Hurry up mate soon be time for the ring lol

 

Ok today i've fitted the engine and all the running gear








starting to take shape now just need to sort the handbrake out now i have the beam on and primer some more bits.
Should get some more bits in the post this week

 

looks really good mate good job!

 

Top work there looking good

But How come you've had to chop the slam panel out ?

 

Blimey , youve gotta be happy with that progress!

 

Thanks for the comments

Had to cut the front panel to make room for the intercooler but might changer it and drop the intercooler and rad down by about 3 inchs or so

 

If the pipes all line up then id just make a nice bolt on panel to cover it

Wont be long till your tearing up the local track's

You painting the outside yourself?

 

No its going to a bodyshop hopefully in a couple of weeks

 

Should have dropped the intercooler lower under the slam panel, but otherwise looks awsome.

Have you thought on a colour, or are you going all silver?

As for the handbrake, mine has 2 "L" brackets that have been welded to the beam and hold the cable in place on both side, looks factory. Will get a pic up when I can

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

 

looks awesome mate, will look very nice in silver cant wait to see it painted.

 

the reyland focus cut there slam panel the same pipes shud be same as stock looking well mate

 

Shouldn't have had to cut the slam panel, mine isn't and was done at the same place.

 

Look up reyland one ,I just cut all the underside out

 

Cheers for the comments

Yeah going all silver and might a have the 2011 fiesta WRC graffics but with silver base but i'll see wot it looks like all silver first still got some panels to primer


Like i sed might drop the intercooler and rad yet and change the front panel

 

Deffo go for that colour scheme it look's the dogs bollox

 

Oh I know Ian's old car really well, but the brackets were welded on top of the chassis leg, where they should be underneath. Small amount needs to be trimmed on the underside of the slam panel, but not the whole thing. Looks tatty IMO.

 

looking good mate wil have to pop round when i get a minute

 

don't know it that well then do ya

 

Your missing the point I'm making, Ian's brackets were welded on top of the chassis legs which means the cooler would also sit higher and the slam panel would need to be cut like above. Mine isn't, the brackets are welded at the bottom of the chassis legs which means only a small portion of the cross hatch pattern under the slam panel needs to be cut. Not as tatty

I loved Ian's car, such a shame he broke it in the end, but needs must. When I drove it, it was soooo aggressive but still needed a good map to make it unstoppable. But its what pushed me well into the decision for these types of cars

 

Hi all

This came today should sort my speedo problem out.
Has anyone used one before?

 

Didn't someone else buy one of these recently, on ebay right? Seem quite cool

 

Where you mounting it in a pod?

or in the dash where the clock's go?

how do you calibrate the speedo?

 

It going in the dash

it works by the size of the wheel and tyre

 

clocks look good mate have see how you get on with them

 

Ah ok you'll have to let us know how you get on with it

How big is the screen i carnt really tell off the photo's

 

From side to side is 107.5mm and top to bottom is 59.5mm

I'm going to put gauges round the outside of it in the dash wear the clocks would go

 

What you gonna make the panel from?

Bit of black plastic?

or the front of the focus clock's so it follow's the contours?

 

I'm gonna be redoing my dash soon, so you can have half of my carbon fibre sheet if that helps

 

i had the same idea mate, they also do a dash surround with the indicators in etc


jason

 

When I drove it I managed to make him scream like a little girl

Spot on about the cooler brackets though. Ians were welded on a little bit high, should have spaced it down or just moved them in hindsight but hey ho!

 

Looking good


Brian

 

very nice

 

Its all looking very good and i like the intercooler like that as it hits you in the face and that wot you wont this car to do well done mate keep it up

 

NOT good news

the paint in the engine bay has got damp inbetween the paint and laquer and has turned a milky colour hoping to mop it out or a repaint is on the cards

 

Did you use 2k laquer?

 

Fair play for your efforts but I dont get it if the sapp shell was dog then good project but it looked mint so hard to see the point in killing a classic to have a RWD focus why not just put the focus lump in the back ?

 

Because there's enough "classic" Saph's about to keep up the side, but there's only like 10 Focus Cossies (even fewer in RWD) and even fewer still that are road going

Saph gear is better in a Focus shell...FACT!!!

 

Yeah i used 2k laquer and paint going to have alook at it tomorrow

The saph was nice but had it for 8 years and fancied a change and allways liked the focus from when A1 rally had his white one

 

Everyone's favourite

Shame about the paint, but good you're rectifying the problem

 

Yeah should have it repainted tomorrow just got to get the engine out and rub it all down as should be going for paint next weekend so need it sorted