Right guys, as Ben has pointed out I dont have a build thread and seeing as my baby is nothing like how Henry Ford intended I guess I had better make one pronto!!
So, 3 years in one post, here we go:
My first car was a Diamond White 1.1 Popular Plus which had Si bumpers. stuck an Si interior in it, drove it for a few years then sold it.
Bought a Mondeo 2.0 Zetec engine in 2007 as I always planned to get another Mk3. Stripped it down and left it in bits in the garage.
Bought my little baby back in the summer of 2009 as a second car, she started as an Ash Black 1.6 Ghia but had Si bumpers, arch spats and interior when I bought it.
First thing I did was bought some new Lower arms, shocks off eBay and G-Max 30mm springs.
Not much happened to it between buying it and December last year when she lost a heap of oil and, i assume as i've not pulled the sump off the 1.6 yet, minced the crank shells. What ever she did it didn't sound pretty!!
So, the 2.0 needed rebuilt and put in pronto, I re-built it in a couple of days and then hired an engine hoist for a long weekend in January with the plan being to haul the fucked 1.6 out, swap everything over and stick the 2.0 in again... Simples!!
2 weeks of hire later and the engine was finally in, but my neighbours hated me and I can personally vouch that changing an engine by yourself, between the hours of 8pm and midnight, on your drive, in the snow is one of the most soul destroying yet immensely satisfying things you can do!
Since January not a lot has happened to the car,
I've modified the front bumper courtesy of a crash barrier. honest officer, road rage, rain and a slip road bend that's sharper than it looks had nothing to do with it
There's now an A-piller with dual gauge pod on with oil pressure and temperature in it. After the 1.6 mincing itself i'm taking no chances!
I've got a set of FK Coilover. the fronts are fitted but i've just been too lazy to fit the rears.
All new polybushes fitted at the front, along with upgrading to a 16mm front ARB.
So, whats planned for my little go-kart??
Rear coilovers fitted
Rear trailing arm polybushes
2wd Cossie 4 pots to be fitted
Corner weight the coillies once all fitted
Oil change with Millers Nanodrive 5W40 (yes i want 27bhp like the Focus RS in Fast Ford too
)Right, vodka and tiredness are starting to take their toll so ill finish here, but updates a plenty are planned
Paul
