MK3 fiesta project - 2.1 zetec turbo - 358bhp-365ftlb for now

[crazycage]

some work gone into this mate.

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[johnenright150rst]

just read from start to finish..... fuck me you have ploughed some hours and cash into that!!
gonna be a stunner mate fair play, love the colour and the attention to detail!!

[RS_Rob]

thanks for the comments


well its time to take the fiesta off the car spit,
so the next idea





should bring the car down to a better level to be painted, plus easy to move around!





all new bits to change over to manual clutch rachet adjustment
should help with the 4-paddle clutch





as my plans have grown for the engine, which has been all built up ready ages ago at ian howells
i'm going for one of his inlet manifolds, pectel t2 ford motorsport ecu, also ian has played around with my new turbo aswell

so with the new plans a better map sensor is needed,
so gone for a new cossie 3bar map sensor

[rob_pandy]

looks good mate

[Mint FRST]

Originally Posted by RS_Rob

i've got a brand new FRST bonnet to go on

Good man! Keep up the good work

[RS_Rob]

heres the fiesta on her new wheels ready for a final prep





when the rear spit was extended to bolt inside the rear chassis legs from the rear panel
two holes were cut, so welded a plate and sealed up





engine bay after being prepped with various grade sanding discs






andrew finishing off the final prep





in the spray booth after all dust being blown off and masking from inside began






even the sunroof is done from inside to make sure everything gets good coverage





here she is ready for the morning, where she'll have a few tack rags before the final wet primer will be applied
the floor underneath has been covered up to stop overspray aswell





a closer look at leaving the outer side of the sill out for painting

[Twins]

Whats the green rs having done

[Glenn.]

Top work mate.Cant wait to see it all built up.

[Portugal]

perfection!

[Minirotty]

Originally Posted by Twins

Whats the green rs having done

I don't think thats an RS you can see.

[Zetecfiesta]

absolutley awsome work, been reading this thread most the day and the work and the time thats gone into it is amazing i cant wait to see it all built back up again!

[RS_Rob]

Originally Posted by Twins

Whats the green rs having done

its a mazda 2 you can see in the funky green
we do have two RS's on site though

[RS_Rob]

ok some pictures i've been looking forward to taking for quite some time,
it finally looks worth all the hard work, NO REGRETS


heres the combination mix for ferrari rosso corsa red before it gets stirred





it was painted with base and one coat of laquer then baked, then hand flatted back before having another two coats of laquer

a massive thanks to the paint team in work, as they did the final prep and adrian did the paintwork today!
they've really outdone themselves today in my eyes

i'll leave the picture say the rest













the engine bay really does it for me

[zetaboostboy522bhp]

wow , that looks shit hot , even though we build engines and make everything race inspired , painting a car is still my favourite part of any build , how it transforms a rusty old car into something total different with just a bit of prep and paint

brilliant


cheers paul

soz mate forgot to reply about the harness , no i havent got one you could borrow mate but i would of lent you one if i had .
my harness was fine on the dyno anyway as harvey looks after stuff like that as iam sure he wouldnt want you to say he damaged it. are you still wanting a harness ?
what power you after then

[RS_Rob]

cheers paul,
i'll give you a ring sometime this week mate

[RS_Rob]

time to start rebuilding,

looking at the fiesta turbo steering rack one of the tie rods, seemed very loose
so bought a new kit for both sides,

old





new





while changing them i scotched the main body and gave it a few coats of satin matt black
fitted in the bay, happy with the finish





last weekend i went to see my engine builder, area six / ian howell
the main reason was to have my fuel pump uprated
so ian has installed a pump from an evo, rated between 450-500bhp (not that i'll ever be that powerfull)

new pump on the left, to be fitted to the standard 1600 zetec fuel sender/pump unit on the right





brought my skimmed flywheel home, as it wont be used on the harvey gibbs engine dyno





got myself a new fuel pressure reg from ian aswell





also my engine was there with the old cam cover on
aswell as a new sump with oil return on the back for the planned oil breather setup






my new t38

[andy130]

holy fuck wise i work at ford lol, car looks great mate,

[RS_Rob]

thanks andy

[GaryHurn]

awesome rob cant wait to see it finished

[rs_traynor]

cant wait to see the finished product

blue fiesta is really nice mate

[RS_Rob]

thanks for the comments!
should be more updates this week

[Fordmad!]

I could only dream of doing this to mine!!

Top top work!!!

[RS_Rob]

ok thought it was time to catch up with the progress

to finish off the steering i bought some new track rod ends





also had to clean some the hubs where the powder coating is'nt supposed to be,
with a purple scotch wheel it was'nt too much of a problem





which allowed me to fit the coilovers to the hubs





and on the car





been buying some gauges as its the perfect time to fit the sensors to the engine
the oil temp sensor is either to be fitted to the sump or sump plug





act sensor from R&B motorsport to help me keep an eye on the inlet temps
the new inlet manifold will be drilled and tapped to take the sensor for this

[rob_pandy]

about time

[RS_Rob]

been spraying with satin matt black again

suspension tops




metal bracket that goes around the heater pipes in the engine bay




also put the rear windows together with all the new fixings




the old man finished making my rear hub spacers, so i filed all the edges then
(before on the left, after filing on the right)
after scotching them up, they had a coat of laquer to stop them looking grotty after time




got the rear beam / suspension / brakes together and bolted on the car
although i have two arb brackets on the wrong way around

[RS_Rob]

Originally Posted by rob_pandy

about time

cheers mate, hows the dodgy ankle? ha

[TomEbbs]

Great build mate!

Clearly some devotion going on here!

[cosmo V6]

Roberto

[Brian]

Looks stunning


Brian

[RS_Rob]

thanks for the comments

[FastFordRog]

ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT

get it featured in performance ford or fast ford!!!

[stephensi]

great work fella will be keeping an eye on this thread

[12_Second_rst]

fair play mate thats mint see your preatty local to me will have to meet up and convoy to a show or something when both our cars are finished


top work

chris

[RSNUT!]

just read from start to finish... well done, looks fookin amazing!!!
just out of curiosity how much do u reckon uve spent on this???

[frsjon]

great work rob,coming together now ! cant wait to see it in the flesh

[Gav Diamond]

Serious amount of work gone into this mate

Just been through from the start, what a great read

[RS_Rob]

thanks for digging this thread up, not updated for a while
been uploading more pics,

should get round to an update soon

[rob_pandy]

Originally Posted by RS_Rob

thanks for digging this thread up, not updated for a while
been uploading more pics,

should get round to an update soon

get it done

[RS_Rob]

had some bits to do to the heater box,
renewed the foam gasket





also as i have three gauges in the centre grill on the dash,
i'm blocking this up, so cut up an old numberplate to do the job





got myself a nice turbo oil feed pipe with extra pre-turbo filter





put the new rear engine mount on and put new bolts on where the front engine mount would be after cleaning the threads out first





how the engine bay is looking at the moment with the brake servo/master cylinder on

[KevDawg]

Originally Posted by RS_Rob

ok some pictures i've been looking forward to taking for quite some time,
it finally looks worth all the hard work, NO REGRETS


heres the combination mix for ferrari rosso corsa red before it gets stirred





it was painted with base and one coat of laquer then baked, then hand flatted back before having another two coats of laquer

a massive thanks to the paint team in work, as they did the final prep and adrian did the paintwork today!
they've really outdone themselves today in my eyes

i'll leave the picture say the rest













the engine bay really does it for me

That is an awesome red - almost reder than red
Nice work dude.