Long awaited Thread of my ST170 Track car
 

As in the title iv been meaning to start a thread about my st170.

I see it on pistonheads and because cash was tight i waited for 3/4 weeks
and cheket pistonheads again and it was still up for sale so i had to go and have a look even though cash was even tighter.

Me and my partner when up on sunday the morning of centrol day at the pod and the car was in coventry, even though there was a few problems like the front brake pad was so thin it had half fallen out but lol it had 11 mounts mot. The body work was mint and if i was going to get one it had to be in this rear coluor (capri blue).

So i bort it and me and my partner stopet at the pod on the way back it would of been rood not to and these are the first pics.

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This was bort as a track car that i might sprint in 2013.
This is my work/run about car not grate but it had to be ford.

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My partner car with a pocky enging.

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Back to the st i just put pics up of what iv done up to the first track day.

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Nearly had a massive fire when i was welding the rear strut brace as i set the fuel tank alight :wall:
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great stuff mate. im also doing one at the moment so will be keeping a keen intrest in your thread. prob be better if the pics didnt need clicking on though and were visible.

Sorry people my lap top whent up the crapper here are the rest of the pics.
Sorry underdog I try put the pics up anther way I know it's a pain in the ass.

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As you can see I've had all the sub frame and arms powder coated. A full set of spax coil overs

not my first choice but thay are one off and free so I went with them lol.

I have comp brake Rosie joint track rod ends.

Hello mate im rob and sams mate the one with the rs focus! Love this car :)

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As you can see I had the floor painted in shoots.

New mintex vented and grooved disks and mintex pads I will upgrade to a AP set up when I'm not as poor lol.

Flo flex bushes all round I will go roise jointed all round again when I'm not poor lol

I had the team dynamic wheels that come with the car painted as when the pads were metal on metal the fillings was eating in to the wheels and the front wheels whent orangy white.

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Front disks with new anodised wheel nuts

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I painted the front and rear hubs. I also fitted new (ford) wheel bearings so I would not have to strip it all out again if one failed.

New anty roll bar links.

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New uprated and thicker anty roll bars front and rear.

The body and interior. I fully striped out all unnessory weight. cut the inner doors out and the spear wheel well out. Because I cut the spear wheel well out the wind catches the rear bumper hence the holes in the bumper and I like to think a little less drag.

The first pic was befor the interior was sprayed. With rear brace welded in and dubbliing plates at each end.

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I fitted a new cage and had it painted the same colour wheels.

I had to have a new screen fitted for the MOT lol
When the auto glass man was there he fitted my plastic windows as well.

quality work mate. love it

This is a nice project, best colour :grin:

Very nice build, really like it

Good going mate, what make is your cage? Get a diffuser on the rear.

looked great at brands

how did you get free spax?? lucky chap :smile:

will keep an eye on this been fancing a focus track car now my clio 172 has gone

wouw great track car this

Top track car.These ST 170s are getting cheap now.

Ha ha mate just see your post iv just posted on your thread mate

Hello mate it's a sparco cage. Your car is mental compared to mine. Will look in to a diffuser mate but don't think my car is fast enough for it to make a different lol

Thank you mate it will never look as good as your Scort

Well my best mate is a top designer for a road sweeping company that use spax for there suspension as thay spent 100k + with them over the last few years my mate tappet them up for a set.

The set I got was designed for track for the focus but as there was not a lot of interests so thay never put the kit in to production. Thay found people were more interested in slamming there cars so made the kits more for lowering not handling

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Can't wait to see all these cars out next year, would be good to get together for a track day if we can!

Looks very nice mate :top:


Brian

Yes mate would love to meat up and do a track day I sneaked two in at the end of this year one at brands and there is a pic of me in performance ford this month at brands on track and I've done lydden hill as well as its local to me but lydden is a bit tight on the st and well hard on the tyres and brakes.

Thanks Brian

Have you got a project thread mate

i agree a diffuser would look great even just for looks if not function. better than holes.

How do you find the flo flex?? im ordering some as their so much cheaper than other makes. 157 a full set is cheap as chips.

Do they all fit easy without presses beacause i dont fancy putting my arms in a vice when they are powdercoated. but if needs must il have too.

with your power id be just watching you go round lapping me. lol.

im hoping to do castle coombe and llandow at some point but im a long way from ready yet

we will be there on the 15th of march pop along if you guys can, still spaces left

which track??

castle of doom, 120 squid open pit,

will have to see what i can do.

Flo flex was good and easy to fit to the front arms mate and the front anty roll bar. But all the rear arms were crap because when I pressed the bush housing out to put the flo flex one in it was loose in the hole of the arm so I ended up welding the housing in. But I've had different bush kits that have fitted a lot better in the past.

I'm in for that lol

ah thats not good. i dont own a welder so could be in trouble. did you weld after powdercoat?

Let me know if you do want to come to Combe and I will put your names down.

No mate fitted and welded the housing first then had the arms shot blasted then powder coated

Yep put me down mate (what do you need to know)

Is it a MSV track day

thanks nev but its too early for me to commit to it. i dont know if car will be ready as my time will get tight to work on it soon

anything new happening to this car or are you all finished??

Cool project.