Fiesta rs turbo being converted for hillclimb
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Fiesta rs turbo being converted for hillclimb
Hi, I'm currently building a fiesta hillclimb car so I thought I'd share the progress so far then keep this thread updated as I go along.
First I bought this fiesta rs turbo running a 1.9 forged zvh engine with a genuine 39,000 miles on the clock.
With help from a mate we started stripping all the interior
This is when we realised that although it had only done 39,000miles it was rather rusty.
Ah we can just patch that, think positive so we removed the dash
More rust, I decided after finding this to have a good poke round the car.
The inner pillar was rusty enough to put a screwdriver through it
I then had a look underneath the car and found a lot more rust, I didn't take pictures as I was to busy spitting the dummy. The car then sat for a few months while I considered breaking it.
Then a mate pointed me in the direction of a 1.8 diesel at the local college that was donated for the apprentice mechanics to work on, a quick phone call and they said I could have it for free but on one condition.... That they remove and keep the Diesel engine.. Bonus
So last Saturday I removed the engine from the rusty fiesta
And picked up the diesel
Quick picture of the two together before the rs went to the scrap man
I will update it this evening with the past weeks progress, all comments welcome good and bad. Sorry for not saving the rs but it was beyond my abilitys to restore
First I bought this fiesta rs turbo running a 1.9 forged zvh engine with a genuine 39,000 miles on the clock.
With help from a mate we started stripping all the interior
This is when we realised that although it had only done 39,000miles it was rather rusty.
Ah we can just patch that, think positive so we removed the dash
More rust, I decided after finding this to have a good poke round the car.
The inner pillar was rusty enough to put a screwdriver through it
I then had a look underneath the car and found a lot more rust, I didn't take pictures as I was to busy spitting the dummy. The car then sat for a few months while I considered breaking it.
Then a mate pointed me in the direction of a 1.8 diesel at the local college that was donated for the apprentice mechanics to work on, a quick phone call and they said I could have it for free but on one condition.... That they remove and keep the Diesel engine.. Bonus
So last Saturday I removed the engine from the rusty fiesta
And picked up the diesel
Quick picture of the two together before the rs went to the scrap man
I will update it this evening with the past weeks progress, all comments welcome good and bad. Sorry for not saving the rs but it was beyond my abilitys to restore
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Looks good....well....not the rust lol Did you keep the rst bodykit/bonnet to go on the dirty diesel? What do you have to do to get it Hillclimb savvy? Power figure ? Body? If you can turn it into a proper hillclimb contender this will be great
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gutted for you mate but looks like you bought the car without really looking at it. you say forged 1.9 zvh..i take it that will be a over bored 1.8...cant see the dip stick at the front or the oil filter . both should be visible from the angles youve shown.. plus still running a t2 turbo?.red sump looks cvh too.... engine looks like a standard frst from the out side.if it was me i take it apart,if its not forged inside or a zetec block id be getting hold of the seller.
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gutted for you mate but looks like you bought the car without really looking at it. you say forged 1.9 zvh..i take it that will be a over bored 1.8...cant see the dip stick at the front or the oil filter . both should be visible from the angles youve shown.. plus still running a t2 turbo?.red sump looks cvh too.... engine looks like a standard frst from the out side.if it was me i take it apart,if its not forged inside or a zetec block id be getting hold of the seller.
Now I'm glad you asked these questions as I've been questioning this myself as a mate looked at the car and said it looks like standard rs engine, how can I tell without ripping the engine apart??
The dip stick comes out between the head and the inlet manifold, it points towards the wiper motor?
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