I was going to do a for sale thread but all the info on the car is on here, hence the link !

Ideally I'm looking for something V8 powered, i.e E39 m5 or E55 amg, but I'm open to all suggestions, especially classics.

HOWEVER, THOSE OF YOU WITH A BEAN CANNED CLIO AND 500 QUID NEED NOT APPLY...

I'm not bothered if the car goes or not as I love it to bits, just fancy a bit of v8 action.....If I keep it, she'll get fitted with MSD wasted spark, bara uprated vc and a fresh lick of paint



Where should I start?

Well after wanting a cossie for years I chopped in my bag of shite old scooby for what looked like a lovely moonstone saff

Looking good was where it ended though ....the car flew home from Hemsworth and was trouble free for a couple of weeks then the dreaded smoke and pressure in the oil system happened

After looking at it sat on the drive for about 8 months I decided it was time to sell....for the princely sum of 2k ..I didnt mind letting it go so cheap as I knew it was going to a good home and going to be put back on the road....cheers scottyrs

I then trawled the classifieds and looked at a few of what can only be described as overpriced SHITE, I came accross this :....Massive thanks to PATTY off here for selling it to me

The car has reciepts for EVERYTHING, including the turbo which is still under waranty!



As you can see, sitting WAY too low





Chavvy but it was already there and I kinda like it....


Bluesprint engine with less than 5k on it

Set up at MSD, Running t35.63, siemens blacks (55's), 3'' exhaust, mahoosive intercooler, spec R tanks etc....I'll post up full spec later


Nice comfy and MINT leather!


Wasnt happy with the clear indicators...not that I dont like them, just fancied going for ambers
so....

Out with the old





In with the new




I know the black number plate surround is still on but it's screwed into the rear panal so didn't want to take it off just yet...it'll be coming off when the car go's in for paint




Thanks the ever knowledgable and extremely helpfull Tabetha, I managed to get the full set of ambers brand spankers for a 100 quid ...cheers Tabs

I've never been over keen on morettes but they came with the car...I have now bought a mint set of standard headlights with an HID kit...cheers SteveB

BUT, as the intercoolers MAHOOSIVE and sits quite far forward I can't fit them in ...you can kind of see how far forward it is here :



What I didn't notice is the rear of the morretes had been doctored to suit..So I think for now I'll swap over the HID kit into the morretes and get them painted up in magenta

Now, after fitting the ambers I thought the wheels looked a bit tired and since I had a set of TSW evo R's (thanks to Bad Boy RS for selling me them) I'd had re-furbed and wrapped in new rubber for the moonstone saff, they might as well go on

And since the car had a SERIOUS traction problem due to it being on it's arse, I went on the hunt for springs...Massive thanks to Mike Rainbird for advising me to go with the Ahmed Bayjoo springs..not only have they improved traction and looks but now I can get over speed bumps without worrying about ripping my exhaust off!

The car as it stands now



Now being a 21 year old car there are a few areas that need attention:

Rear passenger door


Roof


Passenger rear arch


Drivers rear arch


I havent got photos yet but theres a bit around the rear spoiler needing attention but it's not too bad

Well thats how the car stands for now...Plans for the near future are to fit my FRS disks and Brembos, sort the paint out, get some koni adjusties for the rear,purchase Tabetha's scorpio cossie 21mm rear anti roll bar and fit a polly diff mount

Also the diff's leaking a little and whining, spoke to Bara motorsport thismorning and as soon as I get the chance I'll be sending my diff too them to have it uprated to 250nm

They were extremely helpfull on the phone, they didn't just want to sell me there most expensive unit incase it didn't suit my needs

Huge thanks to everyone on here who helped advise me on diff choice, was good to get a range of oppinions

Well thanks for reading my resto thread, I'll update it as and when...hopefully I might even get the car to a few shows this year,put some names to faces
Would be nice to meet shifty off here as he used to own the car and he's been a huge help, giving me loads of info and previous history on the car

All comments are welcome and I don't mind a bit of constructive critasism

 

Good base, i do prefer the car on the comps though, and i think it would look odd with twin headlights and ambers..

 

I did like the comps but they were getting a bit tired...I think the tsw's give the car a cleaner look...was defo's more agressive on the comps though!

You're probs rite on the quads and ambers mate but I may as well try it, something a bit different...if it looks shite, they'll be sold and I'll attack the standard 1's with the biscuit cutter lol

Cheers for the coment mate, I like to hear everyones oppinion, it helps with future plans for the car

 

Spec of the car:

Engine rebiuld less than 5000 miles ago
200 Long studed block
4x4 Polished & Ported head
Double Isk valve springs & Bronze valve guides
Low comp pistons 7-5-1 ratio
Lightened & balanced bottom end & fly wheel
Block has been jetted (oil)
Uprated oil pump 75psi
Oil breather system & catch tank
ARP conrod bolts
Group A head gaskets
BD12 exhaust & BD14 inlet cams with Piper Verniers
New T35 with .63 exhaust housing (with warranty)
-31 actuator
Bailey Turbo dampner
Full Mongose stainless exhaust
Group A filter
Group A Dump Valve
500 intercooler
3Bar Map sensor
Siemens 55lb injectors
Group A fuel pump
Mapped by MSD
Koni Adjustables (only on the front...has spax on the read...coming off soon though)
Fully Polybushed
Stainless Header tank
Boost & oil pressure gauges
Full leather interior
New calipers / discs / pads alround
Samcos

 

Looks a nice clean car, i think i would ditch the morettes if your going for ambers though!!

 

Lovely looking car fair play.Sure it was featured in performance ford many years ago,i remembered the picture on the underside of the boot lid.

 

areeet mate good to see you start a resto!.. ill get sum pics of mine up when we get the engine out! i will get it running again lol im determined, but your new one is lovely love it and best of all it meant i could by the moonstone 1 good luck mate!!

 

Massive improvement m8,bayjoo springs ftw.

 

Looks very nice mate,i prefered the comps too but theres nowt wrong with the tsw,s either

 

Thanks for the comments everyone!...Looks like I should of kept the comps . .They'll look better on dingla's focos though

Ideally I wanted a set of diamond cut rs7's but couldnt really find any

Scotty I'm home tonight mate, going to leeds on sat night for my lasses birthday but I can help you whip the engine out on sunday afternoon/night if you want?...or if you finish early friday?

 

no bother bud sent you a pm anyway

 

Nice car

Hope you still have the comps though

 

Hamps on www.seriesoneturbo.co.uk may have a set of diamond cut 17s for sale mate.

Also a set of softlines on there as well in the non mk3 parts for sale section.

 

Looking good mate. do you know what height the springs you replaced were? was the ride really that shit with them?

 

keep the ambers and standard lights mate,looks a really straight car

 

 

like new the wheels,
to get new headlights in, loosen intercooler and rad off a little (so it slightly moves) then fit headlights, and nip intercooler rad back up.
P.m me if you dont understand mate.

p.s how much to get the diff rebuilt

 

defo gotta get them standered headlights in will look a 100 times better keep up the good work

 

nice car that

they comps were off johnnyb`s 24v xr originally

 

Your work so far looks excellent - I know one of the previous owners of the car. I think he did most of the tuning work on it.

 

Nice car bud, one of my mates owned this car and spent a small fortune on it !

 

No idea bud, all I know is they were LOW...at a guess 40mm

The car looked awsome but as soon as the car came on boost it just squirmed all over....was fun though lol

 

Not a 100% sure what you mean mate but I'll have a look when I get home the weekend...Thanks for the advice tho

As for the diff, Just to uprate it from 60nm pre-load to 250nm is Ł300

To fully re-build it and uprate it, it's Ł600 so not too bad really...I'd preferre a titan but my minge doesnt like the sound of Ł1300 lol

 

Cheers mate,

You can tell it's had some serious coin thrown at it...the stack of reciepts is huge

And the way it runs and drives speaks for itself

The main reason I bought it, is because it's structurally and mechanically sound, just needs a little tidying....dont we all lol

I'd like to meet some of the previous owners of the car, just to have a crack about its history etc

 

if you slightly unwind the bolts on the chasis legs what hold intercooler and rad on. the intercooler should then be able to move a little, ie. push top of intercooler towards engine, this should allow room to then fit headlights, then nip intercooler/rad back up.
it worked for me on my old sapph.

 

Nice project mate.Im not a fan of the morretes either.Good luck with getting it looking right.

 

Looks nice


Brian

 

i had to do this on mine to.
don't forget to loosen the the 2 intercooler pipes aswell.
the one that goes to the throttle body and the one on the other side that goes to the bottom of the turbo
then the intercooler will push forward enough to get your head lights in.

 

I see what you mean now...I'll have a crack at it this weekend

Cheers for the info bud

 

Cheers Justin i forgot about the hoses!!

 

Well, I tried loosening the intercooler.....

Snapped the bolt clean off in the chassis

So after spending most of the morning fixing that I decided to just modify the lights incase the same thing happened on the other side lol

So this is what I did

Drivers side


Passenger side


Just nipped the back off with the angle grinder....not ideal and doesn't exactly look pretty but you can't see it with the bonnet shut and it's not a show car...it just gets enjoyed, rain or shine!

So here's how she look's now...




Took a while to get the lights and grille to sit streight, allot of filing and pulling but its nearly there....not quite perfect but I'm happy

Now I really want to change the wheels, I think silver wheels will look the nuts but cant decide which one's

All suggestions welcome people

 

That looks better fella.Now your head lights are gonna steam up when they get a bit of rain in.I love the amber indecators.

 

nice tht is m8

 

looking good

 

looks really good, you will get misty headlights though thats the only downside! put the comps back on in high silver paint!

 

remember looking at this on pistonheads, good work so far mate, i would've kept it on the compo's though

 

That's a great job, MOs would of still cut it for me though sorry..just my 2 penneth...

 

Wishing I'd kept the comps now! lol

If anyones interested in buying/swaping/trading the tsw evo r's that she's currently wearing then give me a shout...all things considered

The tyres are nexen ns6000 and they've done 100miles

 

God I miss this car! lol

Great to see you doin bits and bobs to her mate!, always did fancy a set of standard light for a change


That will be big Phil Brombey! I bought it off him a few years ago...im sure I spoke with you at Croft a while back mate, you noticed the painting in the boot lol
I got msd to do a fair bit to her then sold her onto patty...lookin at this thread is making me sad though lol loved that car to bits man...

deffo had no expense spared thats for sure lol

What else you got planned mate?

 

Nice Saph I knocked on your door to see it was forsale last month, but there was no answer. Had no idea it was this one, the spec i great

Get another set of compomotives or a set of RL7's for it