Like me, Paul will never make sense

 

Awesome that Sticky lol

 

Had any sleep yet Will I am?????

 

14 hours worth last night mate. Goes someway towards balancing out the 38hours of being awake lol.

Thanks again for your help on Thursday

 

Fantastic build and a lot of hard work. Well done!

 

looking good will

 

I enjoyed the day mate....are you leaving the updates this time.

 

If you've got any good pics then stick a couple up!

 

hi will, loving the build diary, have watched it for a while, quick technical question , not sure if your the right person to ask but yeahh..

i have koni adjustable rebound front dampers with eibach pro springs just fitted to my st170, and i have standard rear shock absorbers with eibach pro springs.

The dilemna is i also have a new spax rsx coilover kit sat behind me but want to get my money worth out of the koni dampers before fitting the whole coilover system.

Is it ok to fit the spax rsx rear shock absorbers only for the meanwhile, meaning all the spax springs and adjustable spring stuff would not be used either.

Thanks in advance for any advice.


is the debadged grill you have this one?? (would love a hofele one but can't find any)

http://www.madmotors.co.uk/fk-ford-f...ort-grill.html

or?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330690917057?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1423.l2649

 

Nice job. Be good watching & hearing it. Oh how did the FF photo shoot go? Got any pre mag Piccys to post?

 

Dave with the cossie took aload of pics with his portable camera.

 

Cheers Dave!

 

Few random pics i've uploaded off my phone:









Had Ade Brannan with me for the day taking some snaps for Fast Ford - hopefully he's done a better job than me

 

Looking good mate

 

people may call me a chav here lol but i LOVE the single wiper!!!

is it in the std wiper position or did you make a new scuttle pannel? reason i ask is it looks bang centre and from memory i thought the wiper stem was more offset to passenger side?

 

Single wiper was the result of the car originally being LHD and having the roll cage extended into the top of the turrets. It meant there was no way the standard twin wiper linkage could be used.

To satisfy my OCD, I chopped up and modifed a Storm single wiper kit so that it was centrally mounted!

 

Looks awesome Will, will surely buy the mag in anticipation. Actually makes me want to wrap my car now

Oulton Park, fond memories of that oil leak eh Will?

Good job, been a long time coming but I hope you're now happy with the end result

 

looks good mate keep up the good work

 

Will has OCD.......NEVER.

 

Wow i wasnt expecting the car to be finished.Top work matey.Now have some fun in it

 

Was a great day mate, even if it was pissing down.

Was nice to see the car running and driving, it sounds sooooo sweet.

Nice to meet Ade & Spud aswell.

 

Does the car make the expected 450bhp then bud?

 

sticky did a sub 1min lap of the international circuit in the connect

 

Cars looking very nice Will

 

awesome love the wheels to, proper focus

 

Fan dabby dosey

 

Not finished the mapping yet mate

 

I garuntee it

 

Do you reckon it'll hit that number?

 

The turbo compressor map is rated well into the 500s and there is nothing in the engine spec that will restrict it so I'm confident it'll do it. It's all about the drivability though.

 

Fair enough, don't like the number chasing myself either, but good man

 

Dave,

I managed to get a picture, but the van was shifting too fast for me to get a good one, just a shot of it heading up the hill from the chicane, it was back on four wheels by then



it was good to meet you on the day, along with Sticky and Graham (?) Can't wait to see your cossie sometime dude.

Cheers Will for the invite, when Ade's pictures come through obviously it was my awesome pushing that will have made all the difference. Just a couple of my snaps from the day for you;

Will contributing to the prep


It's running!!


a nice shot


Will in a grump, that's what sleep deprivation will do to him lol


Spud

 

It won't make 450 Al, the power steering fluid is above the max so that'll weigh the car down...unless Wills OCD has kicked in and he's got it on the max

Nice to meet you Spud, hope you get the big up you deserve for cleaning the car inside and out, lazy arse using the sleep excuse

 

Turns out I don't look too great after 30+ hours of being awake and in the same clothes

Noted!

 

I've seen that look on Will's face once, after the gearbox session on Ian's old car at Santa Pod. He can be a grumpy f*cker But justified

Great pics there, but who won in race, the Focus or Connect? If the van didn't then Paul owes me money 'coz he said his stickers add 50bhp

 

Refund is in the post mate, the Skoda Superb won....we couldn't keep up.

 

Fail!!!

 

Congrats on getting it running Will. All the best with it.

P.S for me the wheels are VERY wrong for the car.... would look soooo much better with almost any other wheels.

 

totally disagree, love the wheel choice!!! each to thier own i guess

 

Very nice car, I have to say at points I was not sure it would get finished!

Agree with Porkie on the wheels though, not a fan of them on any car. They remind me of venoms