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[Fraggle]

Beast...miss my black one now

[simon turbo]

thanks

[mrorange2]

very nice mate on the standard ride hight piccys what shocks where you using as they look red?

[Dave G fsi]

Stunning mate

[simon turbo]

On the older pics it had original ford shocks and springs apart from that one front which as you point out looks orange and it was the lenght of the standard spring is 30cm and the spring on that side was 35cm havenet a clue what shock it was as the ride height was level. any way i like my cars low so opted for spax adjustables which are set to the hardest setting and lowered 60mm.
Thinking of changing the wheels but not sure what to go for?

[Dave G fsi]

Go for comps mate

[simon turbo]

A few more pics from last night after work.

[simon turbo]

here are a few more pics of my engine bay and a few bits i have brought.
a very clean header tank which i have put a nice new sticker on. In my engine bay i have painted a few few bits satin black and got a black washer bottle top which was a good find.Also got one escort gti alloy just need three more

any coments are welcome.

[fezzRS]

that looks sick mate love the black ones

[simon turbo]

thanks mate

[fezzRS]

what other plans do you have for ehr i ge tmy black one in 9 days

[simon turbo]

i want to raise it a bit its lowered 60mm on spax want to get 40mm springs and thats about it probably change all the hoses back to standard as well if i can find them and air box.
just fitted a mongoose system and that sounds the nuts.
thats about it sort afew bits of rust over the winter and show it next year.

[fezzRS]

i get mine in 8 days matecant wait feel like a big kid lol

[simon turbo]

thinking of selling now
sad times.

[Dave G fsi]

Why's that mate?

[jonyb4]

oh how great do black turbos look eh, with all the green stripes fitted, yes!


please dont sell her!

how come

[simon turbo]

it needs some rust sorting and the water pump has just packed up only use it a few times a year. money is very tight.
is a water pump easy to do never done one before.
just feel like i have hit a wall and cant be bothered.

[rsturbonutter]

Yeah mate a wtaer pump is not a difficult job on the cvh engine.

[simon turbo]

can you tell me how to do it?
any way i had an operation two days ago and that got me down a bit.
i have been out in the garage this morning and removed all the rust on the roof which was only really bubbling paint nothing that bad which was good . Just needs filling and flattening back then primer filler .
Then do i paint the roof or carbon wrap it i know the car looks standard but i think it would look pretty good wrapped?
what you think?
I will try and do the water pump my self then send the car to the body shop to have the fuel cap area done. if any thing else goes wrong i can always brake it up.
so my head is screwed on again straight.

[jonyb4]

hardest part of doing the pump is thr timing mate, if you got your head around that its quite easy, take the timing belt off, remove the coolant pipes from the pump, let the water drain, undo the bolts holding the pump and it will come off with some persuasion, clean all the old gasket from the head as it will likely be caked on, use a piece of wirewool to scrub it off (or a brillo pad) drill bit wire attachment is my favorite

in the new pump kit you should get a new gasket, not done a cvh myself but im sure its very similar to a zetec, the gasket locates when you put the bolts through the pump, so do that before you put the pump on the head, so you know the gasket is flush and wont fall down, then get a few turns done on each bolt and tighten them up

then replace the belt and set your timing, if nothing else has moved it should aready be set but double check it before you crank it

and ofcourse fill the coolant back up, will require bleeding to get the air out, think you just leave the expansion tank cap off, get the caqr to operating temps, and leave the heaters inside the car on full speed and highest temp for a few mins, watch the tank for bubbling, once the bubbles stop your bled

(personally i drive around the block at low speeds for a few mins with the cap left off, as it takes it a while to get to running temp on tick over