Here is an topic of my fiesta mk3 rs1800

I have this car now for about 1.5 years so i wont upload the complete story at once.

OK... here we go.

I had an ford escort 1.3 hcs where the engine almost broke down so she had to go.

Searching on the internet for an rs1800 I found 1 about 200 kilometers away which had an ruined head gasket.

After a couple of call’s and some pictures I went to this guy to see the car. It looked nice in a dark shed. LOL so I buyed the car and took it with me on a trailer.

(some pictures of the car at the seller)





















So when I was at home I pulled the engine apart. Not much pictures left











There were no service history so I ordered the complete service kit for the zetec.

Yes again pictures :P













After the parts arrived I started to rebuiled the engine yes on the street in the rain …













an update is following soon

 

So when the engine worked again and drove a week I noticed my tires are totally ruined.


2 wheel bearings almost gone
1 wheel hub
2 shock absorbers worn
1 wishbone gone

Replacing the hub and a bearing:













So after we fixed this problems I noticed some wet feet in the car

So lets get discovering where the problems are…..so out came the dash and al the other parts :P (what was she quick)



















next update soon.....

 

So here is an update this time I post it until today
After an while I was bored with the 130 Bhp…. So out came the exhaust and in came an complete Ashley system.




This was nice.. but to get all the performance out of the exhaust I needed an remap af the ecu. But I wanted later on more power. so I got an DTA System the S40



And after it was installed in the car I needed to go to the dyno…






So 158 Bhp and 190Nm torque.
After the hunger of more power keeps existing
So lets eBay for more stuff…. No no turbo but an supercharger something different ..
After a while the postman was here standing with an huge package…
Let’s check the inner parts of the unit





Everything looks good so lets build some bracket’s



And fit it in the car

YouTube - Ford Fiesta mk3 supercharged[/url]
So with the performance in the eye (275 bhp and 400Nm torque) I need an other gearbox. And ford is just like lego. So I bought an Focus 2002 ST170 6speed Gearbox with axels. the other box is an borg warner T5 for the escort from my mate Roy_mk1.



So lets build the biggest part of the complete setup








My mate took this picture of me…..
So far this update this week more stripping the car and starting welding.

 

Here is another update
Well we started with braking apart the whole car...












Here started my mate doing some welding..





mean while i started an hanging in the engine with the 6Speed


Welding the gearbox mountings




My mate finished today with the upper gearbox mounting...






The blackbox you see is an Chargecooler from an 04 Focus RS Turbo
well.. more progress isn't here for so far

 

This week started my mate with building an custom intake for the Zetec which going to house 8 injectors (2 small 1’s per cylinder for better mapping).
For the rest not so much to update the windscreen came out yesterday, the door’s came of, the skirt’s came of by angle grinder , and we modified the engine which came out for the Getrag MT285 gear box for the rest we were fixing my Fiesta2 for MOT…
We also discovert that we have lots of bodywork to do

 

awesome project mate. i will keep my eyes on this thread ;P

 

looking really good, keep up the good work

 

Interesting thread, keep the updates coming

 

Excellant build so far boys , Keep the updates coming please

 

I really like the inlet manifold. Keep up the good work.

 

looking good, loving the supercharger, make me one for my focus rs engine

 

Well done boys, keep updates coming

Where did you buy the st170 gearbox...??

 

This time no big update….. srry about that

We modified the engine to accept the starter motor. And fixed an original flywheel, clutch and pressure plate.

We also made the sub frame fit the box…

We also build some kind of ramp for the shifter. So the shifter is closer and under an angle. Much easier to shift. (Yes we also mounted the shift cable’s)

And we made an plate for the charge cooler to stand on…. Further we where busy with removing the bitumen

 

everything looks preety good! keep the ood work going on guys

 

Ok That's fine

Ok Thnx

an update is placed.

Thnx.... an update is placed.

The intake is very nice indeed..... it's going to house 8 injectors

Thnx.... I could make you 1..... But it costs a bloody fortune

Update has been placed i got the box from turbosport.co.uk

 

very nice project...well done

 

Excellent project


Brian

 

Let's start this update with an overview of the interior...

last week my mate welded and welded and welded All for strengthen the body. The rust will be done when it is in the rotary spit.
Some pictures of all the welding...






All the strengthen welding is almost done.
After this my mate backed up to weld some intjector hole's on the intake...



70mm Throttle body..


After this we decided to open up the €2500 piece of equipment... the charge cooler to determine the angel of the intake..

And here we are test fitting and cleaning the Ford escort mk5 rs2000 rear diskbrake's. I need to place a couple of ford ka 2000 spacerplate's wich are made to fit.




I'm having holyday for this and the next week so i hope do do alot...

 

What pistons are you running?

 

I'm going to use in the engine wich came out and wich i'm going to run with 0.3/0.5 bar are default pistons

For the other enigine i'm going to use Wossner ZVH pistons. With an comp. ratio of 8.1

 

So you say those 278 BHP where on that boost with standard N/A pistons?
And who's that wossner? never heard of that one

 

looks very good mate keep it up

 

Hiya

where do you see 278 HP? i have 158 NA with only DTA trottle body and exhaust.

That 0,3/0,5 boost will be on NA pistons.. hoping to get 180BHP more than enough for an NA engine.

With the other engine i'm going to aim for 1.5 boost.

Wossner is an piston factory in germany..

http://www.woessner-kolben.de/

 

So what was ment by this??

 

Look I have 2 engine's

engine 1: this came out of the car and is NA. i'm going to run the supercharger on this engine. The engine doen't goes any modification. so i run 0.5 bar MAX.

Engine 2: This 1 is going to be fully modified. Gassflowed head, Pistons, con rod's, all the bolt's and so on. The guy who's going to flow the head say's that 275 and 400NM easy is possible. (I keep it low to not be disapointed.) I want to run this engine on 1.5 bar.

 

Understood what capaciti?

 

The last 2 weeks whe have done alot
almost completed the strength welding, put the car in the rotary spit, Replaced some panel's and repaired some rust, and already sprayed some stone chip coating and cleaned the shed out
Here are some pictures of the almost completed the strength welding:

Here are some pictures of putting the car in the rotary spit:








Dicovered some more rust and early repairs........




Replacing some panel's:






Repairing rust :



The old innerwing








Sprayed some stone chip coating of course everything first in the primer:

 

It is an 1800

 

Good build mate. Love the spit i guess you had the other 1.8 engine allready build with low comp pistons and steel rods then? How much did you pay for the DTA?

 

Hia

THNX the short block you see in the picture's is the block which have to produce the HP the whole engine need to build up. the head is now being gasflowed. The other (complete engine with the st170 sump) is an NA engine.

I don't know how much i payed for the S40 i think it was 880 pounds including an complete and custom wireing loom excelent quality. If intrested you could send me an message so Icould give you the details of the men who build the loom and also sold the ecu.

 

Neh i allready have a MS. Was thinking of getting a DTA but hurricane asks 880 for the management alone And thats in euro

 

Ok a very little update…… We didn’t do much. Due to time problem’s..
Today we picked up the tubing for the roll cage with the daily



I have also found some pictures of how i want the cage..







I want also some extra support to the spring towers to the cage at the A tubing
Thanx to fezSTturbo form passionford for the picture's

 

Long time no update
We completed the panelwork on the rightside of the car. So it's time for the leftside...

 

Last weekend and today we where busy with body panels and the roll cage..




Strengthen plate's for the roll cage.

Welding into place

Me bending some tube's

Tubes bended

Test fitting tube 1

Correcting tube 2

Test fitting tube 2

Welding the tube's together

Job done

 

Looking good


Brian

 

Wow theres a lot of work going on there, keep it up!

 

Totally missed this project

Looks good mate

 

After an very long time no update... here is 1
because there was summer here in the netherlands we decided to do
nothing to the car so we can relax in the sun Catching some ray's
Last weeks we have managed to get the roll cage in and some panelwork.
I also bought an sandblasting gun so i can sandblast all the rust gone.
Also we have all the parts from the sub-frame welded and prepared for
powder coating... and last but not least i discovered today more rust

My new sand blasting gun

Some of the new parts... Mocal 16 row oil cooler, Powerflex bushings, OMP tow rings, Forge dumpvalve Bullet Fuel filter and some parts for the rollcage

The subframe/rear axle to get powerder coated


Fitting made for the OMP tow ring


The rollcage fitted







And the extra rust I found today its on the innerwing on the left front side...

 

great work mate keep it up

 

id think about using anothet shell mate