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The standard turbo has been smoking for a while and the car has been feeling underpowered so I decided to bite the bullet and fork out for a Hybrid from John FRS. His work and service are second to none!
Anyway, while waiting on the turbo I decided to see what a wheel colour change would look like. I don't like it
I then had a bright idea that the bay should be tidied up along with a load of other bits ready for Ford Fair.
Bumper off:
In this next pic, you can see the AC canister and pipe work in the o/s/f arch. This has now been removed back to the bulk head to save on a shed load of weight, space for an oil cooler and the lack of summer to actually warrant having it.
When I removed the AC rad, I decided the standard rad could do with upgrading to something a bit beefier
So I got on the phone to Auto Specialists who sent me out one their Airtec Pro series black aluminium rads on next day delivery. The core is almost twice the size at 45mm compared to the standard 25mm!!
Also the fan cowling and water pipe were proper tatty and showing signs of it sitting at the front of the car for the past 10 years so I whipped the fans out, prepped and painted with hammerite hammered black to give it a bit more protection from the elements.
And after the paint
The intercooler and crash bar have also started showing signs of taking a weathering so they came off for a clean, prep and paint.
The standard gearbox mount looked shagged and has been noticeably different since I changed the standard engine mount for a VT one, so I ordered the same for the gearbox
So... a couple of days later, these all turn up
Molly trying to get in the pic lol.
New turbo vs Old
So, that night I was outside with the tools with Daz fitting it all up
New rad with freshened up fan cowling
Lastly for the day was to change the strut top mounts and bearings on the front coilovers as they were fooked!
Still need to fit the non AC auxilary belt, freshly painted boost pipes, Scan Gauge mount, prime the turbo, fill with coolant, wait for the bumper and splitter back from paint and and the car is going away for a full geo setup
There's probably more but if you've stayed awake long enough to read this bit, thankyou
