I've either lacked updating here..... or It's been 3 years since i last update this topic )-:

What happened:
After setting up the engine (resul 198 BHP and 289NM of torque (some 240LB/ft) engine wise not much has been done. As we had bought a house, with garage, we had a lot of work to do rebuilding the place
Garage is now insulated (and well ventilated) so the fiesta has a dry place to stay
The house renovation is nearly completed (need some new windows and roof-gutters )or whatever you call them) replaced. The rest is done (kitchen, bathroom, floors, insulation, heating etc)

I've been collecting some tuning parts over the few years for the MK3.
Been tidying the MK6 facelift ZS of the wife (with Eibachs, Milltek, Ultra rear lamps etc) but recently traded that one in for a brand new 11 Fiesta 1.25 82BHP 5 door Titanium fiesta.

For the mk3 i've collected since 2008:
- Powder coated gearbox beam and fixings
- ERST S2 Gearbox, recently rebuild (only covere 1000 miles since) which is nearly ready for some paint (the current gearbox has been rebuild 2 times since i have it, but for some reason lost 1 liter of oil.. causing the 5th gear to whine, and the 3rd gear to select hard or crunchy (synchro mesh gone probably) .. but will not be able to rebuild it anymore, cause 5th gear has been welded to the shaft (as i was told) .. everything else is OK in the gearbox, and still drives well, until the oil in the gearbox gets to operation temp. ...

- bought some items to modify the clutch pedal
- Fitted straight FRST doorcards which DO fit without opening at the top
- spark plugs (a full box of 10 as they didn't want to sell me just 4)
- cambelt (already replaced)
- Some new clear side repeaters
- Some new clear indicators
- Another set of white rear lamps (modified again, but now without drill dust)
- Set of ST150 brakes... already fitted, painted calipers (silver) and new pads.
- Polk DB08 grill for the 8"sub
- chrome bonnet hinges
- chrome (dual) boot cylinders. I modified the boot to have the 2nd cylinder on the left so the boot closes straight and when the car is repainted, the polyestered rear spoiler won't crack anymore.

@ Ford fair this year:
- Picked up a B&M shortshifter on the way..
- Bought some Poly strut top rubbers
- picked up a full (already modified) clutch pedal set
- some small bits.. (wheel wax, keychain for the new fiesta etc)

- B&M is already fitted, along with the powder coated gearbox beam, the freshly painted S2 gearbox.
A- lso the strut top rubbers have been replaced
- Fixed a small brake issue (calipers were's perpendicular to the discs, causing spongy braking and sticking pads.. )
- Got another fresh MOT, without issues (-:
The old gearbox beam


The new gearbox, prior to and during cleaning / painting

Dirty

After 1st clean (brake cleaner + toothbrush)

After 2nd clean (brake cleaner + brake cleaner + toothbrush)



first paint (hamerite silver)


2nd paint layer


the B&M shifter i picked up (thanx RS220BHP)

Modified it to not pass thru the engine vibration to much


New and old gearbox beam (thanx Razer)


Placed


B&M fitted


poly strut top rubber


the brake issue (see the vertical paint residu/lines) we needed to grind away, as the Fiesta ST150 calipers fixing points were larger then the available flat area
So for all you are doing the ST150 brake conversion .. check if the mounting surface of you hubs compared to the calipers lineup correctly .. otherwise you will get the same as i did.. .. which results in spongy feeling on the pedal and sqeeucky/hanging brakes,









Have been driving the car since .. well only to the Dutch European Ford Event in septerber '11

What a difference the B&M makes, wow.. now finally i can stay in the recaro in stead of getting out every time i have to shift to or from 5th gear (-: .. and give a rock solid shift .. only thing getting used to is that the gearbox has to do the actual shifting.. and i don't need to push to hard otherwise we get grinding teeth afterall.

But no more gearbox leakage, whine noise in 5th, or mis-shifts in or out of 3rd gear ..
The old gearbox (incl LSD) lies in the garage for spare parts (-:

What's next..
- save up for a respray (and fixing of the polyester cracks)
- Get hold of either a dash surround with guage pod, or a steering wheel cowling with guage pod .. for the stouch (air/fuel) meter i have lying around for 5 years.. or more..
- fit the modified clutch pedal
The clutch pedal modification (Ford had written a TSB about it) so that the automatic clutch adjustment can be locked into place.
This is adviced for all fiesta's with a 'clicking' clutch pedal.. but especially when using a heavier clutch (AP CP2000-8 for instance) as this mechanism seems to wear out fast when clicking every time. By locking the automatic adjustment, it will not click (and wear) anymore.
Downside, you'll have to release the adjuster, have the automatic adjuster do it's work and lock it back again every service interval .. but that's a 1 minute job.
- fit the chromed bonnet hinges


And.. thinking about how to fit clear front lamps.. with projector headlights in it..
I don't like the Polo 6n2 headlamp modification .. i've seen similair lamps to the fiesta.. so i can possibly use the lens from that .. and fit it to the fiesta mirror .. and then not use a h4 bulb, but place a projector headlamp inside.. (possibly HID/Xenon)

but that's something for the FAR future .. in about 5 years.. or so ..