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[AndyKam]

Well after 7 years of ownership my Fiesta will be getting a thorough seeing to. It did have the rear arches and sills replaced in 2003 but it now needs the rear quater panel replaced and I have therefore decided to make sure that everything that needs doing gets done. I havent done much to the car over the last few years as having to 2 kids (5 years and 4 years) has taken every spare moment I had. Now they are a little more independant I seem to have a little more time to play about with the Fiesta.

As can be seen from the pictures a flushed MK5 tailgate will be added, both front wings will be replaced, together with the complete rear quater panel and off side arch. I have also got a pair of doors which have Audi A4 handles which will be going on and for the smooth look the side repeaters will be removed from the wings and the holes filled. I have a carbon fibre bonnet to go on and front door cards will be replaced with carbon fibre too. The rear cards will be replaced with MK5 ones. Puma Racing Sparco seats will go in instead of the Recaros and the rear seats will be trimmed to match. Puma dash will replace the original MK3 one.


Some of you may have seen my previous post in Modifications/Styling and you'll be pleased to know that I have decided to keep with the original RS kit instead of that 'other one'.

I cant remember anything else but if I do I'll be updating the thread which I will do with any progress. Oh yeh, I'll be putting back its original registration number of H543 HRW.

Once this has finished it will probably being going back to NMS for a GT30 conversion which hopefully will see bhp and torque approaching 400. 309bhp and 352ft/lb torque at the moment.

Spec as follows -
1905cc American Tall Block CVH with Steel Farndon H Sectioned Rods
Wisco Ceramic Coated Forged Pistons
Compression ratio 7.5:1
NMS head
Newman cam with solid lifters
Cossie Light Blue Injectors
L6 Cosworth management mapped by Karl Norris @ 2.2 bar peak 1.8 bar held
SECS Monitor
Turbo Technics T34 with 0.55 exhaust housing
-31 Actuator
3 Bar Map Sensor
Area Six tubular manifold
Radtec one off single pass intercooler
Radtec alloy radiator
CTS stage 2 'box with a Quaife ATB Differential
Helix 4 paddle clutch
Mongoose exhaust
ERST distributor
Magnicor 10mm HT leads
Group A Coil
Bailey Breather and Header Tank
ITP 048 Fuel Pump
4WD Cosworth Fuel Regulator
Braided Fuel lines
Piper Adjustable Cam Pulley
DEI Engineering Cryogenic Spray System
Vibtratechnic Fast Road Engine Mounts
Oil Cooler

Hi Spec 335mm front disks and alloy bells
Hi Spec Monster 4 Brake callipers
Ferrodo Pads (front)
MK5 RS2000 rear brake disk conversion
Standard RS200 Pads (rear)
Brake Pipes replaced by braided hoses throughout the car

Avo Coilovers
Zoo Motorsport Rose Jointed Adjustable Rear Beam
Area Six Camber Adjustable Rose Jointed Front Lower Arms
Zoo Motorsport Geometry Set up with corner weights adjusted

17” x 7” OZ Super Leggeras
205/40/17 Toyo R888 Tyres front
205/40/17 Fulda Extremo Tyres Rear



Pictures of the car both past and present -

Pictures taken today at Brico in Aldrige, Walsall. Simon who is doing the work has an immaculate Spitfire and a MK2 XR2







Back in 2002


Fiestaturbo.com with Fast Ford at Bruntigthorpe in 2003



Fiesta in the park 2005




Fast Ford at Bruntingthorpe 2007







Forgot to fasten bonnet clips 2004!



Random



Simon @ Brico's XR2 - Si seats retrimmed in leather and MK6 ST red cloth!

[GavStyli]

my god, and i thought i was the butcher!
youve taken the car apart you crazy golo
some of those pics bring back memorys, especially the one when you forgot to lock the bonnet
obviously im sure you know what your doing and will be a new chapter for you car
lemmi know if you need anything
good luck re

[Max M4X WW]

I love your car

Will be interesting to see how it looks with all the new bits

Why you changing the plate?

[AndyKam]

lemmi know if you need anything
good luck re

Thanks Gav, I'll keep you posted

Why you changing the plate?

Hi Max,
C17 KAM will be going onto a Ford Kuga which will replace the Passat later on this year and H543 HRW is the original registration number. Thats it really.

[Max M4X WW]

C17 KAM will be going onto a Ford Kuga which will replace the Passat later on this year

Ah, Thought that might be the case New car!

[fiesta boy]

hope you get is sorted soon fella

[RS rob]

always loved this car,
respect for the the next phase of mods for the car,
hope it turns out how you want it,

you'll notice the puma racing seats make you feel higher up in the mk3, if your using the original puma seat base

quick question
with the mk5 rear bumper did you extend the mongoose at all?
as i had to with mine because the end pipe was inside the bumper

[AndyKam]

you'll notice the puma racing seats make you feel higher up in the mk3, if your using the original puma seat base

quick question
with the mk5 rear bumper did you extend the mongoose at all?
as i had to with mine because the end pipe was inside the bumper

I'll be adapting the Recaro subframes to fit the seats and will be adjusting the hight so they'll be in the same position as the originals.

Yes, the tailpipe has been extended to fit properly.

[FRSJON]

as said many times about..love this car!!.. looks great,has loads of power and lots of different touches... hope to see it at a show or two soon...great car...

[Dave G fsi]

What an awesome car!

Good luck with the plans you've got for it! I absolutely love those retrimmed seats too, look brilliant!

[AndyKam]

Thanks for all the comments guys.

Took the rear seats to for retrimming yesterday. Was told they'll be about 7 - 10 days. Going to see the car tomorrow so I'll get some more pictures up if there has been any progress.

[Ram]

always loved this one

[Hilton HS2]

what a beast.

Makes m want to get my super leggera's refurbed asap

[AndyKam]

bit of an update,

Picked up my re-trimmed head lining and re-trimmed rear seats today.

I am really pleased with the way both have turned out. The original Puma back rest foam was firstly attached to a 'one piece' Fiesta one and then the sides were built up to form the original shape of the Fiesta. You can see from the picture that the Puma one is way different to the Fiesta one. We couldnt find an exact match to the Puma's charcoal/blue cloth so a charcoal one was used instead. Although there is a difference its not that noticable. The bench was done in basically the same way. The Puma bench was built up at each end to follow the shape of the Fiesta one and then covered in the charcoal cloth. By doing the back rest and bench this way the original contours of the Puma seat have been kept.

Original Puma back rest. Nothing like a Fiesta one.









the roof lining was covered in a charcoal cloth. Just got to cut out the hole for the sunroof. Pictures dont do it justice. Looks really good up close.



My parents garage. Bit of a mess at the moment. They cant wait till I finish so my dad can put his Accord back in.

[Sphinx]

This car has always been one of my faves

[Max M4X WW]

Woah is that my rear bench? Looks amazing!

Cant wait to see this when its done, all the red ones will be the best!

[AndyKam]

Bit of an update.

Woah is that my rear bench? Looks amazing!

Max, yes that is your rear bench !Really please with the way its turned out. Just need the car back to fit it. Hopefully they'll fit and look ok.

Progress has been slow and although I did think everything would be ready for FITP things are a long way from being completed. While the car has been in the body shop I have manged to get my interior parts flocked and I think just about every plastic part has been covered. Looks amazing. Pictures to follow. Sitech racing also built me a new inlet/plenum which will locate the throttle body to the left hand side of the engine and will get rid of the EFI one curretly used. New gear box has been ordered too. I did consider getting an MTX conversion done but in the end I decided to get CTS stage 2+ to replace my current 'normal' stage 2 'box. There is actually nothing wrong with this but I am getting a higher final drive fitted (3.58 instead of the standard 3.82) which will mean a higher top speed is achievable (already done a 159mph run ) and will easily see 60mph in second gear.
Also ordered some subframes from Sparco. I was going to modify the standard MK3 ones to fit the Racing Puma seats but decided against this when I found that some are available direct from Sparco.

I visited the body shop on Saturday afternoon in time to see the rear quarter being removed. First of all the supposedly replaced sill back in 2003 wasnt and just badly bodged and not only that the inside of the panel had been on fire!!! the pictures show the black soot which had melted the sunroof drain pipe which meant that water wasnt being channeled drained through the car and out but was just dripping inside the panel!!! this has caused quite a bad rust situation right at the botton of the inner rear sill (you can just make this out from the picture). Luckily this is repairable but you can imagine how shocked I was when I saw this. The previous body shop that carried out the work closed down - I can understand why now, and they seemed so professional.

[Max M4X WW]

Not nice, But all fixable I hope!

Final drive is interesting, I'm really fussy about doing 60mph in seccond gear and would like to be able to do this in my new one which will be getting a 2+ box so will have to decide if I want to do this!

Look forward to seeing everything done!

[daz]

its looking well mate, nice to know that engine is still holding its own all those who thought i was mad doing a cvh 1900 block you have made a great leap forward with the other stuff, and the engine parts, seats look well, i found a large roll of recaro cloth in my loft a few months ago, forgot i had it
keep up the good work.
daz

[jayrs]

hows it coming on mate?

[andymcd]

come on andy update

[rstirl]

great to see this being looked after.

i remember looking at it in the ft.com gpicture galleries on dial up when i got my first mk3 7 years ago. seriously cool car.

hope it all goes smoothly for ya.

[AndyKam]

its looking well mate, nice to know that engine is still holding its own all those who thought i was mad doing a cvh 1900 block you have made a great leap forward with the other stuff, and the engine parts, seats look well, i found a large roll of recaro cloth in my loft a few months ago, forgot i had it
keep up the good work.
daz

Hi Daz, how are you? been a long time mate.Yes the 1900CVH is holding up mate although in a highly modified state. I love the CVH. What have you been up to?

Update........

Been really busy with work recently and havent had chance to get down to the body shop. Yes its still there! I told them I wasn't in any rush for it so the havent finished yet. I'll pop down this week and see how its coming on. By all accounts I think progress is being made so pictures will follow. Bear with me on this.

[ace1001ace]

Where did you get the replacement panels from? are then gen ford or aftermarket items?

Car looks good!

[AndyKam]

Where did you get the replacement panels from? are then gen ford or aftermarket items?

Car looks good!

Hi mate,

all the replacement panels are aftermarket ones. I decided to fit these on the recommendation of the bodyshop and to be honest they have been made to fit perfectly. I forgot I had these pictures on my phone and as you can see the fit is spot on.

I'll pop down and get some more pictures over the weekend.

Andy

[Sphinx]

Nice
I like that you've used a full mk4/5 rear valance with the threaded towing section, very tidy

[1098]

Interested in seeing the final car!

[AndyKam]

Little update. Pictures speak for themselves.

Had a bit of a problem with the paint though. When they started to prepare the body for paint they found that the previous repray wasnt done properly and the paint was just peeling off. It was coming off in strips which meant that the the previous lot did not flat the paint at all! In some areas they didnt even bother to clean the surface and just painted over dirt. this episode has added more time to get the car finished as well as the bill.

Good thing is that its being done right now. Should be in primer next week.

The rear arches have been rolled for wheel/tyre clearance and the fronts have been cut right back and a lip folded outwards. The arch has been stretched as far as it could and the arch moldings will be bonded on.

[Max M4X WW]

Looking good! Nightmare about the old respray but its often the case!

What's happening with the side repeaters?

Your engine bay is going to need a bit of cleaning!

[AndyKam]

Looking good! Nightmare about the old respray but its often the case!

What's happening with the side repeaters?

Your engine bay is going to need a bit of cleaning!

Hi Max,

Cant believe how badly the old work was done. Just goes to show why some body shops can have such a bad reputataion. The guys that are doing it now have been in business for 30 years and one of them has been
personally known to me for about 5.

The side repeaters are being blanked off. I want the fiesta to be smooth. I have a carbon bonnet without the vents or washer jets, with the flushed tailgate and Audi handles I think it will suit it. Dont know about next years MOT though!

[jayrs]

bummer about the paint mate, ive had that before too, most people belive panle wipes are good enough to key the paint up, and just wipe it over

still coming alone nicly mate

[Ram]

moving along nicely. proper bit of rolling done on those arches

[RS rob]

painted yet???

[AndyKam]

painted yet???

its been sometime since I updated but yes today the car was completed and is ready for collection. I recieved a text and the last 2 pictures from the body shop. the larger pictures were taken by me earlier this week when I visited and were nearing completion. All the smaller pictures were text to me by Simon (guy doing the work) so I could monitor progress. I'll be picking the car up by the latest Tuesday so I'll be posting some better pictures then. All thats left to do now is rebuild the interior and fit the carbon bonnet.

Before the work was done the car was painted in Mitsubishi red but I have now opted for the original radiant red. I think the colour looks fatastic. Really pleased with the door handles and the smoothed front wings (indicator lights have been removed) and the new tailgate and lights.

[jayrs]

looks fantastic mate