Hello all

Well as title really, got myself a mk3 1.1 fiesta pritty cheap (£175) was pritty good condition for a h reg fiesta, little bit of rust around the rear arches and thats about it (belive it or not the fuel filler was perfect )

well got it home, stripped it down in the evenings after work, in the mean time i bought myself a 1.8 sierra estate. I bought the sierra so i could cut the rear floor and tunnel to pop into the fiesta

With all the floor and tunnel ready to go into the car we (myself and fiestawallin) cut part of the floor from the fiesta so that the floor of the sierra (which holds the rear axle/suspension set-up) could fit where the fiesta floor was removed from, after a while of getting it all lined up we welded the floor in place (to get this part of the floor welded in properly took a week or two)

While welding the floor in i was on the look out for my power source, sure enough i found a decent package of parts which included a complete 2wd cosworth engine, gearbox, engine loom (sadly no ecu) rad, intercooler,coil, and quite a few other parts

After a day of getting the engine home i had the engine and box in the car, be it only sitting on wood blocks. Couple days later i had the engine on its frame all bolted up in the car (made some special mounts for the frame to bolt to)

With the engine bolted in it was time to start on the tunnel, tried the complete tunnel (straight from the sierra) in the fiesta just to see what parts of the tunnel i didnt need, in the end i had to cut the tunnel in 4 places to get everything to line up (gearbox mount, propshaft mount)

Now with the tunnel in place and tacked in it was time to weld the whole of the tunnel on the inside of the car. Couple weeks had this sorted, with the tunnel all welded in it was time to pop it on its side and weld the bottom but sadly at this point i lost motovation and really lost interest in the poor old girl

Well the fiesta sat in another garage for about 4-5monthsi got the motovation back to try and get her completed so good news a month ago i pulled her out and popped her in my main workshop and work started fairly soon, with the car now on its side a couple evening this week ive finished nearly one side of the tunnel.....

Instead of more text i'll let the pics do the talking

Poor old girl when i got her


Sierra floor in the fiesta


Engine all in bolted in place


That isnt ment to be there!!


As it is now




Comments welcome

 

Hi Ben get it finished dude lol

good work dude

 

Thats going to be smart when its done m8

 

Love projects like this

 

Gonna be mad once its finished

Keep the picture's comming


Brian

 

you know my opinions on this ben - get it done

 

Top stuff, I'm hoping to start RWDing my S2 next summer so i'll be keeping an eye on this to get some pointers

 

you gonna keep the standard bumprs and hub caps?i would

 

erm whats under the car protecting it lol was like omg hes just rolled it over lol nice one tho mate it will be a rocket

 

Very cool is it gonna be a sleeper???

 

Cheers for the comments

Plans are body wise, i have a full psg wide arch kit (rs turbo/xr2i style bumpers), mk4 fiesta boot and rear lights, fiesta turbo bonnet and a set of escort cosworth wheels.

I dont want it to in your face sort of job just to stand out alittle bit.

p-38-king - its lying on the rear seats at the mo so no damage is done to the paint work



Keep the comments coming

 

you make sure you keep the pics coming

looking good mate

 

hi mate, nice project! how did you go about getting the car on its side, its something I could do with trying given the amount of hot sparks that I've got in my overalls lying under the motor!!!

 

Will be watching this very closely. Keep the good work up.

 

keep it as you bought it,sleeper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

keep it a sleeper looks mint thought

 

great project

 

good project mate!

 

Just me and a friend managed to get it on its side, 3 people could do it pretty easy.

 

am loving this got to do a s2 now more pics please

 

You building it near Launceston Ben ? Wouldn't mind a look

 

Im about 20-30 miles from launceston on the north cornish coast

The sleeper look would be quality but ive already got a psg wide arch kit so might aswell use it.....

Once new year comes around will have to start buying more parts, but at the moment ive got enough welding to do to keep me going for a while

 

Spot on mate, I've moved now so i'll get cracking on my build soon!

 

thats gonna be a sleeper which ever way you look at it, not many expect a YB under a fezzy bonet!!

 

keep the updates coming, looking good!

 

Any up dates????

 

Updates would be good! Nice Project!!

 

He needs to get outa bed for that!

 

do the right thing!!!!!!!!!!!!

leave it red and on hubcaps

best of luck

 

nice mate very nice

 

Right a little update, havent done much on her as ive been rather busy with other things.

Put it back down on its flat got a bit bored with the grey tunnel and red front so i got the spray gun out along with some nice red paint.

End result





Looks so much better now.

Also ive come across i tiny problem that the crossmember is too far forward to get the front wheels in the middle of the arches so ive got to cut the xmember brackets out and move it all back about 3-4 inches.

Which means the engine has to have its own mounts to the chassis rails (like the wrc cars) and that also means the sump has got to be modified.

Nothing to major though.........

Dont know if anyone can help me now???

Im after a engine wiring loom diagram for a 2wd cossie engine? (Got a friend checking the loom over)

Also the connecter on the loom to the ecu isnt the best so i could do with a new one, anyone know where i can get one from?

Also after a picture if anyone has one of the engine mounts on a wrc cossie??

Cheers Ben

 

Only picture i could find quickly from Ian Sibberts WRC escort build thread



I believe the ECU connector is the same as an ABS plug

Whats your email mate i'll send you over a 4WD loom diagram which is very similar .

 

 

Cheers Rich Think i can manage to make a mount like that...

My msn addy is uglow45@hotmail.co.uk

Is there anywhere that you can buy these connectors brand new? Or will i have to find a decent second hand one?

 

Thinking of selling this now as i dont really have the time and money to finish it

If anyone is interested in it please pm. Or if anyones interested in a swap for a mint fiesta rs turbo

 

u have pm ben

 

Hi Ben! I bought your mates old fiesta Cosworth.

Never got round to finishing it in the end was costing me too much money so I swopped it for a Corsa C Turbo (C20 LET)

Just out of intrest! Whats included with the car? Engine Turbo etc?

 

Looking great, keep the updates comming!

 

really need to start cutting the floor out my spare fezzy, great work so far

 

Didnt you sell it on ebay a while ago? I see you took the wide arches off it.

Right i'll try and remember everything i have for it
Saff cos 2wd engine just needs and alternator
Saff cos 2wd gearbox
Saff cos 2wd rear diff
Saff cos prop shaft
Saff cos rear axle/suspension and rear brakes
Saff cos front cross member, with anti roll bar
Saff cos steering rack
Saff cos engine wiring loom (just been checked over)
Fiesta wiring loom
Mk4 fiesta rear light and boot conversion
Saff cos rad
Saff cos intercooler, got afew blue hoses
Saff cos air box
Saff cos sensors
Saff cos coil
Psg wide arch kit for mk3 fiesta
Twin headlight conversion for mk3 fiesta

Thats what i can remember there might be a few other little bits and bobs ive forgotten.

Open to offers on it really