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[knuckles]

New shocks got fitted today

off with the koni adjustables.
On with the genuine ford shocks.
The springs are Spax.



Car sits a tad higher now - which pleased me alot because of the daily speed bumps in london.





The car feels nice and soft now compared to the koni's. Its how ford intended the ride to be. I know lowering springs on Standard shocks arent always a perfect match, but for what i use it for on a daily basis. Its much better.

I removed the front strut brace while doing the shocks so it can be power coated gloss black during this coming week.

Knuckles

[jayrs]

nice one mate.
as for the strust brace, thought you were going to do away with it?

[HCS PIMP]

arent strut braces only needed if the chassis flexes with either over 200bhp or track action ive never bothered tbh lower ones enough when i had one saying that i am a cheap female provider of 'horizontal refreshment' so wouldnt spend extra on one

[knuckles]

nice one mate.
as for the strust brace, thought you were going to do away with it?

cant do away with it can i now .... otherwise i would have 8 nice holes staring back at me.

hcs pimp - wtf ? bhp has nothing to do with chasis flex... any old car will benifit from a strut brace regardless of power. especially around bends.

[jayrs]

you could put grommets in the holes mate

[knuckles]

you could put grommets in the holes mate

would you ?

[jayrs]

you could put grommets in the holes mate

would you ?

for a start i wouldnt never have one, but to answer your question, no i wouldn't put grommets in, i would weld up the holes, grind them back and skim over and make it back as it should be.

you cant/wont do this i know, so the next best thing is grommets.
or leave the strust brace on, but you have said about removing it before

[knuckles]

brace is being powder coated then refitted with proper bolts in place of the lame self tappers they give you when you buy the brace....

Torque of the devil appointment is at 9am

What Bhp do you reckon the rebuilt lump will give ?
And at what psi ?

[jayrs]

bhp depends on what psi you plan to run mate.

im gunna say about 180 with about 10 psi to start the ball rolling

[Ruishy1]

(doctor evil voice )1 million horsepower

at 100 bar

[jayrs]

(doctor evil voice )1 million horsepower

at 100 bar

you know i almost said that

[Ruishy1]

(doctor evil voice )1 million horsepower

at 100 bar

you know i almost said that

great minds think alike

fools seldom differ !

[GavStyli]

clark you jammy b@stard, well done!

[knuckles]

Early this morning the Rs finally got the set up its been crying out for since the T3 conversion.



Todd made alot of adjustments on the car and gave it the 1st power run. 122 bhp @ 6 psi
at that point i was not impressed and was praying for a miracle

after another 25 mins of poking around the bay after setting up the turbo the 4th run took place




Very impressed with that out come





The printout afterwards.
Turbo running 10 psi.
The setup has got rid of the jerkyness, and erratic idle and made the whole running of the car a million times better with the T3.

Been advised the engine is running lean above 6000 rpm. Uprated pump Required

Guess whats on my shopping list now

[knuckles]

im gunna say about 180 with about 10 psi to start the ball rolling

you wernt far off !

with a uprated fuel pump i could of got that figure if not more....
And thats without a chip

Chris confirmed i have a stage 2 T3
that brought a smile to my face

[dangerousdave]

looking good then mate! new fuel pump and 12psi ready for ford fair then????

[knuckles]

Video of the action

[RS rob]

mega impressed with that mate,
must feel like it goes like a train now with that difference!!!!

[HCS PIMP]

awesome gr8 improvement

[knuckles]

mega impressed with that mate,
must feel like it goes like a train now with that difference!!!!

i know

driving around with 122 bhp is alot different to 170 !
I havent been able to give it the beans just yet cos of this constant rain.

The T3 conversion was carried out in november 2007 and finally its running how it should with a rebuilt engine and a Stage 2 T3

I got to keep the revs below 6000 rpm though. Dont wanna melt my mahle pistons just yet

[MarkRS2K]

good result matey

[jayrs]

nice one mate.
what prize do i get for being the closest

as i said on phone earlier mate, get that pump in and them injecotrs cleaned your see more

[andymcd]

great car mate
good power aswel, are u keeping the konis or selling?

[knuckles]

nice one mate.
what prize do i get for being the closest

as i said on phone earlier mate, get that pump in and them injectors cleaned your see more

Ive got the power bug now

as for the prize ... i got a second hand set of motorcraft rs turbo spark plugs

[knuckles]

great car mate
good power aswel, are u keeping the konis or selling?

Cheers fella

as for the konis - i havent decided yet

[jayrs]

nice one mate.
what prize do i get for being the closest

as i said on phone earlier mate, get that pump in and them injectors cleaned your see more

Ive got the power bug now

as for the prize ... i got a second hand set of motorcraft rs turbo spark plugs

so have i, and a bag of crap, oh and a fcuked engine sat in my workshop too, all yours....
mind you, its all crap, just tell me to dump it mate

or let me have the engine

[andymcd]

il give u £120 if there all good back and front?

[jayrs]

il give u £120 if there all good back and front?

WTF

[dangerousdave]

Maybe the konis????

[jayrs]

Maybe the konis????

yeah good point, prob right

[knuckles]

il give u £120 if there all good back and front?

i only have the front konis going spare
Looking for £50 for the pair if i was to sell

Jay - dont u dare scrap my engine - i may need that one day

[knuckles]

woops

[TIL13R]

Very nice Clark.... So whats the Full spec then to produce that power...??

Cheers

Tiller

[knuckles]

Very nice Clark.... So whats the Full spec then to produce that power...??

Cheers

Tiller

1.6 cvh
0.5 oversize mahle pistons
Stage 2 cylinder head/port polished
Stage 2 T3 turbo
10 psi
Magnex stainless exhaust
K&N air filter

[jayrs]

il give u £120 if there all good back and front?

i only have the front konis going spare
Looking for £50 for the pair if i was to sell

Jay - dont u dare scrap my engine - i may need that one day

you wont need that mate