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by **Faith** on Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:19 am

Congrats Buddy

by **heeman10** on Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:46 pm

Yes, same force required at the road wheels with a smaller displacement at the steering wheel. It's like using a shorter spanner yergetme?

If your coilovers feel too harsh, buy softer springs for them - the beauty of coilovers! The damping may also be cranked too hard.

by **knuckles** on Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:14 pm

I think my coilovers have softer springs on either the front or the rear. Adrian gave me a spare set of coilover springs which are a different colour. Not too sure how they are set at the moment but its really low and solid

by **AW3K** on Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:26 am

thats super man , glad its running now

will it be ready then?

Andy

by **heeman10** on Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:44 pm

AW3K :thats super man

Nah, it's a bird

Or is it a plane? :-?

by **chris-fiesta** on Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:06 pm

well done mate, must feel well chuffed with yourself....

clutch slipping is the most annoying thing my clutch in the st is is slipping all the way upto 6th gear :rolleyes:

you got it booked anywhere to get set-up or is everything gravy??

by **knuckles** on Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:12 pm

Thanks everyone

chris - I'm over the moon that it now runs fine, need to get the fuel pressure set to standard and i know now its not over fueling as the spark plugs are not going black no more.

Aw3k - i am hoping i can get it ready and roadworthy by next month, moneys tight. Tomorrow i got some help renewing the crank seal that's leaking all over the clutch and flywheel. The ford gasket kit for the cvh bottom end was £39 :cry:

List of what needs doing before fitp:

Fix oil leak - gearbox off etc
Re-spray - front + rear bumpers
Weld new slam panel on and spray white to match. Id tags need swapping too.
Respray bonnet or purchase one that doesn't have a dent in it.
Re-fit green side strips and bumper inserts.
Mot - tax
Sort a few electrical problems
Finish refitting interior - seat belts, trim.
Give it a good clean, polish, wax

Being realistic though i doubt i will get all that done by then :rolleyes:

by **mk3modda** on Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:15 pm

looking good dude
glad to see it running
hope ya get it all done for FITP keep the faith :bonkers:

by **TIL13R** on Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:23 am

Well Done mate!!!!

Does sounds great with the chatter!

Hope to see it soon

Tiller

by **onslack** on Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:06 am

congrats clark

chatter

hopefully we will see you at fitp :aviator:

by **Superal** on Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:12 pm

It will be done in time dont worry

by **knuckles** on Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:40 pm

Monday morning i got to work with festa1 to renew the leaky crankseal. The gearbox needed to come off so we got to work to strip it down. Engine crane was needed to support the engine while taking off the gearbox.

Gear box off , nuts and bolts everywhere.

Gear box covered in engine oil :lol:

Sump off, flywheel off , clutch off, crank housing removed.

One very clean sump. It was full of petrol where it had been flooded so many times :oooh:

Crank housing re-fitted with new ford gasket and new oil seal.

Flywheel re-fitted with thread lock

One newish Luk clutch , re-aligned and fitted.

Once gearbox was fitted it was filled with gearbox oil. Note my lazy aproach to filling it. :lol:

Adam loves getting his hands dirty

- excellent job refitting that downpipe.

The finished article.

Few pictures afterwards

That is all :wink:

by **Brammer** on Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:59 pm

Well done young man, its a car again

I want mine back so i can work on it i'm sooo bored

by **Smo** on Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:01 pm

Good work there

Not far away now!

by **thorny** on Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:10 pm

ive only seen pictures of how it was originally, but i must say, its looks awesome now!! credit to you for all the hard work and effort that you have put into it, hopefully you can enjoy driving it now!!

by **Superal** on Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:55 pm

Getting there

by **AW3K** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:25 pm

hows it looking son?

Andy

by **heeman10** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:04 pm

It's a bloody good job the sump came off if you saw THAT much oil in it! Could've saved you huge expenses!

Couple of points...I hope you put a bolt back in the alternator arm there, and secondly, that exhaust clamp either needs the threads cutting properly to length, or swivelling up. It could well cause ground clearance issues. Glad it's all back together in good time!

by **knuckles** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:19 pm

Was supposed to have the new slam panel welded on today but i my welder wasn't answering his phone all day and didn't fancy driving round watford looking for his new garage with no tax and no mot.

Mot is Wednesday and i just need a bonnet catch on to pass the Mot :cry:

by **knuckles** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:46 pm

heeman10 :Couple of points...I hope you put a bolt back in the alternator arm there, and secondly, that exhaust clamp either needs the threads cutting properly to length, or swivelling up. It could well cause ground clearance issues. Glad it's all back together in good time!

Yes - alternator has the bolt. :rolleyes:

exhaust clamp does scrape , but the center section needs a center mount as it is vibrating against the petrol tank i think. Annoying rattle when driving. I just want to put mongoose full system on and get rid of the magnex.

by **heeman10** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:10 pm

Exhaust on fuel tank is one of the combinations that's best steered clear of!! "Annoying rattle" isn't really the worst of your worries in that respect.

by **Ghost** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:10 am

heeman10 :Exhaust on fuel tank is one of the combinations that's best steered clear of!! "Annoying rattle" isn't really the worst of your worries in that respect.

pimsle, dont worry its jut not sitting properly and only knocks every now and then.

and the section that runs from the downpipe hasnt got a hanging bar so it cant be hung from the car at the moment and is hence hanging rather low.

also if you spot.....the alternator isnt even hooked up in that picture

by **knuckles** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:50 pm

more progress today

Got to work and started spraying the new slam panel which has to be welded on soon. Started by rubbing it down with 400 and then wiped it with meths to de-grease it.

Next i primed it with grey primer to cover the black then white primer to cover the grey. I know how bad the halfords diamond white is so i gave vauxhall arctic white and nissan glacia white a chance to see if i get a match.

Looks a lot better than diamond white, will give it a few more coats once its been welded to the car.

Boost gauge fitted :wink:

Bonnet got a new lease of life, t cut , wax , polish and lots of buffing. Feels like glass now.

Looks like a front end again, More cleaning took place around headlight mounts.

That is all - Mot tomorrow - need to temporarily fit bonnet pins to pass mot :cry:

by **heeman10** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:02 pm

30psi boost gauge? :lol:

That's not very useful! What's up with the slam panel then?

by **Ram** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:25 pm

top work. looks ace

by **knuckles** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:25 pm

Its the only boost gauge i could lay my hands on at the mo..... More importantly it needs mot and tax by tomorrow

Slam panel on the car doesn't have the tabs for the bonnet catch :rolleyes:

Try to keep up :lol:

by **~nomad~** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:56 pm

I dont believe you bothered to paint the slam panel.

by **Brammer** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:52 am

heeman10 :What's up with the slam panel then?

knuckles :Slam panel on the car doesn't have the tabs for the bonnet catch Try to keep up

James your slipping :lol:

by **Sphinx** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:25 am

I'm really confused as to why you bothered spraying that slam panel before it's welded to the car :-?

by **oggyzetec05** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:25 pm

Dont drill the perfect FRST bonnet for horrible bonnet pins!!! that must be a crime! :aaah:

by **heeman10** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:41 pm

Chris - Nah, just can't be bothered trying to skip from page to page when the forum takes half an hour to sort itself out!

by **Ghost** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:34 pm

There is news......

by **Max M4X WW** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:18 pm

Looking good, Grab a boot decal from FPUK or someone!

by **Ghost** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:27 pm

Max M4X WW :Looking good, Grab a boot decal from FPUK or someone!

he has one to go on, just got to get the time :oops:

by **knuckles** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:20 pm

Ghost :There is news......

Their certainly is my friend

It flew through the Mot - just a advisory of a oil leak around sump and oil filter. Also he mentioned the recaro sun strip is now illegal and that he didn't spot it :lol:

Got tax half hour later so now its all road legal. £180 for the year - ouch

It drives really well - turbo makes a massive whooshing noise and scared a few people when changing gears. On the way to watford the blue fan connector melted so i needed to bridge the connection and make it stay on permanently to get temperature back down.

Few little bits to do,
Weld slam pannel on
Sort the leaky sump
Wire up the rear number plate light in bumper
Connect the rear washer hose to tailgate
tracking
FRST decal on tailgate with ford badge

Slam panel was sprayed simply to make it easier to respray once it on the car. other wise the underneath would still be black when on the car. Hope thats ok with everyone :rolleyes:

I used bonnet pins on my red xr2i bonnet - no way was i going to drill my Rs one

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