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[AlfaLima]

Hi Guys,

Signed up this evening as I may be stepping in to the world of FRST's! A mate of mine has a lovely moondust example for sale so i'm doing a bit of research first. Its a pretty good spec already: loads of nice engine bay bits, T3, pace cooler etc... Just needs some love so as i'm after a toy again its quite tempting!

Anyway my name is AL (Alex), i'm from Birmingham and am a Vauxhall man through and through (Dad worked for Vaux) although have had a couple of E RST's and would love another CVH to mess with, so easy to work with

Hopefully have the car posted up on here soon!

[Shell]

Hiya... welcome to the forums!!

x

[jonboisescort]

welcome to ft

[jayrs]

welcome to FT mate, you wont be disapointed with a FRST.

a vauxhall man..., jesus, i hate them with a passion, i dont even work on them anymore as i hate them so much
still, your getting a ford now so its all up hill from now fella

[AlfaLima]

surely hate is a bit of a strong word?

I've built and driven that many now they'll always have a special place in my heart I'll still be competing at TOTB with Team Vauxhall anyway - my best mate owns the quickest road legal FWD car in the country and i'm good friends with the other few really quick vauxhall's (those hitting the 11's with ease that is )

I just want another Ford as there is so much more support out there for them - loads more suppliers, decent clubs. shows to attend etc

[jayrs]

:lol: surely hate is a bit of a strong word?

I've built and driven that many now they'll always have a special place in my heart I'll still be competing at TOTB with Team Vauxhall anyway - my best mate owns the quickest road legal FWD car in the country and i'm good friends with the other few really quick vauxhall's (those hitting the 11's with ease that is )

I just want another Ford as there is so much more support out there for them - loads more suppliers, decent clubs. shows to attend etc

na, hate is mild mate

ford do have have more support, thats is very true, but its because ford have had a lot of outstanding cars through the years, cars made by other compaines had a great following to, but these were mainly english cars, triumph, hilman etc things like vauxhalls didnt have such great deal of following, prob cos there $hit im just winding you up mate

but i really do hate vauxhalls, that aint no $hit

[M1K3Y_B]

Welcome to the site

my best mate owns the quickest road legal FWD car in the country.

Its not the Blue Astra coupe is it?

[AlfaLima]

No mate, Tigra:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9ZEeAKLIe0

Thats me in the red overalls... lol. Personal best is an 11.3 @ 136mph. Won TOTB last year and was runner up the year before - stepped up to a GT35 this year but have lost a laod of torque as its coming on boost so late, got a new hot side to fit then we are back down to Essex in a few weeks to map it again Happy days!

na, hate is mild mate

ford do have have more support, thats is very true, but its because ford have had a lot of outstanding cars through the years, cars made by other compaines had a great following to, but these were mainly english cars, triumph, hilman etc things like vauxhalls didnt have such great deal of following, prob cos there $hit im just winding you up mate

but i really do hate vauxhalls, that aint no $hit

If you take your blinkers off you'll probably find that Vauxhall have produced rather a lot of outstanding cars over the years too, but each to their own eh Ford has always been a much more 'British' marque than Vauxhall for some reason so has had a larger following over the years... cheap prices, relatively quick cars and huge availability of aftermarket parts helps though!
Us Vauxhall boys are so limited for places to go for good aftermarket parts its unreal - for example there is hardly anywhere to purchase a decent exhaust manifold for a turbo - most are chopped up Nissan SR20 items For a decent one it has to be custom made... whereas there seem to be plenty of companies doing manifolds for CVH's / Zetec's / later ST lumps etc.

Its all good fun though Thanks for the welcome folks.

Oh... should be going to have another look at the Fez tomorrow

[JamieFRST]

Welcome


That Tigra sounds awesome and goes like s**t off a shovel

[jayrs]

If you take your blinkers off you'll probably find that Vauxhall have produced rather a lot of outstanding cars over the years too, but each to their own eh Ford has always been a much more 'British' marque than Vauxhall for some reason so has had a larger following over the years... cheap prices, relatively quick cars and huge availability of aftermarket parts helps though!
Us Vauxhall boys are so limited for places to go for good aftermarket parts its unreal - for example there is hardly anywhere to purchase a decent exhaust manifold for a turbo - most are chopped up Nissan SR20 items For a decent one it has to be custom made... whereas there seem to be plenty of companies doing manifolds for CVH's / Zetec's / later ST lumps etc.

, i can see what vauxhall have, outstanding isnt a word i would associate about a vauxhall myself, but they have produced some good cars i guess, i do like the look of the new astra SRI (i belive it is) i have to say, and i did at 1 point consider a zafira GSI turbo for the wife but i would never own one, purly for the fact of history with vauxhalls, and working on them and all that, cant help it, some people just hate ya know

but yeah i'll give ya that one that there is a "alright" vauxhall or 2 but i still hate them


anyway, getting past all the banter, get some pic's of the fiesta when you go over mate

[AlfaLima]

Deffo going over in the morning so will pull it out of the container

Forgot to say...on the youtube vids of the tigra thats me in the red overalls / black hoody on the start line lol

[Chris 2i]

welcome to the forum mate

as you might have guessed, Jay doesn't like Vauxhalls

if you want a spangly fiestaturbo.com keyring (or three ) to go with your new purchase, check the link in my sig out (or in the announcements of the general forum) - they are silly cheap

[jayrs]

welcome to the forum mate

as you might have guessed, Jay doesn't like Vauxhalls

if you want a spangly fiestaturbo.com keyring (or three ) to go with your new purchase, check the link in my sig out (or in the announcements of the general forum) - they are silly cheap

and if you fancy a fiestaturbo 2010 calendar, click the link in my sig too

[chumkila]

A bit late but greetings nevertheless.