was bored so thought id share some pics of what ive been upto and some vids(albeit shitty camera phone vids)

car was well overdue some work, had a plan of fitting a 2wd cossie cooler without having pipework everywhere as has been done before. walked in very blind, but luckily came out on top, lots of swearing and a good few days later it evolved





took the turbo off, removed the compressor housing, redrilled and tapped the housing to accept the actuator bracket....why you ask

compared to the original





ahem... turbo now exits forwards - anyone see where this is going


cooler bought of RS_Nuts (ian )



basically look lots of fettling to get right, including fitting the intercooler upside down to get it anywhere near centralised, my biggest downfall was overlooking the fact that the mouth of the intercooler was actually narrower than the frst rad i was using, managed to get round it though, just

tight fit (ignore temporarily bodged hoses)



ran out of time, (had an empty workshop for a few days) so had to make it drivable, sat on the drive like this until i had time to finish it



dashing i think you'd agree

then the cutting came -

standard recess (for comparison)


cut the upper part of the recess out, and plastic welded it in place (very daunting on my one off bumper )






cut a long story short, lots of cutting was needed, but i managed to squeeze it in where i wanted it




and the finished article (has been off and altered again since to give the cooler a better position)







just how i wanted it

last week again i had the garage to myself again so thought id do some tidying up

cut a very long picture thread shorter heres the before pics





and after





















painted the strut brace white, started tidying up the engine bay and adding some chrome







intercooler sat wonkily in its bigger recess


not bad for a shonky little 1.1 fiesta

few vids off my camera phone last night - chatter anyone :P

http://s15.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3...Q3QKLJ37J3DJ4C


http://s15.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...53TW7OX4HBH0O1

got some more little camera phone vids knocking about if anyones interested

not much more left to do, quite a lot to fit but nearing the end i think

rawli

 

Looks mint Chris

 

 

N1 M8

 

mint matey. Sorry about msn...left it on while i went out

 

looks great!

Its come along way since you first got it.

 

telling me

might have plate coming for it but dont want to lose the FCM legend

thanks for the comments lads

 

Looks quality mate!
You need some big ass brakes for the back of it now

 

top work mate, looks well nice

 

like what you done with the turbo to fit the cooler mate top work

car looks very clean good work

 

leaving the back brakes, car stops well enough, if i fit rear disks ill need an escort mastercylidner modifying, i also run the risk widening the track, which is cruicile i dont touch due to the lowness and the size of the wheels

 

can see you have been well buisy
its about time you fitted the cooler good job
ive had about six cars since i last saw you not long ago
gone back too a big spec rs turbo i like it xee ya soon m8

 

 

Looks nice mate

 

 

looking good mate

 

 

should have some more bits coming through today, then its chip, pump and off to stu's

 

few from the other day, forgot to update

still got lifting eyes and washer bottle top to fit, got some other stuff to take off and polish too, got a delivery today though



ford chromed' new oil cap


stainless brake res cover


shiney as fook bonnet catch


again - brand new






bit of comparison lol

gonna fit it 2moz and paint the bracket too



looking good now, might leave it at that

 

went to work in it, couldnt resist

old catch


catch removed, quick rub down and primer n paint




BLING


bonnet bar down too

 

lookin good mate

 

 

 

 

Nice install on tghe cooler very nice.

 

thanks lads

cheers tim, tried to make it as free flowing and lag free as possible, i came up with what you see above, minimised pipe work and bends get boost building up from 1700rpm, hitting full boost at about 2400

will have to see how it copes with temps when i get an ACT gauge

 

well done. tidy cooler install. i had 2 cos coolers welded together in my fiesta but it looked shit.was just to clumsy but that is

 

cheers tony, what ever happend to the white one? last i remember you (if its the same one from the rsoc) you had a white s2

rawli

 

different one

was thinking of tony_turbo i think