Well i picked up this fiesta before it went to the scrap yard last month and ive been runing round and fitting parts in my spare time and doing a track day...

Pictures from the day i got it.....



What it looked like a few days later....





What it currently looks like....
(Coming Soon)


Spec's

Engine
1.7 Zetec-SE VCT
4-2-1 Exhaust Manifold
FSE Powerboost Valve
60mm Cold Air Feed
PiperX Cone
Oil Catcher Tank
Magnetic Sump Bolt



Suspension
PowerFlex Poly Bushes All Round
Spax PSX Shocks
Gmax 60mm Springs
Omp Front Upper and Lower and Rear Strut braces
Fiesta Zs Rear Axle and Anit Roll Bar
Focus ST170 Sub Axles
12.5mm Rear Axle Spacers




Wheels,Tyres And Brakes
Pro Race 15" 7j Alloys
205/50 R888 Front
195/50 R888 Rear
Focus ST170 Front Calipers
DS2500 Brake Pads
300mm Black Dimond Combi Discs
Focus Rear Calipers
Stock Pads
153mm Stock Discs



Interior
Puma Gear Knob
Puma Clock Surround
Custom Dash
Stripped Bare
Hand Held Fire Extinguisher
Lifeline Plumed In Fire Extinguisher
Corbeau Bucket Seats and Sub Frame
Sparco 4 Point Harness
Omp 300mm Steering Wheel and Steering Wheel Boss
Sytec Out Of Tank Fuel Pump (in the post)
1L Fuel Swirl Pot
Alloy Door Handles
Alloy Panel For Cut Offs




Exterior
De-wipered Rear
De-Side Strips
De-baged
6000k H7 And H1 Headlight Bulbs
Led Side Lights
Chrome Indercator bulbs
Zs Rear Bumper
Ford Racing Bonnet Spacers
After Market Front Grill
ACW Poly Windows



Future Plans
1.7 Conversion Got (DONE)
Spax Suspension (DONE)
Black Bonnet/Roof/Spoiler (CANCELED FOR SOME THING DIFFRENT)
Rear Strut Brace (DONE)
4-2-1 Exhaust Manifold (DONE)
Cat Back Exhaust
205/50 Semi Slicks (DONE)
Mocal 10 Row oil Cooler with 1/2 connections (all got bar Oil cooler its self)
Full Zs Blue Interoir (CANCELED FOR TRACK)
Ph2 Dash And Trims (CANCELED)
Bonnet Pins (GOT)
Boot Pins (GOT)
Poly Windows (DONE)
Heat Windscreen
Ford Sticker (CANCELED)
Black Sun Strip
Focus Twin Horn (got)
Smoked Head Lights
Remove Sound Tar From Shell (DONE)
After Market Steering Boss And Wheel (DONE)
Remove Spare Wheel And Cage (done)
Corbeau Bucket seats (got)
Corbeau Sub Frames (GOT)
NGK Racing Plugs
FSE Power Boost Vaule (got)
Lightened Flywheel
Blue Coolant Hose Kit
Blue HT Leads
Blue Rocket Cover
Zs Rear Beam [got]
Zs Rear Shocks And Springs [got]
Polybush Rear [got]
12mm Rear Spacers [got]
Omp Front Upper Strut Brace [got]
Omp Front Lower Strut Brace [got]
Zs Side Skirts [got]



Track Times:
2012
Llandow Ciruit 1:06.3 (VW) (1.25 Damaged P/S Wishbone, Std Spec)

Thanks for looking

 

hi valleys, russ here

 

Alright russ? Whats with the svt-focus? your in england is st170 lol

 

Lexus lights and bonnet raisers?

 

Now I know why I couldn't get my old fiesta around the track faster.



No lexus lights.

If you're making a track car on a budget, sack all the weight off you can, put decent tyres on it and go have fun, everything else comes afterwards.

 

Don't forget the planned down and out stickers!

 

Lexus lights were only a temp fit to pass the mot (std lights bulb holder units didnt work) and there gone now.
whats wrong with bonnet raisers?

 

Lol even with 50bhp+ less and std suspension and a shot p/s wishbone (didnt find out till i was on track) i was only 2 seconds a lap slower than stripped out track pumas.

as above there gonna only needed to have brake lights lol.

Well im not going mad, handling wise polybush and fixed shock kit ect.. and power wise just exhaust and cams. brakes uprating front 300mm pads and discs and keeping std 280mm dics setup. weight wise im not going mad like the focus (no carbon firbe) just poly windows tar removal ect..
tyres wise ive found out in the wet it doesnt matter what you got there all crap, think im going to get some yokos found out that toyo tr1s are worse in the wet than semi slicks lol.

 

Lol i need to update that list there on the car.

 

Oh And heres some pics from the trackday

 

All tyres are crap in the wet?

You have a lot to learn my friend.

 

lol i shouldnt have said that, what i ment alround tyres are crap in the wet like toyos. im pritty sure one of the guys from that track day is on here and ill let him say what he thinks about t1-r's for wet.

 

Michelin pilot exalto 2's are the king of wet if you are sticking with a road tyre.

I've also got some 300mm st170 brakes for sale if you're interested, along with a billion other fiesta related bits!

 

Front


Rear


Engine

 

mate check my build, doing a svt170 lol, got a few svt parts put on the car already and some more to come..

https://passionford.com/forum/restor...rial-blue.html

this fiesta is going to be so cool/rapid when that 1.7 puma engine goes in it!

 

Lol just dont smash this focus up, bloody hell i bet the postage is killing you, i looked into ordering carbon parts from the us a while back but it work out cheaper just to have it made over here.
you having the svt rear bumper as well?

well when ajc came down in his st i was 4 seconds a lap slower than him and that was with me have 100bhp less (min my 1.25 is dieing lol) and on std tyres with him on semi slicks and i had std suspension where he doesnt. So hopeful when he comes down next or i go up the fiesta will only be down on abit of power but good handling lol and should run rings around him then lol. (hopefully)

 

Haven't tried t1r's but the old t1's were shit hot in the wet

 

looks like your going to have fun

 

Yeah i heared the old ones were good and the new wasnt so good but didnt know how bad, My Buget tyres were griping better in the wet than the t1r's lol, thay was so bad the bloke swap them for semi slicks which he said there much better for grip in the wet.

 

Yeap just hope i dont do what ive done with my last 5 fords lol. (strip them and rebuild them then sell them lol)

 

not getting svt rear bumper,(for now) but getting svt sideskirts off same guy sending me front bumper but not until christmas probably.. and as i said i dont really want the rear svt bumper, it sticks out so much, although it would finish off the svt look a treat if i got it, so it is something to ponder on for next year. I could get the rear bumper easily enough, that is not a problem.

 

Nice project.I wouldnt mind going out in a 1.7 fiesta.

 

There's more that you could squeeze in a mk4 with the effort!! lol I've got a 2.0 supercharged focus rs engine in mine!! big smiles.

Matt

 

Will look good once its done
Go all out and get it all even the left had drive lol.

 

Really its no diffrent from the 1.7 puma other than beening abit lighter as thay have the same chassie.
Well im hoping to drop the engine in wednesday and get all the wiring sorted as well.

 

You can fit a Yb engine in them with enough money lol but zetec-e engines are easy to.
What you running?
Ive got a 2.0 blacktop at hand that i rebuilt for my old focus but didnt want to have to much top speed fiestas are way to light to do more than 150mph.

 

Well ive finaly start the conversion and started ripping things out of the car, Inside im done to just the carpet, dash and two front seats, Engine bay ive disconected all the coolant system and wire plugs.
Also ive going out and picked up everything i need to put on the new engine and gearbox engine oil, gearbox oil, coolant, oil filter, aux drive belt, cam belt kit all for a nice Ł175 lol (nearly cost more than the engine lol)

Ps. Im doing a full wiring change hence why the inside is coming out, Ill be on the dive ecu for the mine but am going to get the tape ecu.

 

Haha yeh a yb would be nice!! Lol. This really didn't cost too much to do!! It's a focus rs mk1 engine.'i fabricated a new engine mount and I'm running it with an ib5 box at the mo so it uses the same gearbox and dogbone mounts. It's running an eaton m45 charger while the m62 is being rebuilt. Got a front mount ic and then a water inj setup for if the temps start to climb.

Matt

 

Well i gave the car a massive clean yestarday and toke a pic or two before i ripped the looms and engine out.


And today ive stripped out all the inside done to a bare shell and fitted the new digi loom and stripped out the engine bay loom and fitted the 1.7 loom which will be all for today as ive got to get ready for work but the engine and gearbox will be fitted tomorrow.

 

Woop woop! Mk4 fiesta recieving the TLC they deserve, looks like a nice little project. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

 

It didnt last long less than 24 hours after i washed it, it rained and my car looked like it was covered it dust/sand stuff.

And before i went to work last night i got the dash and steering wheel fitted and anit of bad lucky when i went to work the miss dumped most of my car stuff outside and it rained last night so its all wet inc the carpet

 

making progress mate let me know when it's running so we can compare times round the track in the dry

al

 

The next thing I'd do to that without a doubt is get rid of that sticky hit from th badges!!!!!!

 

It will be running tomorrow
But when i toke the engine out i had a good look at the suspension (it should have never passed the mot) the whole front setup is total so im having to replace everything (inc the shocks) and some other things on the car (ie have working rear brakes lol)
Im going doing llandow again in sep/oct time its only Ł50ish as the club is hiring the track for the day (weekdays only) you should join and come down again then, Should be dry to since were having a late summer lol and this time ill jump in with you (im not getting in jc car lol)

 

Well not much to say really i finaly got the old bushs out of the rear beam and hit the poly ones in and bolted on the 12mm spacers and 280mm st setup and then bolted it onto the car still need to sort out the brake lines and hand brake, Also ive fitted the 1.7 engine as well but still needs the driveshafts and water pipes fitted but i need to replace the whole front suspension setup first.
Ill get some pictures up after work or after ive sorted out a party im plan for saturday.

Must say i fking hate the drivers side wishbone caused problems with removal and fitting of the engines.

 

Look foward to the pics, keep up the progress

 

Well i final got some more pictures up abit old now (26/27th) but still shows a diffrence and ill get some more up next week when ive fitted the new front suspension and drive shafts (polybush, drop links, shocks ect..) so well here thay are....









engines now in and the rear beam is on just need to link up the coolant hose's and drive shafts and the engine can run

 

Cool, you going top be competing in a race series or are the stickers/door number just for show?

 

coming along nicely mate

 

The chances of this car beening alond to enter any race series is very little i think, If i can find any i can enter next year i will otherwise its just for fun.

I know i cant enter the fiesta championship (even with everything left in the car my car is 25kgs to enter to start )