been on here for about a year now so thought its about time i started this.first a little about my car it when i got it it had a 2.0 conversion already along with gaz coilovers an rst gearbox with lsd,cosworth brakes,rear axle spacers etc.it handles really well but now im starting to get the urge for a little more power so ive got a set of yamaha r1 bike carbs sitting in my mates bit waiting to go on and im also going to order a new exhaust manifold next week also.heres afew pics of when i got it.




and a couple of what it looks like now

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

il get pics of the carbs up tomorrow and il get the pics up of me rebuilding the head a couple of months ago ive also got a paddle clutch to put on aswell the car gets used mainly for tarmac autotests and trackdays at kaimes my local track ive got a video but not figuered out how to put it up yet

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

Make a change to see one without the RS/XR skirts and arches!

I hope your planning to strip the interior out!

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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.

interior is coming out paul left it in just now coz it means i can win autotests with some tunes on and piss people off a bit more might strip it out tommorrow coz im off work with a sore foot after some drunken antics at the weekend

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

front speakers will do fine tho

get rid of the sound deadening too

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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.

was thinking about stripping it right out but might leave the front coz it could be going back on the road as my daily drive but i dont do that many miles and weve got the st 170 anyway so not sure yet

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

looks good, i was going the ZX9R motorbike carb route but just sold them to stick with throttle bodies and injection due to problems with emissions with carbs and needing to refit the CAT for MoT's, what manifold and ignition system are you going for? i made a manifold from a precut manifold blank.

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Will

Nice car you've got there mate and plans sound really good too

Keep us updated

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thanks for the comments guys was thinking about obx manifold for some low down torque because the track is really tight also for the autotests due to the fact your mainly in 1st and 2nd gear but not sure heard stories about ports not lining up and cracking so not sure yet there is also the ashley manifold but these give a bit more top end.as for the carbs got these for nothing of my mate they are on a vauxhall red top manifold but il cut the mounting plate off and use an inlet manifold gasket as a template for the new one

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

loookin good

Good to see you go round Kames, challenging wee circuit, have you been timed round the circuit

Are you doing more on the scotish sprint car championship circuits, theres an event on at Forestburn, Salsburgh next weekend, we are going up to have a wee look at maybe competeing in the championship next year

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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 .........

just doin tarmac autotests and test nights looked into the sprints but too much money for not a lot of track time (£65 for about 8 laps) the autotests cost £20 for 9 laps which includes the full track including the rally roads and paddock and a test night is the same roughly 9 laps of wherever you want to drive for £10.at the last autotest i was doin 1.18 including rally road through the middle and few handbrakes etc through paddock but reckon on the outer circuit it would be 45secs -1min roughly but not sure il time it next test night an see.are you a member of east ayrshire car club dalsy what time you do round kaimes

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

My membership has expired, but i plan to jion again. the club I help run, The West of Scotland RSOC had there regional day there the past 2 years , and I enjoy the wee circuit, very good laugh, and good for spectators too. and I get on very well with some of the EACC committee, and we have built up a good relationship now between the 2 clubs

My best time round Kames for 3 laps on the tarmac , going clockwise was 96.58 secs,

You going to Knockhill this coming Sunday, Speed Sunday is on, and 7 of our lads are booked on track, should be a good day, also its part of the Fast and Modified Show, so hoping to spank some jap stuff round the circuit

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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 .........

is it not the past 3 years the rsoc have held there anual meet at kaimes.im sure i could get somewhere in the region of your time not going to knock hill this week need to get up soon though nothing beats horseing some jap crap.it will be full of gay honda boys if it s a fast and modified day was talking to your mate wi the supercharged fiesta at the rs day quite a wee tool that thing he was saying its all standard bottom end on it basically the mini charger an st 170 manifold thats about it.keep threatining the girlfriend that one day she will get up for work an there will be no manifold on the car cos itll be on mines

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

Where you at kames for our day, did you enjoy it, I organised the whole event

Johns Supercharged Fiesta is a wee tool of a thing, I domne all the fabrication of the barckets , shaft etc.... for the drive for the charger. We have just ammended the layout of the charger,and beefed up the brackets to help reliabilty, but it goes well

Next year we will be at Kames again, you can book some track time, and you can see if you can beat my time

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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 .........

yeah i was there missed last year but was there the year before always good to see some quality non jap stuff out on track.was it hard to make the stuff for the charger looked fairly straight forward but top marks for thinking outside the box you should put together a kit an make yourself some cash il take the first one of your hands

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

I swear man, never again, If you knew the work thats went into that wee motor, plenty late nights in the garage

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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 .........

well if youve done all the development already then it shouldnt be too hard second time round where abouts you from dalsy also what manifold is on your car an what do you think about it not sure whether to get one like yours or an ashley

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

just up the road from you, I stay just outside Wishaw

cant remember the make of the manifold, but its OK, Think the Ashley ones are a bit poor, as they tend to crack if you heat wrap them , from my own personal experience.A good exhaust manifold would be the ST170 one, and have the bend modified to suit the Fiesta, although on Johns car we modified the crossmember to suit the manifold and fitted a flexi pipe in place of the CAT, to mate up with the scorpion exhaust and it works bang on

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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 .........

youre only 5 mins away you dont stay next to bonkle by any chance do you was thinking about st 170 manifold but people dont change them so there hard to find wouldnt get it bent to suit id probably just do the same as you done had to do the same on my mates mk1 fiesta to get the t3 in so no big deal

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

well not done much this weekend been busy puttin new brakes on the st for its mot but did manage to pick the carbs up and im goin to rip the egr off tonight and who knows if im feeling fit i might start ripping the interior out

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Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.