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by **housey** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:25 pm

PHAT !!!!

Lovin the look :aviator:

by **Ghost** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:39 pm

absolute quality mate

especially love the wheels, and the smoothed rear bumper

top quality

by **ju575** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:46 pm

Looks spot on, i'd put a Mk6 Fiesta badge and 3.5 ford badge on the back though

,

I love the wheels too, didn't you say you were gonna colour code the rear wiper? any close-up pics of that?

Cheers, Ju

by **1992FRST** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:25 pm

looks like a brand new car!!!

although that bonnet tilting upwards at the back looks very odd.
and yeah i know its supposed to be like that to let air out, but just looks strange!

wheels look ok now that the arches are on!

by **XR_Craig** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:34 pm

Can't wait to see that in the flesh at shows and that mate. When you get the smoked lights on and the install in it should be perfect.

by **jdfiesta** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:35 pm

looks well tidy that mate, been a while but it's worth it
JJ

by **Max M4X WW** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:17 pm

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccckkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well worth it, Black handles though?!?! Was the thing that i thought first.

Any engine pics???

Cant wait to get mine done now, Gonna look nearly the same.

Love the badgeless look, And headlight protectors.

Can i have the first pic in high-res please - max@maxeduk.com

Thanks

by **Smo** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:19 pm

1992FRST :although that bonnet tilting upwards at the back looks very odd.
and yeah i know its supposed to be like that to let air out, but just looks strange!

It's like it because like Rawli said, the bonnet won't actually shut, or it'll shut, but touches the charge carrier... something like that anyway :bonkers:

That looks so damn gorgeous though, I'm impressed...

by **Gaz7** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:38 pm

Looks fantastic Andy - a cracking Fez

The wheels look great, the car sits nice, and the paint looks good (wrong colour though

)

i'm glad you've got it back at last, hope you're happy with her!!

Looks really smart all round, looking forward to more pics (engine bay etc)

I'd quite like a small Ford badge on the front, as i think it would suit the car, but that's just my opinion.

Top stuff mate

Gareth

by **Ian C70T5** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:41 pm

Stunning mate

Subtle, understated yet a lot of work has gone into it..

I love it mate

by **Max M4X WW** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:42 pm

How about a tiny badge on the front, From the centre of a puma steering wheel.

Or are there any others which are 60-80% size of a normal 3.5 one. To be different?

by **JamieFRST** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:50 pm

fook its back together

And looking very sweet may I add

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:04 am

Thanks for all the nice comments guys - really made up with it (feeling all emotional now you lot have said such nice things! :lol:

).

Lovely to drive it even if it is with next to no boost (5psi max :lol:

).

Cheers,

Andy

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:14 am

Video now added - a vid showing how it runs, on very low boost mind! (right click and save target as - 5.78Mb):

http://www.fiestaturbo.nildram.co.uk/fiestavids/tubsmall.mpg

Cheers,

Andy

by **JamieFRST** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:27 am

Quality bit of chatter there

by **Ghost** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:29 am

I want a new engine

that sounds sooooo much better then mine

cant wait for an engine conversion

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:10 am

Yeah - engine feels brand new, there was a bit of a scare though as one of the core plugs had corroded whilst the engine had been sitting around and burst when starting it up this morning.

Luckily Simon had some new ones lying around in the garage and fitted it up with no problems!

Can somebody make me a new signature with the new pics?

Cheers,

Andy

by **festajon** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:49 am

Looks absolutely amazing mate, lovin' it (and in the best colour too :wink:

)That's gonna be a Bic™ to drive on those wheels tho

Does look the nuts tho. Just hope the cossie wheels curse doesn't strike..... :aaah:

Hope to c it at ford fair dood, keep it up

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:45 am

festajon ::D

Looks absolutely amazing mate, lovin' it (and in the best colour too )That's gonna be a Bic™ to drive on those wheels tho Does look the nuts tho. Just hope the cossie wheels curse doesn't strike.....

Hope to c it at ford fair dood, keep it up

Aiii, it's not too enjoyable at the moment but I'm going to have a play about with the suspension and see if I can come to some kind of compromise with the rubbing at the front.

I think I'm going to stiffen up the front quite a bit more on the dampers and raise it a few mm on the driver's side and a little bit less on the passenger front (the driver's side has settled a bit lower this time - will have to get it level when I'm actually in the car - I'd really like to get it corner weighted!).

I'll be at Ford Fair on the fiestaturbo.com stand!

Cheers,

Andy

by **AndyRS1800** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:17 am

by **Max M4X WW** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 9:41 am

Just did this, Not very good but i can never think of any ideas..

:: [img]http://maxeduk.com/hosted/stuff/ah-sig.jpg[/img]

by **Tomdom** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:56 am

mate u left ur bonnet open....

Love it it looks really nice mate, sure ial have a better look on sunday, cant fault it!!

o apart from your missing part of your mk4 wiper, but thats no biggy :wink:

by **Adam_W** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:15 am

If cars were women mate that would be jakki degg! thats all i can say

by **heeman10** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:21 pm

Andy Andy Andy. The car's the star

The Cossie wheels, though usually only ever seen on a Fiesta for about a week at a time due to rubbing, are the best wheels available for them, no doubt about it. Sure, the Escort 15s and the Mondeo 16s come close, but the originals leave me speechless. It's a shame it's still grey, but it's better than rust

I'm trying to download the video on my 2Kb/day connection, so I'll probably have to try again tonight as I've got to dash in a sec. Very glad you can get to Ford Fair, and hopefully I can see it soon. Roll on the boost :devil:

by **James_16v** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:48 pm

fooking beautiful :wink:

loving the rear looks soo smooth and sweet!

ps. get the wheel balancing weights moved to inside the rim or do they not clear your brakes or something?

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:31 pm

Hey guys,

I'm working on the interior in the car at the moment (on a tea break as I write this) and I thought I'd take some pics of the car with the rear clusters on it!

Here ya go:

The pictures don't really do it justice but I think it looks alot nicer with them on (not that there's anything wrong with standard rear clusters

).

Cheers,

Andy

by **Max M4X WW** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:35 pm

That wipers not painted is it?

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:41 pm

Max M4X WW :That wipers not painted is it?

it is I'm afraid!

I decided to get it done just to be different - I actually really like it coloured!

I can't have people liking everything about it now can I!

:lol:

by **Max M4X WW** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:46 pm

Here we are in andys fiest-a, Its mine now cos its got a painted wipe-a. :rolleyes:

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:48 pm

Max M4X WW :Here we are in andys fiest-a, Its mine now cos its got a painted wipe-a.

You and those bloody rolleyes!

by **luke eversham** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:16 pm

top work

by **javablu** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:10 pm

Just a question as I know knothing about engines and crap.. Andy mate, why does the bonnet pop up at the hinges? got something special under there which needs clearance or what?

Sorry if it is daft question

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:52 pm

Flip2k3 :Just a question as I know knothing about engines and crap.. Andy mate, why does the bonnet pop up at the hinges? got something special under there which needs clearance or what?

Sorry if it is daft question

Not a daft question at all

The engine has an American Tall block 1.9 CVH block which is 5mm taller than the standard 1.6 block. Because I didn't want to make the sump sit closer to the ground (to avoid destruction of engine) I found that the only way to get the charge carrier to stop hitting the bonnet (and denting it again after having it fixed) I had to raise the bonnet at the back. Also I had to raise the bonnet slightly at the front (you can only notice it really when you look close) and this meant making a modified bracket to help with the re-positioning of the radiator (to fit the T3) and chargecooler (brought further out into the middle so that it is exposed to more of the air intake in the bumper).

Only reason I did it was for function but now I think it looks pretty mean too!

Cheers,

Andy

by **andyhardy** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:55 pm

Some more pictures (sorry for being so snap-happy!):

Looking messy whilst I work out wire routing for the carputer system

and a shot of the progress with the false boot floor

Still got loads to do - going to carry on as late tonight as I can before I call it a day and get the rest done tomorrow!

Cheers,

Andy

by **~Tony~** on Fri Jul 30, 2004 9:13 pm

looking better andy, keep up the good work and i'll see you at ford fair

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