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[slaney21]

sounds epic mate really want to see this car when i get the chance

[Turboboy67]

Numbers on your doors

Next you will be painting your wheels Orange mate

No worries on the polycarb, the cider went down well thanks

I have an oil cooler to go on, did you go for the thermostatic oil cooler adaptor or a normal one ? I bought the thermostatic one

The car just gets better and better fella

[jonboisescort]

car looks great mate

do the wheels bright green

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Green - ooh no.

Shaun - your uniqueness with the orange wheels is safe mate . As for numbers, yeh maybe a bit of inspiration i admit, always fancied them since i saw an orange Mitsi Evo with goldmember, stuntcock and the number 69 on it at the nurburgring a few years ago lol - you beat me to it though .

I have the thermostat on mine too. Are you fitting it to the 2.0 ltr or the current engine? Unless you change the oil pump on the 2.0ltr you will need to fit a relocation kit like i did as the angle of the 2.0 ltr filter housing doesnt give you enough room to fit it all in.

[tommy g]

very nice dude keep up the good work!

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Thanks mate

Race battery arrived this morning and got a new steering rack this afternoon. Just waiting on the alloy battery tray to arrive and i can fit the battery. Hopefully having a full day at the workshop tomorrow so should get most of the jobs done that need doing.

[jmeBDC]

Brilliant read! I wish mine was in the low 800kg's


What battery have you just bought and from where fella? I'm looking at relocating mine in the passenger footwell behind the co-pilot footplate

[wildheart]

Long time no see Chris.

I reckon we'll all have to book a trackday together next year in our fiesta's and this time i may keep with you (just)

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Long time no see Chris.

I reckon we'll all have to book a trackday together next year in our fiesta's and this time i may keep with you (just)

Well, hopefully her majesty shouldnt require my services elsewhere next year so I should be making a few more appearances on track. You may well struggle too mate, I've just purchases a set of TB's to go on

Race battery is a Varley red top 15. was £76 + vat from Rally Design. Never got around to fitting it in the end, will do that in 3 weeks when i'm back next.

[jmeBDC]

Long time no see Chris.

I reckon we'll all have to book a trackday together next year in our fiesta's and this time i may keep with you (just)

Well, hopefully her majesty shouldnt require my services elsewhere next year so I should be making a few more appearances on track. You may well struggle too mate, I've just purchases a set of TB's to go on

Race battery is a Varley red top 15. was £76 + vat from Rally Design. Never got around to fitting it in the end, will do that in 3 weeks when i'm back next.

Thankyou, i shall look into ordering one so i can make my custom battery tray under the dash.

[wildheart]

Long time no see Chris.

I reckon we'll all have to book a trackday together next year in our fiesta's and this time i may keep with you (just)

Well, hopefully her majesty shouldnt require my services elsewhere next year so I should be making a few more appearances on track. You may well struggle too mate, I've just purchases a set of TB's to go on

can i cheat and take the Coswoth instead in that case?

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Well, I'm back in UK for a few days and there's no better way to spend it than up the workshop on the old girl.

Unfortunately I've come to the decision that i don't have the time to go down the throttle bodies route as yet so until I do, the set i had have been moved on.

Anyway, today was day one of about 3 full days dedicated fiesta time. The list of jobs to do are as follows:

1. Clean out, tidy and spray interior
2. Fit mounts for 6 point harnesses
3. Fit race battery
4. Secure all cabling
5. Fit plastic windows
6. Fit harness bar
7. Re-fit seats and harnesses
8. fit new switches to dash

Today i managed to do 1, 2 & half of 5

Much tidier









Front plastics in





Front glass out, plastic ready to be cut for rears



Ready for more work tomorrow, more to come

[Turboboy67]

Looks good Chris

I'm around over the next couple of days,

so if you still want that bit of Polycarb for the rear window give me a shout

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Looks good Chris

I'm around over the next couple of days,

so if you still want that bit of Polycarb for the rear window give me a shout

Cheers shaun

If i get a chance to pop down i'll give you a ring before hand.

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Done quite a bit since the last post but havent taken any pics yet. I'll pop up there later this week with me camera and give it a wash before i take any photos, might blow out the valves on our private road too

Since the last pic then:

Race battery all wired in, all cables fixed in place. Dead mans switch hooked up and working. Battery on trickle charge.
Fire Ext all back in.
Seats re-fitted.
Harnesses fitted less rear straps - awaiting tube for harness bar and cage enhancement.
Rear glass removed, polycarb cut and fitted = minus a few kgs.
Rear wiper removed = minus a few more kgs.
Remove drivers and passengers window mechanisms = minus even more kgs.
Fit and wire up new fog light switches.

Still to do before end of week:

See shaun and get plastic for rear window, cut and fit rear window.
Tiger seal front polycarb in place.
Get dash sent away for flocking.
Fill or bung up hole where wiper was.

[Turboboy67]

Good progress mate

Get it weighed when the rear polycarb is fitted

Where you getting the flocking done ?

You can buy the plug for the rear wiper hole from Ford,
they were on the lesser spec model mk3s.

FINIS no. 6210856 for the plug
and 6180195 for securing clip

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Cheers Shaun

Getting the dash flocked at Suffolk Flocking, it's near Ipswich. The old man is passing by there soon so he's gonna drop it off for me. £120 returned to your doorstep for a Mk3 dash, mine is only half a dash so hoping it'll be slightly cheaper.

I'll pop to fords tomorrow and order that plug

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Right boys and girls.

As promised I've uploaded some photos, went up the workshop this afternoon and started her up, she ran so i took her a few laps around my private road and these are the photos before i put her back in the shed. Note; i havent cleaned her yet, job for the kids later this week.

Couple of random shots, the pics will do the talking......





















Finally, this arrived in the post today, hopefully I'll get round to fitting it before I shoot off back to sausage land

[M1K3Y_B]

Never actually looked in here before.

Looks stunning mate, good work

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Never actually looked in here before.

Looks stunning mate, good work

Cheers buddy

Had a busy day friday, nipped down the road to collect the final sheet of plastic from shaun and also got lumbered with 2 spare doors before i left. There's an omen to send it into a tyre wall eh

Seriously, big thanks to shaun though. You are a star mate. Just need to sneek that B&M in my pocket next time I'm by

Also, before i left for sausage land I had another delivery of goodies. 2x Anderson plugs and a set of cheap jump leads. For some reason my race battery is either not charging of the alternator or it may be underpowered (its a Red top 15 so it should be ). Anyway, I'm gonna fit an anderson plug within the battery cable circuit and adapt the jump leads so i can boost the power to start when needed.

I've also ordered the bung for the boot from ford.

So, all's left to do before my next trackday is change the rear window, sort the tracking, fit the foot rest and weld in the harness bar which, touch wood, will be done before my next trip back.

[Turboboy67]

Good to see you again Chris

No worries on the bits mate, your welcome,

thats what car modding is all about people helping each other out

Hopefully mine will be waiting for you on your return to Blighty and we can rip up Castle Combe together.

[FRSJON]

Good ot see you again Chris

No worries on the bits mate, your welcome,

thats what car modding is all about people helping each other out

Hopefully mine will be waiting for you on your return to Blighty and we can rip up Castle Combe together.

soo true shaun.... awesome car...

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Just got myself 2 more days to play with it this week. Flying to Cyprus from Brize Norton on Saturday, the MOD as tight as they are have put me on a flight to UK tomorrow as its cheaper so i have 2 1/2 days to kill in the meantime.

Watch this space.

[THEHOG~]

nice car looks mean love it

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Thanks bud

I've done some more in the last week actually but havent taken any pics

Since the last pics then;

Rear window is now plastic, only glass on car is windscreen and the sunroof.
Rear wiper hole bunged up
Anderson plugs fitted and i now have the ability to slave it when required
Navigators foot rest fitted
Wiring loom secured in place properly to the bulkhead thingy
Fuse pack secured to bulkhead thingy with alloy plate
Dash removed, spare dash cut to requirement and sat waiting with steering wheel cowel to be dropped off at Suffolk Flocking next wednesday.

[slaney21]

sound good so far fella. i want to see it going round the track when its done

il try visiting again soon ad show you th rs

[1098]

Nice project, nice car and nice thread. Enjoyed reading it and kept me entertained for a good 15/20min

[Ratspeed]

Just read all this mate, top top work. Makes me want to fully strip mine now!

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Well, as per my last posting, i had the dash sent off to suffolk for flocking and this is the result.......







Havent seen it in the flesh myself yet but it looks mega. Just need to re-do the centre plate in some new carbon .

[Turboboy67]

Dash looks good mate

What sort of price was it ?

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

£100 back to my door shaun if i remember rightly

[jordan2litre]

seeing your car is so tempting me to build a full on track car i have a si converted to a 2 litre at the moment bu to much has been spent on cosmetics to track that one

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Crikey ^^^^^^^^^

You like to get your point across

[- Danny Boy -]

That flocked dash sure does look good!! Not too bad price too, looks like they did a superb job on it!

[Project_XR2i_Trackcar]

Just done a succussful trackday at Abingdon









Didn't get many pics as Abingdon is pants for spectators and I was on my own so some lad I knew there borrowed my camera for a bit. I've got some video but it needs editing so will add that later.

The race battery was a bit tempromental, one time it would fire up straight away, other times i needed to boost it or bump start it. That said, I wasn't the only one though, a couple of other track prepared cars were having battery issues too. It's all soldered and heat shrunk, and I've got more earths now than you can shake a s**t stick at and we bench tested the starter motor so we know that's good too..



It's never been reliable so I think i will buy another and hope it resolves the issues.

The 888's are on their 4th trackday now and are still going strong. Fronts have started to wear but the backs are still as good as new. I think i will be sticking to 888's but ordering them 2 at a time and rotating them through, back to front.

The EBC yellows i fitted are mega , bit soft in the morning but once they got bedded in they were bloody awesome. They never faded, I think the most i was out for was 40 mins with a 5-10 min break half way through and they never lost the bite once.

Bit dusty though



I put the heater back in last week after freezing my funlumps off and getting misted up last time when it was cold. It was also a god send to have a breeze, with 18 degrees and plastic windows you get the opposite effect in the summer, so i plumbed in some spare ducting i had and directed it towards the driver.....



Vent and heating controls are a bit Heath Robinson for now but, it works ..........



Picked this up Saturday from Shaun (Carbonboy)...





It literally weighs feck all. The spoiler on the floor next to it is heavier, plus Shaun has persuaded me to have his spare carbon fibre bonnet next time I'm home .

These also arrived in the post Thursday



The plan was to fit em to the bonnet in place of the cheap pins I have now so i can get it past the gestapo's new rules at the Nurburgring, if i ever get it across the water. As it happens, the carbon bonnet has em already so these will be going on the fibrelass boot lid instead.

Along with the catches I also got this...



The one i have fitted now isn't an FIA item and as such it isolates but doesnt cut the engine, so there's a job for next time .

That's it for now, I've been and had a quote for the cross member and harness bars, it's a days work at £150 + materials (£10-20 we reckon). Hopefully that will be getting done between now and my next trip back to UK, probably around June sometime.



Otherwise, it's good to go