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[Smo]

Rob, where did you get your turbo oil feed filter from?

[Excursion]

Rob, thanks for the voicemail. Yes, of course I still love you.

[RS rob]

Rob, where did you get your turbo oil feed filter from?

auto specialist smo

[RS rob]

Rob, thanks for the voicemail. Yes, of course I still love you.

who me?

[RS rob]

something i done a week or two ago,

basically as my car originally had power steering and i've chosen to take it off for many reasons
i've come accross the following differences
- steering rack (obviously)
- steering column
- lower arms (but wont apply to me as mine are adjustable)
- the bulkhead grommet
- the bulkhead hole is different aswell



heres a picture of the manual steering rack, with manual steering column
but with the power steering bulkhead grommet, so you can see the problem i had





so using the power steering grommet i made a template of the hole and cut some steel to shape,
then made a hole to the size of the new non power steering grommet ordered from work,
used this hole punch for a neat edge





the result





with the new grommet in






the only problem was that the grommet did'nt fit to good around the steering column
as the grommet ment for the steering rack was'nt available anymore from fords
so ordered the newer version thinking / hoping there would'nt be much difference

so the old man machined a piece of delrin to fit snuggly around the column and to fit inside the grommet





job done

[RS rob]

when test fitted the plate to the car i put the steering wheel back on aswell,
which caused another problem
the steering wheel pulled the column further towards the wheel than i'd thought which changed the angle
that the steering column goes through the bulkhead



so made another bulkhead plate, knowing the angle was right this time
i gave it a few coats of satin black aswell




i'll get some pics of it fitted later


bought these bits a while ago
to stop the clicky clutch pedal by converting it from the self adjusting to manual
hopefully should be more up to the job of the 4 paddle clutch





all fitted





except when the outer bracket goes on, it fouls the self adjust bar and does'nt let the pedal go down





after going over the old ford tsb for this upgrade i realised there was a different bracket for the job,
no longer available, but after a few phone calls i got hold of one

a comparison shot, new bracket on the left





all fitted and much better





was an extra spring i got hold of aswell, so thats the pedal box all ready to go
as it has the manual clutch rachet, new bushes etc

[FRSJON]

top work as usual rob

[Excursion]

Superb mate, superb

[Max M4X WW]

Should have got a Mk3.5 non PAS grommet that fits straight in

[RS rob]

was'nt available max and could'nt be arsed waiting for months looking for one
as the one i got was the wrong size for the steering column aswell

[jonyb4]

seems ALOT of work to be done mate, when i converted the mk4 to pas there was far less to do than this, it should have the same work but in reverse to converting to non pas

[knuckles]

seems ALOT of work to be done mate, when i converted the mk4 to pas there was far less to do than this, it should have the same work but in reverse to converting to non pas

its the little things that make it worth while.

he could of bodged it together using 2nd hand toot and kept the old pas system but instead he went back to basics and kept it simple with no pas.
i think its better without.
less cluttered and also im used to having no pas so i dont need it tbh

[Max M4X WW]

You ever driven a Mk3 with PAS Clark?

[knuckles]

well yes i have max

not really a fan of it.
ok its easier to park but over all driving a non pas mk3 is hardly any difference. You only really notice heavy steering when you go from a 1.1 to a Rs. They have wider track and bigger wheels and a special rack.

[Excursion]

It's not about the lightness of the steering. The PAS rack has fantastically sharp turn-in.

[Max M4X WW]

We will never win them round Mark

[jonyb4]

well i prefere the mk3's PAS, its nice for low speeds/parking, and i cant put a fault to it at speeds/ flavorful driving

and eya i have owned a mk3 without it

[RS rob]

heres how the steering grommet turned out





if you look lower to the floor you can see the white delrin i had machined,
but not too bothered, it serves a purpose and the engine will be in the way of that view





centre vent all blocked up to make way for the gauges in the dash





put the front wheels on, first time on all fours for some time

[RS rob]

more new parts





as most people in work know about this project,
one mate had this from years ago and offered it to the cause haha
cigarette lighter kit,
(thought its one more brand new thing)





new arch liners





got a set of fiesta turbo dials, as they show 150mph rather than 140mph
also my original dials has a dodgy tripometer





and off with the white dials within five mins

[Excursion]

Nice one Rob

Also, I assume you'll have some spares of the front A post blanks? let me know if you want to sell two.

Cheers!

[Ratspeed]

pure awesomeness! its coming together now!

[RS rob]

Nice one Rob

Also, I assume you'll have some spares of the front A post blanks? let me know if you want to sell two.

Cheers!

indeed i do, pm me an offer my good man

[RS rob]

pure awesomeness! its coming together now!

cheers ratty, once the engine is back early next month
hopefully then i'll get some passion back for it

[jonyb4]

good progress, you sticking with the cossie wheels?

[RS rob]

yeah got 6x cossie wheels all bought brand new,
4x limited edition monte carlo cossie wheels (basically look like compomotive th's)

[jimmyesh]

Top work You've done the opposite to what I've done with mine. - I've converted mine to PAS. I only did it in case the wife decides to take it to the shops or something!

[RS rob]

your very trusting then, only way my wife is having a go
is on an empty air strip lol

[Minstral]

yeah got 6x cossie wheels all bought brand new,
4x limited edition monte carlo cossie wheels (basically look like compomotive th's)

love the monte cossie wheels. dont see them very often should look good

[jonyb4]

ooh i remember the monte ones now, aye theyre goregous

[FRSJON]

surely it must be time for a update???

[RS rob]

well some small news,

the engine was been taken to harvey gibb's yesterday,
so when they can fit it in, it will be connected to his engine dyno to be 'run in'
then map it the on the pectel T2 management,


also i've got another gearbox but will explain more on that with another update later
but did a little research on the ratio's which will be in the gearbox,
came up with the following

should be interesting





bought a brand new fuel filler neck pipe as mine just would'nt clean up
and would of stood out like a sore thumb with everything else on the shell being to a good standard

quick iphone picture for now

[Excursion]

Awesome mate. I get a pang of shame that I'm not finishing the Si to this standard, you really are doing a superb job. Mines a daily driver though so it'd all get ruined after one rain shower.

One day I'll finish the other project to this sort of standard.

New top speed looks more like it

[RS rob]

basically taking the shot peened gears from the cts stage 2+ box mark,
to put in your ib5 casing,

cts said they use escort turbo series 2 ratio's
the top speed does excite me if i'm honest

[RS rob]

Awesome mate. I get a pang of shame that I'm not finishing the Si to this standard, you really are doing a superb job. Mines a daily driver though so it'd all get ruined after one rain shower.

One day I'll finish the other project to this sort of standard.

i'm suprised plans have changed sooo much for your si already, its great!

as for your other fiesta, well i can remember that when i first joined this site years ago!!
hope to see it done

[FRSJON]

nice one rob,cant wait for pics