well been to pick my Si up tonight its a 1.6 but seems gutless compaired to my old mk1 fiesta 1.1

had a good look round it and looks in fair nick so when i can afford it ill just put it straight for an MOT





what are these wheels called?







i think it needs a crossflow

Looks tidy. Good base to start.

Try giving the engine a good service, most importantly a MAF clean (prob cheapest too), new plugs HT leads and some magnatec 5w30. The 1.6 aint gonna break any records but it shouldn't be sluggish.

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what should i be cleaning the MAF with?

you have lattice style alloys there mate

lovely thankyou guess ill have to pick some torx bits up at somepoint


dug out an old parcelshelf to cut about and fit some 6x9's in to keep me busy after ive renewed all the escorts front brakes

Fubared cat would cause sluggishness as well!

Looks good, needs lowering a tad to get it sat right IMO!

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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

im watching some springs

and as soon as its got MOT the cat will be going out the flap and staying out


ahh and was thinking today if its been off the road a year the petrol in the tank wont be doing much performance wise

Looks in good nick there dude

Now see when i got my first si it felt super quick compared to my 1.0

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looks very nice mate but it can't be a 1993 si on a l reg prob a early 94 l reg, as back in them days reg plates changed from august 1st i think

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though my mums old L reg micra was a 93 thats all, shall see when i get the log book back, K's 93 isnt it


well today i gave it a damn good clean inside and out which gave me a chance to have a propper poke round

both sills on top under the rubber sealing trim have a very small hole which will be easily rectified

need a new tyre

then im going to give it a service bleed the brakes and put it for an MOT might waxyol it too



then just them rear arches to sort

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From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

shes nice and clean now



oh dear





not pretty but solid



and started giving things a clean under here got some torx thingys to clean the MAF, did my escorts one and its like a missile now


whats the best induction kit filter? as the clips on the airbox are a right pig to get at so i cant be bothered stickin it back in

I would of said a K&N as you get a induction pipe too

thought i would change the oil and bleed the brakes today

failed on the brakes none of the nipples would budge waht so ever

and failed on the oil too........how the hell do i get to the filter cant believe a car this size has got power steering and the pipes are right in the way, i take it i have to reach it from below?

also needs a CV rubber gaiter thing on the hub end on drivers side, can i do this by taking the leg/hub out the way leaving the shaft in the gearbox?

although i guess if i take the shaft out completly i could get at the oil filter easily




and what do we think to pepperpots, the lattice wheels might need new tyres and ccant afford a set at the moment, the pots only need the one new tyre, inch less in diameter so might pick up on acceleration



it all seemed like to much hard work to the pooch who went for a kip in the escort

@ the pooch

yeah your best bet is doing the filter from underneath

ad for the shaft Q i'm not sure about that one

pepper pots looks really good tho, imo suit it better than the lattice ones

im baaaaaaaaaaaaaack been at glastonbury getting wasted

although im skint i want to crack on with the fiesta as my daily runs out of test in october

sooo any tips for CV gaiter am i going to have to remove the shaft from the box or can i get away with just removing it from the hub end?

Yea, you can do the gaiter by just taking the shaft off the hub end. This will save you alot of work too! When u put the new gaitor on, dont forget to fill it with sum new grease before reconnecting it to keep it all well lubricated. When I did mine, the new gaitors came with grease from ford!

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looks good, i'd get the gunk degreser out 2 help clean up the engine bay with a pressure wash

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