Hey guys,

Went to see the car on Saturday before it gets sprayed - my mate Simon was just fiddling around with some final touches on locating the air-filter before it was having final bodywork sorted before it's respray on Monday afternoon. It's been a long time coming (off the road for 7 months) so to see it near to completion is a good feeling.

I heard the car running and it sounds very loud (unfortunately I didn't think to take a vid clip of it running at the time ). All hoses are plumbed in but the ERST top boost hose won't fit to the Pace chargecooler so I'm having to use the standard Ford hose for the mean time.

Here are some pics for you to look and see how it's coming along - not long now:

Some pics of the car how it was on Saturday:









Engine bay with hoses strewn about



A very mucky interior!



Showing how I managed to keep the flexi-joint in the Mongoose exhaust mounted to a T3 downpipe I got with the turbo (bought months ago)



This shows the location of where the air filter will be once it's all plumbed in - under the battery tray itself next to the gearbox



Front end again



Rear arches placed on side to show how much clearance the rear has - might be a problem when putting the rear bumper back on



Another of the same shot above but with the flash on!



I should get it back on Wednesday - which is nice

Cheers,

Andy

 

painstaking is the word!!

will be worth it soon tho. glad its coming along quickly now!

 

Yeah painstaking is the word!

I'll be taking plenty of pics and vids once it's all done.

Cheers,

Andy

 

got it back yet mate?

 

not yet i dont think but he better get his finger out of his arse cos its at ford fair on sunday

 

We have now produced a much larger front mount intercooler for the fiesta rs, (fans included). We have these instock. 01543 502525.

 

any pics of these?

 

liking the cozzie rims wat colour is it going to be ? should be when done

 

Hey guys,

Thanks for the comments!

Here are the finished pics - not sure whether to put the mk3.5 Ford badges on or not?



















What do you guys think?

Cheers,

Andy

 

Wheels really finish the car off m8

 

Escort Cossie rims seem to look the bollocks on every car, really like the top of the bumpers having the trim line smoothed, i think i would leave the badges off if i were you, looks proper nice mate!

 

i think it looks very nice and very

i love that colour mate; mercury grey rules!

a picture from my car with the "new style" FORD badges on!

 

I just fooking love it m8.. The rims realy make the car looks the bollocks. Are ya gonna be at Ford Fair sunday ?

Any engine pics?

 

I would be well proud m8 looks sweet

 

Thanks for all the comments guys!

The car's on AVO coilovers and the front needs raising slightly to stop so much rubbing when on the turn (fine when going in a straight line over bumps - looks like it's catching the wheel arch spat just at the back).

No engine pics at the moment as I didn't get a chance to clean it all up today but it's looking pretty good although I'm missing one Samco hose (unfortunately S2 T3 top boost hose wont' fit with T3 on T2 pace chargecooler )

The spec. of the car is Specialised Engines stage 2 1.9 American tall block engine with Turboforce stage 2 T3 (non-water cooled - originally meant for an S1 RST), Bernie stage 2 box with Quaife ATB diff, Cossie brakes up front, mk6 rs2000 rear discs, AVO coilovers, strut brace, Mongoose s/s exhaust system with 4" rolled out exhaust, Pace chargecooler and the car is running standard management on low boost I get the car up to Gadget for him to work his magic with the Cossie management kit that I've got!

I'll be at Ford Fair on the fiestaturbo.com stand so look out for me there - I'll show off the box of tricks that I have inside too

Cheers,

Andy

 

LOL, u prob. see me and my dutch m8tes hangin' around it. Lot's of camera action to

Box of tricks sounds good

 

love fezzys with esc cossie rims

 

didn't realise you were going to ford fair!

see you there!

i'm be ready with my digi cam too!

 

looks mint

 

Thats gorgeous..rims suit it really well.

Subtle styling is the best!

Will have a good look at ford fair..

 

Very nice mate looks shame you didn't smooth the tailgate when you had it resprayed tho.

 

Thanks for all the comments guys - makes it more worthwhile knowing that other people can appreciate the amount of time and effort that it's taken to get the car to this stage!

I want to keep the car as modified standard look - not into changing the car into something it isn't, more a subtle version of the standard (kinda like my own interpretation of how I think the FRST should have looked).

I may change my mind about the rear end but to be honest this is as far as I want to take it with regards to body mods!

Cheers,

Andy

 

very nice mate will have a better look at ford fair.

 

Here's a vid clip taken from some camcorder footage taken this evening (right click and save target as - 5.78mb):

http://www.fiestaturbo.nildram.co.uk...s/tubsmall.mpg

I'm just running it in at the moment - holding about 3psi boost and peaking at about 5!

Can't wait for the Cossie management and map up at Grove Garage now!

Cheers,

Andy

 

flush the tailgate & i will have to kill you!!

ps. put all the standard badges back on IMO!

 

that looks awesome mate!

love the bumpers and the rims

ill have a wander for a closer look sunday

 

 

Thanks guys!

I've put the lightly smoked rear clusters on the car today...





The pictures don't really do the clusters justice - they're alot closer to the grey of the car but unfortunately the lighting for those shots wasn't great.

I think it really finished the outside of the car off - I'm still unsure about the Ford badges though!

Cheers,

Andy

 

 

I took some more photos of the car today (my apologies to those of you on 56k connections!) - still working on the carputer install but will have that finished by tomorrow lunchtime hopefully so I can concentrate on getting the suspension height right in the afternoon!









It looks messy but it's not far from finished now!

Cheers,

Andy

 

gonna have me a right good nosey on sunday

although that wiper is

 

I like it - but if I get too many more comments like that I'll be down to the scrappys looking for another mk4 rear wiper arm to be kept in black!

 

cossie rims always look good on mercury grey rs's

 

lookin amence and i take it full lock is a no no ?

 

Who did the paint work mate? Getting my Fiesta done in a few months. Also how much did it cost if ya dont mind me asking.

PM price if ya dont wanna disclose.

Cheers
Fletch

PS: Looks proper

 

Wheels, colour, rear tints, smoothed bumpers....everything is perfect on the car mate. suttle little mods which stand out from the rest

Looks awesome mate well done

 

 

Mean little machine looking good !

I would leave the badges off, its nice and clean like this.
The rear clusters really finish the car off.

You have done a nice job, lotts of fun whit your Fiesta RS turbo.

 

There was a fair amount of mates rates stuff done to the car which would cost more but I got the car completely checked over for rust and repaired where it was found, lots of archwork (involving cutting and re-welding the arches to prevent future rusting), smoothing of bonnet, bootlid and bumpers, engine bay spraying, colour coding of various bits and bobs (including strut brace and crumby Halfords battery! ) and new sills welded in etc. for Ł1500.

Thanks for the comments guys - been a long time in the coming but I'm only really into subtle body mods - like to concentrate my efforts on making the car perform better rather than get weighed down with jap-pap and filler!

Cheers,

Andy

P.S. Done by a garage a friend works at - Ray Hacker Auto's in Eastbourne

P.P.S. Just got confirmation of my place on the fiestaturbo.com stand at RSOC national day - will have Cossie management fitted by then too :Q