sealed optima redtop battery for the boot and the ford battery clamp to hold it on the battery tray




distribution block on a bracket for the engine bay, basically needed to relocate the battery




some rare brand new original ford headlamp protectors
not sure wether to use these or not

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looking good

wish i had ur bank balance!

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Ford Fiesta 1.6si 5Door Mods Sony flip down cd player,Alpine Type s compent speakers Tweeters in colour coded mirror bases Kenwood 17cm speakers In Rear shelf,Splx 10inch Sub In boot 600watt Splx on passanger footwell in custom Bulid,Richbrook Ford Gear Knob,Green Cotton Air Panel Filter,Tom brown hat on rear shelf,clear side repeaters,ripspeed car mats,rear head rests rear small ford badage,ditgal volt gauge in front heater vent,Escort gti rims

Coming soon
mk4 wiper arm,laguna spilter,grey centres in the wheels 35mm drop,screen bulit into dash dvd player in glove box,stanless steel back box Mondeo dics and calipers,Rear disc conversation,Black roof lining with bulit in leds,Blue limation on dials,white dials & heater vents,graphti bonnet

wish i worked for ford!

any jobs going down there mate??

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

Lookin brill mate

Haha Dan, my mate was sayin today my local Ford are looking to take someone on this year for an apprenticeship and sed i should apply, i'm starting to warm to the idea now

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

well the week before christmas i've been doing the odd hour on the fiesta after work
when i've had time,
so thought i'd post up some progress on the stripping

engine bay looking a little more bare




some parts removed from the bay,
winscreen washer bottle, power steering rack and pipes, anti roll bar complete, rear engine mount




got the carpet and near new underlay out
(i had brand new last time the car was put back together after the bodywork)




trying to make the car as light as possible for the car spit
so doors off, windscreen out, tailgate off etc





also put my car spit together ready

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got more done yesterday


loom out, battery out




steering wheel off and whats left of my clockspring




rear quarter trim,seat belts and opening 1/4 glass taken out




dash nearly ready to come out




engine bay stripped alot more with brake servo out, brake bar and firewall stuff




front lower arms and brackets off




front suspension off

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front arch looking empty, you can see previous attempts with smooth hamerite but will all be coming off




dash out, what a mess lol




airbag ecu, fuel filter bracket and windscreen washer hose




dash, wheels and quarter glass




brake servo and master cylinder, battery and whats left of the firewall/sound deadening infront of the bulkhead




and how i left it

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ANOTHER DAY

all the loom is out




heres the mess of wires with just the fuel pump still connected
as the tank needs to be dropped to gain access




steering column is out




less the side air vent pipes and steering column




the parts piles are getting bigger, aswell as my garage, the attic, the conservatory and now work lol




the last time this car is going to touch the floor on its own wheels for a while

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down with the fuel tank, and filler kneck
still emptied 1 and a half green petrol cans from the tank even though the red EMPTY light was on




rear coilovers off




rear beam off




not looking too bad, i've seen alot worse




how i left it at the end of the day

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HAPPY NEW YEAR


its basically a shell now haha
(is it too late to change my mind now??)

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been trial fitting the ends of the car spit
the front end is lovely and solid as its basically on the chassis leg ends


but the rear is bolted to the rear panel and had alot of movement when bolted up
so tried bigger washers which made an improvement




so looking to strengthen the back as i dont want to damage anything,
noticed the hole below the bumper mount




looking underneath, the hole is part of the rear chassis leg




so i opened up the hole with a belt sander and trial fitted a piece of boxed steel bar




so the plan is to use an existing hole in the rear chassis leg to bolt the metal bare securely
and weld another piece of box section steel to make it all secure
i've used red lines to show where the other piece of steel would go
this should really firm it up




as i plan to seam weld the most of the front end of the car,
the factory sound proofing inside the shell needs to be removed, lucky with the cold wether its coming off quite easy with a hammer and chisel




and i've come across a problem,
ordered a brand new fords crankshaft pulley as everything else on the engine is brand new

it arrived in a horrible primer, as all the other pulleys come in a smooth black finish i wanted them to be all the same.
so after ringing around other dealers to find out theirs are the same
even a good mate clark the other side of the country searched his dealership to find them with the same primer finish


so i'll probably have to paint it myself




been buying more lately so will have some more updates very soon..........................

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Good work mate!!

should be like a concourse car when its done!

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

tonight with the good help of a work mate adrian,
the jig was sorted at the rear of the car to make it more secure and solid,


as we started before




after the hole being opened up with a belt sander to reveal the inside of the rear chassis leg




dimensions were taken, metal cut to size, and placed fire mat's over the car appropriately as we're about to weld




a close up of eveything ready to weld




job done, nothing pretty to look at but does the job we want!!





a nut was tacked inside the new tube before welding to the jig,
so that the metal tube is tight inside the chassis leg,
using existing factory holes in the rear leg the nut and bolt work well




heres the jig connected to the front, which did'nt need any modifications

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stripped back alot more sound deadening and even the seam sealer (will go more into that another time)





heres a close up of the floor plug i've removed, as one was a little loose when removing the factory sound deadening, so i plan to remove them all and weld them up!






my last engine had a small oil leak which i never got around to sorting, but it had blown all over the engine bay
so alot of things are quite dirty,

using a parts sink cleaner i cleaned up my vibratechnic uprated gearbox mounts, gave them a good clean
will probably rub the metal surfaces back and give a lick of paint to freshen up




also cleaned up the coilpack bracket, not sure why its gone a funny colour, but its clean and one of the many things i plan to have shot blasted and then powder coated




my vernier pulleys arrived, which accurately allow the cams to be advanced or retarded
and also look nice ha




got hold of an msd coilpack (has a higher voltage and not supposed to be used with standard leads)
so on the search for a set of them, unfortunately its an american product so the seach is'nt going to be easy




got myself a new header tank aswell




my new crank pulley which i'm going to have painted black to match the water pump pulley

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more progress

ok so had to remove the remains of the rear towing eye to be able to tighten the bolt which holds the spit in the rear chassis leg,
the towing eye was chopped to be able to fit the zetec s rear bumper years ago




hour and a half later of grinding as the welds are all the way through
but allows me to bolt up tight now




been cracking on with stripping the sound proofing




suprising how heavy that lot is




bulkhead panel now soundproofing free aswell,
so when seam welding underneath i dont have to worry about anything melting,
also with the age of the car it could be hiding rust




alot of the seam sealer has looked like this




until you strip it back to find small scabby bits like this

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good work

Looking Good as ever, out of intrest how much did you pay for the GRS intercooler ( I assume its 2nd hand)

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RIP Ben. Gone but not forgotten.

SportKA - I've driven one and its deffinately a Girls car

Ford Fair 2010 0-60 7.45 secs Trek 4100

Save the trees, wipe your arse with a Cosworth

yeah second hand, cant remember the price was a year ago i think lol
being pressure checked and rebuffed soon
if its not up to standards i'll be buying new

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