hey, had this for a while now and well thourght it was time i started a build thread!

First off some pic's




not the most up todate pic's but i will get some up soon.

so the spec.....

stg 2 HD clutch
Stg 3 T3 Turbo
4'stainless exhaust system with superflex mounts
boost gauage
front mounted alloy intercooler
lowered on g-max shocks
uprated brakes
samco hoses
delocked
smoothed bonnet
bonnet raisers
colour coded
white dials
dtm mirrors
piper x induction
bleed valve


Since iv had it iv just seam to have been fixing it! but getting there and will slowly become the RS iv always wanted!

so plans then, subject to lots of change as i get talked in to stuff!

Rebuild engine with kent cam,
new gearbox with LSD~
full new wiring loom ( think one of the last owners keeped his hamster under the dash, looking at the state of the loom)
DTA management,
sort out couple of little bits of rust,
respray,
and then other little bits like upraded bushs and mounts


Thanks for reading and i will keep updated as new stuff comes
let me know what you think
Matt

 

did you have no luck sellin it mate saw it on ebay and then in tesco car park the other week

 

nah not really silly offers, but then didnt really wanna sell it. just having bad time, and lots of boring stuff going on.
i know if i did sell it i would kick myself everyday and so would have my mates too!

 

Looks nice. Good plans, I'm pretty much doing the same to my Fiesta.

Cheers

Shaun

 

nice looking fiesta matey

 

looking good bud. glad you keeping her good and looking after her

that fuse box is terrible, though. i think it had had 3 or 4 alarms, then i got looking through the recipts

 

Tell me about it that fuse box is a state! Some stole the live for the heater fans to power alarm so had no heaters. All fixed how tho. Plan is to fit whole new loom and fusebox.

Thanks for the comments peoples.

Got new uncut bumpers to fit. To make it look more factory

 

looks good matt

 

Just an update....... Found a drain cover under the snow today slide out hit curb at 10 mph. Bent wishbone ithink. But have all new wishbones bushes on order and new engine and gearbox mounts too! Picking up friday will try get them on on sunday get her back on road asap. Not sure how im going to get her to mates garage tho......

 

nice motor, story sounds similar to my xr2i 16v (aint changed the loom but repiared it alot)

 

been busy today, fixing crash damage, new wishbones, one that i damaged, we found out that it wasnt a RST one. new drop link, old one was really bent.
front end now feels really gd with all new bushes and the right wishbones.
tomorrows task after work is new gearbox mounts and engine mount. we has looking today and looks like someone has put the wrong gearbox mounts on at some point.

MOT next month so working on getting it ready for that, need to get a little patch of rust on the passenger footwell sorted and a sidelight bulb and should be all gd.

Damage Pics-

 

ok just a upload of loads of pics....
ones when i first gone her...


When out to take some pics of my mates audi S2 and well had to take some of RS, would be rude not to really....




Ones that a past owner sent me. ( not the guy i got it from but then guy he got it from)


Plan is to get the car to look more like it was before with the hidden cooler, green lines back, bump strips ( with a tweek)

 

those are some bent lower arm matt

glas she's feeling a bit better too drive, once all your new bushes and mounts are on she'll be alot better

good luck with the MOT as well

liking the pic with the green man

 

best colour mate, thats one bent wishbone.. is the one you got a frst one? as the fiesta rst ball joint sits back around 10mm in the wishbone?

 

Cheers terry.
Yer it is a frst on there now.

 

hello mate.
im the one who pm you on fiestaturbo.com about seeing your motor at tesco.
good to see your cracking on with it an getting it sorted
may see you about in the summer months

 

very nice!

 

Thanks for the nice comments people, trying to keep on top of things at mo. would love to get her off the road but due to being a daily means things take just alittle bit longer to do. But we will get there......

the other day sent the night up Voodoo Motorsport, working on her. new gearbox mounts ( enigne one still do do but couldnt get to my garage to get it) all new brake fluid, new cv boots.
checked the car over, being able to get it on the ramp means alot easier to check it over.

Ever bolt we have touched fixing and fitting new parts we have replaced with new bolts.

Spent couple of hrs today just giving her a quick clean, untill the weather stays nice to give her a full detail. but looking nice and red again now.

 

Just thought i would put up som epics from when it was on the ramps at Voodoo Motorsport being fixed.

 

lookingg good matt, was good too see her performing well on the weekend

 

good base to work from there, def needs the green stripes putting back in though

 

iv got new bumpers with the strips in just trying to get bump strips for side of car, which is becoming very hard to do so may need to make some.
with any luck i sould be about to get management sorted next month, mate has talked me in to cossie management but if i can t find everything then ill just gte omex or dta. but that is far off being fitted, got to finsh building engine parts!

 

looks nice and shiny, bud

 

Little Update:

Failed MOT last friday, so been busy, and thanks to some mates got it all sorted.

New brake shoes in rear and Wheel Cylinders. new wing mirrors and bulb, steering tweeked.

BUT....... been spending too!

New front wings,
New Catch tank
Bump Strips
HT lead holder
Red injectors

Think that is it..... got abit carried away!


Nice of them to send to diff side reperter hole types!!!!

Off to retest tomorrow should go through ok with time.

 

Ive seen this floating around Apsley looks good in the flesh. All the best with it mate

 

good luck with the re-test matt

let me know how you get on

new parts look good tho

 

NEW FRESH MOT today
injectors turned up too

 

awesome stuff matt

 

Just alittle update,

Picked up my new daily driver today so RS can go away to be "tweeked"

Not sure 100% what im going to do but im getting there with plans......

 

ok RS is in the temp garage, just sorting out getting it in to a lock up at the mo so i can start work on her.

still not 100% on engine plans at mo, working out whats best really. power to money to coolness at mo. its some hard maths!

plus the look of the thing!

STD looking or Track Slag......
ZT or High Spec CVH......

any advice is welcomed!

 

Good news that youve got a daily runner now mate...able to make good progress on the frst now!

 

been doing some more work today..... ENGINES OUT!!!!



had a look around the bay to check everything is on, only one thing found at mo, the hole where the top bolt for the enigne mount is a little bigger than it should be that would be why the engine moved so much!!! but no worries ill just get a plate welded over it.




got the engine home, and in to shed, which was fun, and a totally diffrent story!

Started to stip it down to check pistons and head, all seams good. Can still see cross hatching on barrels.

We did notice that the headgasket was on its way out tho, but more down to it being old than it failling,

head is really clean. so i'm really happy.






Should be ordering the wiring loom for new ecu and then throttle bodies!!! yes thats right more than 1!!! going to be running throttle bodies, dont worry its still going to be turboed.

 

good luck with the build pal

 

good luck with the build mate.just bought a frst for a project starting to find where other people have been playing with it now.

 

Good luck with the re-build mate


Brian

 

looking good mate, keep it cvh.

 

looking good m8,top job

 

ok been awhile since iv posted so, just a very little update....

Started rebuilding my CVH, but then was talked in to a run till bang ZT, iv started collecting parts, so i can run a zetec, just going to run a decomp plateand well run at around 20ish psi. and well if/when it goes bang ill just swap for another zetec!

will get pics of parts when new ones come and when i can.

 

Not done too much work on fez for abit now just collecting some parts.

now got the main parts of the engine, now the fun of putting it all together.

engine is now going to be a 2.1 ZVH Turbo, i collected the bottom end 2weeks ago, about to fire up heating in shed and get started, will try and get some pics up later of enigne and all the parts i have.

my mate has given me a deadline to get the car done, im now going to try my hardest to get it done but if it isnt finished its not leaving the garage!

the dead line is PPC in the park in may. not been to it before but he said its good.

made a to do list, now not sure if it was a good idea, but its done now and at least i have something to show that im getting on with it.

 

Very nice i really love fezzer turbos.