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[knuckles]

not at all, the Si is a very good medium, cracking first car for young drivers and a perfect base for a 2.0 conversion, not to mention very good looking

ok then

[- Danny Boy -]

not at all, the Si is a very good medium, cracking first car for young drivers and a perfect base for a 2.0 conversion, not to mention very good looking

ok then

A standard Si out the factory looks complete utter s**t lol

[jonyb4]

does it now?

funny yours aint to far from standard looking

[- Danny Boy -]

Yeah it really does. Its boring and has no character to it.

Find something in this picture which you think that gives it real character and attraction. I cant find anything (ignoring the fact its a 5 door).




I've never said my car was far from standard looking, or in fact that it looks good. All I said was standard Si's out the factory look like s**t, which they do. Compare the above picture to a tastefully modified Si... they look different. Even as soon as you lower it, you change the look of the car, giving it some character and make it look better... They do honestly look rather boring from the factory. You know I'm right and that it makes sense.

If you want to argue the point that my car isn't far from standard looking, go ahead because I'm not going to argue with you about it lol. I could say that your car looks standard apart from the fact you've slapped some skirts and arches on it.

At the end of the day, all I'm saying is 100% standard - looks s**t. Modified - looks better

[jonyb4]

hmm you have a fair point, think its mostly the silly ride height...

but the bumpers are a great look imo, also like the standard wheel trims
funky looking

[- Danny Boy -]

Small update on the fiesta.

I've not really done mega loads recently, just sorting out a few little bits and bobs...

Firstly the paint on the power steering coolant pipe was rubbing off, so I decided to sand it back and give it a polished/chrome look. It came out rather well!




Then while I was there I sorted out the badge on the bonnet so its in the middle (pic below later)


The other day I decided to fit my new splitter because my old one got ripped off some time ago.

I debated about putting the split in the middle, but there would be no reinforcement there to keep it from flapping, so its been put off centre like it originally was and secured better than last time too lol




Then on saturday I went along with a few of the guys to the rolling road day at Devil Developments, was a good laugh, some awesome cars there.

I whacked the fiesta on the rollers - picture from Terry here:




It made a lame 122.2bhp. The main reason as to why it made that figure is due to the K&N banana pipe is so soft and its sucking itself shut, restricting the power.

I have noticed it driving around a few times, a few people on forums have also said to ditch it because it does that, and the guys at Devil Development said exactly the same thing to me when they asked what intake setup it was on after telling me too, that its crap and sucks itself shut.

SO! The next day that got taken off and I raided the garage for bits and bobs to replace the K&N pipe with. I have decided the final design will not be like below, instead, a silicone 90 degree bend off the throttle body, then some metal piping, then a 45 degree bend off that to the MAF and air filter which will sit somewhere over the gearbox... its been done before so I know it works.

As I said, I raided the garage, found an old escort gti intake pipe, some cold air feed flexi pipe and made a temporary setup - mainly for testing purposes.

I've been running the setup for a couple of days now, no problems so far even though its a complete bodge, and so far the results are that it pulls harder and revs much more freely throughout the rev range. So all is good

Heres a pic




Also the exhaust is/was blowing and the filter hasn't been cleaned for 2 years, which may not help.

As stated above, another thing which was a problem was the exhaust, the backbox in fact. It basically had a massive hole in it and was blowing. Where the hanging bracket is, it had peeled away basically. Probably due to stress on the exhaust system being twisted at some point.

So today that got sorted out. I got it welded up, then put fire resistant silicone sealant on the welds just to make sure it was all air tight again, then gave it a clean and fitted it.

Sadly no pics of the hole, sealant or cleaning process, just the after pics of the weld.








Thennnnnnnnnnnnn after all that, I took it for a drive, seems all good.

Quick vid of 0-60 after all the 'fixes'. Its about 7 seconds. I'll let you be the judge of what time it is exactly. It hits the limiter at 62mph.





I think thats it for this update.

Hopefully once all the intake setup is sorted and what not, i'll whack it back on the rollers and see what difference it makes. Hopefully it'll be somewhere near the 130bhp mark, if it is, i'll be happy!

[- Danny Boy -]

Picture of how the intake setup will look in its final design.

[Tweek]

vid sounds awesome

[- Danny Boy -]

Cheers I did have another one with the exhaust going pop after I hit the limiter But I think I deleted it accidently while cleaning out pics from my phone

[Maxwell]

could you not use an escort RST charge pipe to make an induction pipe?

[- Danny Boy -]

could you not use an escort RST charge pipe to make an induction pipe?

That was an idea at first, but it has been proven they restrict power too, because they are quite small internally. They are designed for forced induction, which is why they work well on ERST's. Same applies to the FRST pipe.

[russ-RST]

Thats ^^^^ the intake I was talking about on the other thread do it!

[- Danny Boy -]

Thats ^^^^ the intake I was talking about on the other thread do it!

I thought it was I was basing my idea on that all along

[jonyb4]

liek i said on FSI the ERST charge pipe will suit your standard set up fine i reckon, when you start getting a better exhaust etc it will struggle imo

but for now it would be fine

[knuckles]

danny

you need a new brake fluid reservoir & a new expansion tank

that is all

[- Danny Boy -]

danny

you need a new brake fluid reservoir & a new expansion tank

that is all

I know the rusty coolant pipe I once had ruined my expansion tank. I'll get another one of each at some point soon.

Its funny because I was actually looking at both of them this morning thinking about getting new ones. The expansion tank more than anything because its skank!

[jayrs]

coming on well mate.
ive heard about them pipes sucking shut before, would a metal one not be somethign you would consider?

[fiend]

liek i said on FSI the ERST charge pipe will suit your standard set up fine i reckon, when you start getting a better exhaust etc it will struggle imo

but for now it would be fine

Please don't do this.

ERST and FRST charge pipes always look pikey/bodged on Zetecs.

[jayrs]

agreed, they dont look right, i retract my last comment

[- Danny Boy -]

Cheers Jay - a few people on here said to me about that happening too, and I had noticed it on the road a few times. So thats been binned now lol.

I won't be going down that route guys don't worry.

The above picture of of the chromed engine bay with the blue silicone hoses is what the finished version will be something like. Although I dont think I will be using blue hoses, they will be black for less in your face look.

And also it may not look exactly like that yet, I am toying with a few different designs

[jayrs]

good choice, black samcos are nice mate, i should of get them for the rs

[knuckles]

just refit the standard air intake pipe.

Job done !

[- Danny Boy -]

Nooooo I can't do that!....

I don't know where it is! lol.

It'll be alright when it's all done

[fiend]

hen you start getting a better exhaust etc it will struggle imo

Has the standard crossover been proven to be restrictive?

[hb69]

My old 2.0 set up, 147bhp



Please dont consider an rs crossover, they look so crap on zetecs

[- Danny Boy -]

I do remember looking at your old fiesta thread a while ago Henry and thinking thats an amazing output! I don't really like that setup, thats the only problem. And an RS pipe wont be going on dont worry!

[Minstral]

Looking good Danny.

[jordan2litre]

[quote="hb69"]My old 2.0 set up, 147bhp

how did you get the extra power out of the engine mate ?

[Ratspeed]

I dont think the turbo crossover pipe looks too bad. i just smoothed an painted mine. Just shy of 150bhp too

[- Danny Boy -]

Just out of interest, what mods did that engine have Matt?

[Ratspeed]

If i can remember rightly.

Trust stainless four branch,
Powerflow de-cat,
Mongoose system,
2.0l MAF and TB,
Collins powerchip,
Green airfilter with cold air feed

All i really remeber is it went like a baxtered and redlined at 8,500 rpm

[- Danny Boy -]

Awesome!

Thats a proper high rev limiter too!! lol

[jonyb4]

i was trying to send danny a standard crossover like in henry's pic above, for free, instead danny has a pop at me, and one thing lead to another, has resulted in my ban on FSI!

so cheers for winding me up dan

[- Danny Boy -]

I didn't have a pop at you, I just said I didn't want it lol.

Your ban isn't purely because of you going off on one just this once, there are many other reasons too. But lets not clog up my thread once again with loads of crap

[jonyb4]

if you knew what im going through lately, you would understand

done deal, no need to clog anything up, sorry i brought it up