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by **StreetDragster** on Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:20 pm

What a numbnut! :lol:

Mission Accomplished, one TPS plug from my local breakers £1.
Just need to find some gas for my soldering iron now, it'll be running again by weekend

Thanks

Matt

by **j_man69** on Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:56 pm

i know this may sound dumb but, what is mapping

and why so expensive

by **StreetDragster** on Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:48 pm

j_man69 :i know this may sound dumb but, what is mapping

and why so expensive

Hi Mate,

Mapping is when a tuner takes your car out and 'maps' the fuel and air mix together to the correct mixture for combustion. The map changes due to loads and loads of variables and depending on how good your tuner is depends how good your map is for accuracy.
The reason its so expensive is usually because firstly you have to pay for the modification to either your ecu (Like in my case, Motorsport Developments are putting a new chip in and stuff) or the hardware such as a new ecu. Then you need the tuners time to take the car out and adjust the ecu's settings for the correct map for your engine, this can take a long time with lots of testing!

That help you out?

Matt

by **j_man69** on Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:06 pm

cool beans

i know what you mean

kool car anyway good look with it

i wanna build zt myself in the futer

by **sweeny** on Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:08 pm

StreetDragster :Durrrrrrr, forget that last question, i've just realised that i've got Sweenys (FT member) FRST on my drive, i'll check when i get home.
Numpty!

Matt

Oi dont be steeling out off my minter fez :lol:

by **StreetDragster** on Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:05 am

Too late

The TPS is already in my garage bench

But i'm putting it back on your fez tonight

Matt

by **sweeny** on Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:30 am

StreetDragster :Too late The TPS is already in my garage bench

But i'm putting it back on your fez tonight

Matt

Only kiddin fella, it wont be running for a while yet anyway :lol:

.

Anyway, back to topic

by **StreetDragster** on Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:46 am

Been shopping, at the worst place ever!! Fiesta Frenzy, i can't help but spend cash there!
Getting ready for collection is one rebuilt gearbox with Quiafe ATB, one new set of GAZ coilovers with Road and Drag springs, a pair of IH lower arms, and a Fiesta Frenzy Zetec Turbo clutch to replace my AP.
That hurt mr visa!

Matt

by **heeman10** on Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:16 pm

Woooah steady on Matt! :lol:

I've a feeling I may end up doing something similar. I spoke to Bernie at CTS about that clunking I had from my gearbox...he suspects possible sun gear damage, but thinks there MAY be a possibility with some oil in it and gentle use for a few miles, I'll be ok. If not, it's off to them for a rebuild, and it'll be hard not to get an ATB in it!! Just tell me yours is rubbish and makes it understeer loads ok?

How many miles left to do?

by **StreetDragster** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:46 am

Doh, damaged gearbox's arn't fun

I'm currently have 400 miles left to do on running in, brought to a dramatic halt when i realised that the MOT was due!! So now i'm just waiting for it to be MOT'ed until i can finish running it in.

Thanks

Matt

by **heeman10** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:42 am

It's been 400 miles for aaaages! MOT's are kind of handy :rolleyes:

Mine's up at the end of May....and I'm booked in at MSD around June

Very annoying...the CAT-less exhaust may cause problems :-?

by **StreetDragster** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:18 pm

Mines on Friday, fingers crossed it'll be ok, then i can book in at MSD and do the 400miles in two weeks easy on the way to work!

Cat-less exhaust? Is the car new enough to need one? I should be ok on emissions, MSD set my emissions to legal pre-running in.

Thanks

Matt

by **heeman10** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:34 pm

Ah you should be fine on your MOT if your emissions are already sorted. I guess you take care of it well enough to pass on all the basic stuff!

Mine's a 1993 car, so it's supposed to have a CAT. If the emissions are ok (should be, cos it'll be on FRST injectors and lean as hell) then hopefully it will be overlooked. 400 miles in two weeks? I'd be doing that every weekend if I had that thing! :lol:

by **andyhardy** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:51 pm

heeman10 :Ah you should be fine on your MOT if your emissions are already sorted. I guess you take care of it well enough to pass on all the basic stuff!

Mine's a 1993 car, so it's supposed to have a CAT. If the emissions are ok (should be, cos it'll be on FRST injectors and lean as hell) then hopefully it will be overlooked. 400 miles in two weeks? I'd be doing that every weekend if I had that thing!

I was going to say to you the other day that it's a very bad idea to run the car on bigger injectors wihtout being setup - drive carefully on the standard blues.

How do you think I got to Ford Fair last year? Standard blues and OFAB management driving a maximum of 3000rpm or so (ok I may have gone over in a few places lol).

The car's looking good Matt - not long now eh?

Cheers,

Andy

by **StreetDragster** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:57 pm

The car's looking good Matt - not long now eh?

Cheers,

Andy

I hope not!!! Need to feels some booooooooooost

Matt

by **andyhardy** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:24 pm

StreetDragster :
The car's looking good Matt - not long now eh?

Cheers,

Andy

I hope not!!! Need to feels some booooooooooost

Matt

Same situation for me mate - bring it on! :devil:

by **heeman10** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:17 pm

Andy - Yeah, I'll have to burble the 60-70 miles down to MSD with no boost and twinkle toes on the accelerator! I'm absolutely dying to finish it...dying just to get over the small hurdles, like knowing the fuel pump works, and being able to turn the engine over...then :aaah:

start it

. This is gay! My mate's gonna be at Lydden on April 9th for a sprint in his 205 GTI, get some vids of him driving like a woman! :lol:

by **andyhardy** on Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:52 pm

heeman10 :Andy - Yeah, I'll have to burble the 60-70 miles down to MSD with no boost and twinkle toes on the accelerator! I'm absolutely dying to finish it...dying just to get over the small hurdles, like knowing the fuel pump works, and being able to turn the engine over...then start it . This is gay! My mate's gonna be at Lydden on April 9th for a sprint in his 205 GTI, get some vids of him driving like a woman!

Yeah? I would book a track day there as I reckon it'd be quite cheap but the tarmac track is a bit boring - I'd wanna do the rallycross section (I knew there was a reason why I was going to keep the 1.1! :lol:

)

Sorry for the thread hijack Matt! :bonkers:

by **heeman10** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:41 pm

andyhardy :Sorry for the thread hijack Matt!

Don't worry about him, he's in the corner pooing himself pre-MOT :lol:

1.1 rallycross, quality

Do you know Three Sisters near Warrington, Cheshire (I think :-?

) Andy? I did a track day there with my dad and his Caterham, smallish track (about 25-30 seconds on the day I think), but not expensive. Something to consider when you're going South after Scotland perhaps!

by **RS_Rawli** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:50 pm

3 sisters is in wigan

by **heeman10** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:20 pm

All the right letters then

by **MattL** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:53 pm

Matt when was the last time you drove and how much power was it running back then?

Your well lucky, i remember after mine hadda rebuild i had to run in for 1000 miles, when i finished it was as if i'd just bought the car all over again

cheeRS + looking very good

by **StreetDragster** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:00 pm

Matt when was the last time you drove and how much power was it running back then?

Your well lucky, i remember after mine hadda rebuild i had to run in for 1000 miles, when i finished it was as if i'd just bought the car all over again

cheeRS + looking very good

Hi Matt,

If you mean the last time i drove anything, it was this morning

I have a Mondeo TD as a runabout. The last time the fiesta was driven was about 3 weeks ago, before i decided to change to the Livemap management and change the TPS sensor. Back then it was still running in, no more than 3krpm, nice and slow accelerations, no boost so probably 50-60bhp :lol:

Before i started the conversion, it was a 165ish fiesta, it had a Bayjoo 165 chip, Kent cam, ramair filter and scorpian exhaust, that was it. I blew a piston land and decided to go 16v.

Cheers

Matt

P.S Hyjack away lads, i don't mind, i'm still chewing my fingernails off about the MOT tomorrow, 3pm, wish me luck

by **CRF** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:49 pm

The offending piston itself.........................

by **heeman10** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:57 pm

Yeah good luck, I'm sure all will be fine

by **andyhardy** on Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:09 pm

Good luck - if you're really worried then stick his probe in someone elses exhaust!

by **StreetDragster** on Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:08 pm

Ah, that wasn't too bad at all. The only failure point was a bit of corrosion on the off side rear sill, about the size of a 1p coin, doesnt even need the body kit off to weld it up.
So i spoke to my local trusty bodyshop and its £100 to fix it including a full body buff, wash and wax, because i want it mint for the show season. Being fixed on Sunday so i'll try and get some pics of it after its polish

Pretty happy.

Matt

by **andyhardy** on Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:52 pm

StreetDragster :Ah, that wasn't too bad at all. The only failure point was a bit of corrosion on the off side rear sill, about the size of a 1p coin, doesnt even need the body kit off to weld it up.
So i spoke to my local trusty bodyshop and its £100 to fix it including a full body buff, wash and wax, because i want it mint for the show season. Being fixed on Sunday so i'll try and get some pics of it after its polish

Pretty happy.

Matt

Great news Matt

by **heeman10** on Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:58 pm

That really is a good start to things

Once those 400 miles are rattled off and it's all set up and ready to go, your summer's gonna be a blinder!

I truly hope I can make it to some of the same shows in my own car and have some road trip fun perhaps

by **StreetDragster** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:49 pm

Had the car welded up today at my local friendly bodyshop, and whilst it was there i got them to give it a full wash, wax and body buff, its totally blingin'!!

Anyway, here's the pics i took of it today, pretty random ones too

You can see the car doesnt sit level at the moment, i'm pretty sure the springs/dampers are shot, good job i've got some coilovers on the way from Mr Howell

EDIT: Please visit http://www.streetdragster.com for guide

Thanks

Matt

by **Max M4X WW** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:52 pm

Very nice, Dont stick any 16v or Zetec badges on it

by **StreetDragster** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:54 pm

Great minds think alike

I may have a few web addresses on, but hopefully nothing to hint as to the engine

Thanks

Matt

by **Max M4X WW** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:01 pm

StreetDragster :Great minds think alike

Dont let anyone else see you 'say' that :lol:

by **heeman10** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:05 pm

You clearly don't read Max's posts Matt!! :aaah:

The car looks lovely and clean now, good to get it fully out of "project mode" all dusty and stuff

I trust the header tank cap is off for a coolant level adjustment, not problems? :-?

I'd forgotten I may have issues with front-end access with the radiator....don't wanna have to chop that chassis bar off! :cry:

by **StreetDragster** on Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:18 pm

Your right, i don't read max's posts, maybe i should start :lol:

The car looks lovely and clean now, good to get it fully out of "project mode" all dusty and stuff I trust the header tank cap is off for a coolant level adjustment, not problems? I'd forgotten I may have issues with front-end access with the radiator....don't wanna have to chop that chassis bar off!

Yep, header cap is just off to top up the coolant now the airlocks have gone, no problems to report

Chassis bar? Do you mean the slam panel that i have made removable on mine? I'ts definately worth doing if you don't mind the look afterwards, would have been a total ballache to access my rad with the engine in if i hadn't cut it.
Guess i best get a MSD appointment booked, do these 400 miles now and get the new gearbox, clutch, lower arms and coilovers on asap before the mapping session

Thanks

Matt

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