iv been building this for a few years but never got round to doing a build thread so i thought id stick a few pictures up now its pretty much finished.

i brought the car off here some years ago and has been an on going project ever since. iv missed out a big section of the build where i fitted a fiesta rs turbo engine and had it on the road for a while running that engine but now iv moved on to a zt

very picture happy...

how i brought the car




work in progress









thankyou crazycage lol










mtx75 gear leaver fitted and looking standard


re made my light loom but i dont have many pics for some reason






boost pipe crazycage made me from a template i sent him


cosworth 3 bolt flange to vband i had made


down pipe template for crazycage to copy


finished product


almost finished


finished and on the road

 

fantastic job you done there rob

 

Now that's a stunner. Well done

 

thanks guys

a couple of pics when it had an rst engine

 

Looks very nice. Some hard work must have been put into that.

P.S pet hate but you should drop the 'R' in brought, as brought and bought are totally different meanings.

 

Lol i am a bit of a thick twat tbh

 

Well now you've had your English lesson, I would like to say what a great looking car.

Did you have to mod the inner wing by much for the mtx box to clear?

I really need to MTX mine, is yours a focus rs box?

 

I bet your well happy with that, I would love a car like that

 

lovely!
you did a very good job with it...

 

Not a massive amount just cut it open bashed it back and rewelded it lol. Im using a focus deisel box with an atb diff as the box is a bit shorter then the focus rs, I BOUGHT it off devil developments along with the clutch it came out of his old 600bhp fiesta

 

Thanks everyone yeah im very happy with the car i have a few small jobs to finish it off then next year il crank the boost up a bit �� but for now i just want to enjoy it before winter gets here.

 

What clutch and flywheel did you opt for, did you need multiple gearbox/engine spacer shims? (I've got a mondeo mk2 diesel mtx in the garage)

 

It's nothing about having an English lesson, Its something I hate to see. If you thought that was bad, you'd hate to see what people are like on the Digital Spy forum.

 

This website might be enjoyable for you.
http://able2know.org/forum/spelling/

 

I used a 2.0 zetec solid flywheel and a ap 6 paddle clutch but the box i got from devil's had an electric speedo and was a rear starter but luckery i had another mtx75 box hanging around that had a mechanical speedo and front starter so i swaped the bellhousings , i had to grind out some of the fins inside the bell housing to make it fit and only used one spacer like it should be.

Im not sure about the mondeo box i cant see there being much diffrent to the focus but iv not used one so cant say for sure

 

 

That's great cheers.

 

Now that's a bit of me!! Awesome car there mate

 

That's lovely mate! Very neat and tidy and I bet it goes bloody well too!

The best bit though for me is it just looks stock as a rock from the outside! You'd never expect that to be under the bonnet!

 

You missed an apostrophe, just letting you know.

 

Nice looking motor

 

Lovely car, love the way its standard from the outside. What have you done brake wise? There's much room under the standard wheels.


Is it Caspian Blue? Looks darker in some pics but guess its the light.


Look forward to future updates

 

Thanks mate. That was the plan i wanted to keep it looking totally original inside and out but surprise a few people with how it goes lol.

The engine is a 2.1 forge piston & rods built by devil developments with a garrett gt2871rs turbo and a kms ecu mapped by devil's. Its currently at 280bhp as its only running 9psi actuator pressure but soon il add a boost solenoid for the ecu to controlle and take it back for final mapping and see what happens

 

Stunning conversion, crazycage has made some fabulous bits the inlet and exhaust manifolds look great.

 

iv fitted 4wd cosworth front and rear brakes as im really limited on options and couldn't afford the Ł1700 alternative lol. To be honest the cosworth brakes are a lot better then i was expecting so im going to stick with them for the minute.

it should be casbian blue but its not the correct shade! If i ever get it painted il have it done in the right colour. When i started the project i started off with a casbian blue mk3 xr3i that needed loads of body work and a respray but i was lucky as this shell popped up for sale for Ł900 already to go so that saved me loads of money and had the massive advantage of being a genuine rs1600i

 

his work is brilliant mate he done my exhaust manifold, inlet manifold, boost pipes, exhaust down pipe, gearbox mount, hydraulic clutch kit and drive shafts and all of it was perfect cant fault any of his work.

 

Nice car this. I bet its a bit of a handful.

 

it really is lol! i need to get the suspension geometry set up and corner weighed to get the best out of it, i think that going to be my next job on the car

 

Great build. Also love the way it's looking standard from the outside. Well done.

 

Looks like an absolute stunner with some added grunt - top work

 

Looks great with you. Very nicely done.

 

are you sure?

the RS shells gutter rails go right to the back, yours seems to stop short like the non RS shells but could be the angle of the picture

 

Furry, i wasn't aware of that so just googled images. To me they look correct, even some of the mk3 pics look the same, but most do appear to be longer.

Nice looking car Rob, credit to you

Dave

 

100% sure lol. The rs1600i's have short gutter rails it's only the s1 rst that have the rails that go right back