rwd mk2 fiesta
25-05-2008, 06:39 PM
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That's very cool, are you still using the 1800 Zetec lump then?
One of my mates is building a RWD Mark 2 as well, using a Capri 2.8 V6 I think, but he has also cut the bulkhead and refabricated the centre much further back, so the engine now sits behind the front wheels, although it means he is pretty much sitting next to it!
One of my mates is building a RWD Mark 2 as well, using a Capri 2.8 V6 I think, but he has also cut the bulkhead and refabricated the centre much further back, so the engine now sits behind the front wheels, although it means he is pretty much sitting next to it!
02-08-2008, 07:41 PM
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right havent updated in a while since the last one anyways ive got the n/s tub in and welded up and the arch put on. ive decided just to stick at one area until its finished and since i dont have an engine ive started from the rear, i got a repackable rear silencer as i wanted to cut the rear pannel to fit it , the first pictures are of it fitted normaly i dont think it looked right sitting that low so i cut the pannel up a bit but decided it wasnt enough so the last 3 pictures are of how it will should stay what do you all reckon?
10-09-2008, 10:56 PM
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managed to finally get an s2000 engine and box so the first thing id to do was to move the gear level forward as it sat to far back so had to cut the selector bar and drill and re tap it then make a bracket to hold the gear selector,then i had to cut away a lot of metal id welding in as i made it to fit a zetec and this is just a wee bit bigger, i just need to weld up the mounts for the engine but its nearly in place
07-12-2008, 02:47 PM
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im still here but havnt done too much since the last update from being sick to lack of motivation when i realised how much id have to cut out what id welded in to fit the 6 speed box, as the pictures show i have cut a bit out and started to make an exhaust after i finally got a manifold for it.The gearbox picture isnt the best but ill take better ones the next time out at it but it does show the size of the box in the fiesta. oh and i dont know if you noticed but there will only be one silencer at the rear so it should be pretty loud at 9000 rpm
27-12-2008, 10:26 PM
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Bloody hell there has been alot of body work gone into this.I know a lad who built a rear wheel drive fiesta and he took it to croft circuit and the first corner he came to he fooked it.
28-12-2008, 06:02 PM
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hope you dont mind me barging in, very nice, oo my first ever post... 
looking at you fiesta reminds me of my old one i had back in 1998....wonder if its still about, my mate andy built this, then i bought it off him, it was well ace...
yours has fetched the memories back
wish i took that last pic before i put the for sale signs in it...
looking at you fiesta reminds me of my old one i had back in 1998....wonder if its still about, my mate andy built this, then i bought it off him, it was well ace...
yours has fetched the memories back
wish i took that last pic before i put the for sale signs in it...
29-12-2008, 01:55 PM
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cheers for the replies but hopfully i dont write it off the first corner i take it round lol, i have done much to it as im waiting on a new regulator for the welder but ive made a start on making a new gearbox tunnel next thing to do is cut more out and make a new diff tunnel so hopefully the regulator arrives soon
29-12-2008, 02:09 PM
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my n my brother bought that from near st helens for 240 quid it had been painted white thought it had been done as a michelin replica we put it back on road n sold it to a friend n he painted it yellow with a black bonnet n swapped it towards a mk2 escort at gs escorts where it went from then is a mystery
wow thanks for telling me that big geoff i wondered if it was still going about, was it quite recent then?..
it wasnt rear drive like marks awesome project here, but it was good tho..
25-03-2009, 07:03 PM
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only a small update havent been out at it much, i decided i didnt like the way i did the rear turrets so ive cut them out and starting from scratch, ive only 1 more or less done and hopfully get the other dide finished soon as i want this car finished this year,the last picture shows the lowest it will sit although itll be on wide 13's
26-03-2009, 05:59 PM
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hello mate,
great thread! really good work!
Im tackling the same myself using a mk1 fiesta and a pinto . few questions for you if you dont mind...
1. im using a capri xmember, are these any different sizewise to the escort one?
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2. Does ALL the inner wing have to come out? ive measured up and looked and i might be possible to do it without that or is it just easier to make a new one like you have
3. having the xmeber in this position ( to line up with the turrets ) means the engine /box sits quite far back into the car, did u have the same problem?
your thread is an awsum help, thankyou!
pete
great thread! really good work!
Im tackling the same myself using a mk1 fiesta and a pinto . few questions for you if you dont mind...
1. im using a capri xmember, are these any different sizewise to the escort one?
"
"2. Does ALL the inner wing have to come out? ive measured up and looked and i might be possible to do it without that or is it just easier to make a new one like you have
3. having the xmeber in this position ( to line up with the turrets ) means the engine /box sits quite far back into the car, did u have the same problem?
your thread is an awsum help, thankyou!
pete
