Matt_90
ClioSport Club Member
Sprint/climb 106 gti
Well after having one or two threads with pics etc of the ST, I have decided to put a project thread together..(Well try to)
Well I bought the car on April 13th after shopping around I found one that I liked, FFSH, clean body work, interior etc…..
The car was only 8 miles from my home so, after going to see it and having a test drive. I decided to go ahead and put a deposit down on the car!
So two days later I went to pick it up after it had a service and MOT..
Pic from advert –
The car felt great over the next few days and the smile couldn’t be wiped from my face
But knowing my luck something had to go wrong and it did ….. The car started to feel a little under powered and wouldn’t start first time.
I decided to contact the dealer I bought it off and they got it booked in but it would mean me having to wait over a week!
Being my impatient self I couldn’t live with it not working correctly, so I got it booked in a Ford to have it checked over and also have the ECU updated as I had heard various problems regarding the ECU’s on the 06-07 cars due to the transition stage between facelift models.
It turned out that the car when having its 36000K service never had the plugs or fuel filter changed when it was suppose to, the service was carried out by Ford and was stamped…. So I argued out that I should not have to pay and ended up losing the argument, and paying £220
But that was all worth it on the way home when the car felt so much better than before, So I could now focus on getting the car how I wanted it.
So along cam Fiesta in the park, where I got myself some -35mm Eibach springs and a miltek Flexi pipe to replace the restrictive one that Ford fit to the car!
(At this stage I should of taken some pics of the parts)
This is how the car stood after treating her to a clean!
I then went and played around with Idea’s of getting my wheels refurbed of changing them for something different as they were in a pretty bad way.
I decided to go ahead with getting them refurbed in Gloss black so along come Pay day and I got them done by a local company for the sum of £200
I also painted the silver fog surround black to match the wheels and give it a bit more of a stealthy look!
I was now really starting to enjoy the car for what is was, the next step was to get the induction setup sorted!
I managed to sort out a piper induction kit for peanuts which I am currently in the process of building a heat shield for as they really suffer from heat soak… Anyway more on that later!
But as per normal it was all going to well……, I drove up to the Northeast to visit my Family, It was a nice hot sunny day I thought nothing could wrong! Yea right….
Moved the car from one part of a car park to another when, I then returned 20 minutes later to find my coolant all over the floor!
One of the hoses had been tapping against the fan and it had cut in to it, I was kind of glad this had happened in a car park and not on the motorway! So Along came the AA and repaired it for me, I then went ahead and got a replacement hose from ford which cost £55 before I drove the 300 miles back home.
Next on the list was to get an exhaust fitted, After shopping around I didn’t fancy the usual 3.5 or 4 inch tail pipe miltek/piper/mongoose systems so I decided to take the risk and get longlife to build one!
I went for a 50mm outward rolled tip with a silencer where the centre box is instead of a back box, along with a decat. The drive home was so much fun, the car pop’d and banged like mad on the over run and was so raspy
But after only having the decat on 4 days it had to come off as it was far too loud for road use, so I am currently getting a silencer fitted to it if all goes well or a sports cat
I also painted upper/lower front grills on the car and the fog surrounds, satin black.
So last week I went for a bit of a photo whoring session:
After trying to tell myself I wouldn’t spend any money on the car this month, I got offered a second hand Dream science tuner, for the bargain price £150 with 4 maps and 5 live left.
The maps included are the 182 puma speed map and a 190hi/lo map, I currently have the 182 map installed at the minute and it makes such a difference to how the car feels. The 190 maps are designed to run with cams so they are on my current shopping list.
It accelerates so much smoother and seems to piece all the mods together I just now need to get a stainless manifold and the car should be running roughly 180bhp with the decat on. (Once manifold is fitted I am going to get the car RR’d to confirm this)
Then next on my list it to get a smaller battery fitted so I can fit the heat shield to the car along with CAF’s
Cams, unsure of what ones, more than likely cosworth.
New seats and Steering wheel
Get track days booked
Big future mods include:
Fully Adjustable coilovers
16” Wheels
Brake upgrade
Throttle bodies or Supercharger
Thanks for reading and I will do my best to keep it up to date ish....
O yea and the says Hai!
Well I bought the car on April 13th after shopping around I found one that I liked, FFSH, clean body work, interior etc…..
The car was only 8 miles from my home so, after going to see it and having a test drive. I decided to go ahead and put a deposit down on the car!
So two days later I went to pick it up after it had a service and MOT..
Pic from advert –
The car felt great over the next few days and the smile couldn’t be wiped from my face
But knowing my luck something had to go wrong and it did ….. The car started to feel a little under powered and wouldn’t start first time.
I decided to contact the dealer I bought it off and they got it booked in but it would mean me having to wait over a week!
Being my impatient self I couldn’t live with it not working correctly, so I got it booked in a Ford to have it checked over and also have the ECU updated as I had heard various problems regarding the ECU’s on the 06-07 cars due to the transition stage between facelift models.
It turned out that the car when having its 36000K service never had the plugs or fuel filter changed when it was suppose to, the service was carried out by Ford and was stamped…. So I argued out that I should not have to pay and ended up losing the argument, and paying £220
But that was all worth it on the way home when the car felt so much better than before, So I could now focus on getting the car how I wanted it.
So along cam Fiesta in the park, where I got myself some -35mm Eibach springs and a miltek Flexi pipe to replace the restrictive one that Ford fit to the car!
(At this stage I should of taken some pics of the parts)
This is how the car stood after treating her to a clean!
I then went and played around with Idea’s of getting my wheels refurbed of changing them for something different as they were in a pretty bad way.
I decided to go ahead with getting them refurbed in Gloss black so along come Pay day and I got them done by a local company for the sum of £200
I also painted the silver fog surround black to match the wheels and give it a bit more of a stealthy look!
I was now really starting to enjoy the car for what is was, the next step was to get the induction setup sorted!
I managed to sort out a piper induction kit for peanuts which I am currently in the process of building a heat shield for as they really suffer from heat soak… Anyway more on that later!
But as per normal it was all going to well……
, I drove up to the Northeast to visit my Family, It was a nice hot sunny day I thought nothing could wrong! Yea right….Moved the car from one part of a car park to another when, I then returned 20 minutes later to find my coolant all over the floor!
One of the hoses had been tapping against the fan and it had cut in to it, I was kind of glad this had happened in a car park and not on the motorway! So Along came the AA and repaired it for me, I then went ahead and got a replacement hose from ford which cost £55 before I drove the 300 miles back home.
Next on the list was to get an exhaust fitted, After shopping around I didn’t fancy the usual 3.5 or 4 inch tail pipe miltek/piper/mongoose systems so I decided to take the risk and get longlife to build one!
I went for a 50mm outward rolled tip with a silencer where the centre box is instead of a back box, along with a decat. The drive home was so much fun, the car pop’d and banged like mad on the over run and was so raspy
But after only having the decat on 4 days it had to come off as it was far too loud for road use, so I am currently getting a silencer fitted to it if all goes well or a sports cat
I also painted upper/lower front grills on the car and the fog surrounds, satin black.
So last week I went for a bit of a photo whoring session:
After trying to tell myself I wouldn’t spend any money on the car this month, I got offered a second hand Dream science tuner, for the bargain price £150 with 4 maps and 5 live left.
The maps included are the 182 puma speed map and a 190hi/lo map, I currently have the 182 map installed at the minute and it makes such a difference to how the car feels. The 190 maps are designed to run with cams so they are on my current shopping list.
It accelerates so much smoother and seems to piece all the mods together I just now need to get a stainless manifold and the car should be running roughly 180bhp with the decat on. (Once manifold is fitted I am going to get the car RR’d to confirm this)
Then next on my list it to get a smaller battery fitted so I can fit the heat shield to the car along with CAF’s
Cams, unsure of what ones, more than likely cosworth.
New seats and Steering wheel
Get track days booked
Big future mods include:
Fully Adjustable coilovers
16” Wheels
Brake upgrade
Throttle bodies or Supercharger
Thanks for reading and I will do my best to keep it up to date ish....
O yea and the says Hai!
