well iv had this car for about 2 years and i think its about time i start to write a thread.

i traded in my old scorpio and £2600 for this tidy 5 door with 55,000 miles on the clock. now that i think about it wish searched abit more and got a better deal

this was the car as i bought it.


since then iv added a few things to the car. i prefer performance more then any thing else so i started with the engine.
1.8 zetec and performance dont really go together i know but being only 19 (just), inssurance was bit of an issue.

January lasy year i put the car on the rollers at PTS and it pumped out 143.3BHP but it was very cold and i think that helped a fair abit.


spec: k&n 57i
2.0 zetec throttle body
superchip
magnex cat back
decat (home made)



6 months later i binned the open cone for k&n apollo cis filter. its actually a very good filter. we tested it on the rolling road with and with out the filter and not a sinlge bit of power was lost.
i also put on a 4-2-1 manifold from ashley, 2.0 zetec cams and a uni chip.

took the car to engine advantages to put the cams and chip in and to have it set up.
paul worked his magic and managed to get 150.8BHP and this was in the blistering heat!





to be honest i wasnt happy with the result. having only gained 7BHP. but im hoping it should be pumping out a little more as the cams would have settled in etc.

at this point i needed to upgrade the brakes as the standerd 240mm set up is sh*t!
i went for 260mm RS2000 spec with goodridge braided lines, EBC turbo grooved discs and EBC greenstuff pads.



i have to say what an improvment. they are so much better. but when it comes to the point they need replacing im going to bin the whole set up in favour for 300mm hispec brakes. (maybe in a few months)

loads of other things have been done aswell.











more to come