hi thought i would start a new build thread for my new project and tell the story of how it has got to the stage
its at now.
most of you will recognise my old fiesta as it was the cover car for the sleeper issue of fast ford last year,after
the feature i used the car loads for about a year then decided that i have gone as far as i wanted to with the mk2
so i found a mk3 shell that was for sale from a member on here(zetaboostboy522bhp)here are some photos of my old
mk2 and the shell before i got it





after sorting out a colection date i made the trip up to pick the car up,when i got there we loaded the shell up on
to the traler( a very bad and small one at that)and 2 big bars and 4 people later we then made the trip home that
took about 6hours because the trailer didnt like going over 50mph but once home we unloaded it off the trailer
(very hard to do with only two people and no wheels on the car lol, here are a few of the shell when i got it home



once home i made a start on chatting up my mate dean to sort the body work out(in needed two sills and two plates
sorting out) so he made a start on getting it to his mates pete's garage and they made a start on sorting the body
work out ready for paint and i would like to say a big thanks to both of them for all the hard work they put in to
it,here are some pics of it during the pannel and prep stage







once the body work was sorted out i then had to decide on what colour i wnated it to be painted, after having loads
of spray out cards done in diffrent colours i decided to keep it stelth looking and chose panther black,so then the
car was taken to work on a saturday morning and painted














once it was painted i then made a start on sorting out all the suspension parts for it,i started by having the
subframes painted lambo orange and a zetec s rear axle done the same



once that was done i had the avo coilovers painted the same colour


after i had those bits done i got a set of lower arms form ian howell and had them painted panther black with the
antiroll bar and strut top caps


all the bits together before they where fitted and once fitted to the car






once it was all fitted i decided to fit the focus st170 rear brakes with the racing puma hand brake cables




once i had it rolling how i wanted it to be i set about with sorting the engine bay and getting the rads in and
fitted and to make sure the rs500 pro intercooler fitted and relised that the standard headlights would fit so had
to fit a set of quads and had to have the lower lip on the bonnet choped off so it would close






after getting it to fit i made a start on sorting out a bumper and had a few to choose from but ended up choosing
the frst one



once that was sorted i made a start on the inside of the car and fitted the doors up and the carbon door cards and
test fitted the mk4 dash that i choped about




after all that was done i made a start on getting the engine in the bay and gearbox mounts sorted for the mtx
conversion,(i decided to go for the mount that crazy cage makes for the box)but now need to have the engine bay
painted in places again because of the mounts that i welded in


once that was done i started to think about manifolds and what ones i wanted to get,after some looking around i
decided to go for a area 6 inlet and found ians old 321 stainles duratec turbo manifold that he had on his focus for sale so i had to buy that lol i knew it would need to be modiafied a litte so had a word with paul(zetaboostboy522bhp)about him doing the work on the manifold and he said he would after loads of photos and talking of how i needed it to be he made a start on doing it for me,here are some photos of it in the test fitting




after loads of work paul had the manifold finished thanks again paul for all your hard work and for the food
when i picked it up




on the way to colect the manifold from paul i made a trip up to ians to pick up the inlet and my new head for the
zetec



here are some of the manifolds in the engine bay, the only issue i have found so far is that i need to have the
intercooler pipe moved because the wastegate pipe goes straight to it








so that brings me up to where i am now, next on the list is to sort the fuel system out and to fit the front brakes
adn fit all the braded brake lines on the car,at the weekend i decided to give it a quick wash as it was covered in
dust after sitting for ages,here are some pics of it with my old mk2





thanks for looking and i will update as when all the fuel system is fitted