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test* and yeh suppose i should look into one really, might just look for some new 45x45mm trumpets as one of mine is slightly bent and try get the with the mesh over them instead of having a sausage filter... having problems... heater matrix is still only getting warm altho both hoses...

mondeo and escort lower rad hoses modified and joined together - fitted and also piped the 15mm tee up to the heter matrix, ive blanke4d off the thermostat bypass hose - escort top rad hose with built in fan switch, chopped down to size and fitted - so all done, thsi was...

Bled the brakes yesturday, did them in the correct order... was LOADS of air in the offside rear, no air at all in the nearside rear, loads in the offside front and loads in the nearside front. Yet to test them because i planned to test the brakes whilst getting the car upto temp to bleed...

nah i like the black and red bay and they'd be a b*****d to keep clean if i got yellow ones lol plus itd cost like 200+ on a full custom silicone set up not worth it

Re: 1.2 Track car Conversion just a LITTLE bit more lol sounds awesome in person! P.s leave the exhaust as it is :P

Sax-slow VTS rad, 172 and escort lower rad hoses and 32mm pipe joiner - rad is awesome - will put it up along side the zetec one when i do the swap tomorrow to compare it. also gave the car its first wash since i can remember - Just ordered some OMP clamps etc off...

awesome!

Purchased a Brand new Saxo VTS radiator off ebay last night, they are 35mm wider than the mk3 zetec rad, same height and same core and have a built in header tank which is the main reason ive gone for a VTS rad with the lower rad hose outlet on the side on of the rad on the VTS rad and not on...

got a call at 11am today 'down 15bhp than before' , turned out the cam timing was farrrr to advanced... so i left it with him to work his majic, went to collect it at 5pm, was just expecting 165-170bhp as i thought he was just gonna time the cams upto standard and thats aorund the power they...

New goodiess.... 1800 s2 zetec engine, out of a escort GTI... 85k, recent clutch and cam belt turned it over by hand and feels awesome/perfect/lots of compression also came with loom ecu key 2.0TB air filter and pipercross breather filter escort top rad hose with fan switch got it all for...

100quid :O, and cheers ill see what i can find

wrong!... it seemed to be better and started easy, but when i came to drive it on tuesday night it took ages to start, it feels slower and the induction noise is so much different to how it was so the map must be quite a way out so... Dropping the car off at Mikeanics at 10am tomorrow morning...

how much were the spacers, link pleaseeeeee?, i want some 10mm ones

Re: 1.2 Track car Conversion yeh when jonff fits the cat 'oh it feels faster', then when he goes back to the de-cat 'oh it feels faster', defo placebo affect! MOT tmoz aint it?

Re: 1.2 Track car Conversion lol, what 'lot'?

Re: 1.2 Track car Conversion wowwwwwwwwwwwwww hit a nerve lol i need your powerbrap 1.2 filter and no not for my 1.25 :P

Re: 1.2 Track car Conversion you owe jord big time for this rob haha looking and sounding mint, think the exhaust looks quite sleeper-ish just peaking under the bumper, id leave it like that

good work mate, did you get that sill replaced/welded? and orange for the calipers! :)

head bolts torqued then angle tighetend, cams in, cam carriers torqued up as to haynes manual too... advanced the cams slightly :P.. ARPs fitted - ARP bolt on the left - fitted - torqued up to 34nm as to ARP website then sump, exhaust, starter and alternator back on... oil in and 5l of...

good work mate! got a link to where you got your cage pipe lagging from mate?

Re: 1.2 Track car Conversion lol Looked awsome last night, hope we hear it in abit :)

Picked up the ARPs up on way home from work yesturday the nipped to Shawspeed to collect the Genuine Ford head bolts and head gasket, because i asked Jon to get me a Blacktop gasket he asked for a ST170 gasket, which is not quite as thin as a normal 2.0l Blacktop but still 28thou thinner...

Re: 1.2 Track car Conversion rocker cover and inlet colours together looks PERFECT

cheers mate! Earlier i attached the garden hose to the hot tap and blasted the head all before for a good 5 mins, then flushed out the heater matix for another good 5 mins to make sure all the **** was out. Then fitted the bodies and cam belt tensioner, and put all the tappets back in in...

love it, looks truelly awesome!

New head bolts ordered so picking them up along with the gasket from Shawspeed on Thursday now, will fit the head friday after work if i can borrow f0xy's torque wrench. once its all back togther it'll have had new/replaced - -Skimmed Cylinder head by 6 thou, -Blacktop Steel Multilayer...

yeh better engines but alot more expensive and ALOT more to get one fit one into a mk1/2 fiesta, hence why only one person has done it so far lol Just about made it in time to pick the head up before after work then got caught in mega traffic on way back from there, had 6 thou skimmed off...

Just dropped the head off the head off at a Engineering place nearby and ive asked them to just do a light skim of 5-6thou, picking that back up tmoz. Also just removed the starter motor and loosened all the sump bolts ready for the sump to be removed when i get the ARP rod bolts.

yeh yehhhhhhh :P

yeh we'll see, and i don't fancy removing the valves lol and when me and andy fit the ARP's ill ask andy to bring his snap-on spy camera thing and we'll have a look at what we can, oil pump etc...