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Lol just a silly mistake, luckily I spotted it before I went for a drive, also forgot to do one clip on the rad to so and thats right next to the pas pump lol.

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I can't get on there normally I post updates there first lol, either my email is wrong or password or ive been banned for something I don't know about.

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Well then everything but the clutch and fuel system is now done.
I can't get the clutch to bleed any fuild at all either faulty new part or faulty clutch pedal. But when my mate double checks my brakes (im shit at bleeding them lol) ill have him look at the clutch to.
so just need fuel system and shes done

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Well im official pissed off! I paid for a fuel system over 3 weeks ago now and I still haven't had it so nothing has been done on the car for over 3 weeks! And I paid for trackday 3 weeks ago for Saturday which just went so im out £94 so far and ford fair tickets with track time cost me just over £135 which soon here and still no fucking fuel system! And my missus has booked me more track time for my bday in 2 weeks! So shes gonna be pissed if shes wasted money to!

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Well not much has happen!
Parts turned up Friday but missing driveshaft breather box and fuel lines to fuel filler cap, So I missed FordFair again! But I was fucked anyway as I totally forgot my car had no rad fan as I smashed mine when fitting engine, So missing parts and rad fan will be picked up today (Friday) and I should have them by Tuesday.

Got the trackday next Saturday as well so I treated my self to some camber abjustable wishbones with rose joints which im hoping will be here before next Friday.

As for the car its self I've fitted what I got and it just needs tidying up in engine bay now and wire in the fuel pump and she will be good run just need the last little extras or the cars gonna leak fuel every where.

Plans for this year now are get Gaz Gold Coil overs by xmas at lastest and pick 100% what im gonna use to power the car as im looking at k20a2 engine at min lol.

Glenn_

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So you have you fuel system now yeh. Theres nothing worse than waiting about for parts.

There was a mk5 fiesta track car at ff. It seemed to go really well.

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Yeah but still waiting on breather system for it and pipes to put fuel in tank.

yeah thay do go well, I was hoping my missus would just let me take here focus as I really didn't want to go to a ford event in a vauxhall or lexus but she wouldn't have it because she knew id take it on sliverstone because I paid for 3 track times to.

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Can't wait till Wednesday

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Well got these today which im happy and not, Thay look mint but drivers side pin is set forward 3mm (ish) over passagers pin so will cause different caster between the wheels, I've been in contact with them and emailed photos and so as someone see them thay send out replace drivers side.

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Well problem sloved turns out thay make different offsets for them and some how 3mm was put in with a 0mm wishbone and thay have no 0 offset ones in stock so first thing there making me a set up tomorrow and getting them sent out for me to have thurdays.

(cutting it abit close but nothing I can do about it)

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nice wishbones luke. what did they cost?

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£330 posted but thay got to make me up a new set for me. not happy I got one with std caster and one with extra neg caster. would have fucked the handling right up if I didn't spot it.

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Well not happy one BIT! new replacement wishbones not here! Fuel lines I bought a while back where all leaking! beather system I bought mounting clips snapped off! driveshaft bought and bearings shot! and to top it off the one thing that I thought would be right wasn't and the fuking fan is 5cm to long! So had a right shitty day of having to replace stuff I already bought then spend 8 hours rebuilding the car and making temp mounts for fan (nobodys fault for fan) for tomorrow morning lucky I only have to drive 400m!

But at least the car runs now!

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Them arms arnt cheap are they. Shame about all the problems your having.

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No and I found out today that there only just finshed painting my new wishbones at 12! so there gonna turn up when im not here. Lol I couldn't even get the clutch to bleed and had to pay a garage to do it with a pressure kit and thay even said it was a right bastard to do!

Lucky now only a few silly things and ill be ready for the morning.

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Well I got to the trackday fine but ill let the video of my first outing do the rest (no I didn't crash! )

Swamp

Timing belt snaped?

The Underdog

oh dear what did you break? i think you would benefit a lot from changing your style of steering luke. try 9 and 3. on llandow your right hand will never need to move from the 3 o clock position and left only when you shift.

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2 spark plugs exploaded and 2 ht leads burnt out and either timming belt slipped or vvt at fault or cam snapped. which are the main ones my mate egg are look at. As were not thinking piston valve or head gasket fail as its a total loss across all cylinders.

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Steve at the start I was holding steering wheel to throw car about abit to heat up tyres but I do normal change how I hold steering wheel as my hands go funny lol.

Glenn_

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Nightmare matey. The car seemed to be going well in the vid.

0150carmac

what a nightmare mate hope you get it fixed soon

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I know I can't belive it
God knows why it happened, Wasn't like it was showing any signs of an engine ready to die

After asking round turn out there was zero nosies from engine 100% but something leaking from engine once it cut out

What the hell could have blown comp in all 4 and leak oil or water?

Could I have blown the head or block its self? unlikely just a head gasket went on all 4 of them?

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Yeah
Need to find the problem first but I told my mate if he can't find anything obvious we will just bin the whole engine and wack a new one it will be cheaper than repairing it anyway. (can't bring my self to look at it or I mite set fire to the dam thing)

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Well Still havn't brought my self to look at the car yet But I have been busy looking about what im doing about engine and after looking into all local race regs 1.7 has to go and smaller 1.6 has to be fitted , 1.7 not capable or cost affective against 2.0s and a lot of them im not allowed engine that was never fitted into the car from factory so k20 idea right out the window

I've got price for everything I need for going down to 1.6 for £160 posted but id kill the engine in 5 mins due to high mileage. So I don't know weather to just bung stock 1.7 back in car and use till I race and also buy a low mileage 1.6 and kitted it up ready to go in car as I really don't want the car sat up for ages without a engine

Really don't know what to do.......

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I would stick a 1.7 back in and try and have a bit of fun with it.

STeve

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agree 1.7 is way to go and cheap too

It's Czech Mate

I'd bung in a tuned 1.6 (if regs allow), it'll be way better than a stock 1.7 anyway

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Well that's what its gonna be going in 100% to race as 1.7 is in 2.0 class going against 400bhp cossys so wouldn't stand much of a chance lol, Im allowed to fit in any zetec-s/se engine or any endure engine but that's it as that's all ford sold them with from factory

Thing is with the 1.6 all the mods im gonna be doing need aftermarket management, So the first thing im getting is itb kit with omex ecu, So then I can just bung on each mod without any dramas But due to the cost of them and both my kids birthdays and Christmas coming up I can't save for itb kit till December and will take me 3 months to save up enough money which will put the car off the road for half a year!

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Yeah for now I think im just gonna fit a 1.7 in till march time then have fun with 1.6 on throttle bodys.

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Well I don't know whats wrong with me instead of fixing my fiesta which I still haven't seen since engine went ive gone and bought another car Lmfao!

2004 Renault Clio 3dr Rocking a massive 1.2 engine with 70k on the clock.

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Still havnt seen fiesta (did try today) but I went out yesterday and bought nearly a whole clio 172 Lmfao... Got everything but bodykit and rear beam/brakes......

Glenn_

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So are you gonna mod the clio now then???

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Some photos (not the best) of the new stuff.... Cost less half that of what a 172 does so don't need to hear it would have been cheaper to buy a 172...




Interoir so to be in car...


Everything in the back of the van.... suspension engine gearbox ect....


I have got wheels here somewhere aswell Lmfao!

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Can't I do both? lol

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Right abit of an update and f**k up!
First over a grands worth of my tools were nicked out of my trackcar out of my cuz garage which the car was locked up inside a small lock up within the garage so no f**ker should have had acess to my car but me or my cuz, So this has fooked me over for doing the car abit.
But I did go out yestard and spend £20 on some cheap ass tools just to change interior of car, So shes no rocking a full 172 interior and has 2.0 bullets on the outside fitted and already had spoiler fitted, So just need to fit wheels now and get a bodykit and its a 172 rep Soon as tool issue sorted (he'll be paying me for my tools one way or another) ill start on engine and suspension

This has fooked me right over for fixing fiesta as I was gonna order replacement engine but without tools im wasting my time, So soon I either have new tools or cash or his tools fiesta on hold