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[pauldolman]

i do hope your cars rust free now paul as its had more body work than jordan

that much lol

yes mate rust free, and it's not used daily anymore so I'm not chasing bits I've done before

[fezzRS]

Lovely motor mate wil kep my eye on it hope u dobt ever sell it

[pauldolman]

Lovely motor mate wil kep my eye on it hope u dobt ever sell it

cheeRS fella, can't see it going anywhere had it 15 years and put a crazy amount to money and effort into it

[pauldolman]

bit up a update, got a few bits done since it's return from the painters, refurbed bailey header tank and swirl pot have been fitted, found the leak which I thought was coming from the bottom of the swirl pot seems to be coming from the pipe between the thermostat and swirl pot either way it needs a new top rad hose and because everything is white it's a special order item that has to be specially made that has been paid for and ordered a week or so before Christmas, I've polished up the exhaust system underneath the car, been on there at least 15 years and never done looks a lot better fitted some poly exhaust mounts too, had a go at heat wrapping the turbo elbow and the downpipe, never done it before but has come out well, certinaly seen a lot worse









stripped all these off the rs over the weekend, going to be pro flocked on Saturday, found a local company to do it, there work looks very impressive and he seems very enthusiastic about doing it too, I need to strip the existing flock and glue off before the parts go to him, easier said than done I think



everything stripped and dropped down to the flockers, seems a top bloke



the flocker sent me a few photos tonight almost done, just a few bits he wasn't totally happy with which is being redone



















I've had a spare set of roof strips dipped in carbon, not quite sure if it'll work or be a bit to much, it's just such a massive contrast compared to what's on it at the moment, I guess if it was on a red, black or grey car they wouldn't stand out as much as on a gleaming white car, think it's either going to work and look awesome or look terrible

before


after









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[pauldolman]

interior all back in now














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[pauldolman]

right guys need some opium's good or bad, I've fitted one of my carbon dipped roof strips and not totally convinced, what do you think

[fezzRS]

Where you get your mats mate

[pauldolman]

Where you get your mats mate

don't know mate had them 15 years, sorry

[tin-ribs]

I like the roof strips, breaks it up from the white body

[pauldolman]

I like the roof strips, breaks it up from the white body

I'm still not totally sure, everyone I've asked said they look good but I'm just trying to get a lot of different opium's before I make a final decision, it all ready has the bonnet vents, single wiper smooth arm & fog/spot light surrounds done and ill guess it follows the theme through the car, just wonder if it's too much

[pauldolman]

secret is out, well sort of

for those of you who don't know, jano(OKC) is building me a steel cvh engine for my fiesta for when mine needs replacing, bit of a long term plan, but it seems to be the way everyone's going rather than standard rebuilds and would be nice to have something a bit special to put in my fiesta when the time comes to replace it

wossner forged pistons & piston rings



PEC steel rods



ARP conrod bolts



brand new genuine ford oil pump found after a 600 hour online search imported from harf way round the world, proberly one of the last ones available





genuine ford oil pickup pipe



collected a sump off jano





sump has been dropped off today to be media blasted inside and out and powdercoated on the outside, I was going to have it powdercoated gloss black but the powdercoater recommended a satin black finish for a few reasons, first being it will not show up any imperfections as much being satin and secondly proberly a nearer finish to how it would have been origionally

[pauldolman]

secret is out, well sort of

for those of you who don't know, jano(OKC) is building me a steel cvh engine for my fiesta for when mine needs replacing, bit of a long term plan, but it seems to be the way everyone's going rather than standard rebuilds and would be nice to have something a bit special to put in my fiesta when the time comes to replace it

wossner forged pistons & piston rings



PEC steel rods



ARP conrod bolts



brand new genuine ford oil pump found after a 600 hour online search imported from harf way round the world, proberly one of the last ones available





genuine ford oil pickup pipe



collected a sump off jano





sump has been dropped off today to be media blasted inside and out and powdercoated on the outside, I was going to have it powdercoated gloss black but the powdercoater recommended a satin black finish for a few reasons, first being it will not show up any imperfections as much being satin and secondly proberly a nearer finish to how it would have been origionally

[fezzRS]

Woukd look better with green stripes back on

[pauldolman]

Woukd look better with green stripes back on

thanks for the reply and your opium, but I prefere it as it is, without the green stripes in the front or rear bumper would look very weird and I'm certinally not re modelling the front and rear bumpers just for the green stripes, I also think it gives it a much cleaner look without them which is the look I've gone for

[rsturbojames]

good work mate......... looking forward to seeing the bottom end

[pauldolman]

good work mate......... looking forward to seeing the bottom end

Cheers mate, will keep you updated

[pauldolman]

collected sump from powdercoaters





rose jointed lower arms and rose jointed track rod ends









all on and lazer tracked up now











strip down and re paint of all brake calipers in hi temp paint, really pleased with how they came out, also new rear discs and rear pads took the opertunity to change the upgrade the brake fluid from .4 to 5.1, don't know if it makes any odds but was well overdue to be changed anyway

[Fraggle]

Spot on.

Love the lower arms bud..and those rods..omg drool hahahah

[pauldolman]

Spot on.

Love the lower arms bud..and those rods..omg drool hahahah

cheers mate

[rsturbonutter]

Looking good mate take it your going for the magic 300 when all steel

[pauldolman]

Looking good mate take it your going for the magic 300 when all steel

not sure if it'll quite make it but don't think it'll be far off, got plans for a fancy ib5 stage 3 box with a quife diff which is rated at 300bhp which will handle the power

[Fraggle]

Looking good mate take it your going for the magic 300 when all steel

not sure if it'll quite make it but don't think it'll be far off, got plans for a fancy ib5 stage 3 box with a quife diff which is rated at 300bhp which will handle the power

There much involved in mating it too a CVH Paul?

I know mount on chassis is needed but what bout shafts/linkage......

[pauldolman]

Looking good mate take it your going for the magic 300 when all steel

not sure if it'll quite make it but don't think it'll be far off, got plans for a fancy ib5 stage 3 box with a quife diff which is rated at 300bhp which will handle the power

There much involved in mating it too a CVH Paul?

I know mount on chassis is needed but what bout shafts/linkage......

it's being modified by the gearbox company so it's a straight fit mate

[Fraggle]

Cool id be really interested too know the ins/outs if your happy too share at update time

Thinks the BC has had its day, but the CVH should not have too suffer due to a chocolate box.

[pauldolman]

Cool id be really interested too know the ins/outs if your happy too share at update time

Thinks the BC has had its day, but the CVH should not have too suffer due to a chocolate box.

yes definatly mate, the gearbox is being built by a company called G.E.A.R.S. think they are in southport way, we've had a few in depth emails and they've said they are quite a few different types of ib5 casing and understand the engine I have and everything will be build so it's a straight fitment, I'm waiting for the engine to be built before the box can be ordered, there is no point in me ordering the fancy gearbox if it's going to sit in the back of the garage for another year and the warentee will be over before it's even been fitted

[Fraggle]

Cool id be really interested too know the ins/outs if your happy too share at update time

Thinks the BC has had its day, but the CVH should not have too suffer due to a chocolate box.

yes definatly mate, the gearbox is being built by a company called G.E.A.R.S. think they are in southport way, we've had a few in depth emails and they've said they are quite a few different types of ib5 casing and understand the engine I have and everything will be build so it's a straight fitment, I'm waiting for the engine to be built before the box can be ordered, there is no point in me ordering the fancy gearbox if it's going to sit in the back of the garage for another year and the warentee will be over before it's even been fitted

Yeah ive spoken with gears in past, very very helpful..and agreed on the garage point,
My Brand new T3 has sat for 6yrs now lol.

Like I say I will be very keen too see this conversion happen fella, its been on my idea list a looong time..

[pauldolman]

Cool id be really interested too know the ins/outs if your happy too share at update time

Thinks the BC has had its day, but the CVH should not have too suffer due to a chocolate box.

yes definatly mate, the gearbox is being built by a company called G.E.A.R.S. think they are in southport way, we've had a few in depth emails and they've said they are quite a few different types of ib5 casing and understand the engine I have and everything will be build so it's a straight fitment, I'm waiting for the engine to be built before the box can be ordered, there is no point in me ordering the fancy gearbox if it's going to sit in the back of the garage for another year and the warentee will be over before it's even been fitted

Yeah ive spoken with gears in past, very very helpful..and agreed on the garage point,
My Brand new T3 has sat for 6yrs now lol.

Like I say I will be very keen too see this conversion happen fella, its been on my idea list a looong time..

yes mate leave it with me when there is a update ill let you know

[pauldolman]

new steel bottom end all built up, waiting on a few minor bits still to come through

[RS1800-Cookie]

did you get the arms and track ends from compbrake?

looks ace so far, have you driven since fitting arms and track ends. wondered how it feels?

[pauldolman]

did you get the arms and track ends from compbrake?

looks ace so far, have you driven since fitting arms and track ends. wondered how it feels?

hello pal, yes the track rod ends and arms are from compbrake, when I was looking for some it was the only company around making them, I know area 6 used to do them too but wasn't trading at the time

they were a complete nightmare fitting them the arms were fine but the track rod ends needed a lot of modifying, as for how they feel the ride is a bit firmer which you might expect and bumps in the road are a lot more noticeable but the steering is a lot more responsive both in steering input and in torque steer from the engine too and feels better through the corner, I set the camber up standard which was recommended as it's a road car but putting a few degrees of camber would be even more responsive but would ruin my soft tyres on the motorway so it seemed the best compromise for me, hope this helps

[RS1800-Cookie]

Spot on! .... where's a like button when you need one lol..


guess this will do

When you say the track rods needed modifying what was wrong with them?

i got a compbrake bias box, found them to be a bunch of to22ers to deal with. hence im a little nervous of buying these.

[pauldolman]

Spot on! .... where's a like button when you need one lol..


guess this will do

When you say the track rods needed modifying what was wrong with them?

i got a compbrake bias box, found them to be a bunch of to22ers to deal with. hence im a little nervous of buying these.

basicly it's in 2 pieces a sleve that screws onto the steering rack and the rose joint screws into the sleve and a bolt going through into the hub as you might see by looking back at my photos, first off let me say the actual build quality is amazing, but it looks like they have done one for every car in the ford range don't know if that's the case or not but it's not with fiesta's a pal has them on his s2 as well and he's had to do a similar thing too, first off had to drill the hub hole out to accept there bolt which wasn't a big deal but when you screw them onto the rack they don't wind on any where near far enough, I had to cut 30mm off the rack each side and another 20mm off the sleve and thread, how they can say they are designed for this car is beyond me but still well worth doing

I know what you mean about them being a pain in the arse, I ended up getting mine through neil davies(ND tuning) they worked out a bit cheaper that way too

[RS1800-Cookie]

can i be cheeky and ask how much you can get em for?

this sounds fairly simmilar to my pedal box. was no where near and i had to send back, the second was better but still off in holes for servo. in the end i elongated the holes silightly. they claimed it was the correct ratio from pedel to box..... no offence was a lot of the brown smelly stuff!

i had to modify the ratio grrr. i know a few people who have had same kind of issues. hence its put me off their stuff.

might give em a shakedown at autosport and see how discounted they will do a set.

[pauldolman]

can i be cheeky and ask how much you can get em for?

this sounds fairly simmilar to my pedal box. was no where near and i had to send back, the second was better but still off in holes for servo. in the end i elongated the holes silightly. they claimed it was the correct ratio from pedel to box..... no offence was a lot of the brown smelly stuff!

i had to modify the ratio grrr. i know a few people who have had same kind of issues. hence its put me off their stuff.

might give em a shakedown at autosport and see how discounted they will do a set.

me a neil go back a long way, he wrote my feature when he worked there and I've known him for a long time, but I think the arms were £300 delivered and the track rod ends were £80-85 delivered, I don't know what deals he can do for anyone else but I think it's 10-15% off there list price

[pauldolman]

bit of a update

i've commissioned a new fancy gearbox which a deposit has been paid which is being built now, i've been collecting the last bits and pieces for the new engine build for when it all comes apart

athena quad layer headgasket 1.6mm



series 2 flywheel, lightened and balenced





cosworth oil pressure switch



new dipstick tube, gen ford



arp flywheel bolts



i've got some zetec exhaust manifold studs coming over the next few days