Well hope to finish this project then. AS we could see in my other topic it needed some TLC ow and don't forget the money .
Well did some work today. Parked the car 2 months ago and never drove it again. Mainly cos the bad leaking radiator .As they arnt for sale anymore i have to get a good secondhand one. So have to wait for 1 week. I get one next suterday And a uprated intercooler to .

i allready have a Stage 3 T3 turbo and just waiting for a new radiator and bigger intercooler i have them at home next suterday (i hope).
My little co driver:

This is how it looked standing still for 2 months and before i started ripping parts from the car

The bits that needed to put on. But no time and it was so damn cold.

Removed some parts:


Found some rust. On both sides:

This was cooling the RSt for a few days:

The radiator.

Looking sorry for it self


Next sunday i will instal a new rockercover gasket,waterpump,turbo,intercooler and rad.

 

You're doing all this outside

 

yep sorry No garage for me Well i have one but the mk3 Esate is in there and thats a 30min drive. This is a 1min walk But still its freezing cold

 

good luck with it

 

Hej Mate,

Finally getting to work on it hej

Hope it's up and running soon with your new stuf.

nice turbo..... looks like my old one

See you next week

 

sure hope so. Stupid RSt

 

It did cost 2 weeks but got it home My new intercooler. can't wait to install it but i need a new radiator first

 

Nice and shiny mate...
hope it does it's work well...

Still waiting for my GRS ... was posted 2,5 weeks ago, doubt it wil ever arrive here

 

Got a few new gauges today(vdo) so no money for me anymore. Those things are expensive

 

gotta luv vdo's tho for the factory look

 

Well little update. It was fookin cold outside today but the little basterd need to get finished one time. .
My todo list for today:

Spot the difference
old:

new:

Old and new

New intercooler:


VDO gauges


My "little" stage 3 T3 with his new oil line

My "garage"

 

Well started to mod the Dash today. Cost me some time but it worked out well. But i know now that i have to replace everything. So going to build a new one. All VDO gauges. VDO tacho etc. Here a test fitting of the T press and oil temp. The last one will be oil press when finished.

 

nice job you are doing

 

Nice work

but where are you gone leave the fuelmeter???

 

Going to put it with the rest of the meters that arnt that much important mate There is a VDO fuel meter in order right now. Still waiting for it. Its comming where i have the rest ( radio mount)

@Berry:
Thanks. I even polished my oil cap today Got to much time on my hands

 

You are such a nancy i remeber fitting you 1900 when it was absolutely lashing it down!

 

Its free BIG and a 30sec walk only the roof has a few leaks

 

and damn cold sometimes

 

indeed freezing my nuts off

 

nobody around the house to warm them up for you????


and no I am not willing to do that

 

you don't?? shit.

 

whahahaahah

you sick fuck....

I hope your not serious about it.. why did you want come around my place again???

 

you will never know now

 

 

Something normal now Got another rocker cover and resprayd it. Also painted the crossover pipe and i polished my oil cap to much time on my hands i think. And its only for a week or 3 until i get my RSi cover and 3i inlet. But the red cover was irritating me .

Polished cap. need to do it again. But the yellow paint was a real pain.

And i connected the VDO gauges.
The left one is now T press.

Also fitted another ECU wich is proved to run 14PSI. So its a start untill i have my MSD chipped ecu.

 

Hope your gonna laquer it after you've spent that time polishing it up buddy. made of tin arent they!

 

As told before i am getting a RSi cover and that coms with a RSi cap . Well i already have one but have to get it to the powder coater first

 

can I have that cap then????

 

Sure

 

thanks mate

 

Arr well, you didnt say it came with a cap did you

Good work buddy, cant wait to see what it looks like

 

Yeah sorry mate. Next time i tell it you Going to order new gaskets next week from ford and order some pipes and bits so i can move on with the 3i inlet.

 

Been busy the past few days. Going back to standard look. Got new ambers and std backlights. Also found a nice 90spec bumper wich need a good clean.
Also painted some parts matt black. Just love the look of it. And i even polished my cold start injector Looks nice tho. Got a little advice for cleaning parts to. Down the page
Here some pics.
Cleaned and masked ( real word? ) xr3i inlet mani.

Sprayd and polished cs injector and thermo housing.

Love the look of the std backlights and std blinkers



Well then the advice. Don't know if someone tried it yet. Its a little cheap one. The inlet mani was real dirty. Paint and oil everywhere
So i started brushing the damn thing but took to much time.
So i got a can of oven cleaner. Just spray it on wait for 30min and get a cheap sponge and rub it off. Clean it with water and tada everything is nice and clean. Get some good gloves as its very irritating stuff

Hope its helps

 

Also took the little girl out for a spin today. For the first time in 3 months But now with the stage 3 T3 and "bigger" intercooler. Car runs fine. But its a bit laggy now And the std clutch doesnt love me anymore. Slipping all the way Time to get a better one.

 

 

Got a bit nuts with the painting and cleaning i think Resprayed the inlet and i allmost forget the plate between the inlet and the TB. Very dirty plate But the oven cleaner was no more there as i used it all yesterday So look for more cleaning stuff in the kitchen. And found cillit bang

Click link http://www.cillitbang.co.uk/sf2_all.shtml#1 The site says i can;t use it on alu. Fock them. Works just fine

Here some pics:
before:

And after a bit of cleaning with Cillit


it works better then the oven cleaner
And all back together.

 

you bufty ...

 

Looks very good..

Is the XR3i inlet a direct fit ?

GReetz Berry

 

Well it fits straight on.BUT the ic hoses wont fit. The little oil pipes etc. So have to buy some new hoses and little things etc. But think i have it ready in a month or 2. Not much time only weekends
ANd all this cos i wanted to have a RSi Rcover on my RSt

 

Nice progress mate

Hope your little boost problem of today is solved by another actuator.

Hope you get all the other stuff on soon because i'm ordering my stand alone management tomorrow ánd i'm expecting you over here every weekend till it's working

anyway, hope you get it driving soon so i can see how it performs now

C ya