AshleyRst

ok well im new to this website, i have a fiesta Si 1.6 zetec as well and one day decided to go for an engine conversion, i scouted about for a Rst engine and with no luck had a look for a couple of bust up Rs's, one particular car cought my eye.


originally i bought this T3 turbo's Rs for an engine conversion, but after seeing a challenge and not wanting to damage mine, i thought i would start to restore it.
12/3/2010 Pick up date, due to no tax, mot and insurance and plus i took a gamble as it wouldnt start, the car had to be transported back, big shout out to the guys at MVS sheffield for there help.


Later that day, i mangaged to get it running, turned out to be some dodgy wiring and a really faulty battery, fired up after alot of effort and ran rough for a while.
14/3/2010-19/3/2010
started to strip out the car ready for a good clean and to check for rust, turns out its pretty clear, started with an ignition problem, wiring from the turbo timer damaged ignition, only way to turn the car off is to cut the fuel , much stripping of the wiring found that one of the wires has melted, started getting the original bumpers, spoiler and bought new turbo timer from hks, back box, gauges, custom pods, got custom door cards made and sprayed up, rear lights tinted, and have booked wheels to be powder coated white.
Bought Ebc Drilled and grooved discs, Green Stuff pads, denso spark plugs, Fully synth oil, and an oil filter, fires first time now, still wont shut off though, At the min the car sit on what i can make out as fully adjustable suspension, unsure on the make, pace intercooler, upgraded rad, fully samco, t3 turbo running 1 bar of boost, fully redone head, and recaro's here are some pics
before they were done
old TT
just make out the bailey DV and the bad wiring.
night shot FTW



EBC discs
fully stripped, can make out pace intercooler
Rear ready for the bumper
rear minus spoiler

16/5/2010
scouted about on ebay for Rs turbo bumpers today with no great luck, accidentally put Rs1800 in and found a front in relatively good knick and not to far away and also an xr2i rear bumper in again not so bad knick, picked them both up and fitted them on the same day.

as she sits now, did a test to see what it would look like with my si bonnet on it:




Now been 19 is not the best age to start telling your insurance you have bought an RsT, lucky for me i have two year NCB and 2 years of driving high performance cars, so once i sort the few niggles out it should be ready for Motin next week.

I know at the moment it looks but with a new respray and the dings and damage sorting i swear she will live again . thanks for reading. Ash

Chopshop85

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Glad you got rid of that front bumper. Looks pretty solid behind the bumpers as well. Alot would be as strong as a wheatabix behind there!

The only thing I'm not sure about is the fully synthetic oil. I've always been told to put semi in mine? I may be wrong though.

AshleyRst

wierd i was told to put fully in mine as it will prolong the turbo in the long run, managed to find out that for some strange reason my fan is on all the time ? any ideas as to how to take it back standard, and yeah its pretty amazing for its age, one tiny bit of rust on a sill and thats it, it was even worse around the back with a mk 4 rear lol.

Chopshop85

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I may be wrong on that one then.

Depend how they have done it. Alot of people do that as a quick fix to keep temps down. Only trouble is you will soon burn out a fuse or something.

the fan should be on a relay to the temperature sender on the thermostat. Should be pretty straigh forward to sort out.

NoRubNoDub

Looks like a nice project would love a frst
one thing though...... Does cutting the fuel to stop it not run the risk of deting the engine? Anyone?

AshleyRst

i fixed the cutting the fuel, only main reason i could do that as its got an uprated fuel pump, ok so this is how i have re wired it,

Bk/r fan - Wh/r thermo
brown fan- brown thermo
other thermo wire - bk red that goes to fuesbox.

now im no auto electrician and certain sites ive requested help on tend not to reply as im not in with them, hope you can help me get my ol gal back on the road . Ash

1223456

Welcome and nice motor, will look good once finished, im doing a frst myself

AshleyRst

i tbh love the part where im almost losing intrest, find the parts i need and it spurs me on to get it finished, now ive just noticed one of my recaro's is collapsed, the orange lining underneath the seat, how do i go about fixing and repairing, and cause im a DIY kind of guy is it and easy fix. Ash

Chopshop85

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/escort-s2-RS-t...item255ad5c7f6

If that is what you are after.

AshleyRst

yeah thats right but i need one for the fez never thought of looking on the thanks .

fiestaturbo1984

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looks a good base but thats not a t3 you have there matey, its a t2 turbo. t3 equipped fiestas have the filter on the other side of the engine due to turbo location

Glenn_

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Nice project.Glad you took them horrible bumpers off and put standard ones back on.

AshleyRst

Ah bad times then was told it was converted. never mind, will most likely get that done once ive sorted it all, is it a big job ?

Thanks for the good comments, will upload a few more pics in a moment .

AshleyRst

Beauty and The beast

749steve

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If you need any parts my mate has loads of rs turbo bits

AshleyRst

need one fog and loom that goes behind ?

jonny s2

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glad your putting the standard bumpers back on, engine dont even look touched other than dump valve

AshleyRst

that is down to my bad choice of photos, from what i am aware there is a pace intercooler + Radiator, full samco hose kit, with some pieces misses hence the black pipes, bailey dump valve, full rebuild of engine, 6k on clock since rebuild, and really thats all i know other than its had a new clutch and arms. tbh i'm more than happy shame thats its not a T3 but not end of the world, gives me something to plan for the future, if i can get it mot in coming weeks hopefully i may get it on a dyno and see what its running, not expecting more than 140 bhp with the mods but who knows

looking for original door cards as well if anybody has them.

Twins

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Welcome to pf ,good luck with the build

AshleyRst

thanks for the warm welcome , ok this is where i start talking newbie like, i was given a superchip when i bought my Si, now the guy had 3 fiestas at the time, the chip is as follows.




Was going to test it on the Rs, because when i put it on the Si it makes the car cut out after so long as it floods the engine.

AshleyRst

anyone?

AshleyRst

well so much has happened since the last update, it ended up having a viper 480xv fitted like my si, tidied the wiring up , and managed to get the fan running properly, after all that i decided it was time to slowly get her ready for an mot, so i gave sky insurance a ring and ended up paying £1450 tpft, after this i rang around a couple of mot bays and decided on a nice place about 2-3 miles away so off it went, about 2 hours later i get a phone call saying my Rs had failed on a wheel bearing, two anti roll bar bushes, a head light bulb and my emissions. turns out the guy had some how managed to unplig the healight and not notice :doh:, after much ringing around i managed to get the wheel bearing fitted and bought some bushes, now this is where it gets incredibly funny, i ring the mot place back up saying ive done all the work myself and would they be able to fit me my bushes + linkage as the bolts had seized, after much debate they said they would do it the next day, so 8 am the next day off i went again to drop my Rs off, now i tried to catch the mot bay out and swapped my si clocks with my Rs ones, this is due to my Rs speedo not working properly, But i didnt tell them and just left them in the passenger footwell :lolz: now the day before i had my mate a head mechanic a pegeot take a look, we noticed the sill had split but other than that it was a straight pass, even on the emissions :thumbsup: , after putting some injector cleaner in to be on the safe side. anyways 3 hours went by this time, this is the exact responce i got,

well im afraid your car has failed again.Them
I'm sorry but what on ??. Me
Wheel bearing, emissions, headlight, anti roll bar bushes.
How is this possible when ive sorted it all and supplied you with the bushes, and it passed on emissions when i checked it.
well your car will need £150 labour to fit these bushes as you need all new lower arms and a wish bone.
I will be up in a minute. me
do you want me to start the work on your car.
No i want my keys back as your taking the piss.

So at this point i was pretty fuming that A. they was trying to take me for a mug and B. they knew about as much mechanics as a chimp. To top it off i walk in and demand my keys back to the receptionist, now i was trying to stay calm at this point, anyways she wouldnt have it and fetched the manager, who then starts going on about retests not been free and he handed me the retest sheet, so as he was going on about paying him for the retest i asked him to read what it said on the odometer, anyways he said o it says 6000, i said really so you have done over 9000 in 3 hours, i said those clocks wasnt even in, at that point he shut up and gave me my keys back, and then the cheek goes well once you done work are you bringing it for a retest, at that point i went am i bollox and walked out :banghead: , now i never lose my temper with anyone but when they clearly lie to you, and it was even parked in same spot i let it in.

After ringing my mate i booked it in for the sills and the door lock to be welded up as it had been broken when i bought it, he did an excellent job and i mentioned about the above to which he went on a rant, i wont post it for the fear of been banned for bad language but points me in way of a mec, after giving this guy a ring he says bring it down in next 30 min and we will do bushes and sort it for you , after warming the exhaust up to bring the emissions down i left the car with him, but mentioned about what had happened and pleded for him to pass it . anyways 3-4 hours went by and i get a phone call, fearing the worse i was abit hesitant, but he was cheery and said it's passed with no problems not even an advisory i checked atleast 5 times he wasnt pulling my leg and shot off straight down there to pick it up , he only wanted £88 to fit a new linkage arm, 2 bushes and un seizing the bolts and mot turns out my emissions are 1.2% and your allowed 3.8% so again i was incredibly mad at been ripped off by the other garage.

Anyways alot of work has been done in the recent weeks, full interior strip and rust proofed the entire inside refitted all the trim as it was stood for ages it had gone discoloured and manky refitted the seats and sorted a few niggles in the wiring. bought it a new clutch as some times it would slip in 2-3, and its now getting fitted for £200 which includes the cost of the clutch which is a heavy duty one. Well here are some updates, excuse the dogy paint, its getting a respray soon. :doh:

Before cleaning + after getting it back from welding.





After cleaning + shot of engine bay






Me filling the spoiler + before sanding



Hope you like

Glenn_

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Nice update sorry it failed its mot.

AshleyRst

ok so after fettling and tinkering for ages, i have finally sorted the fan and all the major electrics, even managed to find someone who wanted to swap my grey bumper for his black one , repaired the dints on the boot and fixed the spoiler on. swapped the small gay wheel and got a totally bog standard Rs wheel on, and as its been over heating i bought some heat wrap for it, turns out its overheating cause there is a water leak that only happens when on boost . plans are once i sell my fiesta Si which is on ebay, to get the car remapped as its running cosworth injectors and uprated fuel pump but hasnt been mapped for them . well heres a few pics Hope you like as much as i do.





Next plans are to put my new Rs dials in, as the ones that are in are out of my fiesta Si, and then get a full remap. then just save up for the full respray.

AshleyRst

Ok big update, heat wrapped all the engine bay, fitted my turbo cooler and also had a new turbo down pipe made up in stainless, bought a 195 chip and fitted, but removed as i dont have 701 injectors changed my alloys as ive decided to put my escort Gti's upfor sale, fitted my ova tinted rear lights, and added 5mm spacers to the back wheels, changed the pipes for blue, and had to have a piece of pipe welded on my turbo as it was leaking. anyways i hope you like, once i have got the 701's its having a brand new stainless steel exhaust system on. as for the 0-60 i had a jack and a full tool box just incase i broke down and was also running with the 195 chip on