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[RS rob]

time to upgrade the little 260mm discs as i'm used to better braking with my previous cars
so i've purchased some mondeo st220 calipers and mintex 300mm discs from a st170
i've ordered some mintex m1144 pads aswell but they've not arrived yet

so had the discs grooved by my dad already,
just waiting to have them nickle plated






also i'm going to fully refurbish the calipers aswell
so heres a pic of how they currently look before i start stripping them down

[RS rob]

some more progress on the brakes which i'm hoping to have on the car before
castle coombe and TRAX this weekend

i had the calipers and carriers shot blasted by a good mate,
only problem was it was plastic blast and although it cleaned them up loads,
the rust was still there (no pics)

so popped them up to ian@godspeed brakes and he shot blasted them with aluminium oxide
and took all the rust off ready to be plated, here they are covered in WD40 as they'll start to rust otherwise





i took the calipers, carriers and discs down to the platers with some bad news ahead of me
apparently they've had problems with doing calipers recently as their cast and not a machine finish and said it was'nt a good idea,
so left the discs with them, hopefully pick them up friday morning,


so i decided to finish off the calipers myself, by this time there were a few black spots appearing on them,
so not risking the chance of rust coming back,
i gave them a nice coat of genolite (kills rust acidy stuff)





then i dried them and gave a few coats of high temp aluminium paint,

heres a before and after

[Minstral]

you going to combe and trax same here mate, waited ages to finally see this fez in the flesh.

[fpe]

loving this dude very nice the little 106 is cool 2 man

[RS rob]

right the brakes are on, heres how it went

standard 260mm brakes, sensitive brakes as you'd expect from a new car,
but pants on a spirited drive as they tend to fade easily



i took the old calipers, carriers and discs off, then double check the thread fittings of the old calipers and new
looking good, so full steam ahead




next up was drilling the holes from a standard 10mm to 12mm so the new brake setup could be fitted




quick action shot llama




old discs vs new




all back together




looking much better behind the wheels, just need to bed them in now

[XRMike]

Impressive upgrade for little outlay! Looking well matey

[FRSJON]

looking good...

[RS rob]

well decided i wanted to stand out for a change for last weekend
as i went to castle coombe and trax in silverstone

although i like the mods i do and the differences they make to me,
to most people not into fiesta's it probably just looks like an ST lol

so decided to do something different and had graphics put on the mirrors and bonnet,
it is very marmite, although i've had lots of people approach me with nice comments,
i'm sure theres plenty out there that dont like it

but oh well cant please everyone, i dont intend having them on for long, maybe three weeks at most

so here she is at castle coombe





and at trax (pic taken by a good mate with a much nicer camera)

[Ratspeed]

I like it mate, although everyone seems to be doing the chequered thing at the mo

[XRMike]

Looks nice matey. Though id be tempted to buy another washer jet and paint it white

[:: blade ::]

nice car mate, that that beemer in the 1st pic that stuffed it in the wall just after the quarry?

[RS rob]

no i know the m3 your own about, rear wheel in bits etc
that bmw next to me is a remapped derv lol

[RS rob]

I like it mate, although everyone seems to be doing the chequered thing at the mo

yeah the anniversary fiesta came with it on the roof, noticed a few are doing the roof
so thought i'd be different with it on the bonnet instead lol

wont be staying long anyway!

[RS rob]

thought i'd update this as i've been busy with other things and not online much

bought this for the diesel




compared with the standard filter
suprisingly made a nice difference, seems more responsive and does'nt feel so strangled at high revs




next up was some uprated mintex m1144 pads for my 300mm brakes,
looking forward to these as just the upgrade to 300mm brakes has made such a difference

(the fiesta has a safety option where the hazard lights flash under REALLY hard braking
it never happened on the standard setup, but was coming on all the time with the 300mm's
so that had to be switched off)





got myself a new interior light aswell as i dont have map lights
so after being in a few focus st's i noticed the submarine lights (orange led's) which i've also seen on bmw's aswell
so most have alarm sensors built in aswell
so found this option in work without sensors so going to try this

[Dave G fsi]

Looks good mate! lol at hazard lights, shows how good the brakes must be!

[RS rob]

well little update,

mintex m1144 pads are on and working well,
they dont live up to my expectations after having the ferodo ds2500's on my previous 106
but still an improvement over standard pads, VERY dusty though

not done much else, except the bonnet stickers were taken off about two weeks after trax
but left the mirror ones for now

went up to brecon for a random last sunday, so heres a few pics from the day








some near treorchy

[jonyb4]

lol i was about to say aint that in brecon on the builth wells way by the resevour

car is stunning mate so sutble and im supprised how well the diesel reacts to modding, i mean the remap and you have a 120~ bhp figure thats just mental lol, imagine if ford were to remap or betterly set up every ecu per indivual engine they would be selling much more powerful cars from the start off, but i guess it takes away the fun of the owner doing it

really impressed some fez 1.6's struggle to make 126bhp and you achieved it after just a remap lol

think this should be a little more than just a run around mate

and i was gonna ask where bouts in bridgend you live mate? been trying to reconise some of the locations like that coast shot i aint a clue, was it looking out at swansea or cardiff way?

i think ill remember that gotboost place, nice to know theres a dyno so near to home handy in the future that

keep it up mate loving it, such a good read

[Sphinx]

Loving your tools

[RS rob]

Loving your tools

ah thats my old mans cutting fluid when drilling the holes bigger for the brakes, he's an aircraft toolmaker
and got to that age where he wont throw anything out llama

does the job tho!!

[RS rob]

lol i was about to say aint that in brecon on the builth wells way by the resevour

car is stunning mate so sutble and im supprised how well the diesel reacts to modding, i mean the remap and you have a 120~ bhp figure thats just mental lol, imagine if ford were to remap or betterly set up every ecu per indivual engine they would be selling much more powerful cars from the start off, but i guess it takes away the fun of the owner doing it

really impressed some fez 1.6's struggle to make 126bhp and you achieved it after just a remap lol

think this should be a little more than just a run around mate

and i was gonna ask where bouts in bridgend you live mate? been trying to reconise some of the locations like that coast shot i aint a clue, was it looking out at swansea or cardiff way?

i think ill remember that gotboost place, nice to know theres a dyno so near to home handy in the future that

keep it up mate loving it, such a good read

cheers mate she's not bad for my everyday, wish i'd bought it years ago

as for doing well after a remap, most modern common rail turbo dervs respond well to a remap
as manufacturers restrict engines on purpose to meet certain criteria for the cars
like the fact that this does 55mpg and £35 a year tax,

i live in litchard in bridgend if you know it mate? not far from the prince of wales hospital
the coast shot is between ogmore by sea and southern down

craig@gotboost is a good lad, drop him an email before if you ever plan on popping down yourself,
as he works in the ford engine plant aswell
sw-cc.com will be holding a rolling road day there early next year, best time to go really much cheapness!!

[RS rob]

not much changed on my daily driver

gave it a good clean the otherday, took a few cheeky pics









oh yeah i bought some new wheels for it,
going to have them refurbed and put different tyres on first
but i'm in no rush to put them on

[mrorange2]

First time i have read this very good runaround mate kinda wish i never sold mine sometimes. Whats it like to drive with the remap i was so tempted to get an rs tuning map on mine but went for the mondeo instead lol.

Looks wicked tho really like it you have an impressive collection of cars loving the 106.

[Dave G fsi]

Looks lovely mate

Will look sexual with those RS7's on!

[Ratspeed]

Love diamond ct RS7's. Looks good with just the mirrors checked. Youve just inspired me to do min on the Escort By that i mean ive copied you but mine are done a little more crudely than yours!

[Dave G fsi]

Insulation tape?

[Ratspeed]

Insulation tape?

No, just done really badly! in 10 mins

[Dave G fsi]

Pretty sure i passed you on the M42 going home from fitp today mate. Was in my si.

If so your car was looking awesome!

[RS rob]

When you passed I thought the reg was familiar lol

[RS rob]

decided to check out the famous black mountains as used in top gear for myself, took my dslr with me aswell

just a few pics

[RS rob]

[jonyb4]

beautiful wales


makes me wonder who was holding the camera lol

[mikeymikeyp]

lets se it with the 7 spokes on

[RS rob]

lets se it with the 7 spokes on

sold them

[RS rob]

well the fiesta derv got in FAST FORD

never expected a photo as its quite subtle for a new'ish car
was taken at the welsh RSOC show @ pembrey

[jonyb4]

ha! was just reading that and i didnt notice it, i didnt attent the show myself, but for somereason i found myself in the clubs after meeting where i found that they werent very happy with pembrey, notibly the fact the refused passengers for the track

they might use llandow next year!, should be good either way, but hopefully pembreyc an pull theyre finger out with some other issues they had also

my dad presneted the RSOC a cheque from air ambulance wales, was in a picture in the papers


was it a good show?