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bensouthport

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:29 am

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pain that mate. inner wear?

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Percy

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:24 am

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The cost of lowing.

Adjustable lower arms will sort that.

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Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:27 am

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or polybushing them?

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Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:05 pm

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Actually no, poly busges can stiffen it up, but if the geometry is wrong to start with you will still have the same problem.

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Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:42 pm

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so you're saying it one side is slightly higher than the other, you're buggered?

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Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:59 pm

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Ben, basically when you lower a car the stock camber gets altered resulting in inner tyre wear so if you fit adjustable lower arms you can regain the stock camber.

I need some as my tyres where ridiculous, I check them every time I drive it now because they can be hard to miss unless you park with yours wheels turned all the time.

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bensouthport

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:49 pm

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hmm, so me fitting new lower arms with my coilovers is kind of pointless? even if i get tracking done and they are fitted at the same time?

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Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:42 pm

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If they are standard arms then your tyres will wear in the inside, just look how bad the camber is, you may get away with it depending how low you go, ill stick a pic of my camber up on my thread to show you.

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bensouthport

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:27 pm

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please mate yeah. ill check it now

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Percy

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:07 pm

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Post 4 on the http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.p ... ive-camber

Basic display but that is the effect.

In short to rebalance your camber you need to shorted the lower arms when you lower it.

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Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:15 pm

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Petrol

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:32 am

lol alot to explain camber

actually no its not the lowering, its only down 30mm, which isnt enough to do that, fucked lower arms and bad tracking done this

done the lower arms about 3 weeks ago but didnt get it tracked, so this happened

shes off the road now, literally, in the garage and insurance is swapped tot he escort, sound system is removed tot he escort and she will get some TLC soon enough

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bensouthport

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:23 am

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thanks percy, i see what you mean now. how low do you have to go to get negative camber though? past 30mm as jony just said?

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Petrol

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:47 am

No 30mm will give it some camper, just not much, fiestas have negative camber in standard form, just not much

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Percy

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:55 am

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As Jony said, a 30mm drop on a fiesta won't make a huge difference so don't worry, as mentioned further up other factors can cause tyres to shred and if anything the camber difference just says which part will wear first (inside edge).

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Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue 1.8 Si,, RS Turbo bonnet fitted

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:10 am

well the escort is off the road, this is back on, one big nightmare im trying to set right, so bare with me

few things the fiesta is in need of attention with

little list, none of them major but niggly and anoying to have

in order of immediateness
the exhaust is rubbing on the S-brace , brace needs to come off and sorting
the dial kit needs removing and setting up right as theyre giving off readings, tacho, temp/fuel, speedo is accurate
the drivers recaro seat base has broken, so i need to fix that as im relying on a cushion atm
need to do the tracking
tighten the handbrake cable at the lever
bleed the brakes on each corner, the bite is way too low, only effective at pedal to the floor
order the drivers interior mirror panel from ford
adjust the tyre pressures- 28psi is the plan
my rear heated screen button backlight is gone, anoying
and i want to remove the fiesta decal from the boot lid

then refit stereo, including front speakers, headunit and sub

then it needs tiding up ready for the first show on the 2nd of may

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happypaul

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue Fiesta Si Shes back!

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:31 am

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Not toooo bad then I suppose

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Petrol

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue Fiesta Si Shes back!

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:04 am

god this has been a while left

just pulled a 0-60 of 8.26 seconds, very happy

using Ulysse speedometer on my HTC, its a GPS tracked speedo timer and odometer, its available on android market

i know i can do it better too, there was no countdown and i had the handbrake up to prevent rolling

bring on ford fair for a more accurate measure!!

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DANIELP1991

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue Fiesta Si 1.8

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:04 pm

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bought the same as a standard rs1800 then.

bit slower than fiesta st though

thats sounds like a good thing on your fone mate.

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Petrol

Post subject: Re: Petrol Blue Fiesta Si 1.8

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:15 pm

nah its not very accurate, takes a while to update

i can do much better

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