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by **Ghost** on Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:48 am

no worries, all done in a couple of hours and i got me hair cut :lol:

s**t, just remembered me clothes are still in the washing machine after washing the oil out :rolleyes:

by **Rusey** on Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:37 am

Knuckles - How is it looking now? Get some pic's up

So is it staying as "The Recaro Fiesta"??

by **jayrs** on Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:05 am

sweet, glad its all in.
nice touch with gearbox oil, best off binning ya clothes cos it will never come out and you just got to hate the stink of gearbox oil :aaah:

by **Si_Dave** on Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:20 am

Have just noticed this post, looks like a crakcing project!

Keep up the good work m8!

by **heeman10** on Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:24 pm

Good news!

Get some pics today in the light, good point to get to before crimbo eh?! :aviator:

It really would be great to see it at FITP

by **chumkila** on Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:51 pm

Lovely, good to see the Fiesta coming back to life.

by **purple_fiesta** on Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:30 pm

jayrs wrote:sweet, glad its all in.
nice touch with gearbox oil, best off binning ya clothes cos it will never come out and you just got to hate the stink of gearbox oil

Yep, you will smell like cat piss for a while :lol:

by **jayrs** on Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:28 pm

purple_fiesta wrote:
jayrs wrote:sweet, glad its all in.
nice touch with gearbox oil, best off binning ya clothes cos it will never come out and you just got to hate the stink of gearbox oil

Yep, you will smell like cat piss for a while

worse than cat pi$s mate :lol:

by **knuckles** on Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:23 pm

Update : mainly the ford parts.

I well and truly had my wallet smashed buying this little lot :cry:

2 brand new roof strips
new headlight protectors
inlet gaskets
new fuel cap surround
water hose
5 hose clamps
gearbox bolts
new battery clamp
new efi / manifold nuts
cvh rocker gasket

£145 to be exact....

by **jayrs** on Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:38 pm

focking hell nipper bet you walked funny coming out of there.

howmuch was the petrol cap surround? might get a new one myself and a new petrol cap :lol:

by **knuckles** on Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:42 pm

fuel cap surround , or what ford call it - escutcheon

£1.48 before vat

by **jayrs** on Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:43 pm

knuckles wrote:fuel cap surround , or what ford call it - escutcheon

£1.48 before vat

a focking what :lol:

oh for £1.48 plus the norm i might just have to take 3 hours out of my day and go order 1

by **MAD_Adamski** on Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:26 am

jeez!!!!! you shoulda gone to a nut and bolt shop for some of that!

i did saved me alot, altho some parts do have to come from ford

annoying how little things like gearbox bolts rack up! i had the same prob

...

by **jayrs** on Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:42 pm

gearbox bolts are cheap.

nuts i wouldnt of got from ford mate, well i didnt, i got a pack of 50 brass nuts off ebay for about £3.50 and some washers that were pennies.

have to say though, i should of got some new jubile clips but i wasnt gunna pay shop prices and deffo not ford prices when i had the old ones to put back one, they just look a bit scabby i know :lol:

by **AGAR** on Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:47 pm

How much were the roof strips out of interest?

by **MarkRS2K** on Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:20 pm

i know to well how expensve ford parts can be

by **knuckles** on Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:34 pm

AGAR wrote:How much were the roof strips out of interest?

£22 per strip

by **adam_frst** on Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:40 pm

just out of intrest how much were the headlight protectors?

by **knuckles** on Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:48 pm

adam_frst wrote:just out of intrest how much were the headlight protectors?

Out of intrest ... what am i microcat :lol:

£42 with vat for headlight protectors.... i would buy them quick as i have been told they are soon to stop being made.

by **adam_frst** on Sun Dec 24, 2006 6:31 pm

cheers mate, might have to get me some of those

by **AGAR** on Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:08 pm

knuckles wrote:
AGAR wrote:How much were the roof strips out of interest?

£22 per strip

Holy moly!

by **knuckles** on Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:29 pm

Another parts update.... :lol:

Went down burton power today to get some more bits.

The T2 down pipe came in the post today, Powerflex hangers ready for stainless exhaust system. Also picked up some goodridge hoses for when cossie brakes are fitted.

I also ordered the fiesta Rs Samco boost hose kit in black - have to wait till after new year for samco to re-open before i get them.

Cheers
Knuckles

by **jimmyesh** on Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:34 pm

Good on ya getting BLACK samcos :wink:

, I think they look really classy and understated, might get some myself at some point.

by **jayrs** on Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:51 pm

i got them power flex exhaust hangers on my rs, what a load of cr@p, the o ring part of them comes coming out when ya trying to put them on, just makes it a little harder

black samcos are the way to go, i really wish i had got black for mines not red, oh well, i cant afford to replace them now

by **chris-fiesta** on Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:55 pm

MINT!!

wont be too long hopefully before i see it cruising about up north

keep it comin...

by **Max M4X WW** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:31 am

Cancel the Samco order, Get roose ones! They are much thicker. My mate fitted a FULL set to his erst yesterday - Boost, Water and Ancillary

by **chris-fiesta** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:31 pm

agree with max there mate you mite aswell run standard jobbies if there black!!

ive got rooses on my 2.0l and they are 2 layers thicker than samcos

by **knuckles** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:34 pm

chris-fiesta wrote:agree with max there mate you mite aswell run standard jobbies if there black!!

Go to fords and ask how much standard jobbies are new ? :rolleyes:

I got roose water hoses and ancillarys in black anyway so i don't mind a bit of samco under the hood.

by **chris-fiesta** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:41 pm

yer i know its a joke, looked into it when i was doing my zetec conversion....

by **jayrs** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:44 pm

i was gunna run a standard frst cam in my rs when i rebuilt it, untill i was told the cam was £145 plus vat just for the cam

even the guy in fords advised me to buy a after market cam like kent, even though i had thought of that about 0.234445 seconds after he got to "plus" :lol:

by **knuckles** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:07 pm

im wondering if it is still possible to rebuild a cvh turbo engine using all genuine ford parts, I bet there are quite a few bits which are now obsolete.

Not to mention the total cost of it with vat :lol:

by **jayrs** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:45 pm

you wouldnt, your just pay ford £1200 for a fully recon exchange engine :wink:

by **garyhurn77** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:18 pm

i dont see the point in rebuilding the engine to std when you can get huge power gains for not much more money £1200 for 130bhp or 200bhp for not much more

i know what i'd go for get a t3 in there as well you wont regret it

by **jayrs** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:35 pm

garyhurn77 wrote:i dont see the point in rebuilding the engine to std when you can get huge power gains for not much more money £1200 for 130bhp or 200bhp for not much more

i know what i'd go for get a t3 in there as well you wont regret it

mapping cost aside, i could of built a zetec turbo engine for the same cost as it cost me to rebuild my FRST cvh engine, and belive it or not it would of been cheaper to insure through re-grouping etc, but i didnt want to get away from what the car is, a T2 running FRST, and being on the isle of wight i dont need big power, just low down and mid range is more than enough, plus im getting old now :bonkers:

and days or racing about are gone, ill leave that to the saxo boys :lol:

plus my engine will produce as more power than standard now, and have more power than a 60k rs engine running a T3 due to being nice and new as engine lose power with wear so im happy with what i got.
so thats my reasons for it

by **russ_si** on Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:40 pm

jayrs Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject:

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you wouldnt, your just pay ford £1200 for a fully recon exchange engine

Can you still get them from ford?

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