the progress is happening thick and fast
really taking shape now



the car was masked up and taken into the spray booth
where the underneath had a nice layer of 3M stonechip






then the car had the complete outside masked off






the inside had its final prep including wipe down with tack rag's

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here she is after some paint in her new colour
ferrari rosso corsa red








as the car is still on the spit, the car was also painted underneath on top of the stone chip






one or two more of the inside, its awesome to finally see it some colour
really makes all the prep work worth it

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mr wolz pressed my new bearings and hubs into the freshly powder coated knuckles
big thanks again





i'm proper chuffed with the outcome





also my new coilovers arrived from GAZ
the difference of these compared to the avo's i had before is massive,
the welds are really neat, two adjusters plates to lock the springs in place rather than one with a plastic screw

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well after the shell was painted inside,
the next morning i covered it over with paper, to stop general bodyshop dust getting on top of it






a picture of the underneath all finished





new rear 1/4 glass seals,
so now have all new seals for the car





the engine bay has had a quick prep and all seams which need sealing up have had a guide coat of green spot primer
before the final prep can happen





holes drilled for the front strut brace





to make sure theres plenty of room for the intercooler and rad setup
there was a small lip on the front panel support (highlighted with the red arrow)
so grinded this off and made it smooth to touch

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bloody hell shed load of work going into this one!! is this car going straight to concours after its finished lol!!

but question for your mate how much did it cost for rear 1/4 window seals and rear screen seals???

cant remember off the top of my head, aint cheap tho

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ok been buying more parts

after sourcing a rear bumper only when i got it home
i realised it had been trimmed far too much
so i got hold of a new one


old one on the left, new on the right




i better look of the new one




brand new tailgate




the engine bay sealing is more or less done,
its alot more important to do a good job in the engine bay,
as i'd rather avoid any future waterleaks




even sealed non important bits, with paint over the top
it will all look much better and easier to keep clean





around the hinges all sealed up




under the scuttle panel has been done aswell

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thanks for the comments


well its time to take the fiesta off the car spit,
so the next idea





should bring the car down to a better level to be painted, plus easy to move around!





all new bits to change over to manual clutch rachet adjustment
should help with the 4-paddle clutch





as my plans have grown for the engine, which has been all built up ready ages ago at ian howells
i'm going for one of his inlet manifolds, pectel t2 ford motorsport ecu, also ian has played around with my new turbo aswell

so with the new plans a better map sensor is needed,
so gone for a new cossie 3bar map sensor

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heres the fiesta on her new wheels ready for a final prep





when the rear spit was extended to bolt inside the rear chassis legs from the rear panel
two holes were cut, so welded a plate and sealed up





engine bay after being prepped with various grade sanding discs






andrew finishing off the final prep





in the spray booth after all dust being blown off and masking from inside began






even the sunroof is done from inside to make sure everything gets good coverage





here she is ready for the morning, where she'll have a few tack rags before the final wet primer will be applied
the floor underneath has been covered up to stop overspray aswell





a closer look at leaving the outer side of the sill out for painting

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ok some pictures i've been looking forward to taking for quite some time,
it finally looks worth all the hard work, NO REGRETS


heres the combination mix for ferrari rosso corsa red before it gets stirred





it was painted with base and one coat of laquer then baked, then hand flatted back before having another two coats of laquer

a massive thanks to the paint team in work, as they did the final prep and adrian did the paintwork today!
they've really outdone themselves today in my eyes

i'll leave the picture say the rest













the engine bay really does it for me

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time to start rebuilding,

looking at the fiesta turbo steering rack one of the tie rods, seemed very loose
so bought a new kit for both sides,

old





new





while changing them i scotched the main body and gave it a few coats of satin matt black
fitted in the bay, happy with the finish





last weekend i went to see my engine builder, area six / ian howell
the main reason was to have my fuel pump uprated
so ian has installed a pump from an evo, rated between 450-500bhp (not that i'll ever be that powerfull)

new pump on the left, to be fitted to the standard 1600 zetec fuel sender/pump unit on the right





brought my skimmed flywheel home, as it wont be used on the harvey gibbs engine dyno





got myself a new fuel pressure reg from ian aswell





also my engine was there with the old cam cover on
aswell as a new sump with oil return on the back for the planned oil breather setup






my new t38

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ok thought it was time to catch up with the progress

to finish off the steering i bought some new track rod ends





also had to clean some the hubs where the powder coating is'nt supposed to be,
with a purple scotch wheel it was'nt too much of a problem





which allowed me to fit the coilovers to the hubs





and on the car





been buying some gauges as its the perfect time to fit the sensors to the engine
the oil temp sensor is either to be fitted to the sump or sump plug





act sensor from R&B motorsport to help me keep an eye on the inlet temps
the new inlet manifold will be drilled and tapped to take the sensor for this

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been spraying with satin matt black again

suspension tops




metal bracket that goes around the heater pipes in the engine bay




also put the rear windows together with all the new fixings




the old man finished making my rear hub spacers, so i filed all the edges then
(before on the left, after filing on the right)
after scotching them up, they had a coat of laquer to stop them looking grotty after time




got the rear beam / suspension / brakes together and bolted on the car
although i have two arb brackets on the wrong way around

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had some bits to do to the heater box,
renewed the foam gasket





also as i have three gauges in the centre grill on the dash,
i'm blocking this up, so cut up an old numberplate to do the job





got myself a nice turbo oil feed pipe with extra pre-turbo filter





put the new rear engine mount on and put new bolts on where the front engine mount would be after cleaning the threads out first





how the engine bay is looking at the moment with the brake servo/master cylinder on

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wow savage project! looks brilliant! keep the pics comeing!

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looks awesome

Awesome work as always, nice colour as well

Did you just use a normal sealer gun for the Ford seam sealant? looks sooooo neat

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Daily isn't so Special. And it makes me sad.
Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

Catch me on Facebook as I'm rarely on here.

yeah normal sealer gun,
just wipe over with a lint free rag with spirit wipe,
pushes the sealant in the gap where it needs to be and helps wipe off the excess

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car is gonna look brand new when done

looks bloody amazing mate what happened to the zoo motorsport arms?

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Rip Ben Elvin (jam)