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[FRSJON]

any updates wayne? also just noticed it has a isle of wight registration lol

[Tweek]

just re read this from the start top work carnt wait to see it at the shows nxt year

Cheers The aim is to get it mapped and painted before Ford Fair 2014 but that might be a long shot!

any updates wayne? also just noticed it has a isle of wight registration lol

I got it out the garage again? I put it in there out the way about 5 weeks ago and just forgot about it since really. It's been nice to spend money on other things! I'll start putting money aside for it again soon for a better radiator, mapping and paint etc.

It's done virtually 1000 miles now. Hasn't used any oil at all but occasionally there is a slight worrying smell of oil burning! That said, the oil is slightly over-filled. It's still horrible to drive at the moment hence not bothering with it too much.

It has been out and about since Ford Fair. I took it to FordSport SW Regional Show at Weston Super Mare, Trax and Combe Action Day just parked up. Also a couple of long scenic-route trips down to Somerset and back etc.

It will all resume soon

As for the reg, it's a private plate with my initials lol. Original was DYA (pics in first post), registered in Taunton, Somerset.

[FRSJON]

will be a different car once mapped as for the plate the DL on the end is for the island,since 2000 when it all changed DL plates are going up in value

[Tweek]

So, I've found some time to get back on this after the car moved to its new home. After speaking to Graham at GRS Motorsport, I've removed the radiator to get a better copy made. Also discovered a bit of oil in my intercooler & boost hoses which is concering since the turbo's only just been rebuilt! Just hoping it's the remains from when I ran the engine with it blown.

After looking at the bare front end now, I've decided I'll be getting a new front pannel and 2 new front wings before painting. The whole car just needs tidying up now. Primary focus was to get it all to fit, now it's in, I need to make it look less botched

I was going to check to see if my new injector seal idea was still holding up but I ended up losing a torx bit and having to fit some coilovers to a certain orange mk5 instead

[hb69]

Will it be sorted by Combe?

[Tweek]

Might be mapped by then but won't be painted. Still, that's all it needs for track anyway lol.

[Smo]

Yeah, who needs paint.

Some base model bumpers and you're sorted

[hb69]

Yeah, who needs paint.

Some base model bumpers and you're sorted

Yeah join the sleeper club. That's a rubbish name, smo we need to come up with something better than that

[Tweek]

So, after about 6 weeks I finally got my new custom made radiator delivered from GRS. Hats off to Graham, he built it 100% to how I wanted it! It's basically a modified larger version of the standard 1.6 Zetec rad

Old and new:



Because the core is almost twice as thick, the bonnet catch sadly had to go



New rad in place:



I put the front end back on to see how much space I have left in between the rad and intercooler. I can still pull the 'cooler forward a touch and I'll now use just 1x12" fan instead



With the bonnet catch now gone, Aerocatches had to go on. So I started with a hole:



And then a bigger hole, scary times doing this, although I did finally manage to pull that dent out someone gave me:



And then finally an enormous hole.



At this point I realised I've gone and bought the wrong bloody ones. I have "flush" ones rather than "plus flush." As a result, they do look hideous with the screws showing in the body. I'll probably get them changed soon, they mount the same anyway.



Pin on the slam pannel:



And the car now at the end of a busy weekend:



Next job will be relocating the battery to the boot. With the rad off it's easy to see how squashed up and restricted the air filter is (see previous posts). I've also changed the injector seal setup again, I believe this may finally have cured it but I won't know until I've put some miles on them.

[jayrs]

Bit extreme just to remove a dent! LOL
Na good work mate, I like the fact you remived the while bonnet catch plate rather than just chopping the front bit off .

Good work so far mate

[Smo]

That radiator looks fantastic, Wayne. Have you tried it yet?

[Tweek]

Not yet, just got it all fitted etc. Need to sort out some mess behind it and then fire it up

[2105adam]

That's a lovely looking Rad. Looks great.


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[Excursion]

Looking good! Were you having water temp issues with the standard rad, or are you just pre-empting anything going bad?

[Tweek]

It didn't overheat but the fans were having a hard time keeping it at bay. They'd kick in only a few seconds after pulling up somewhere. I don't think it would've coped at all if it was pushed a bit more.

[Excursion]

It didn't overheat but the fans were having a hard time keeping it at bay. They'd kick in only a few seconds after pulling up somewhere. I don't think it would've coped at all if it was pushed a bit more.

Ahh, OK. Have you tried a heat shield on the leading edge of the turbo? Redline Water Wetter is pretty good, too.

[Tweek]

I've got all available heatshields fitted to the front and top of the turbo, although the water rail sits quite close to the exhaust manifold shield, which probably needs addressing. I've been toying with the idea of fitting a turbo sock/blanket too but we'll see how the new rad copes first

[Turboboy67]

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[Tweek]

I've not decided yet, we'll see if I can get it running over Easter and go from there

[Tweek]

Some days off and good weather allowed me to finally get the car back in one piece and on the road again. Coolant temps are still a bit high for my liking though

First things first was to change those horrible Aerocatches, so the correct ones were put on instead:



Much better!

And after faffing around with the bumper to improve the airflow and space between intercooler/radiator/fan etc, it was back together again




And a random shot of both of my cars together. Such a difference in size

[jayrs]

Catches are far better mate

She's looking good mate, will be good to see it at fordfair this year

[Tweek]

Bit of a late update since this happened a few weeks ago and everyone's seen it at shows by now

The air filter was very small and compact in a tight space, so, to put that right, the battery tray had to go! This is a bit of a useless update since I didn't even take many pictures!

Since this was a lot of cutting and grinding, I got kitted up


After cutting various small strategic chunks off, the tray was out. After a bit of hammerite you would never have known it was there



In its place now, a dinky little junction box



Next up, the cable was secured to the car tightly (with enough flex)



In went a HUGE fuse



Battery box bolted in, battery fitted and jammed in place with some wood



The finished article, minus a boot carpet that I should have fitted before bolting the battery in...



With all that new found space, in went a Group A cone filter and since it ended up right under my bonnet vent, a stainless heat(rain)shield.






The chatter now is much much more subtle, sadly no longer screams at things on full chat Progress was going well until I noticed a few puffs of blue smoke on the overrun...


Then eventually a lot of smoke


After some investigation, everything is fine, panic was over. The problem was after fitting the new filter/shield, the venting tube from the oil breather got completely blocked and jammed up. After freeing this, normality was restored, phew!

The troublesome pipe, bit of an afterthought but I got fed up of smelling the oil fumes in the car...



Normality restored



MOT later this week, then hopefully it'll be ready for Ford Fair!

[Dave5300]

Sounds so good love this thing!

[Excursion]

That sounds really nice, very healthy!

[- Danny Boy -]

Sounds really nice. No blowing it up! lol

[Tweek]

I'm just going to make a note here to remind myself next year that the paint code for the respray is M5R

And no, that's not a Ford colour

[Rhinopower]

[Tweek]

Yerp, Porsche "Aqua Blue."

[Tweek]

Minor mod, switched the rear brakes back to drums. Regained my confidence under braking and cornering, plus the tyres don't scrub now!



Still got 1 or 2 little things to sort out and then it'll be mapped and stripped down for bodywork prep.

Side note, also fitted audioscape speaker pods/bins etc.

[FRSJON]

any updates on this mate?

[Tweek]

Haven't touched it at all! Need to solve the injector/fuel rail issues before I start again

[Russ FRST]

Hi Mate. Have'nt ventured on here for months, had to reset me passward it's been that long .. Just had a catch up on this little lot, looking and sounding good mate, making me want to get my oil girl back out, been off the road for 3years needs abit of lovein shown to it..

[Tweek]

I've not driven this since October and I miss it terribly! The last few weekends have been very busy!

It's currently got the engine back out, have to change a piston! No panic though, everything's under control and will be operational again soon There's a new inlet manifold setup from a mk1 Focus RS, fitted with VXR injectors so hopefully that will finally, once and for all cure the injector problems. Special thanks to 'FRSJON' for finding these injectors for me! No matter what you read elsewhere, Jap injectors are not worth the hassle!!!

Whilst everything's out there's 3 new front panels going on and paint has arrived too! Yes, paint! A very nice Porsche colour, that one I posted up back in August. I'm not sure when the whole car will get done but the hard to reach areas around the front panels are being sprayed up very soon. I don't blame anyone for copying me with this colour, It's very difficult to get a photo of it in the tin but from what I've seen of it so far it's beautiful!

There's a quite a few other little things I'm changing/adjusting whilst I can access it all a bit better. I'd post some pics but it all looks a bit horrific at the moment with so much stuff missing

I'm not going to rush it back onto the road for the sake of making it to shows so she'll just be back whenever she's ready

[FRSJON]

glad its going to be sorted

[Smo]

Glad you're sticking with it, Wayne. I think once the engine's back together and you've changed to a proper inlet, you're going to be there finally! Have yiy got a single piece inlet now?