Rotten, Burnt, Died. Nicked, Burnt, Survived.
 

Right thought i would start up this resto thread as have got big plans for my rs over the coming months to include a respray, 2ltr 16v turbo and some more.
Bit of background, the car got to this stage thanks to another rs turbo which my brother brought it was rotten and when welding up the battery tray some tosser had stuffed paper and cloth up behind the dash to stop the rain getting in. It caught alight and the fire brigade had to put it out. it was a wreck and went to the scrapyard in the sky.
Then as we had already taken the engine and running gear out a very tidy xr3i shell came around by pure luck it had been stolen and a friend of ours recovered it for the insurance company and we brought it from him. never been welded and very clean. Then in april of this year the bloody thing set itself on fire after i had been driving it. whole engine bay and again the fire brigade had to put it out.
Right that has explained the title.
Here are the pics:
This was the first turbo:
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This is the XR3I shell:
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This is when the car became mine:
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Then after alot of money and effort it looked like this:
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https://i126.photobucket.com/albums/...n/rsturbo1.jpg
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Then the fire:
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And how she stands:
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Would also like some advice im gonna hopefully be running a 2ltr 16v zetec engine with forged pistons and cossie management with a stg3 set-up. Which is the best zetec engine to use a pre 98 mondeo?[/img]

check out zetec turbo guide on the last 3 issues of performance ford mag.
by the way nice ride :clap: :clap:

fair play to you for repairing it, a lot of people would hav just given up and scrapped it :clap: :clap:

alrite mate , think i met you in m'cds near oxford before with my mate alan s1 ( got a megenta saph cossie ) if not some one with the same story , well done for re-building it mate all the best with it :cool: as for zetec turbos i no a little bit, yeah you want a early mondeo silver top, pistons and rods from the usa are cheap as chips and as for managment got a mate in newbury who sells and maps megasquirt :cool:

was this not in fast ford years ago :?

Well done for bringing it back from the dead :top:

very well done mate, looks like the fire got put out just in time otherwise it could have taken the car too! :eek:
nice one for putting her back on the road again. :top:
cheers mark.

lovely work... :top: