not the best update in the world and sorry for crap pics cant find the camera

st170 exhaust manifold arrived today


also been spraying the rocker cover up to pass the time

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Whats with the ST170 mani then? Is that an alertnative to a piper/miltek 421?

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Looks good mate

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Looks like a good project mate

well not much of a update but slowly coming together

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Did the manifold fit staright on mate or you modded it, Pics of it if its been adapted to fit

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Need any fiesta parts give me a try. Have spares for zetec and fiesta turbos

fitted straight on but i am running a blacktop engine it can be made to suit the sliver top engine tho, also i have no exhaust system for it to connect to yet

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intresting thread mate, like the idea of the mk5 with zetec engine

does the mk5 not have a front crossmember , or is it further back, as the ST170 manifold wont fit a MK3/3.5 fiesta without modding either the manifold or the cross member

whats your idea about the false floor, are you gona cut out the floor where the back seat fits normally? personally for all the weight youd save, id keep the floor intact, much stronger if your doing trackdays

anyways ill keep an eye on how the project progresses

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ST170 with High Compression Pistons, steel rods, Stage 3 head,Newman PH4 cams ,Twin 45 Delortos, Weber Alpha Management, Quaiffe IB5 gearbox,LEDA Coilovers etc .........

Getting there now mate

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cheers guys

and dalsy just going to carpet the back when stripped to keep it looking bit more inviting not chopping the floor out mate!

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Will look savage when done.

cheers mate need to start sorting a rad and pipe work next

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when you guys run 2.0's in your si's what do you do for rad and pipe work?

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hmmm wonder if there much difference between the layout on the blacktop and slivertop

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Shouldnt be too different, im sure you can find out online somewhere!

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i been looking online cant find to much, but think im going to get hold of a focus rad and take it from there. but onto some good news found out how to modifiy the sump i have so i can use the current gearbox i have as you can see from the pics it dont line up to good for the starter

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Update...

well today been up to mums garage and removed the sump ready for me to modify. So that i can use a front mount starter which saves me having to source yet another gearbox and will allow me to keep the hddi box i have.

after many hours of head scratching managed to get the sump off. With it been a two piece sump and much better design over the slivertop one piece sump. Reason it took me so long to remove as i was trying to take it all off in one go, but you have to split the two halves first as the oil pick up pipes stops you from removing it as one piece.

here is pics of the section i have got to remove to allow the starter to fit and bolt to the box




will be fun to remove tomorrow with the good old angel grander..

Also after a accident with the engine crane i ended up with a big lump on the head and...



One smashed headlight could of been worse but i took the bigger impact from the crane

enjoy!

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sump modified this morning and then trail fitted needs a tiny touch more off in one area and then its perfect and ready to be painted only problem is now it does not clear with the st170 so will be having about a inch add so it will clear few pics

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