It tells you the size on the tyres mate, for example it will say somewhere 195/45/R15 if they are 15 inch or 195/40/R16 if they are 16 inch. Check what your tyre says

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lookin good fella, love the colour

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ST170 with High Compression Pistons, steel rods, Stage 3 head,Newman PH4 cams ,Twin 45 Delortos, Weber Alpha Management, Quaiffe IB5 gearbox,LEDA Coilovers etc .........

Abit to report for the si.

I had my gear box problem so decided to get into that.

We got the box off, clutch, etc.
Then i wonted to get the flywheel clean.

So after taking out the blots i see that 2 of them were badly thraded these bolts must have been forced well in.
And the hole had been so badly threded that the crank would need drilled to a bigger bolt size and then i would have to to find some bigger high tenstile steel bolts.

so the crank will have to be replaced.

Also i have been having temp problems with the car a lot.
turnes out the white smoke belowing out the back is due to a busted water pump.
and after a few sprited drives had cooked the seals on the engine.
so a engine rebuild is on the cards.

pics of stuff done before today.












fuked fly wheel bolt





goodrich brake hoses fitted now




also found my rims are ribbing into the metal dody work so am lookin for a swap or a new set of rims 15in but am not sure on the ofset i need yet.


So my plans now are to go ahead with the track slack build.

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Got into it today.

Got all the sound deadning up to lighten the car.
Started stripping acceries out such as electric windows, boot pop, central locking.

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ohhhhh thats you on a slippery sloap now Mr Hog

good luck with the track fez mate thats what these cars where built for

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ST170 with High Compression Pistons, steel rods, Stage 3 head,Newman PH4 cams ,Twin 45 Delortos, Weber Alpha Management, Quaiffe IB5 gearbox,LEDA Coilovers etc .........

yea i supose i am on the slippery slope.

but this car has gave me so much happnes in the time i have owned it it really has even tho it is off the road and work is being done i still just look at it and get that same buzzing feeling that i got when i 1st got her.

so i would like to take a leaf out of your book dalsy and totally rebuild her from the shell all grot spots done full respray in and out the hole work's for all the happyness she has brought me she deserves to be at her best she can be.

but at the same there are a few things holding me back

1 is that i am only 21 and i do consider my self a good driver cosidering how inexperanced i am compared to meany but i am still at that point in my skills were it could go ither way....glory or desaster. so i dont wont to put to much into a shell i am more than likely going to bin honing in my skills over time.

and 2 i that i am still a novice at mechanics (even tho i suprises my self by getting my gear box done on my own) but i still pritty much learning as i go along so i think a rebuild of that magnatude is to much for me at this point and i think i will just end up with loads of parts all over with no bolts to go with them crying like a ideot wondering were to start and wot happned to my fez lol.

but i gess i have plenty of time to figure it out

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Sounds really good mate! Good luck with the rebuild and you will learn as you go along with the mechanics side of things, thats what I found!

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got the rest of the deadning out just need to whip off the dash and get all the sound deadning out of there .






also my floor pan is very bumpy its in good nick as far as rust goes but there is a dint in the passanger foot well maybe from a ill place'd jack somtime in its life.

there is the crack off the pot hole'd road i got suckered into.

and the boot floor has more then its fair share i think it must have been when the previus owner had a sub box inthere mut have been lifting slightly and made a few dents.

so am going to bang them out and spray the floor with a layer of primer and spray the floor with spray tin's for now so it dont look to bad then i will redo it properly when i come to the full body respray later in the build.

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Sounds good mate, keep us updated with the progress!

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some pics of the bonnet raised.







i lifted it a inch to see wot i thought and didnt like it it came off the body to far and looked excessive to me and wobbled a lot on the hinges.

so decided to go with just over a half inch looks a treat now and does the job of gettin the hot air out just as good now i removed the rubber off the fire wall.
why they bloked the vents off at the bottom of the windscreen from the engine bay i will never know all they do is collect leaves and small things lol.

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been looking at widening the track on the fez with wider arches and spacers on the frunt too.
also wining the arches hould make the zetec s beam a better fit.

so seen these there for a mk1 fiesta there a xr2 copy but 1in wider i have tought about putting them on my fez.
so thought i would post a pic and see wot you think.

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Thats HCS PIMP's old motor from FT. Came to mine to get a water hose for it out my old Si. Tall bloke and mechanic. now drives a mini.

Glade your loving the motor mate. always nice when your in love with your car

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well lil update.
i have been neglecting the fez lately due to other commitments and also i sick as a chip about all the engine problems and i know 1nce i get into fixing it i am going to find a hole host of other problems so have been delaying it a bit.

so i got my ass out there today and got some bits done while i had a lil bit time to spare.

so took out the exhaust system as i am replacing with an ashally system.
took out the cosy calipers andd omp disk's to stop them rusting and seizing up.
started to strip the top of the engine ready to take of the head and check the block but as fuking usual there is somthing fuking up my plans and that is in the form of a snaped torques socket key.
took out the water pump.

so far the parts list to get it back on the road involve.
-water pump
-new crank
-oil pump
-all new belts
-all new seals and gaskets
-new power steering piping.
-and a few more i connot think of.

also found that my power steering pipe was bent and nipped so wont to sort that 2


went to take the manifold off and found i was missing a bolt.





the power steering pipe.

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well lil update.
i have been neglecting the fez lately due to other commitments and also i sick as a chip about all the engine problems and i know 1nce i get into fixing it i am going to find a hole host of other problems so have been delaying it a bit.

so i got my ass out there today and got some bits done while i had a lil bit time to spare.

so took out the exhaust system as i am replacing with an ashally system.
took out the cosy calipers andd omp disk's to stop them rusting and seizing up.
started to strip the top of the engine ready to take of the head and check the block but as fuking usual there is somthing fuking up my plans and that is in the form of a snaped torques socket key.
took out the water pump.

so far the parts list to get it back on the road involve.
-water pump
-new crank
-oil pump
-all new belts
-all new seals and gaskets
-new power steering piping.
-and a few more i connot think of.

also found that my power steering pipe was bent and nipped so wont to sort that 2


went to take the manifold off and found i was missing a bolt.





the power steering pipe.

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At least your starting to progress again mate, keep up the good work

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done some more with the fez.

removed the exhaust ready for the ashally sytem to take its place when it goes back on the road.



removed the callipers and disks no use leaving the weater to rot them.



removed some more bits to strip the engine down.


thermostats gasket was non egsistant lol.




decided i will paint the s brace and gear box craddle exc exc.
so started to get all the rust of it.



seen a few rust paches developing in the wheel arch so i am going to sort that out befor it gets worse same with any other bits i find.




then my fun was stoped as i tried to take of the head and got all the rest of the bolts out bar 2 1 started to give way as in started to round so stoped and the other snaped my socket pice.
so will have to solve that problem.

so whent in with all the engine parts and got to work checking and cleaning them.
and i was horrified at the state i had let them get in not impressed with my self at all.



and this is a lil bit i sscraped out


injecter rail was full also i shudder to think at wot was bing injected with the fuel.



also thick black shit on the ports and tb so getting that cleaned up 2




also the throttle felt stiff and sticky so decided look at the lingages and found it just needed some better washers and better lube.

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Looking good mate

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took apart my maf sensor last night and it was filthy so cleaned that up.



also the k&n filter looks a bit manky so will clean that up.


and today i got my head off and was glad to see that there were no cracks in the block.




so tomorow i will drop the gear box out and then drop the block after it.

decided it would be a good idea to get the coilovers off and give em a clean up but to my fustrasion i found the tops had been rounded off so i have no clue how to get them off with out cutting them out.
any ideas any1.

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keep up the good work fella
n im in the same boat with my spax,tops have rounded off its a right bal ache gettin em off n on

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