Hi all,
Been on here for a while now but haven't put a thread so here we go,
Apologies if its too long
So I needed a toy to take to the nurburgring, I'm a ford kinda guy and liked my old mk3 so why not
Standard looking when I bought her,apart from, t3 conversion, smoothed bonnet and boot, delocked doors
Always ran a little rough but couldn't work out why,
Anyways, I upgraded the wheels to rs2000 escort wheels (had them sitting around), due to my st150 brake upgrade along with braided hoses all round,
Then found a set of team dynamics pro races 1.2 and had them powder coated in gunmetal with 195 40 16 and I was ready for the ring.....
Or not..
2 weeks before leaving she started running awfully, after an inspection I found a knackered cam lobe, so changed the cam, followers ect entrance great then after about 15 miles started to knock, failed oil pump, bye bye bottom end,with 1 week left she had a replacement dropped in quickly,
Got there, got round a few times, got back
But started heavily smoking on return, then decided to break down due to a suspected alternator issue, so left her to rest, and the handbrake decided to fail so she rolled down the drive into the wall that was at the bottom, walls now gone, no bumper, bent wing, smoking, won't charge, and no front brakes
She's now sitting on the drive feeling sorry for herself but she will live again especially after going to ford fair yesterday in my daily jetta



Current plans apart from repairs lol
- focus rs brembo's possibly, info required
- comp th 16x8
- zetec s poly bushed beam
- rear disc conversion of some description, possibly focus rs again
- full poly bush all round
- coilovers
- new exhaust system
- rolling road tune up
- maybe zetec turbo, funding
- full cage and stripped out, again maybe

Thanks for looking and if anyone can help re the brembo's then please advise
Luke

 

Another one, just before nurburgring

 

Looks smart.......before you duffed it up that is!

 

Cheers matey, got a lot of comments on how nice she is especially after a wash

 

Looks cool mate. Good to see its fixed

 

Looks a nice motor mate.
Can't beat RST reliability

 

Such a shame about the problems with the car.Hopefully it will be back to its former glory soon.

 

Hopefully, nice update today, compomotive th's are now mine and I've bought a focus rs brake setup for the front and st set for the back, just need to fetch my new beam tomorrow and that's another off the list

 

Look forward to seeing the pics when you get it all

 

Looks like the old girls been fighting you!! Will be worth it when its running sweet..

 

look forward to read the updates on this one keep at it

 

Brakes

Comps


And I've also got my zetec s beam, power flexed already in the garage, may take the bushes out and get it powder coated before I put it on, just to tidy it up a little