Just bought a mk1 focus 1.6 from a barn off a farmer I know and plan to make it a cheap track car! Just go it home and the work starts next week, first off ill give it a service , check the brakes etc, cut the cat out and strip it!

 

get some pics up. are you keeping the 1.6? if so throw all your money and attention at handling at it will be a good car. they handle great.

 

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PLEASE tell me you'll be binning the shitty 1.6 engine - at some point.

If you need any advice on them then feel free to ask.

 

good lad, icepipe motorsport has a new member, sort those photos out or no goodies, looks a clean shell and thats all thats needed for a work in progress,
gets some track time in and enjoy it, fruitbat

 

Cool find.

 

I'll bin the engine when it blows up or I get bored, for now ill just consecrate on handling and just having fun in it! Cleaned it today to get the dust off and now I'm just going to give it a look over to see where I'm at

 

still need some pics up though mate.

 

 

After I got it home

 

 

 

Striped it out today as I was going to check the suspension and brakes out but I took the wheel caps off to find locking wheel nuts and I don't have a locking nut adaptor so I just cleaned the car up abit and stripped it out, I was sweating my balls off!!

 

4 bags of focus interior

 

 

Made a good start

 

We need to get them air bags out mate, they weigh a bomb, just take battery off the night before, she is looking clean.

 

Battery is on charge as we speak, how do I go about taking the bags out?

 

Looks tidy enough mate, where abouts in Wiltshire are you?

 

passenger airbag is about 5kg with brackets. they are a fiddle to get out. take glove box out and up under the airbag is a either 2 or 3 nuts you have to undo to get the top cover off the you screw it out from above.

 

As above mate, then you need a new wheel and boss or just rip drivers one out, but looks scabby

 

I'll give that ago later! Thanks for the advice

 

Just bought some spot weld drill pieces to take all the brackets etc off inside the shell

 

just be careful near the petrol tank. its very easy to go all the way through with them drill bits and the tank is a few mm away from some of the drivers side rear brackets. i almost did it thats how i know lol

 

Thanks for the advice mate! Took the passenger air bag out just now!Was a piece of cake!

 

get the wheels one gone, started porting your new head for the turbo build.

 

Also one good thing about your old man keeping lots of old car parts is him pulling out 2x oil filters, a cam belt, a washer for the sump plug, a oil pressure switch and some rockercover gaskets! So I banged out a quick oil change! My god was that oil dirty!

 

Oh have you now haha!

 

2 5.5 mm bolts hold the drivers airbag in.

 

Thanks ICEPIPE MOTORSPORTS for the new front suspension arms! I'll tackle them at the weekend along with more stripping and finally getting the wheels off!

 

not the bent ones i hope rog

 

I hope not! Hahah

 

they are in the bin, these are a set of o.e. arms that have a few icepipe mods,
cant wait for your first track day, lol.

 

Can't wait to come flying past the 400bhp monster in my N/A 1600 red rocket hahaha

 

you should do him easy lol.

 

I could woop you in the van sunny jim.

 

Had a little tinker on the car this after work for half an hour, changed the air filter and put some fresh oil in it. Bit concerned with the crack in the window though ��

 

new screen time mate , get some prices sortec.

 

Great!! Just what I need

 

Was going to spend a whole day on the car today, the weathers put a stop to that I think