The Recaro Fiesta - the rebuild begins

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - T3 is a smoker

Postby jayrs on Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:38 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:



never!

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - New T3 arrives

Postby knuckles on Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:50 am

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:00 am

nice pink phone mate :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby Philie*RST on Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:58 am

looks great mate and keep up the great work :D

oh and can i ask whats on the small plate on the desk? lol :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby Ram on Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:01 am

nice one! shiny manifold :aviator:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby j7aoc on Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:09 pm

Nice one :D ! The blades don't look like they have sucked a small goat up :lol: It will drive a alot different now :wink: i've been told the polished manifold's don't stay like that for long :cry:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:27 pm

a small goat :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby niracka on Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:03 pm

Nice one man. Look forward to seing it bolted up. Loving the shinyness of the manifold. Give it a good pillish before it goes on :Q

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby xrsi on Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:09 pm

good idea with the water feed and returns on the turbo, hopefully this should sort it all out now!
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby knuckles on Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:11 pm

jayrs :nice pink phone mate :lol:

Its not my phone ... you know what my phone is (N95) . the battery only lasts 3 hours on it :cry:

Phillie*Nic : oh and can i ask whats on the small plate on the desk? lol :lol:

Its a coaster with parma de mallorca picture on it :-?

The manifold has been polished up on the front only. I may just heat wrap it and done with. How do you get it poilished up like that ?
i guess u need more than a wire brush drill bit ?? :-?

The T3 has banjo water pipes fitted which allows rubber pipes to be fitted directly instead of those std copper ones. Cant wait to get it fitted :D
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:32 pm

use ya head mate, use the rusty manifold you got and heat wrap that and well the polished one on ebay and get some cash back :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby knuckles on Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:40 pm

i may do that but its only polished on one side. Hence why i asked how to do it properly so i can finish it and flog it :wink:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby Turboboy67 on Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:48 pm

looks like you got a bargain there Clark :wink:

Cheers :aviator:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby Brammer on Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:50 pm

Is the turbo on the car today???

Nice idea with the banjo's as the standard ones are crap, i don't know how many i've seen broken over the years.

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby filtra on Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:15 pm

Nice paper weight! :bonkers: Get that shizzle bolted up and primed asap! :Q

Whats going on with Bovril Lavigne too :P
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby knuckles on Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:27 pm

Turbo is being fitted monday with the help of a friend :D

Any tips on fitting and priming a brand new turbo ? :)
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:59 pm

same as what we done fitting that other one mate
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby knuckles on Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:04 pm

expect a few phone calls monday :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:06 pm

oh, er, im busy all day monday er....... washing my hair mate :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby Brammer on Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:18 pm

jayrs :oh, er, im busy all day monday er....... washing my hair mate :lol:


I thought you were thin up top mate :lol: :lol:

Clark you minge get the thing whacked on, i poured a small bit of oil in the oil hole then fitted the feed pipe - remove the fuel pump fuse and fire it over a few times - put it back in and thrash the hell out of it :devil:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:32 pm

rs_brammer :
jayrs :oh, er, im busy all day monday er....... washing my hair mate :lol:


I thought you were thin up top mate :lol: :lol:

Clark you minge get the thing whacked on, i poured a small bit of oil in the oil hole then fitted the feed pipe - remove the fuel pump fuse and fire it over a few times - put it back in and thrash the hell out of it :devil:



yeah thats a point :lol: er, im washing the wifes hair :lol: :lol:

na ill be about mate, just make sure its your bill this time round though :bonkers: :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby Ghost on Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:48 pm

Feersum_Enjin :Nice paper weight! :bonkers: Get that shizzle bolted up and primed asap! :Q

Whats going on with Bovril Lavigne too :P


Its what he listens to.....He makes me listen to the album over and over again when we work on cars :cry:

I feel so abused :oooh:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:08 pm

ah mate, i feel for ya, mind you, we had no music when i was working on his car, but come to think of it, i do belive he may of been humming the "hes just a skater boy" song when at the time i thought he was just cold :lol: :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jonboisescort on Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:03 pm

how much is your car lowered by?????
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:50 pm

whos mine?
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jonboisescort on Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:56 pm

sorry should of said :bonkers:

the recaro fiesta :lol: :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:48 pm

:lol: :lol: , i can guess answer for knuckle

front is lowered.... enough

rear is lowered......to much

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby rsonblackwheels on Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:10 pm

cool, nice manifold too

have fun fitting it hope the weather holds out :D

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby knuckles on Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:32 pm

jonboisxr2i :how much is your car lowered by?????


Front is roughly 40mm on spax coilovers.
back is now 40mm as well ... It was 60mm+ on the back with the old spax coilovers. I replaced them with standard ford rear shocks with 30mm drop springs. much better ride height and copes with london speed bumps :)





Check out what the oily smoke has been doing to my paintwork in this very cold weather ! :o

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:39 pm

fcuk them pics, update the turbo fitment lad :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby knuckles on Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:40 pm

On the edge of your seat are ya ? :lol: :P
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby knuckles on Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:11 pm

I got round to replacing my T3 today amongst trying to fix another Rs turbo. :oooh:
Who said a Rs is reliable ? own up :lol:

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Heat wrap the old manifold. :Q

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Got the old turbo off and swapped over oil return etc... My intercooler was full with oil :lol: :oops:

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T3 finally in its place. Banjo water pipes are a god send. They fit like a dream and rubber pipes can be refitted directly onto the turbo.

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It boosts like a monster now ! only gave it a quick test run earlier and it hit 12psi and a massive grin appeared on my face. Especially now the oil doesnt come out the back :D
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !

Postby jayrs on Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:14 pm

wasnt on the edge of my seat fella, you told me all about it earlier :lol:

still, glad its all sorted mate :Q

dont go binning that old T3, if you have no plans for it i have a spare space for it in my shed :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Fitted !

Postby Max M4X WW on Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:51 pm

Looks nice in situ.

From the reaction to your pics, im guessing you have not owned a diesel car lol
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Fitted !

Postby Brammer on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:28 pm

Nice one Clark :Q
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