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by **andyhardy** on Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:47 pm

2bar of boost - don't tempt me mate!

by **Max M4X WW** on Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:42 pm

Wassat in PSI?

by **beanyfrst** on Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:43 am

just over 29psi i think 14.7psi to 1 bar i think

by **andyhardy** on Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:55 am

Yeah - don't think my stage 2 T3 will push out that much psi! :lol:

Will have to seriously uprate everything else on the engine before doing that too!

Cheers,

Andy

by **Max M4X WW** on Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:56 am

by **andyhardy** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:31 pm

Right - some progress at last.

The engine bay has been sprayed along with my strut brace and battery (resprayed grey to match car :lol:

).

The Cossie rims are on it too (with old tyres) to check to see how it's all going to fit - got alot of work to do on the front arches to get them not to rub on the actual rim edge!

Here you go...

I think it's going to look brilliant when it's all done - the cossie rims look so fat on the car!

What do you guys think?

Cheers,

Andy

by **xander7** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:36 pm

oh yes andy mate, coming along very nicely. those cossie rims do look extremely phat on the car, hope you manage to do the necessary to cut down the scrubbing !!

will look pukka once done im sure

xander

by **Sphinx** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:37 pm

I take it u sprayed it urself? who's doin the outside of the car?

by **andyhardy** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:42 pm

Nah, I'm no sprayer!

The work is being done by a friend of a friend as it were - they're going to do the rest of the car once all of the welding has been done (needs 2 new sills and rear arches are being re-done along with plate around filler cap).

I'm losing the green stripes, bumpers are being smoothed over and doors delocked, swage lines removed from bonnet and bootlid and mk3.5 badges.

Mk3.5 mirrors colour coded along with a black Mk4 rear wiper arm.

I'll keep you posted, spraying is being done next week so should be ready in time for FITP!

Cheers,

Andy

by **mike_wall15** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:42 pm

Those rims do look amazing.....can't wait til i get some.....hope u sort the arches out ok with them.

As for the tyres....kuhmo!! :lol:

But I know ur gettin some others so

Nice work, nice car!

Mike

by **andyhardy** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:08 pm

mike_wall15 :As for the tyres....kuhmo!!

You may laugh but they are actually racing compound tyres that the previous wheel owners had specially made for the car below...

Beast!

Andy

by **AndyRS1800** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:13 pm

Its gonna be Proper-Bo i tell thee...

by **mike_wall15** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:15 pm

andyhardy :
mike_wall15 :As for the tyres....kuhmo!!

You may laugh but they are actually racing compound tyres that the previous wheel owners had specially made for the car below...

Beast!

Andy

My apologies

Goes to show I'm not very clever!!! :rolleyes:

I thought I'd seen that name as a "cheaper make" but I was wrong.

Nice car anyway, that's the main thing!

Good luck with it!

Mike

by **andyhardy** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:24 pm

Cheers guys!

I thought the same thing about the tyres when I saw them on it but was corrected by the guy doing me the Goodyear Eagle F1s - he looked at the compound on them and he went 'oooh - very nice! racing compounds'.

The guy wants the tyres back to get the compounds right on his new set (the motorsport shell 3 door track day car he uses!

).

We're firing up the engine tomorrow evening! Hope it all goes OK - will have to take a vid clip of it.

Cheers,

Andy

by **Max M4X WW** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:11 pm

Thats going to be nice, same as mine will be without the engine and wide wheels

by **andyhardy** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:31 pm

Thanks,

I know that you and me have similar taste in bodywork mods!

Cheers,

Andy

by **Max M4X WW** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:41 pm

Yup, You going for a T3 on your new engine? And what intercooler?

by **andyhardy** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:44 pm

Turboforce stage 2 T3 and Pace chargecooler - may change to GRS at a later date but don't want to change to bonnet pins (plus I feel chargecooler is vastly underrated by alot of people who haven't tried them!)

Cheers,

Andy

by **Max M4X WW** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:48 pm

Cool, You dont allways need bonnet pins for a GRS tho? Depends how you do it.

Mates just done it w/o using them

by **andyhardy** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:54 pm

Max M4X WW :Cool, You dont allways need bonnet pins for a GRS tho? Depends how you do it.

Mates just done it w/o using them

Cool - will be nice to know how he did it (but I'll have to recover for paying all of this lot of work first! :lol)

Cheers,

Andy

by **Max M4X WW** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:41 pm

Heh, Im dredding the bodyshop bill for what i want doing :oooh:

by **Mikee_RS** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:42 pm

mmmmmmmmm nice

max as 4 ur bodyshop bills, ill b happy to help u out

by **Max M4X WW** on Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:59 pm

Mikee_RS :max as 4 ur bodyshop bills, ill b happy to help u out

Yea, Cant remember how far you are now?

Ill pm you what i need doing and maybee you can give me a quote?

by **Gaz7** on Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:53 am

Very nice Andy

Definately keep your badges, as your car will be nice and subtle, with no kits and a (very nice

) standard Ford set of wheels. Be proud of what the car is

Gareth

by **AdrianFRST** on Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:41 am

andyhardy : (plus I feel chargecooler is vastly underrated by alot of people who haven't tried them!)

I'd look toward people who've had them and moved to GRS or other large coolers:

IanFRST
Paul R
Paul J
Sunny
Mike Gurney
Ian Howell

They are just the ones I can think of offhand.

If the space can be made (and it can on a Fiesta) then the large IC is a much better option.

by **AnthonyW** on Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:55 am

those cossie rims look awesome mate

gonna look spot on when its finished!

by **andyhardy** on Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:48 pm

Thanks Anthony,

I've noticed one thing with Adrian's replies and never once received a compliment!

Oh well,

Cheers,

Andy

by **Ben_frst** on Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:51 pm

wheres the progress pic u sl@g

by **andyhardy** on Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:31 am

No progress pics yet - will get some tomorrow of the blinged up engine bay (chrome rocker cover, bailey header tank, bailey oil seperator, bailey swirl pot, pace chargecooler, cleaned up charge carrier, blah blah).

Will look nice I assure you!

Cheers,

Andy

by **AdrianFRST** on Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:24 am

andyhardy :I've noticed one thing with Adrian's replies and never once received a compliment!

I tend not to post the "looks good" type comments unless I'm genuinely impressed, which having seen a lot of Fiestas over the years is getting rarer now

I seem to have seen it all. I'm sure it'll be a great car once it's done, but I've not yet seen something tha makes me go "wow", like for example what Rawli's done with his bumper, or the use of the Combat bumper without feeling the need to fit the rest of the kit on Neil's blue ZVH.

However, when that carputer goes in I might have something to say.

I should have elaborated on the chargecooler thing a bit more. What I meant was the people listed have had cc's and moved back to intercoolers.

I was just pointing out that rather than spending £600 on a cc, spend half that on a GRS and have a superior product. As Matt (StreetDragster) has proved, you don't need to cut masses off the bumper or loose the bonnet catch.

by **Max M4X WW** on Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:31 am

I think it looks cool with cut bumper as well...

by **andyhardy** on Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:42 pm

AdrianFRST :
andyhardy :I've noticed one thing with Adrian's replies and never once received a compliment!

I tend not to post the "looks good" type comments unless I'm genuinely impressed, which having seen a lot of Fiestas over the years is getting rarer now I seem to have seen it all. I'm sure it'll be a great car once it's done, but I've not yet seen something tha makes me go "wow", like for example what Rawli's done with his bumper, or the use of the Combat bumper without feeling the need to fit the rest of the kit on Neil's blue ZVH.

However, when that carputer goes in I might have something to say.

I should have elaborated on the chargecooler thing a bit more. What I meant was the people listed have had cc's and moved back to intercoolers.

I was just pointing out that rather than spending £600 on a cc, spend half that on a GRS and have a superior product. As Matt (StreetDragster) has proved, you don't need to cut masses off the bumper or loose the bonnet catch.

Or you could just pay £250 for one like I did through these forums :wink:

by **MarK4** on Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:57 pm

Looking good andy

When I get my car up and running I will be down your way, will have to grab a beer or you can just show me that boreham bit of road

by **andyhardy** on Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:00 pm

Deffo Mark!

Good luck with the car hunting this weekend (try and get a merc. grey or silver one!).

Cheers,

Andy

by **~Tony~** on Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:22 pm

looking good as per usual mate

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