I want to use it as much as I can Its taken 7 years to get this far!

 

7 YEARS I would have lost interest after........................... 1 and a half years AT LEAST YOU'VE spread the costs of building it over them years so you dont realise how much the thing owes you .
Ive personally got my heart set on going full zetec 16v turbo route @ around 320ish bhp.....im a bit nevous of investing my money in it though,as ive never been out in one
Dont get me wrong,i have nothing against cvh's,its just i feel that the smoother power curve of zetecs would be more suited to a little car.
When i personally went out in 5.03 SEC 1600 's car i SHIT myself. Ive been out in 280bhp mr2turbos',350bhp evos and 350bhp cossies...but i can honestly say that is the only car that has made me hold on,shit myself and get out of it with a much higher heart rate than when i got in.
It was an animal at 15psi!!!!!!! like he said it was flat as fu*k till 4K then you had to wait for the explosion,point it in a straight line and prey!!!lol
I personally feel it would be far too much to try and control in a mk1 fez.
Thats why my theroy is to go zetec and if 320bhp is too much,i will simply wind it down till its manageable(i.e. staged boost/lower boost) at least i know i will be making a reliable engine EVEN MORE reliable

 

i would agree son zetec would be much much smoother and driveable and yer the zetec is prob a bit more relieable than a cvh. althou i didnt not ever have any major faults with cvh just the old head that i should have been replaced on rebuild really

 

exactly.i could conquer the bits on cvh that play up......if me and you teamed up and made a list i t would be a big one but it could be done.....its just the actual drive would probably be a bit to harsh for a car thats been on planet earth since 1976 lol and if yours physically ripped the BOLT AND WASHER THROUGH the gearbox cradle You can imagine what it'd do to my mk1 weather its fully seam welded or not

To be honset im i havent got a clue which way to go 1600 or zetec

EITHER WAY ITS GONNA BE AN ANIMAL

 

you do ZETEC and i CVH

 

maybe................................i might go 1600...............i cant decide..Yet

 

yep,think ive decided son....................staying 1600. A big boost 1600 will be scary as hell....easier to fit in the little engine bay so no chopping....
Will want the shell as strong as possible.Still going to have it fully seam welded.
I will end up getting it live mapped with mr bayjoo i think........MAYBE 2 BAR

 

LOL i wanted to challenge a full zetec

 

and i want the front of my car to stay together when i plant the go faster pedal

 

good luck then lol

 

you can keep the good luck......your gonna need it

 

a few pics of mines

 

thats mint!!!!!!!!

 

very nice,but all the decals dont do anything for me imo

 

just trying to keep it standard

 

fair enough mate.still mint though

 

just a quick question tryd joining www.xrtwo.com and it says my email is banned any ideas also is it easy 2 swop round head lights for the square 1s

 

1600 cvh will do 350bhp at 2bar if built with the rite bits, wouldnt like to drive a mk1 festa with my engine in it tho would be even more scary than mine

 

lol.....i too feel it will be a very interesting drive If i build the engine so that it would take a good 280bhp,and it is undriveable,then i will keep turning the power down bit by bit till it is just about drivable.This way i know it will stay reasonably reliable Im already planning on widening the golf arches a little more so that i can get 8.5" wide rims on the front to give me a little extra tyre on the tarmac.....
its also booked in at my uncles garage to allow him to fully seamwelded the shell
sohuld then be as stiff as a 80yr old on viagra

 

mine pulls me all over the road in 4th and 5th . good luck 2 u

 

yor runnig more power than i will be though mate.

im even deciding to mod the arches wide enough to run 9" wide rims on the front to get loads of tyre to the tarmac. will have tca's adjusted to allow max grip,equal length driveshaft conversion,and quaife diff!!!!
sholudnt be too much of a handful........................................... ..




I HOPE!!!!!lol

will be a very good drive i recon lol

 

Few up date pics of my car, Looks better on the 15s!!!!

 

 

This is what mine looks like now

 

 

theres an original xr turbo technics on egay at the mo

 

couple of pics on my freshly painted rear lights and mounting the intercooler.the car should going to my uncles yard in a week or so to get the complete shell FULLY seamwelded,then will be going to the spray painters for the preping/spraying as i want EVERYTHING perfect
might get the bonnet covered with a few cool louvres too

 

cooler loks cool mate

 

Are these moded MK2 arches

http://www.xrtwo.com/viewcar.asp?CarID=197

 

That looks like MC rallying arches and splitter to me..

 

daily driver, dont be fooled its riddled with rust and a rather standard 1.1 in the past year its been to scotland, norfolk and wales £250 with a years MOT had a mild service (over the year) and a clutch change


£100 spare parts car

 

Heres my fez

 

whats with the blacked out lights, lookes real mean with them like that and what did you uses, take it its nothing legal?

 

Here are some of mine that i picked up down in Southampton.

Currently the car is off the road awaiting an MOT and will go under the surgens grinder over the winter for an engine transplant


fiestamk1turbo

Was great to speak to you at Nat Day and really good of you to give up the best part of an hour to run through the conversion with me has sort of sealed the fiestas fate now though

These are pics that the previous owner had taken as i've not really taken any myself