fit like toughy

oil cooler pipes are very neat indeed

the rouse is in for a mot tomorrow as i forgot that it ran out at begining of april oops

hope it goes through alright

 

Mid May Mr T, dont want to come back

Whats your plans for the turbo / filter or will i have to wait and see.

 

Right another small update,

another package arrived today containing my new pre-turbo filter with re-location pipes (thanks to Mike Rainbird ) This should be fitted tomorrow and then i will get the head lifted on

Spent a bit of time getting the Intercooler and Radiator back up into position, god its tight for space with that oil cooler pipes in there.

So im now ready to fit the front part of the undertray and get the bumper back on once i get a new outside Temp sensor

Some pics.


Pre-Turbo filter kit




Couple of pics of how tight it is for space in there






Everything bolted up in place awaiting the undertray and bumper





And the sensor that i broke

 

How come such a small oil cooler? I'm right in thinking that's for the engine oil aren't I? I have a 13 row cooler on my Zetec Turbo Fiesta, I'd have thought you'd want something much more substantial on that, specially with so much available space to mount it!

 

There is actually very little space for the cooler if i want to keep all the "road stuff" like washer bottle ect as i could have removed it and fitted a much bigger one there. I did fit a larger one in the same place as i have this one but with the pipes fitted it hung down to low stopping the undertray from bolting up there are pics on one of the earlier pages.
As for it being substantial it should be better than the Std water cooled one which will do me fine

 

Fair enough! I actually had problems with elevated oil temps with prolonged hard use higher up in the rev range, so the oil cooler was necessary. If yours is more of a precaution then I suppose something that size will be just fine! Does all look a bit fiddly and tight down there now!

 

Fiddly is not the word M8, lots of skint knuckles getting everything in place with this one

Only going to be doing a few track days a year with it so it should be fine

 

 

Pic of the front part of the undertray fitted.

You can see how tight it is for space for the cooler and pipe unions now that its in place. Could not fit it the other way round with the pipes at the bottom either as it sits in behind the lower grill of the bumper where it is





Couple of pics of the head just waiting to go on will get that done tomorrow night

 

 

Looks mint!

 

Ok tonights work.

My brother came up to the garage and gave me a lift with the Cyl Head (cheers Niki ) so its on and all bolted down

Done the timing and fitted the bumper and all the pluff that goes with it and will get cracking tomorrow night getting everything plumed and connected.

Pic of how it looked at the start of the night




And how it looked at the end of play

 

 

The old girl is looking well Paul

 

Cheers paul

Hopefully i will get it fired up over the weekend but there's no real rush, its been off the road so long now another few days wont make much odds.

Will give you a call soon about that cap

Cheers,

 

Looking good mo fo!!

I like the oil cooler set up!!

Oh yeah btw...ur one booooooooofty fooker!!

Keep up the good work m8

Shorty...

 

Ok,

Went out at lunch time today and got going again.

Fitted the rocker cover, changed the oil, fitted the new wheel studs and attached all the pipes, wires ect.

Couple of pics of mid operation








Almost there, at the stage of cranking it over to get the oil primed through everything





Plugs in, Turbo oil feed fitted and it fired up on the button

I will fit the turbo filter using P-Clips once the cam cover is fitted. will be left off untill i check the belt tension after i've put some miles on it






Let it run up to temp, checked all the fluid levels and was super chuffed to see that it still has good oil pressure





Finally, took it for a run so early indications are that it is fine. will give it a good clean tomorrow and try and get some miles on it

Now, do i put the centre caps back on the wheels or leave them off?

quite like them as they are but not 100% sure

 

Your car looks fantastic Paul ! And yes imo just don't put again the center caps on the wheels ! It looks the bollocks

 

Looks proper! Get some flat centre caps for the wheels!

 

Never knew that there were flat ones, might look into that cheers

Gave it a quick clean inside and out as all the oil from the misshap was still all over the back of it.

Father and Daughter hard at work








Went out and stuck some miles on it earlier on so stopped and took a couple of pics of it. as you do

 

looking good mate
bet your chuffed now its up and running

 

Chuffed aint the word M8 will be good to get some use of it now and enjoy it over the summer

 

Top job paul

must be a good feeling driving her again

wheels look good with out the centre caps

Looks a no bad day at home to, if youve got a bit of spare time now you could always give scott a wee hand with my sick puppy.

 

looks very nice mate


much better with everything cleaned as you put it back together ,,,makes sense

 

Stunning Paul, well done mate

Put the centre caps back on i think

 

C1ARK

Deffo a good feeling to be behind the wheel again

Still not decided on the centre caps yet every time i look at it i change my mind just have to go out and source a set of 18" RL7's i think



Sticky

Cheers M8

As said above to C1ARK i'm just not convinced either way

Bring on the RL's

 

well done mate

good to see her back on the road ill be morre than willing to run her in for you once the misses has dropped (any hour soon )


dont mean to be a pain in the arse but when could you look at he rouse need more boost need a rolling road sesion

cheers
steve

 

Paul 18" Rl's would be as they say here....... da bomb.


Hunter i'll give it more boost wont last long tho Nice bottle of n2o in the hall cupboard 2.

 

Hunter,

We will get the Rouse done once the new Baby Hunter is here and you need some time out give my best to Julie.

 

Job done!! Car looks brilliant, and the oil cooler looks good up front Looks like you need a new sig though Paul! The wheels do look good with and without centre caps, guess you might as well leave them off for a bit, see how they grow on you. Top work!

 

cheers M8,

i will get the sig done once i get a nice pic of the engine with its Timing Belt cover on and decide on the wheels issue

 

Looking good Paul, and you know I'm right what I was saying when I was round yesterday, get the Turbo cover in carbon to match your timing belt cover, you know it will look sweet as!!!

 

Yes speak to cossymad on the board i'm sure he'll be able to get them for you...

Pic of my old one with the flat caps.......

 

maxest

Cheers M8

 

The rocker cover is a gorgeous colour

 

Cheers M8 its got a kind of metal flake sparkle through it as well which makes it very bling when the sun hits it

 

Looks good, like the colour on the wheels, suits the car really well.

 

Cheers M8 hides the brake dust as well

 

OK,

Checked the Timing Belt tension tonight now that its got some miles on and fitted the cover went on a treat (thanks Mike R)

Got some TCA's coming over the next few days so that will be Sundays job as its the Granite City Rally on Sat so no work on the cossie then

 

Looks the Bollox matey.....

You goin the Cumbria show ?

Be nice to see it in the flesh....