Rear Engined Fiesta mk3 - Small update...
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20-11-2007, 12:02 AM
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Quick update:
Car is looking nice and subtle, it will staying like this till the engines go in which i have just finsihed speccing, so its time to start buying parts in twos of everything! 'Sleeper' springs to mind
Blue side strip for the doors and quarter panels going on too.
On the look out for Escort Cossie wheels though, and its going in for a load of welding this week (extra strengthening and sills etc...)
Thinking about a respray but not totally sure though, its fairly clean and id rather put the money into the engines really
Car is looking nice and subtle, it will staying like this till the engines go in which i have just finsihed speccing, so its time to start buying parts in twos of everything! 'Sleeper' springs to mind
Blue side strip for the doors and quarter panels going on too. On the look out for Escort Cossie wheels though, and its going in for a load of welding this week (extra strengthening and sills etc...)
Thinking about a respray but not totally sure though, its fairly clean and id rather put the money into the engines really
20-11-2007, 04:12 PM
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get it resprayed si just make it look tidy, dont plough alot of money into something that wont give you a feeling your driving a smart car. p.s is the parcel tape part of the sleeper look? 
20-11-2007, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by rst in progress
get it resprayed si just make it look tidy, dont plough alot of money into something that wont give you a feeling your driving a smart car. p.s is the parcel tape part of the sleeper look?
20-11-2007, 10:41 PM
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what i mean is by the time you've had the welding dont your going to be have a fair section of te car sprayed so your spending money avig blends etc when u can just have a respray for near on same amount
13-12-2007, 10:33 PM
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New inner and outer seals, load more stregthening and bracing up being done. Picking it up saturday morning and fitting a XR2i engine and running gear as it will lirterally take couple of hours.
Then i can iron out some of the problems with the way the car drives before putting 300bhp up its arse straight away.
Over christmas got some good time off so going to fit the alarm, brakes, new wiring loom and few other things. Coming along...just slowly
Then i can iron out some of the problems with the way the car drives before putting 300bhp up its arse straight away.
Over christmas got some good time off so going to fit the alarm, brakes, new wiring loom and few other things. Coming along...just slowly
29-12-2007, 03:41 PM
#50
Been so busy at work over crimbo havent had much of a chance to do anything, however I now have a week off
Ive swapped one door over (tosser of a job that was!), and put a XR2i engine in for now as it was free. Loom nearly sorted just needs a fuel pump to get it started
Gear linkage works well which is good.
I decided to put a XR2i engine just to get it going and allow me to sort out any problems or iron out any faults before throwing 1 or 2 Zetec Turbo engines in.
Good thing I did, as I got towed to a garage and the car handles like shit, feels really unstable etc...
Luckily it resolves itslef after we tightened the wheels back up and put some weight in it with the engine, meaning its no longer got a load of positve camber which didnt help the dodgy handling. Feels much more stable now
Also put some brakes on it (had no calipers front or back) and also took it to my uncles garage where he welded 2 new inner and outer sills. Its going back for more welding to strengthen the back up and brace it up.
Also booked into the sprayers for a quick blow over end of january so should come back looking reasonably good, which ill be happy with as i aint a bufty
Making an engine cover, sorting throttle cable and mounting hydrulic clutch etc... Got to sort an exhuast as well.
Update at the end of the week when its done
Strange seeing this behind you:
Changing that fooking door:
Hydrulic clutch to go on:
The mint XR2i i stripped ended up like this. Served me well though
Ive swapped one door over (tosser of a job that was!), and put a XR2i engine in for now as it was free. Loom nearly sorted just needs a fuel pump to get it started
Gear linkage works well which is good.
I decided to put a XR2i engine just to get it going and allow me to sort out any problems or iron out any faults before throwing 1 or 2 Zetec Turbo engines in.
Good thing I did, as I got towed to a garage and the car handles like shit, feels really unstable etc...
Luckily it resolves itslef after we tightened the wheels back up and put some weight in it with the engine, meaning its no longer got a load of positve camber which didnt help the dodgy handling. Feels much more stable now
Also put some brakes on it (had no calipers front or back) and also took it to my uncles garage where he welded 2 new inner and outer sills. Its going back for more welding to strengthen the back up and brace it up.
Also booked into the sprayers for a quick blow over end of january so should come back looking reasonably good, which ill be happy with as i aint a bufty
Making an engine cover, sorting throttle cable and mounting hydrulic clutch etc... Got to sort an exhuast as well.
Update at the end of the week when its done
Strange seeing this behind you:
Changing that fooking door:
Hydrulic clutch to go on:
The mint XR2i i stripped ended up like this. Served me well though
08-02-2008, 02:21 PM
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good on yer fella. dont listen to the others. you wanna drive a twin engined car then you go for it. ive built 2 rear engined S2s and providing you understand suspension geometry then theres no reason that the car wont handle well. its all about bein different innit? loved the xrt in pf this month. mega son.
08-02-2008, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by arfurski
good on yer fella. dont listen to the others. you wanna drive a twin engined car then you go for it. ive built 2 rear engined S2s and providing you understand suspension geometry then theres no reason that the car wont handle well. its all about bein different innit? loved the xrt in pf this month. mega son.
Which rear engined Escorts have you built? Could do with a little advice with a few things actually?
25-03-2008, 02:12 AM
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yo si the rent bill for your zt is building up lol jok cant wate to see how your car drives once the tracking is sorted also the diff will help alot also have you got a think for that twister game? or was you just drunk saying that you only seemed to play it with the girls lol txt me
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