in my 85wr. I managed to buy the whole interior with door cards. The leather in mine does look black, but the top and bottom of door card is a dark brown.