karlthomas

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hello everyone this is my first project thread so i shall have a shot...

bought this in December it had no MOT or tax....
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karlthomas

ok so the first thing i did was to give her a really good clean and because i had loads of blue left over i done this...whitch later on i did change lol

then i bought myself a cosworth grill my 1st cosworth part to go on

karlthomas

for the mot it almost passed apart from sticking breaks which i fixed by some harsh breaking and this
but that was a easy 60 quid and she is now on the road with some nice new wheels
painting them...

karlthomas

ok since then i have bought some tinted rear lights with the number surround
and i think a new set of speakers dont you think

also been hard at work with some cossy bumpers this is prep

this is primer
and then 1st coat

and finnally clear coat



i am well impressed best bit of spraying i have done yet

Portugal

moore pictures! looking good!

karlthomas

more updates bumpers fitted and next to my old project that i am regretfully selling but hey ho RWD now






also decided to spend some more money :P

karlthomas

now i have the car up in the air ready to give her a real good clean underseal the while car to future proof this retivley good shell as she has not even started to rot in any wheel arches etc...

and some before pics





and a few days later


With cosworth antiroll 4X4 bar and heavey duty drop links i made myself

karlthomas

them poly bushes made such a diffrence the car is so much more drivable and the roll bar is just needed , without one the rear end feels like its connected to the car with bubbles or something like that lol
and if any one is interested them drop links are Alfo 174 fronts with no rubbers like the standard ford items = less flex and a better acting roll bar as i used a similar setup on my escort rs
and feedback from anyone so far
and the brakes have never seen so good for standard brakes i stripped the rear cylinders out of the drums and gave them a little refurb as one of them was leaking brake fluid like there was no tomorrow, that seems to have stopped now and with no brake fluid to grease up the brakes they work now

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Nice one mate great project.Did you poly bush the rear trailing arms.

karlthomas

Yea I did How comes
and today i am taker ling the rusy bonnet making good progress and sould be in primer ready for painting in a few hours

karlthomas

ok some big updates the front of the bonnet has been finnished
and desided while im at it i will spray all of the faded plastics ....










And what do you guys this if i fit these alloys? and what colour shall i put them gun metel gray... silver ?

karlthomas

ok then any one who bothers looking lol here is my update
i finnished my alloys
and got my spoiler sprayed in my colour at long last
and had enough paint left over to paint my tool box :P

1980blakey

iTrader: (1)

cool project

Cossie Sean

nice, will have to keep a look out

mk22door

Nice one

I am appreciating all your hard work.

Any shots of the full side of the car, im curious to know how it looks all painted up with your new wheels.

Keep up the good work, beacause I havent done any yet tyhis year, infact nothing major since the end of August begining of September just reading other peoples stuff

karlthomas

well my nice freshley painted wheels are at the tyer shop today cheep part worns as i am skint at the moment but i will get some shot's up asap as i have just noticed the pics of the whole car are before its been lowered etc (cut rear springs a little) dont worry not so they are able to pop out.. im not that silly and has any one got and koni ajustables thay want to sell
my plans are a very low boost turbo conversion as i have found a manifold that looks stock if any one has any input on the fueling side of things please help us out ,
have done loads of research and from what i have found if i run 5psi i wont need a 5th injector , as all i want is a little more poke for a fake cosworth :P
and once i manage to sell my fiesta i will have to replace my oil seals as she is SMOKING like a train
at lest tomorrow the weather should be good for a photo shoot if it stays sunny
just so you know my plans in order of priority (will change according to plans)
- the very first thing i need is suspension as the front shocks....wel.... do not work as its more like a rocking horse at the moment and very bad handling
-turbo low boost conversion with full stainless exhaust
-BMW 330mm brembo front callipers with cosworth 4X4 vented rear discs
-don't know yet

Phil2002

iTrader: (3)

amazing what a pair of bumpers can do. Looks good mate keep it up. I cut the front and rear springs on 1.8cvh sierra cut 3 coils of the rears and 2 and half off the front nothing wrong with angle grinder spec springs the fronts tho i did cable tie to the cups and had koni adjustables wound to the hardest setting.

karlthomas

well i have herd of the ahmed bajoo springs which i really want comped to standard springs , the standard ones are way to soft epically non-cossy ones i mean the front of my sierra bottomed out last night in the country lanes ...scary! need harder springs themselves asap :P oh and i aint even cut the front springs ....never mind ill be able to order them soon i hope along with a nice set of koni's

karlthomas

ok everyone after a very good clean i took her for a little photo shoot havint got the new wheels back yet but oh well tell us what you think

2wdsaph ben

Looks good mate. Are you going to get a cossy interior in it

karlthomas

Yea I am after the black leather in full and I have just finnsihed fitting my new wheels pics to follow

mk22door

I like it mate, when you get your suspension sorted it will be a good looking rep.

Cossie Sean

Gimme a shout when you get the other trim out, will have it if i dont get one before hand, doesnt need to be anything special

karlthomas

if u want pm me a price so i can bear that in mind as that money can go towards a leather set, i am getting grey recaros asap though to go in...

karlthomas

Ok good news got my new wheels fitted look great I'll upload pics in the morning
If anyone has a set of light grey recaro seats they wanna sell let me know

karlthomas

ok so i have added a facebook link to my album as photo bucket sais no lol
ok so all is going well the nw wheels are a godsend as i had a very buckeled front alloy which was driving me nutz at 60mph lol
ok so what do you guys think of a pinto build with megasquit

karlthomas

ok big update
bought cosworth pistons and rods
now i am looking for the turbo manifold and megasquirt
should i go wasted spark?
and i have found that my rad is dead almost it leaking loads of water.... what shall i replace this with , are alloy rads worth the extra money?
give us some advice people
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mk22door

I think your problem with photobucket is that the size of your photos was far too big, they were colossal, if you scale them down their wouldn't be an issue

karlthomas

how do i scale them down i did try ? didont find a way though i agree they was wayyy toooo big.....

mk22door

Once you have uploaded to photobucket click on the individual photo (the thumbnail's) and that will come up full screen, their should be an option to edit it, choose the size, or it might say re-scale - I can't remember, and remember to save it after you alter it, you would have to do this with each one though.

karlthomas

ah ha i am doing that now ....just wish i could get my pics back online ...got to wait till the 25th and it will reactivate

karlthomas

ok everyone just done my first track day at brands hatch loves it and for a completely standard car she done really well and ended the session with a oil temp of 110c .... i so need a oil cooler
and the suspension aint to bd but compared to the coilovers im used to very scary at paddock hill bend!
here are some pics only rally got 2 good ones what a day though time to now give the suspension and brakes a good looking at

karlthomas

ok so little updates i have resprayed the wing mirros as they was rubbish and got all the parts i think i need in my "watch list" on ebay for the turbo conversion going for a standard T3 Garret turbo water cooled for now
cosworth STD size pistons
AN fitting for all oil an water connections with braided hoses
does anyone recomend a good head gasket and a way of honing for the new piston rings?

oh and tomorrow all my pics will be working again

oh and update on suspension - i have not got any yet still waiting for a set of koni adjustable e front shocks to come my way if anyone has any?

mk22door

Freakin nice one!

Garethw1986

very smart car mate well done, are you fitting the cossie side skirts too?

karlthomas

Will be just waiting for a nice set to come on eBay or somewhere local really

mk22door

|Good to see the pictures back, love your car

karlthomas

thanks man uploaded some better pics of the sierra and escort together see post no.6
update:
got my selft a standard T3 turbo off a escort rs turbo that i am rebuilding with a new shaft and bearings
bought a t3 manifold
built myself a little speaker box for the boot i think this is brill :P not finnished yet as you can see and will house 4 square 6*9 inch speakers
oh and a nice set of cosworth seats
oh and does anyone have a set of bolt on drive shafts and hubs (disc) they are up for selling ? help me out big time on installing a LSD diff as i only have push in drive shafts?

karlthomas

And a little teaser

robrs2

There are far better manifold designs then that one. Build your own up.

Not far of finished on my new one now.