my track car project started out life as a £220 fiesta rs1800 i got in july of this year



once i started to strip it all down it became evident that the rot was alot worse than i first thought




basicaly it needed two new front wings two new sills a rear quarter panel and inner arch and the floors sorting
i thought i would try and save the rs from the scrapyard so i continued to drop the engine and start work to sort the grot out.
when it came to doing some welding in the rear archs i found even more rust where the floor, sill and arch all meets so i took th decision to scrap the shell as it was way beyond my skill level to repair.
that friday i started the search to find a new shell to continue the project friday night i found a suitable car on fiestaturbo. com
and by the sunday i had immy posetion and £350 lighter this si

tuesday i stripped the interor out of the si to see what condition the body was in and had a plesant suprise.
the floor is solid the arches,sills and wings are all solid. the only bit of rust i found was under the door seals and not really that bad





my plans for this weekend are to transplant the rs engine into the si and get it running

ive got a shed load of parts to fit including a rollcage, coilovers, mondeo v6 brakes, polybushes all around, the rs rear beam and a load of other stuff i cant remember at the mo

@ the rust

at least you managed to find a decent donor shell to get you beck on track

good luck with getting the new engine running, shouldn't be too hard

thats Lukes Si

Well done mate, sounds like it will be an interesting read

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Awww poor old rs, same colour as mine

amazing what hides behind things!

Good luck on the project

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That rs looks like its in a bad way! It's probably best to scrap that shell, the si looks in much better nick!

Good look with the transplant mate!

(love the workshop btw!)

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Before it comes up.....the wiring is nothing to do with me , lovely solid shell tho

youll have to take me out for a lap round snetterton

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phase one of the transplant got done today
dropped the engine in around 4 and a half hours on my own which aint to bad.
had a little trouble with the power streering as the hynes manual description is crap. also ive now got to get a set of ball joints and track rod ends because the ball joint splitter tool ive got is crap and split all the rubber boots




the plan for tomorrow is to swap over the gearbox, engine mounts and powersteering to the rs engine
so more to come tomorrow

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Rs is well beyond saving, Si looks good. Btw no point swapping over rear beams, no difference however you could add the rs antiroll bar to the si and have a twin anti-roll bar

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well got all the bits swapped over to the rs engine now
put the 1.6 gearbox on
pas stuff and engine mount
also fittd my uprated gearbox mounts today
so in now pritty much ready to put back into the car
the plan is to get i in the car around wednesday time and refit everything over the next few days
once thats all done i will be concentrating on getting the suspension and brakes all done

And weight saving I hope!

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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!

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well ive stripped the rs ready for the breakers
heres a couple of pic of breakage in progress and my little helper
aslo dropped the rs engine in the si friday night not ready to start yet is ive got to get some coolent hoses
in total we stripped the front suspension, hubs, drive shafts and steering rack
anti roll bar and engine bay wiring loom.
clocks, door locks, steering wheel and alarm.
full rear beam with the suspension and aload of other little bits and peices

Looks like your progressing well there mate

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Don't waste any time do ya?

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the engines i but ive got to sort out some coolant and induction hoses so its not running yet



the down pipe is a tight fit but with a bit of hammering and sawing it just about clears the starter motor



in need a bigger tool box lol

looking good mate!!!

wer in south wales r u from?

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