Im gonna start off with a bit of previous built history of the car, and then what im doing now.

The 'Dirtbox' started off as a humble 1.0 fiesta that ~nomad~ bought whilst under the influence on ebay one evening.



It got the usual treatment of a 2.0 silver top etc....












A bit of recaro interior





Lowered on 15" steels and -60mm spax



The car looked pretty clean and tidy, and in many ways considered finished























Then it started smoking, loads, and it wasnt long before the oil pressure light came on and the engine had given up. A 130ps spec 1.8 was picked up off a friend and dropped in over a couple of days, the car was running again.

I began the quest for more power. My first choice was this





Quite a simple install, which i then added a controller to.

I also at this point decided to fit megasquirt, that way whatever i did next to the car i had the flexibility that it gave.

By this point it was making 165bhp and loads of fun. It was starting to get a little smokey which was valve stem oil seals.

By this point i had started doing a few track days so opted for a more suitable interior. I picked up some cobra monaco seats, and sabelt 6 point harnesses.



A proper harness bar in the back



I then picked up some throttle bodies off a 4age engine to put away for further development, they were cheap and had potential





Then along came a very cheap st170 engine due to needing a head gasket change so the next direction of development was found

I removed the rear engine mount completely, as i was going to fit the focus mount.





Then i started mocking up


And a friend came and fabricated and welded the new mount










Whilst the engine was out i also converted it to power steering. Once mount was done i built it all back up with a escort plastic inlet, tweaked the map and enjoyed it as it was for a few months










Then along came the bodies on a custom made manifold, plus i changed to direct port nitrous, and the car was making 220bhp