Elo folks have got myself a new project to play with. picked it up on monday nite but 2day was the only real chance ive had to start on it.

its had new wings they have just got a bit of surface rust on them now,and all the welding is done or so i thought lol
found a couple of areas around the sunroof and battery tray that require sum attention.

 

Good project mate

 

looks cool mate

ditch the mfi setup if you can tho

 

Nice wee project there mate, would love another Mk1 XR2
How much did this one cost you ??

 

always wanted a mk1 fiesta turbo, if i never had the escort it would have been one of them

 

If you need any help or ideas, register on www.xrtwo.com - loads of of people have done this conversion (mine included).

 

cheers for the comments,coco16i its cost me 1200 with lots of spares wheels,gearbox,stage 3 head,piper cam solid lifters double valve springs,loads more bits so dont think that was a bad price

 

Not a bad price indeed mate, will be a great thing when its finished and on the road, will be keeping an eye on this thread thats for sure.

 

brought a set of 13inch capri 4 spokes 2day and also got a few pic of the other stuff i have been buying

 

Got a bit done 2day removed the head,inlet manifold,turbo and exhaust manifold.Was really happy to find that the pistons and bores were in really good condition.
Started tidying the wiring the other nite aswell,but may remove that as im goin to put the ecus inside the car so will have reroute the wiring.
i have a few powder coated item to go on the engine,one of the being a inlet manifold so i built that up.








will be starting to build up my stage 3 head next week aswell but heres a few pics of it,



i had to pop out for a lil while,but left my dad trying to get the nut for water feed pipe out of the turbo cause it was rounded off.come bac to find this

 

hope u get it sorted m8..

 

I wouldnt worry about that mate, just run the turbo with no water cooling.

S1's didnt have any water cooling as standard.

 

yea thats why we was removing the nut because im not gona run water cooling.

 

Looks nice for the money fella i have a real soft spot for mk1's and someday ill be sure to have another,

One question though, As you plan to remove the water cooling from the turbo what are you doing with the other metal water hose???

The bottom one on my s2 has snapped and i cant get one anywhere let me know cheers, Grant

 

nothing to worry about mate she'll run no bother without water

 

sorry grant but i threw it in the bin.

yea just gona try and block the hole up

 

Nice project!! will be watchin this not many mk1`s been done.

 

Brian

 

got a little bit done 2nite, started to build up the head,i lapped the nicely polished valves in,put the double valve springs on and just cleaned up the surfaces for the gaskets.
2moz im taking the head to a guy round my way who builds engines for a living and hes going to make me some shims for my solid lifters

 

looking good mate im just looking at getting a mk1 fez then might do a turbo conversion or thinking about rwd keep up the good work

 

havent updated this for a while as ive been busy working on my dads s1 rst.
but i have been busy buying bits,got my wheels back from the refurb and am very happy with how they have turnt out ,got a fibreglass bonnet.
doing that bit of welding on the battery tray on sunday




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wheeels look stunning mate

 

cheers im really chuffed with how they came out

 

wheels look ace

 

 

cheers andy owz the 16i?

 

Wheels look amazing mate. Are you going to give the engine bay a right good going over?

Looks like theres plenty of work to do underneath there

 

yea gna paint the engine bay too,welded up the hole where the battery try is now and am getting my head back 2moz so should have a bit of a update by the weekend

 

Went and picked up my head ,that was having the solid lifters shimmed, just got to buy a new oil seal and fit the vernier pulley then its ready to go on.

Also had a pace ally rad for a s2 in my shed but it had a small hole,so got this welded and also got the pipe for the water return for the turbo welded up aswell.

At the weekend i also found time to primer the engine bay so hopefully wil get round to spraying that this week

 

Them wheels look fucking lovely mate and will look smoking when fitted to the car !!


Made a great job of cleaning the head up as well. Top work so far.

 

sorry folks i havnt done a update in ages, not done a great deal on the fiesta due to over comitments.
but i have stripped the hole car apart fromlast few bits ready to get painted.removed the engine ready to convert to efi,dash and center console removed ready to be flocked

full carbon fibre door cards. front,rear,boot trims and tailgate panel





full poly bush kit


smaller fan gone from 12inch to a 9 inch


cosworth intercooler and have welded the breather pipe

 

Where did you get the CF sheet from?

 

old skool wheels cool project