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[fiestarsturboblack]

As always looks the nutsack, love lookin at this

[FRSJON]

awesome as usual..and i noticed the cheeky ' 200mph+'

[- Danny Boy -]

Nice progress, Mark!

[muz]

Where have I been, Mark?! This has moved on a bit! As already said, the car is a real credit to you and you should be very proud of what you have built. It goes to show what can be done to an old car with a little imagination.

[Excursion]

Thank you chaps

I should hopefully get the rear end installed today.

[Excursion]

Rear Coilovers Fitted
I had some used top mount retainers zinc plated, which restored them perfectly.


V3 in place. It's interesting to note that the damper body is around twice the diameter of the OEM part.


Rear Suspension & Subframe Built
I applied grease to all bolt shanks and the reverse of bolt & nut heads.




Rear Brakes Test Fit
Everything has gone together nicely save for powder coat reducing clearance in a few places, which is to be expected. The only modification I need to make is to move the handbrake cable bracket slightly to clear the AP calipers.

[jonyb4]

ahh jesus! that is beautiful, also.. Very confusing set up

[mikeymikeyp]

as above looks the muts nuts

[FRSJON]

it does look great and once fully fitted should be worlds apart front a fiesta beam

[sam-si]

amazing work fella! looks wonderful! now i know i shouldn't ask this but... how much that set up set you back?

[johnz]

awesome! spec ur pretty busy but how much would you want to make a sub frame like that for me?

[- Danny Boy -]

That setup looks amazing. It's great to see what can be done with some imagination and work, hats off to you Mark.

[robp-tt]

That looks amazing mark, do you have any photos of the underside of it all?

[AW0L]

OH MY GOD!!!! i love this...

i have been trying to work out where the anodised parts actually went. makes sense now.

how long do you think till its sitting on its own wheels again?

[Michael!]

When it comes to getting mot'd it going to take a hell of a lot of explaining

Crackin'

[Ratspeed]

That looks the absolute boobies!! I cant wait to see it done.

[stevo™]

speechless

[jonyb4]

When it comes to getting mot'd it going to take a hell of a lot of explaining

Crackin'

i thought that

[Excursion]

Thanks guys for the comments, it's nice to hear feedback. I'm really happy with how this is turning out and together with what I have planned for the front end should equal something quite tunable.

... how much that set up set you back?

I'll just say that this part was a bit of an extravagance

...how much would you want to make a sub frame like that for me?

Sorry but I barely have enough time to work on my own car.

That looks amazing mark, do you have any photos of the underside of it all?

Thanks Rob. There are photos of the subframe and chassis modifications starting on page 24.

...how long do you think till its sitting on its own wheels again?

I'd say five weeks. I'm waiting for AP to deliver a new set of bobbins for the rear discs, and I've got the handbrake cable and brake lines to fit.

[AW0L]

When it comes to getting mot'd it going to take a hell of a lot of explaining

Crackin'

i thought that

i'd wanna be a fly on the wall during that

[FRSJON]

When it comes to getting mot'd it going to take a hell of a lot of explaining

Crackin'

i thought that

i'd wanna be a fly on the wall during that

i want to see marks face when they get under there with a pry bar to see if theres any slack in it all

[Ratspeed]

[SLEEMAN]

love the amount of work and attention to detail there mark! but for the mot guys to pass it don't you have to get a vehicle compliance check or vic check done on it because of the amount of modifications made on the vehicle??

[AW0L]

i want to see marks face when they get under there with a pry bar to see if theres any slack in it all

i also want to hear the phone call to the insurance company for the answer to the question, is the car modified?

[Excursion]

Pry bar

I've designed everything on the car so that the standard beam and suspension are just bolt ons, so the Focus rear suspension can be considered the 'track spec'.

[DanFraser]

i want to see marks face when they get under there with a pry bar to see if theres any slack in it all

i also want to hear the phone call to the insurance company for the answer to the question, is the car modified?

Seriously Excursion, YOU MUST RECORD THIS!

[RS EDDIE]

Man Alive!!!!!

[Excursion]

Anyone know if the Mk3 qualifies for classic insurance yet?

[DanFraser]

:lol: Anyone know if the Mk3 qualifies for classic insurance yet?

Depends on the insurer and the age and model of it. RS turbos and xr2is older than 21 stand a good chance. Yours um... 80% of the car is brand new so technically you could register the car for a 13 plate at this rate!

[Excursion]

:lol: Anyone know if the Mk3 qualifies for classic insurance yet?

Depends on the insurer and the age and model of it. RS turbos and xr2is older than 21 stand a good chance. Yours um... 80% of the car is brand new so technically you could register the car for a 13 plate at this rate!

Ahh, mine is 'only' 17 this year. For now I'll stick with Adrian Flux on their modified policy.

[Rhinopower]

:lol: Anyone know if the Mk3 qualifies for classic insurance yet?

I think threshold for some is 15 years, sky insurance in Enfield are very good. I've got 2 cars and public liability insurance for the lorry driving with them too

[AW0L]

I think threshold for some is 15 years, sky insurance in Enfield are very good. I've got 2 cars and public liability insurance for the lorry driving with them too

sky wouldn't insure me because i built my engine, dont have an engineers report and couldn't provide enough details for the doner car the engine came from

[Rhinopower]

I had no engineers report or anything for a 2 litre focus engine in a fiesta, they didnt even ask what focus the engine came from! lol

[2105adam]

Sky didn't bother asking for report for mine either. Every mod declared no problem, strange how its different for others.

Brilliant build, this car is amazing.

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[AW0L]

I had no engineers report or anything for a 2 litre focus engine in a fiesta, they didnt even ask what focus the engine came from! lol

ahh thats just annoying, maybe i had one of those jobs worth guys who coudn't be bothered... still i got a fairly decent quote from AF, so i'll go with them