So after sort of being off the ford scene since I sold my fiesta rs turbo a year or so back now and having build a clio sport as my latest project and having a baby, I was looking for a cheapish project to keep me sane, so picked this little beauty up a couple of days ago for £800 with a set of lowering springs and NO mot

Ive not really had the chance to look the car over to the standard I want to yet, but for the money I paid im very happy, 99k miles and 5 previous owners and fook loads of history, I got her home and stuck her straight in my garage















































The younbg lad who had it before me said he used it as a daily for 2 years with no problems at all ( but he bound to say that )

The car also is non servo assisted, yes I nearly shit my self when slowing down at a busy junction, never had a non assisted car before !

as for getting more power all im looking for is something reliable with the biggest bang for the buck

thinking maybe a high comp CVH on twin 40's or bike carbs, but then I also have a puma that I bought for the engine so maybe the 1.7 out of that could go in ? after I sort the brakes, any idea what I can do there , maybe a mk1 xr set up or mk2 xr2 set up ? or even the puma set up as I will have the whole car at my disposal

I don't want to go turbo this time I defo want NA car

With coming from mk3 fiestas this mk1 is very new and very old to me at the same time , so im still looking into what engine fits and that with minimum effort, also the 1.0 already in the car is a cross flow right ? so maybe a 1600 crossflow would fall straight in or a 2.0 pinto ? let me know


maybe something like this is the end , love the fat arches and wide little wheel, guessing they are just universal arches?




Thanks for the looking and comments and advice would be appreciated

Ben

 

Great little project. I was so close to buying one a few months back. Wish I did. Always next year I guess.

Best o' luck with it mate

Philip.

 

Nice looking car. Don't look in too bad condition.

 

Will be a nice little project.

someone has put the puma 1.7 in a mk2 already, goes quite well

 

Nice I love mk1 and 2 fezzers

 

I count that at around a 15 sec run. Not to bad for 125bhp. If that was standard

 

2.0 or 1.8 zetec go in pretty easily with a 5 speed

Loads of info on xr2 owners

 

cool i used to have a mark 1 fiesta...here it is back in 98, love to know what it looks like now..

 

Cool little car
The puma powered fiesta goes well.

 

nice project

that orange one looks mint

 

No Details found on DVLA car tax check, probably been cubed