well stripped the back end of the car to inspect the damage after the wheel bearing failed, and its totally destroyed the bearing, and cracked the back drum too

so, new brake drums, shoes, and wheel bearings for the back, as well as a new set fo GAZ coilovers I bought , as the AVO ones require a overhaul,. Picked all the new parts today, so get them fitted tomorrow in time for our regional day next week

Just when I thought i was finished spending money on the car too

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its always the way mate

A group of us where down at Croft circuit today, for the Durham and Derbyshire RSOC Regional Day

car ran faultlessly, and thoroughly enjoyed the day, , heres some pics of all us boys from the group on circuit Found these on passionfords, thought Id put some photos up from the guys photobucket account

cheers Fiddy UK

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Guys Ill be at Ford Fair on Sunday, driving on track in 4 sessions , first one being at 10:40 and the rst in the afternoon

the car will be on the Fast Ford Stand along with my mates grey 2i with the supercharged 2 litre zetec, pop along and have a chat

cyas all there

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spotted your car on the track yesterday, looked like it was going well

didn't see it on the FF stand tho, i must of missed it

the car was bloody quick mate!

did you do any 0-60 in it?

Saw your car yesterday mate and me and meilack came into the pits about 4 and saw ya, got a piccy!

Must say i love the paintjob on it and was impressed by the sound and performance on the track

Makes me real jealous, would love to have a track day with a great fiesta again

we never made the Fast Fod stand as we where having issues with the grey XR , so we worked on that . In the afternoon, too hectic to even go to the stand , we where in the track area all day

Mint Si cheers mate, first time at Silverstone, and its a mighty trcak very challenging to go round quicly, I spun the car 360 degrees at the chicane at the main grandstand , scared the poo out my girlfriend

Mole you caught me at the worst time, trying to make the last session, but nice meeting both you and Meillack

heres some pics from yesterday

[quote="wee net"]Had a great weekend just a few pic's of the weekend

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car was lukin mint round the track fella luked very quik
watched u for abit after id had my session round the track

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RuLeThEbEnDs

Good pics

Saw your car on track mate, was absolutely flying!

Looks awesome with those new graphics too, suit it down to the ground

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Thanks guys

Ive now relised that the part thats holding me back is defo the gearbox,still couldnt get into 5th at Silverstone so Ive just done a 767 mile round trip from just outside Glasgow, to North London to pick up a close ratio Quaiffe straight cut gearbox with ATB diff, and 4.5 final drive

Im hoping this will be the final part of the jigsaw to make the car really fly

Im opening up the box on Monday nite at my mates garage, ( he has the 5th gear puller) for inspection, before putting it in the car, Ive got the car booked on at a track day at Knockhill on the 23rd August, ll let yous know how i get on

Ill post pics of the gearbox showing the gears and ratios on Monday nite.

I took the end case off to inspect that 5th gear was a stright cut gear , and has the Quaiffe part numbers on , which it has, before parting with my hard earned cash, really cant wait to try it in the car, if its what the guys promised it is, the car will be mega

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Was out a test drive in the Fiesta down our own wee private test track, and the quaife box is unbelievable, totally transformed the car, I came out of it shaking

The noise and the acceleration from the car is just incredible, Im still shaking , and that was 45 minutes ago,

I also got my ECU sent down to Weber Alpha for some ammendments to it, and Im nowe using the ECU to drive the V V T ( variable valve timing) on the car, and its made some difference to how it performs, car is soo much quicker , and throttle responce is brilliant

Roll on Sunday at Knockhill to I have a proper go in the car , cannae wait, Im excited and nervous all at the same time

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might take a run up on sunday to see how the wee bad boy goes

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

sounds mental nuts!

Looked good at silverstone, bet its a mental car now

Car was going well today at knockhill, but very wet and very slippery

Last session of the day , and I hit oil at the fastest bit of the circuit , and crashed the car, not too serious, will be repaired, going to the body shop tomorrow, looks a lot worse in the photos

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no fucking way,. are you ok bud
looks like the cage did its job and stopped it from being alot worse

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FEED ME MORE!!!!

What about yourself? Any injurys?

Looks painfull upside down!

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

No injuries guys, good looks stil intact , so thats the main thing

My mate Gordon was in the car for the first time too, and hes OK as well, Im sure its his first and last time in the car

A good friend of mines coming to see the car tomorrow , see about pushing the roof back up, and repairing the passenger side, as said , it does look bad, but Ill have a good look at it tomorrow, couldnt face it tonite, but dont think its too bad, just cosmetic damage I think,

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