Sonic Boom

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Does he do 3 Door ones too?
Have you got a link?
Cheers Rich

cozzy jeff

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he does,ive recently fitted one to mine if you look through my thread you can check out how good it looks and fits.looks like he doesn't have any on ebay at the moment but contact him and he could make you one in a week or so.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-SIERR...:X:RTQ:GB:1123

Sonic Boom

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Cheers just sent him a message
Rich

fraser9764

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few pics from today

Sonic Boom

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Looks mint mate love it.
Rich

slammedorion

Looks lovely and Red... Someone's been busy...

Need to sort another PDR session on it... One more should have it all done...

Nash

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Looks spot on mate.

fraser9764

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Finally managed to squeeze a trip to Blink Motorsport in to have the suspension set up. drives much nicer now. it was quite scary entering a corner with any speed before, it was toeing out on the rear and too much toe in on the front, so it basically wanted to go in circles

The caster on the front is a bit imbalanced, even though the eccentric top mounts are set the same.
I will probably change to 3dr hubs at some point so ill maybe look into it further then.

Ridgey

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Graham
Was the castors with both mounts at max 12 o'clock ?
I'm sure it loads better

fraser9764

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Yes both at 12 o'clock, so im not sure where the error has come from it drives well anyway so im not going to panic about it for now.
it'll be interesting to see how your caster compares when yours is set up.

fraser9764

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Something to do over winter...

slammedorion

slammedorion

We've been busy today making the Saff red again...

A few pics from me for now...

Glenn_

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Its still looking nice.

slammedorion

Hard to believe bar the Cosworth bolt on bits, it's all pretty much original paint!
It's come up really nicely today...
Looks lovely and wet...

visa_broke

very nice!

Cossy Mike

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How did it last?

I must say its looking really well

I want to give my timing belt cover a coat as it has a few marks down the side that won't come off.

Did it take to the plastic ok?

fraser9764

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The paint still looks perfect. I even managed to get brake fluid over the heat shield and it hasn't marked it.
I gave the plastic a food rough up with some sandpaper before painting to give it a good key, and wiped it down with some thinners.

Thanks to Chris for yesterday. It's cleaned up great. Gonna give the inside a good clean today and another coat of wax.
I wouldn't normally be using it at this time of year but a mate is getting married next weekend and wants me to drive him and the other best man to the church in the saph.

Once the wedding is out of the way, and I've finished redoing the kitchen I'll crack on with getting this ecu fitted.

Few more pics from yesterday

NobbyClark

That's a lovely Saff!

Its good to see a red one!!

Cossy Mike

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Perfect

Ill give it a go, thanks!

Staffi

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Love it, simple but so affective, great car pal.

slammedorion

I'll post a couple of pics I was sent earlier if Fraser won't...

fraser9764

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New brakes have arrived.
300mm rear conversion, and 320 fronts with compbrake pro race 7 calipers. (Actually a porsche brembo caliper)
Calipers are new, and the discs and brackets are from ridgey as he's gone up a size front and rear.
Rear calipers were all refurbed during the rebuild so are ready to go with d's 2500s fitted.
I've got a set of hawk hps pads for the front. Prices are very reasonable compared to others, and they get great reviews online so we will see how we get on.
Just got to figure out what's best to do with the brake lines.
Got to pull my finger out soon and get this ecu fitted and bolt the brakes on.

Glenn_

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Cool brakes them. I would love a big set of brakes for mine.

whizzisat114

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Where do you get the hawk pads from?
I'd try a set of them in my evo 8 calipers

fraser9764

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From compbrake. Not sure if they stock pads for oem calipers or just their own fitments. Give them a ring or email.

whizzisat114

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Sound cheers

Nash

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Those brakes are crying out for silver cosworth stickers.

I ran Hawk pads in my DC2 years ago and I really liked them, found they had better initial bite than DS2500.

costina

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I had these on my saff.

Good brakes for the money they now are fitted to the cortina.

Paul

costina

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Hawk pads can be purchased for Rally Design.

fraser9764

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Well I finally made a start on the new brakes and ECU replacement.

Had the front bells anodised, They didn't do coloured finishes so they are a satin aluminium finish, looks nice, but then I realised the rears wouldn't match so I'm now waiting for the rears to be done too



Mocked up the fronts. Fits ok behind the Hocks but still need a 5mm spacer, which is fine as that's et35



Then I pulled out the standard engine loom and ignition system.
Old coil vs. New



Then I cut the back out of the glove box, so its basically just a flap now.
The gave a bit of space to mount a aluminium plate behind and then mount the new ECU and fuse box.









Hopefully spend a bit of time on it this weekend, want to get the new coil mounted up and start laying out the loom.

Glenn_

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Coolio. Is that fues box just for the engine then.

fraser9764

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Yep, the original switched ignition live will just drive a relay which will have its own battery feed. bit annoying it had to go in at an angle but it was the only way it would all fit and be completely hidden when the glovebox is shut.

Glenn_

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Cool cool.

fraser9764

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New coil mounted,



New Siemens 83s fitted



and the new ECU and fuse box in position



Also spent quite a bit of time drawing up the wiring diagram for the new engine loom, which keeps getting bigger and bigger as i decide to incorporate more stuff. I'll post it up tomorrow when its finished then hopefully this week i can wire up the fuse box and start actually building the loom.

Only thing i haven't yet sorted is HT leads. Anyone know of anywhere online you can order custom ones easily? if not i'll ask Chris at EFI Parts who will be doing the mapping if he can make me up a set.

fraser9764

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Drawing for the new loom.



There's a few bits in there for future use such as ALS, LC and a temp control solenoid.
Maybe make a start later on wiring the fusebox up.

fraser9764

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Didn't end up starting the wiring today, but did get a bit of time to make a mount for the ABS control unit.
Took the CDF Racing mount off the L8 and bolted it to a piece of 3mm ally riveted to the original mount that used to clip to the top of the ECU.





Also got a new set of indicators as the glass fell off mine the other day.
Chris convinced me to remove the orange filters before I fit them, I'll order some chrome covered bulbs that flash orange.

slammedorion

Went ok then?

Glenn_

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Cool update matey. I take it you took the lenses apart to get rid of the orange part of the lense.

fraser9764

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No, i used an old soldering iron to melt a cross into the inner lense through the bulb hole, and then managed to pull the orange bit out with a pair of long nosed pliers.