The Recaro Fiesta - the rebuild begins
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
nice pink phone mate 
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
looks great mate and keep up the great work
oh and can i ask whats on the small plate on the desk? lol
oh and can i ask whats on the small plate on the desk? lol

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

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

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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
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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 !
jayrs :nice pink phone mate
Its not my phone ... you know what my phone is (N95) . the battery only lasts 3 hours on it
Phillie*Nic : oh and can i ask whats on the small plate on the desk? 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


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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
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 
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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 


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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
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.

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 !
Nice paper weight!
Get that shizzle bolted up and primed asap!
Whats going on with Bovril Lavigne too
Whats going on with Bovril Lavigne too
Ex Fiesta RS Turbo owner 
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
Turbo is being fitted monday with the help of a friend
Any tips on fitting and priming a brand new turbo ?
Any tips on fitting and priming a brand new turbo ?


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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
same as what we done fitting that other one mate
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expect a few phone calls monday 


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oh, er, im busy all day monday er....... washing my hair mate 
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jayrs :oh, er, im busy all day monday er....... washing my hair mate
I thought you were thin up top mate
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
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rs_brammer :jayrs :oh, er, im busy all day monday er....... washing my hair mate
I thought you were thin up top mate![]()
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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
yeah thats a point
na ill be about mate, just make sure its your bill this time round though
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Feersum_Enjin :Nice paper weight!Get that shizzle bolted up and primed asap!
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Whats going on with Bovril Lavigne too
Its what he listens to.....He makes me listen to the album over and over again when we work on cars
I feel so abused
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
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

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

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
front is lowered.... enough
rear is lowered......to much
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
cool, nice manifold too
have fun fitting it hope the weather holds out
catch you later
have fun fitting it hope the weather holds out
catch you later


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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
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 !

Yes thats castrol magnatec 10/40 all over my white paint job





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fcuk them pics, update the turbo fitment lad 
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On the edge of your seat are ya ?



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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - NEW T3 Arrives !
I got round to replacing my T3 today amongst trying to fix another Rs turbo.
Who said a Rs is reliable ? own up

Heat wrap the old manifold.

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

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.

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
Who said a Rs is reliable ? own up

Heat wrap the old manifold.

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

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.

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


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wasnt on the edge of my seat fella, you told me all about it earlier
still, glad its all sorted mate
dont go binning that old T3, if you have no plans for it i have a spare space for it in my shed
still, glad its all sorted mate
dont go binning that old T3, if you have no plans for it i have a spare space for it in my shed
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Looks nice in situ.
From the reaction to your pics, im guessing you have not owned a diesel car lol
From the reaction to your pics, im guessing you have not owned a diesel car lol
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