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[rich_frst]

[adz]

getting ther

[heeman10]

The silver windows have left the building! :D:D Looks 5,000,000 times better! What's with the 50 profile tyres? Is it alright on full lock? Since I fitted your FRST rack I'm getting some scrubbing on full lock now, which is odd So I think you may have issues with yours on 50 profile tyres dude Engine bay looks quality...apart from the brake fluid reservoir! Lovely fresh paint, nice header tank etc, it lets the side down! I've just taken mine off, looks brand new IIRC, if you want it to finish it all off? Looks uber in there apart from that

[ianFRST]

yeah i dont like the profile on the tyres one bit, but the 4 tyres that were on them were all illegal and these tyres only cost me a tenner each

so im considering buying another set of gti rims with decent tyres, and maybe either swapping the tryes over, or just doing another set of wheels in white

as for the brake res, i agree, it looks shoddy as fook, but it was just something that was swapped over in the rush to get it on the road before fitp, so id happily take the res off you if you wouldnt mind dude very kind of you

cheers rich and adz

[Brammer]

Its a car and looks really good, are you fitting green bumper side trims???

[RS_Rawli]

loving the straightness of that exhaust

[heeman10]

PM me your addy and I'll get it off to you - in time for Ford Fair, which I hope you'll be attending??

Just checked my pics, it looks to be in v good nick, bar the bits of dust and muck on the outside from the rag I was using

[ianFRST]

rawli - in a good way or a bad way i presume the latter

jim your a star - pm me your paypal addy and ill pay the postage on it

im thinking about ford fair yeah doubt the fiesta will be ready tho

[heeman10]

Don't worry about it, my Paypal died a while ago anyway! I need your address though, can only remember two lines of it

[ianFRST]

cheers. pm sent






also picked up my ZS rear beam and discs from ade last weekend dropped it off at the powder coaters on my way home and collected it all nicely done on friday not sure whether or not ill be fitting it or not tho also did the obligatory trip to fords to buy new bolts etc

due to the fact i spent about £100 on getting ALL new bits for the mk3 rear beam, and i cant sell it, and the turbo swap has cost me more than i expected, so not sure whether to fit this, if all im going to do it sell the car i might just keep it for now and see what happens

[dekus]

Mate this will be an offical MINTER!!!

"WANT THAT ONE!!"

[chris-fiesta]

looking good ian, cant wait to see it all together and on the road

[heeman10]

I missed the postman this morning, he came bloody early! So here are some pics of my reservoir. It's not QUITE as brand new looking as I thought, but still looks pretty good. If you don't want it, say so, otherwise I'll box it up and give it to the postman in the morning

[RS rob]

will be nice to see you have a fiesta on the road finally lol

[ianFRST]

cheers for the comments peeps

yeah, i need to get it working, 4 years of ownership just after christmas, and ive driven it for about 4 months

james - i dont care what other people say about you, your a legend

[heeman10]

What's THAT supposed to mean? As I've asked in another thread..if you're going to TOTB should I just take it along to that? Can swap phone numbers and hand it over on the day

[heeman10]

Well I'll just hold onto it for now till I get a PM saying either way This postage date's being put back like an eBay item!

[ianFRST]

i just had a search on here for totb details, but cant find anything.....

when, where, how much

and yes, postpone the lauch

[heeman10]

I dun told you! http://www.totb.co.uk . Been a member of FT four years and still can't even use the internet!

[ianFRST]

well that link dont work

and i cant make it now dude, ill be fitting my new turbo and exhaust, and having a go at the tracking using an expert guide

[heeman10]

Sorry, I stuck a full stop in at the end, but I'm sure you were bright enough to work that out

Hope the tracking goes well! The postman's just been, so looks like it'll be a few more days

[ianFRST]

no problems dude brakes need bleeding anyway, so not gona make a difference when i get it. need to get the engine running 1st

[ianFRST]

**update 26.7.06**

my turbo arrived today was a knackered t3 escort item, i sent off to danny @ radesigns off passionford for a rebuild also got a brand new actuator

and also a thanks to ade for the samco hoses for it i got this morning aswell

[rich_frst]

cool mate... when you fitting it then??

[ianFRST]

gona try and get it done for the weekend gona see me ford man again tomorrow, and get some new nuts so i can bolt it to the manifold

well, if i can find the thing to go on the endof the actuator



also, do people use a gasket between the turbo and manifold or not?

[Max M4X WW]

Fit the ZS beam!

[RS_Rawli]

no - no, was saying i liked how straight it was post turbo, shame about the wanky fiesta design meaning it has to go around the tank, would be perfect if it was that straight all the way through

[ianFRST]

max

rawli, yeah, should look good underneath thinking about getting the bit done between the front section and the back box now, the "z" shaped bit, as its a bit battered from people hitting it with a hammer to seperate it

[ianFRST]

well, finished at dinner time this afternoon, so seeing as it wasnt too hot, i got stuck into the fiesta agin

my aim, was to fit the t3 turbo with out removing the radiator, i got the turbo in there easy enough, and only dented a few fins, but the problems started when i tried to bolt the downpipe to the elbow

i tried for a good hour, maybe even 2, and i just couldnt get the bolts throught the flange enough to get a nut on i tried clamps, tried everything




i then suddenly remember that when i had the turbo reconditioned, i did ask for new downpipe nuts, and oh, guess what



compared them to the t2 turbo i had, and as you can see, they are miles too short, so all this agro for nothing.

so off i went to some places to see if i could find some longer studs, and typically, nothing i could find. so i went and got 2 bolts instead, so its bolted throught the top of the housing and then throught the flange instead of a stud thats in the elbow



but as you can see, i had to remove the radiator to get to the bolt into the side nearest the radiator, so ive lost all my new coolant, but hey, that can be replaced easy enough i guess.

so the conversions nearly done i just neeed to get a coupl emore bits, move the rad forward, and its ready to be started again

all i need now is the ERST return hose & actuator to wastage gate arm

[heeman10]

all i need now is the ERST return hose & actuator to wastage gate arm

Damn wastage gates! Are you going to get some proper studs now the rad's out anyway and you need a wastegate rod end? Nice to see a T3 hanging out the front at last!

[ianFRST]

the only resaon we reply to each others threads is to look for typos

nah, gona leave them bolts in, there stronger and better than studs anyway.

any1 know where i can get that actuator rod from? as ive rang a couple of places, and they dont do them? got the hose bit on the way thanks to garyburn for that, mucho generous of you sending it me for fook all

[garyhurn77]

no problem fella i'll be sending it this morning so hopefully you should recieve it monday!

glad i could help

[heeman10]

thanks to garyburn for that

Read that as "garybum"

All sorts of people will sell actuator rods; Honeywell, Turbo Technics, Ian Howell could probably help, MSD are only a short walk away from an actuator supplier, who could supply one for you I'm sure.

[garyhurn77]

garyburn



i jus noticed that james garybum

[ianFRST]

msd non in stock

the place that rebuilt it non in stock

msd gave me another number, they were out of stock

msd also said try woodford, which will be called on monday