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[rst-steve]

and steve can confirm tht aswel [ERRR] i was obviously concentrating on the road only had a 2 second glance when he was sat there stunned spill the beans then and tell me in the pm what this lil trick up ur sleeve is. This anything lukes using by any chance?

Yeah defo, the speedo was 100% all the way round (on the private land)......... BUT the gps was well under what the clocks would have said. Thye were too dark, couldn't read them

Make me chuckle tho, Mitch's idea of a 'soft' gear change is how i drive mine hard............ my turbo has an easy time with me

[mitchrs4]

bless steve llama tht is true tho but thts why ur such a star haha never known anyone like it top man tho.next project steve we need some film of manj and the vxr gonna have to b soon tho b4 darren takes it off the road.if not a gd set of pics of us both having it out

[rst-steve]

haha yeah ain't it............ my car can go fast but looks good going slow llama

Pics or video, i'm there

[mitchrs4]

ill b greedy then lets have both

[rst-steve]

ill b greedy then lets have both

[jayrs]

swapping the rear lenses sounds a better idea, or as i say, bung a red bulb in.
reverse light doesnt come into MOT

fog light can be anywhere on the rear mate, ka's have two one in each lamp

unless you have 1, then it has to be drivers side (or at least the middle maybe)

[jimmyesh]

Reference the comment about the speedo being way off / under-reading. It has always over-read in the MANJ because the Vehicle Speed Sensor reads the pulses from the toothed wheel on the crownwheel on the gearbox, so when you have wheels with a smaller overall rolling circumference than those of a standard ST170, the speedo will think you're going faster that what you are.

One way around it is to do what I had to do on my current project and use a frequency modifier (speedo-healer) or otherwise somehow hack into the PCM to change the speedo calibration. Or just keep the GPS there!

i didnt mean it in a bad way jimmy

I know! Chill out mate, I genuinely took it as a compliment and am grateful, thanks - I guess I must have come across as a sarky c*nt in my original reply

[mitchrs4]

Cheers jimmy gotta get the other bits sorted 1st but will def b something ill look to do in the future.get my gear selector cables today and hopefuly get a quote for the paint so will chuck it up on here later if i can get hold of my sprayer.crnt wait for sat to get cracking on with things.anyway better scoot ment to b at work

[jonyb4]

sorry, it was the face that threw me off

[rst-steve]

Got the ok from Mitch to post a few more pics of the car, so thought i'd share some of the pics I got when we went and got the MANJ on Saturday




This is what time we left to meet Jon and Jay





Driving round Cosham/Portsmouth, suddenly a familiar sight went past......... FOLLOW THAT CAR!!





Other randoms;

[mitchrs4]

Nice one steve some nice pics there and yes getting out of my pit at half 4 was a killer

[FRSJON]

nice pics... nearly going in to that under ground car park was a mistake

[jayrs]

you had to post the one with the wrong turn heading the multi story car park didnt ya

[- Danny Boy -]

The ST dials really look good in a fiesta, Ive loved that mod since day 1. Such a beautiful car.

That looks like gunwharf car park to me

Camber on the rear wheels =

[leighk2010]

just Wow totally love this car have ever since i first saw it on this site such a good looking fiesta id be prowled to own

[mitchrs4]

haha he knows how to pick them dont he jon lol.danny the cambers actualy really help the cars to stay stable my frst(one in sig) is just a total lil go cart no where near as stable but still great fun cheers leigh i am well chuffed the more i drive it the more im enjoying it.

jon sounds silly but with pumping the brakes it makes a huge differance on stopping power so im hoping theres just a s**t load of air in the system and the ful bleed thro sat will transform them.will keep u posted.

recieved a brand new set of st170 selector cables today so cheers darren for getting them ordered so they are ready to fit sat morning .piece by piece its slowly coming together so once the lil pieces are sorted as started before i can get flocking and chase my local painter up.just gotta try saving my money rather than spending it.got payed yesterday and already spent it all, and im soz to say its not on the fezza

[FRSJON]

as you say the camber on the rear is probably one of the best things you could do to a fiesta if its loads of air in the brakes ill be pissed!! pressure bled them about ten times as you say pumping the pedal helps loads...was thinking about a residual pressure valve..it basically holds some of the pressure there for when you next stamp on the pedal

[mitchrs4]

yh sounds good to me with how they are at mo lol.yh well im hoping it is [ERRR] it will save a huge head ache of sorting it somehow.(no disrespect) lol o yh had it up on a ramp and had a look and the drivers front the pad isnt even in full contact with the disk thts how little pressure is getting to the discs/pads time will tell

[rst-steve]

you had to post the one with the wrong turn heading the multi story car park didnt ya

You know it mate

[jayrs]

[jonyb4]

looks brilaint mate

[- Danny Boy -]

Going back to the subject of camber on the rear (ill look through the old MANJ project thread in a min to see if i can see it) but how do you put negative camber on the rears? My Si is on AVO coilovers pretty low and from what I can see - well last time i looked, the tyres were still more or less horizonal to the ground.

I just wanted to know for my own knowledge really, dont think ill do it unless i track it loads. Which might happen this year lol

[FRSJON]

Going back to the subject of camber on the rear (ill look through the old MANJ project thread in a min to see if i can see it) but how do you put negative camber on the rears? My Si is on AVO coilovers pretty low and from what I can see - well last time i looked, the tyres were still more or less horizonal to the ground.

I just wanted to know for my own knowledge really, dont think ill do it unless i track it loads. Which might happen this year lol

its all been done in the rear beam danny..as the beam was shortened buy jimmy (for the focus rs hubs) they have added the camber at the same time..could be done with shims behind the rear hubs

[- Danny Boy -]

I thought shims would be the way to do it without any major modification to the rear beam. I might look into it in the future

[rst-steve]

Few more pics.......... as a wise man once said, WHY NOT!!

[mitchrs4]

cheers steve carnt wait to see the rest of them but ill have to wait untill tomoz with a new thread

[rst-steve]

No probs mate.......... and yep, should be goooood!

[mitchrs4]

quick update.all rear lights sorted with a quick bit of wiring and the selector cables on and in the holders

time to get on the brakes.Jon ull like this but may piss u off from one of your previous posts.rite then 1st of all we started to take the cap off the resivour for the fronts, in tht process fluid started to piss out of the bottom so the fluid got drained out of the holder and the holder wasnt tight.literally finger tight im supprised i hadnt had a engine bay full of fluid to be honest.once done up nice and tight the wheels came off and started the bleed.on the passenger frnt there was a few bubbles which came out, so not a huge amount of air in the system.when we moved over to the drivers side that was another thing. cracked the nipple off and bingo we had enough air to live on for a day.so bled all thro until we had a constant stream of fluid obviously.

with that said the brakes are alot better but still not great so ill go back and do a full bleed on all the brakes and hopefuly it will solve the issue.(well i hope so lol)

thats all for now but least the ball is rolling a little bit now and things are getting sorted

[FRSJON]

that air must of been hiding in there from me but your 'enthusiastic' driving has scared it out as for the fluid pots you do need to keep hold of them as you undo the caps other wise you will physically unscrew them . all sounds good though, i like to moody night shots.... it never went out after dark with me

[mitchrs4]

haha its see ing the dark gloomy nites of great yarmouth.dont worry it is being looking after just driving hard aswel it will b fine jon its been built to b a propper lil weapon so its gonna be used tht way. yh me and steve went out last nite to get them.wasnt ment to be down there but cldnt resist.also steves opening another thread 2nite at some point with the rest of the pics and some more from today of mine and his together so have a look.

i was amazed steves actualy came out of the garage.(there was a cloud in the sky) did look gorgeous tho steve nice to see it out and made me want to get the white one out

[rst-steve]

i was amazed steves actualy came out of the garage.(there was a cloud in the sky) did look gorgeous tho steve nice to see it out and made me want to get the white one out

Cheers mate

...... and yep, i was watching the sky a fair bit

[mitchrs4]

just a quick update for the 5 of u who are following lol in the process today of organising the parts to be flocked.as said b4 this will b dash,center console,A pillar trims,glove box,steering colum surround and the show cage.will keep updated on confirmed dates and prices.just wanna keep cracking on with it to get it done for show season.

on the down side my local sprayer im struglling to get hold of for a price and when he can start so that may take a lil longer than exspected

[jayrs]

all in good time mate, plenty of time before the major shows start up

[mitchrs4]

yh i just no hes mega buisy so need to get it in sooner rather than latter but we will c.time will tell

[Turboboy67]

Think it would look awesome resprayed in Frozen White, that is all

just kidding, red is the best and always has been