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[russ_si]

Hello,

Thort id show you all how my fiesta came to be what it is to day.

It stared out life as a 1.4cvh fiesta si which iv had for about two and a half
years now its still my 1st car allways liked si's

To cut a long story etc....
Iv allways joked/dreamed of putting a rs turbo engine in it and after going to FITP this year(my 1st show) and seeing all the nice cars i thort why not.

I got my self a very rusty rs turbo cheap to use as a donor car
and just after going to ford fair i booked some time off work and got to, well work

1st day started taking the engine out of the rs





Going down


Out


Hole


Found the hardest bit was trying to get the abs off and out the way
Next job was to get the engine reddy to go into my car

Fitting power steering pump and cleaning/painting replacing broken bits




ERST gearbox


Buy this time i had the engine out of my car dont have pics of this dont
know why must have been to busy
Spot the hand.
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Engine going in




Its in!! at this point i was so happy just kind off looked back at
thort YES iv done it still a long way to go tho..


Thats it for now i will update the rest later,
Let me know what you think iv miss out some bit cos it would just be to
long if i put every thing in.

Thank for looking,

Russell.

[MAD_Adamski]

wicked keep it coming!

[purple_fiesta]

Love it, allways nice to see a chv turbo Si instead of the usual 2ltr

[knuckles]

looking sweet ....

i got to attempt fitting a rs engine on saturday.

Bring on the recaro !

[adz]

tidy

might get my arse in gear and put my new engine in my mk3

does the 1.4cvh loom plug straight in? or did u swap looms aswell?

[heeman10]

Glad you bought one with a proper turbo on the front too Keep it coming!

[Bkjames]

Looks nice mate



Brian

[jayrs]

nice one mate, bet ya wouldnt get that power steering pump on with a T2

[russ_si]

Your right jayrs theres no way you would get the pump in there with a t2
lots off room with a t3 tho or as heeman puts it a "proper turbo"

As for the looms iv used the rs engine loom and the si interior loom the si loom looks much the same as the rs one but sure all the pins would be wrong for the ecu.

Knuckles good luck on fitting your engine.
Thank for all you comments update is on its way.
Russell.

[jayrs]

proper turbo

[heeman10]

proper turbo

[jayrs]

[jonosi]

nice stuff there
keep us updated on yer progress

Jon

[chris-fiesta]

looking good m8... hope it all oges well!

got anymore pics of the si?

[russ_si]

Back to it.

By this time i had run out of time off work so every thing was done in the eveings and at weekends which is why its taken so long to do.
Or so why i didnt put this up when i was doing it just didnt have time.

Inlet manifold going on and turbo


Power steering bottle, had to move this from buy the brake servo to the inner wing because i didnt want to run all the hoses past the hot turbo
and really just seems esayer having it there.


Rest off the stuff going in not really that hard just takes time had to cut
and join some off the water hoses to fit around the p/s pump.


Air fillter on


Rad and intercooler fitted had to cut a bit away to clear the fan.


Tank painted black then fitted with frst fuel pump


Put the drive shalfs back in used the si ones as the hub end is bigger on
the si's (30mm nut on an rs to 32mm on si's) same size gearbox end.

Then came in my view the hardest bit the wiring this in its self
took about a week and a half.
I had fitted the rs engine loom into the car and left the si interior loom
the problem came when i went to plug the looms together.

Cant remember this exactly so dont hold me to it but the si loom had
some thing like 12pins onit and the rs 7pins and there all diffrent colours

So started looking at all the diagrams but this wasnt really any help as
they didnt show this plug so i started taking the looms apart and fine out
what each one did one by one.
Found out a lot of the si ones werent needed for the rs loom and a lot of
them were just current returns so conected the ones that i needed put some petrol init and tryed my luck, after terning it over for ages i still
wouldnt start so swaped over the current returns and it started

Thats about it sure iv miss bits out just ask if you have any questions.
Still finshing it off now im being really picky about it because i want to get
every thing just wright befor its back on the road so still lots off updates to
come.

This is it as off a few weekends ago

Now with pace cooler

Thanks again
Russell.

[jayrs]

nice one mate

take it yuo fitted the alternator at the back then?

and used what pully for the bottom mate to run the belts?

[russ_si]

No the alternator is fitted under the p/s pump same as i was on the old
engine used the pully of that as well, belt is 6pk by 937 or so and runs
around the out side of them all.

Can get a pic if you want?

[Ghost]

absolute quality matey, and keeping the PAS

although i hate PAS im sure you dont, and good on you for sorting it out.

[jayrs]

No the alternator is fitted under the p/s pump same as i was on the old
engine used the pully of that as well, belt is 6pk by 937 or so and runs
around the out side of them all.

Can get a pic if you want?

yeah please mate, would be good to see how its set up

[russ_si]

Ok try get some tomorrow for you.

[jayrs]

no rush mate, when ever you have time mate

[Xr_Dub]

Good stuff Russ

[russ_si]

Alternator, PAS pump and bottom pully. Hope this is ok hard to get a good pic of it all.
Let me know if you want any more.


I got a new exhaust as well the other week,
mongoose system only got it back the last weekend after having the T3 down pipe fitted. #
Very happy with it fits really well and sounds ace


Also fitted my swirl pot.


Russell.

[jayrs]

i see, wonder if a p/s pump could be fitted under the alternator on a T2'ed rs.....hmm

[russ_si]

Sorry mate that pic is tacken from under the car looking up.
So the p/s pump would be on top of the alternator

[jayrs]

sorry mate i dont really make my self clear some times.
i ment if i was gunna fit p/s on my rs i wonder if i could fit the pump under my alternator as i still run a t2

[bikerlegend]

looks really good, hope you keep the si bumpers and dont change them to xr or rs ones

[russ_si]

sorry.
Not sure would be very low, think you would end up hitting it.

The si bumpers will be staying on

[jayrs]

:lol: sorry.
Not sure would be very low, think you would end up hitting it.

The si bumpers will be staying on

yeah prob right mate, oh well, ill stick with the electric pump idea.
thats if i fit it

[small_paul]

hi mate nice job. just curious how much did the rs donar car cost you?

[garyhurn77]

looking good nice to see a cvh turbo in an si over the 2.0!



looks a tidy engine as well

[AGAR]

Not many Si's about with the turbo treatment.

Looking very good and the PAS is a neat touch.

Oh and if your breaking the turbo after this can i have the green stripes please?!

[russ_si]

small_paul:- Too much seeing how much rust it had in it.

AGAR:- The rs has now gone i still have all the parts off it but unsure what im doing with them
if i do end up selling them ill let you know.

[AGAR]

small_paul:- Too much seeing how much rust it had in it.

AGAR:- The rs has now gone i still have all the parts off it but unsure what im doing with them
if i do end up selling them ill let you know.

Ok cheers - thanks for letting me know.

I have been searching for a full set of green stripes for AGES - cash waiting..

Just drop me a PM if you plan to sell.

Looking forward to your next updates on the project too

[LeePFRST]

good job mate, looking really nice. Glad tyo see you've taken the poxy dump valve out - chatter all the way!!

Keep up the good work