purple_fiesta

Thought Id start a thread on here, got millions of pictures so ill let them do the talking, ill start from when i got the car 3 years ago!




Then I decided I needed a couple of spots of rust sorting and a respray






new front end pretty much, inner and outer sills, roof and loads more



After everything was sorted I got a full respray




then built it back up!


that stage was done! drove it about for abit like that





Then the t34 spat its dummy out so I sent it to turbo dynamics



back




and it was ok for a while then the head gasket went


then it was back together for a while and I bought a GRS front mount and some slim fans, and a radtec radiator




got it fitted but the bumper had to be cut quite abit so I got my mate to smooth the bumper were we had cut



Got it back on and fitted just intime for ford fair last year
O and snuck another fan in there lol





and got a mini feature in performance ford



drove it about a few times





Then the bloody headgasket went again (felpro)
So I bought a 2ltr zetec engine

and some let pistons


and decided it was time to tackle under the bonnet

and bye bye to the 230bhp cvh


and the interior so I got a pair of these

and this


my mate younge got busy with the engine, stripped it down and sent it to get bored out for the new pistons, and to get the zetec rods modified to fit!
nice new looking sump and dipstick tube


started opening up the inlet ports on my head

block back from being bored out, ready for rebuild



(Its rested on a piece of wood in that last one, dont worry
decided to get a manifold made, hopefully give abit of power and look good aswell!


started stripping the car down



Got a couple of bits powder coated

and the turbo on the manifold

by then younge had pretty much finished building my engine




I cleaned the gearbox up (CTS St2) removedhe last bits from the engine bay before it went to get welded




stuck my seats and cage in to see how it would look


then I started on the interior, scraping sound deadner and glue off the body, but then I found loads more rust






anyways off it went to work, first thing was the battery tray
lol!



and some patches

then it was ready for spray




and inside aswell






Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQD2QHuuEQA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD02D1hBS8Y

and thats how it stands upto now!

Twins

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Great transformation

Mr S1

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Superb topic mate, loads of real good pics ! Keep us updated !

RS 5tu

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Verry nice...Hope my project turns out as good...
Back luck on the engine probs

roro22

That looks very clean
Love clean fast rst's

purple_fiesta

Thanks for the replys! Going to get my dash flocked I think, but im not sure what to do with the door cards, becouse they look out of place now!
No interior going back in apart from the dash, seats and cage! No radio or anything ! Just need a clutch then the engine and box can go in. Running out of funds though so will have to wait a while until I can afford management (gotech pro x) to get it running! Then get to some shows next year and on some drag strips no track though, to scared to crash it!

hunterlaar

looks stunning in that ford fair pic!!

Red16

Great work gone into this... nice to see plenty of DIY too

i reckon you should go for a set of carbon door cards.

Munch

Looks spot on, good work mate, keep it up


PS. Nice too see a set of Ambers on her too

Ade

Looks real nice! Always noticed your car in your sig, good to see more of it!

pratley

looks stunning mate

fezzajsy

iTrader: (9)

one of the best s2 IMO..hope u get it sorted

purple_fiesta

Dont worry itll be sorted, just in abit when ive got some more money
thanks for all the good comments ade would love to have some proper pics one day

NATH-RSZT

looking good mate can i ask the picture were you said the head gasket went the first time. what pistons are those in the cvh block. they look very similar to diesel ones.

purple_fiesta

I dont know mate, When I was sold the car I was told it was a 1900 power engineering system 2 engine, but When I got the engine out it had 1.6 on the block so I dont have a clue ! unless they are converted 1600 engines?

Spammage

Amazing that maifold looks excellent!!!

Ade

You never know, maybe be able to sort you something out

denbo

Cool matey keep up the hard work

purple_fiesta

id love it to be featured when its done, that would be awesome
The manifold was made by for-tune PVE, nice couple of lads who really know there stuff.
http://www.for-tunepve.com/

purple_fiesta

Got my cage back painted metalic black

stuck new stickers on it aswell

cut my old alarm out

dash loom looks abit less scary now hehe

need to get the loom out at some point but it was to hot today and i really couldnt be arsed!

pratley

Surely must be worth a full feature in fast ford or performance ford when finished?

jonnyrsturbo

thats fuckin lovley that mate

spot on

rst-g

spot on

AGAR-COSWORTH

Used to follow this on FT.com - coming on nicely.

bad boy rs

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Looks spot on mate

where did you get the stickers for the cage from ?

purple_fiesta

stickers were from ebay!
Today a couple of goodies turned up!
AP 4 Paddle Clutch kit and B&M Shifter



So I now have everything I need to stick the engine back in... Hopefully this weekend ..finally

And I ripped the full loom out, Dont really want to put it back in as its been chopped and sliced more times than id like to know
started like this

finished like this

started like this

finished like this

aghhh

not looking forward to refitting the new one
Next update will hopefully be the engine in!

danny_boy699

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must say dan car looks spot on and so does the engine younge built.

well worth pages of any car mag after the work you have put in

purple_fiesta

engine/box going in tommorow, cant wait

boothy

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looks soo good that mate,the only problem with rs turbos is its out of control once you start modding them you cant stop and ends up costing a fourtune but it sure is worth it

mad dog younge

danny hope you got the engine fitted mate.i will come over and do the wiring once you get your management sorted

purple_fiesta

Cool cheers mate
Managed to get it in, most bits slipped into place straight away!
Had to cut a corner off the engine mount that was fouling on the head but apart from that, it went straight in.
Got the clutch bolted up, cheers rich

The box slipped straight on

Started to lower it in, found it was best to bolt the gearbox mounts to the block and it would go straight in

Bolted up


test fitted the manifold, and bolted the exhaust up so it wouldnt drag on the floor



Looks wicked
Anyway had abit of spare time so fitted the B&M whilst the linkage was off


If you dont have one of these, get one gear change feels seriously tight and smooth!
Thats all for now

mad dog younge

looking the fucking dogs bollocks that dan .will have to pop to yours on monday dinner time i think

jonnyrsturbo

awesome work

Dan16v

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looks fantastic, lots of hard work gone into that!

purple_fiesta

Thanks! Just need management now then hopefully can get it running
Need coilovers now though as it sits high as with all the weight thats been lost

Twins

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danny_boy699

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looks shit hot fella

-beefy-

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looking gud dann mate , youngy knows what hes doing lol

will have to take me for a run when its sorted ,

got to get stuck into mine now !!!

beef

jacko

nice one coming along that

purple_fiesta

Yeh, only need managment and injectors and it should start
Got one of the buckets mounted up today, feels awesome being able to sit in it again
Were do people mount there harnesses? Like on the side, I cant see anywere to bolt them to lol
couple of arty pictures