ford fiesta rs turbo, small update 3/1/11

[Ebonycossie4x4]

Dont get too disheartened mate... My story is far worse and ive just bought another cossie... You just need to be carefull who you use. I only use people recommended to me now.

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[Dan16v]

Dont let a bit of welding get you down mate, just get it done properly, learn from who you use to do the work for you, crack on with it and get it done for summer

Looks really well on the cossie wheels too

[andy130]

cheers for the commetsthink i might have a shell for it now black aswel
and build that one up some time again just waxoil the whole car now tho

[Raj_FRST]

Dont get dis heartened, get it sorted mate!!! If i can help give me a shout

[ram]

just cut out his shit welding and get someone proper to do it, not the end of the world mate

hope you didnt pay him, or at least not in full when you picked it up, ppl like that dont deserve to be in the trade

[murfs frst]

as above cut it out and start again,not wort chucking in the towel when you have gone so far with it,keep up the good work

[jacko]

i could put it right no bother

[R5COS]

be a shame not to finish it mate it looks nice on the cossie wheels, who was doing the welding for you, id give him a slap who ever he was....lol

[andy130]

ok iv have been talking to a boy about it and he said he would give me a hand fitting and welding the sills and floorso its being rebuilt again thanks for all the helpjacko if i lived near u u would be the only person doing my work i need a gas mig welder because my mig is gasless 130amp be ok for doing sills?
cheers andy

[Glenn.]

Its only a bit of rot.Just crack on and get it done.

[andy130]

ok time for update
having been doing much to the shell in the last few weeks just putting the loom in new clips for it ect


got new 35mm spax springs got a set of konis from just affords
things iv got coming
sticker from engine bay
2 new wishbones(gen)
new bearings
new drop links
timing kit and water pump and oil cap
back arb bushes
thats all i can think of
a year later and the gear box is painted lol


and a few pics of engine mock up with gearbox


painted the bar for the brakes and the hubs



few pics of engine bay when it came back from the painter


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what do you's think of my flushed bumper?

heres the welding






the sill it self



got the drives back together


started putting the seats and carpet back in
before


after


got all the bolts nuts and a few pipes dipped


give her a good clean aswel





just need the head done and a engine mount
thats it for now commets welcome
cheers andy

[murfs frst]

very nice mate,what part of ireland are u from

[J1mbo]

cracking project mate flushed bumper looks good too ! do the back one to match

keep the updates coming too

[Zetecfiesta]

looking good!

[andy130]

cheers for commets guys
murfs am from donegal?
hope to have the fiesta on four wheels this weekend
waiting on a few parts and then she'll be going
thinking about a carbon roof and bonnet and a few other things
cheers andy

[andy130]

update
been busy the few weeks looking for parts and waiting on things back from been blasted.
been busy buying aswel
heres some pics
heat wrap down pipe

fitted arb bushs


things i painted





fitted a few more parts to the bottom endoh hada take gasket back off cause it was all cracked


timing kit,water pump.

oh got my head back aswel
just need to fit it and learn how to time it


mock up


need to fit this aswel

fought i better get some thing to clean the car with it gets going lol


and more stuff

thats it for now commets welcome as always
cheers andy

[andy130]

wel iv been busy again
fitted gearbox


new fuel filter

when the car came with this it look shitso after some filling,sanding,paint it looks better now

got gasket fitted all back together


shafts all in



oh and got my konis back ones are w**ked fronts seam good
just gotta fit my 60mm springs
them fitted


ok time to fit the bottomendstarted at 12.first thing was to get the bottom end down to cartryed about six f*cking times trying to it in no go so fought fuck it out the gearboxit was half two and still hadnt the the bottomend and gearbox bolted togther(it was raining)
wel came three and the i had the engine and box ini then put the gasket on aswel as the head,turbo,inletnever ever doing that again
hope u like the pics




just a few pics of the car aswel




it was saturday when i put the engine in
il update on saturday again should have more money for parts then
cheers andy

[ram]

looking great

[rst-g]

your getting there fella keep it up!!!!!

[andy130]

that time again, just been waiting on dam parts to come,
clean seats,dash,carpet ect




then started the out side





what a mess of wires



some of u may have seen posts from me aasking why my frst not starting,no power to pump,wel it was the starter it self that broke,the pump just stopedso am waiting on the stater back
oh got these off ebay

got my cossie pump fitted and painted the tank aswel
il get more pics after awile
thanks

[andy130]

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[redfrst]

looking good mate

[Brian]

Looking good mate


Brian

[rst-g]

lookin good mate

[andy130]

cheers guys
a broken bumper fixed now

one moved wing


oh made a pod for my turbo smart


my heat wrap dont like the road

just pics of how she looks now







will update later thanks

[marky_g]

excellent wheel choice mate...........lose the gay valve tho

[PAULDOLMAN]

all looking good, well done

[CRAIG HAYTER]

looking really good Andy you got a nice finish on the painted bits

[andy130]

ok after the sump gasket shit it self i pulled it apart again out the gear box,crank seal, used payen gasket, got it all back together yday what a pain to get the gearbox back in then off with the sump super glued the gasket to it sealent on half moons, leave to dry then fitted it, time to get the new turbo on 2mins and thats it next thing drives all in bolt it all up, left it at that today i started the brake pipes asy to do but hard to make it look neat at the same time,tidy them the morrow, hope il get it running the morrow aswel, got a set of wheels matt fezs old wheelsil let the pics to the talking now






the pod nearly there,


these little dudes dont help me much

painted the hubs red

il upload the rest of the pics, thanks for the commets guys
thanks andy

[andy130]

well been a will been busy with work ect not had much time for the RS but i made time, first off i got new wheels big thanks to matt fez, must of u mite have seen my post the turbo started smoking again then it was fix or break time then seen a cheap t3 for sale so fuck it il have another go, all i need then was brakes got a fiesta m/c but it was shit soescort mk5 one come up so got it cut the 20mm of it welded it cut fab the brackets a bit but then i seach and found a post where some1 said the ladden thing at the back should be removed to inprove the braking asked the boss for the lift the day to put new brake lines in got that done in the mornso i ust need to bleed them the morrow now, now when i had it on the lift the day i could see rust starting herte and there,so now am striping it next sunday am going to make a spit for doing the under side, so new bushes, new engine t3,grs intercooler rad,am going to make rose jointed bottom arms, new bearings ect ect, cant wait to get stuck inpics to follow thanks andy

[andy130]

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after abit more cleaning

still wasnt happy so pull a few things apart

oh got this just need the loom for it now


painted bumper to find its the wrong colour



cheers andy

[PAULDOLMAN]

wheels look great but are'nt they the wrong offset for your fiesta, i think the ones you've got have the cossie offsett which is different to the frst offset, as i've have the same wheels as u but mine are the correct offset

[jonny s2]

looks great on them wheels matey,keep it up

[james kiely]

cars coming together very nicely andy


cheers james

[andy130]

well had the car out for a run yday and blue smoke started coming out of the breather on boost really bad so asked sitech racing(very help full) told me its the rings thats causing it so after beening told when buying it it had new ringsffs pissed off big time, so now am going to strip the whole car down sand blast the floor repaint engine bay, inside aswel ect
so after i type this am going on ebay to look for a zetec bottom end, thanks
for the commets guyspaul yes i think they are cosworth off set they rub a bit on the front,
thanks andy

[PAULDOLMAN]

Originally Posted by andy130

well had the car out for a run yday and blue smoke started coming out of the breather on boost really bad so asked sitech racing(very help full) told me its the rings thats causing it so after beening told when buying it it had new ringsffs pissed off big time, so now am going to strip the whole car down sand blast the floor repaint engine bay, inside aswel ect
so after i type this am going on ebay to look for a zetec bottom end, thanks
for the commets guyspaul yes i think they are cosworth off set they rub a bit on the front,
thanks andy

andy i did'nt mean anything by the comment i left above was just pointing it out, i think apart from your rubbing issue it just won't handle as well coz of the offsett issue

[Raj_FRST]

hoo hoo bring on the zvh
I bolting mine back together in a few weeks, just got my new triple layer sitech head gasket and sitech headbolts, very well prices and they are reusable, I would recommend them mate

[gup]

on your breather setup i had a small one valve on mine this could be why your cars smoking as your sucking up a oil mist

[andy130]

Originally Posted by PAULDOLMAN

andy i did'nt mean anything by the comment i left above was just pointing it out, i think apart from your rubbing issue it just won't handle as well coz of the offsett issue

sorry paul dont to be checky, mine isnt to bad with them like, whats your steering like?

[andy130]

Originally Posted by gup

on your breather setup i had a small one valve on mine this could be why your cars smoking as your sucking up a oil mist

sorry mate i dont understand u?