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[Fraggle]

Sounds Like a good un!!I also Roll in a Mk2...She A sport...But Sadly Gona Have to Put Her Up 4sale soon Really Wanna Get My RST Back On Track:cry:

[hb69]

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[jayrs]

thought it might, its bloody tight with teh recaros in aint it, but well worth it

[S2Steve]

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I wonder if he's following low loaders waiting to claim fallen cars?

[S2Steve]

The Powerflex order at work arrived today and at the bottom of the box was sat these beauties











Gonna be a pain and take some time to fit but gonna be so worth it!

[hb69]

Fitted the full set on my mk1. Well worth it

[S2Steve]

Yeah boi! What happened to the mk1 and my laser wheels?

[S2Steve]

Got the majority of them fitted, just need to do the rear trailing arms. The ARB clamps are worse for wear and the mounting bolt snapped, so need to replace them and drill the bolt out and fit a new one. The front end is so much better though, definately worth the money.

[mikeymikeyp]

thats a tidy lookin xr liking the rims

[S2Steve]

Cheeky update, it's been a while. Got the ARB bushes done and had to replace the clamps (see pics). Then did the control arms, they were the easiest.





Also put an 81 degree stat in at the weekend, it wasn't warming up so blamed the stat. get's a bit warmer now, when the suns out it even goes above the blue! Even goes to normal now in traffic.



Soon as the Saxo sells it's exhaust time and some decent engine mounts

[hb69]

Fast Fard Trailing arms were the easiest ones on the mk1. Bought some ebay ones and pressed them out, slotted the new ones in nice and easy.

[S2Steve]

Thank f**k for the press at work! Passion fard. Need to do the n/s wheel bearings too but know it's gonna be a pain.

[hb69]

Sold the Saxo yet?

[S2Steve]

Silly Saxo won't sell. Taxed and test for 6 months now too. Hopefully it'll go this week otherwise it's back on eBay on Sunday. Anyway....

This weekend I set about fitting an oil temp gauge, so changed the oil and filter for some mobil semi synth 10w40 and fitted the adapter and sender. Mocked up a panel and fitted the gauge in to the dash. It's temporary at the moment but I don't think it looks too bad. Also bought some carb cleaner and gave the 40's a good spray inside.




What do you think?

[hb69]

Looking good

[S2Steve]

It's been a long time since I've updated this thread but I have been busy doing a few things....

First of all I did 2 rear wheel bearings and 1 front. They were completely nackered so fitting the new ones was great, got rid of all the noise, glad I did them.

Secondly I fitted some black pepperpots, I weighed the RST wheels and tyres at 17kg and the pots with tyres at 12kg, needless to say this made a massive difference to the car, particulary handling and acceleration.




Also got hold of some 4-point willans harnesses, so got them fitted.




Ordered these bad boys too;



Going to be fitting these on Tuesday.

Lastly today I fitted the Sportex system I bought. Had to cut the flange off the custom system on the car in order to get it to fit to the manifold, bit of a ball ache as it blew until I covered it in paste




In my opinion it looks much nicer, it also sounds great, quieter than the cherry bomb'd 3" that was on there!

Also played with the idle on the dcnf's so it doesnt feel like like its going to stall, that's all for now!

[hb69]

You doing all these mods without me being there doesnt feel right. Looks amazing though, you up for fard fair? Can sort a ticket for you?

[S2Steve]

Haha true, the good old days of doing work at college! I remembered this day too..



and this...



Lol.

When is fard fair and also how muchos is it mate? i'll be interested for sure.

[ash B]

im thinking about a sportex exhaust on my mk2 xr2.

dont suppose you have a video off the noise?

what size tip is yours?

Ash.

[S2Steve]

im thinking about a sportex exhaust on my mk2 xr2.

dont suppose you have a video off the noise?

what size tip is yours?

Ash.

Don't have any way of videoing it otherwise I would. It's a deep but throaty noise, you're welcome to come take a listen, I'm often around Kent but live in the midlands now. It fits well, and I paid £130 for it, 2" system with 3" out rolled tip.

[S2Steve]

Had the car up on stands today to do the engine mounts, I used Mk2 Escort mounts, I'm pretty happy with them, engine no longer rocks around on idle and theres much less movement when shifting gear too. Feels stiffer at the front went cornering hard too

As you can see, old ones were nackered!

[Ratspeed]

That lloks ace on the pots with that exhaust.

[Smo]

Do you get any vibrations with those Escort mounts?

[S2Steve]

Do you get any vibrations with those Escort mounts?

There is more than there was, not too much though, they're a great compromise. However, the top mount is nackered so once I change that too I might be able to answer the question a little better! Was going to get a vibratechnics top mount but I might get a standard one as £5 is a lot easier to manage that £80 odd!

[hb69]

You will have to buy a an entry ticket on the day, but I can sort out a stand pass for you. Tickets are £20 on the day my man

[S2Steve]

OK, I had a facebook message from Wayne, is the stand pass free? So £20 will cover the whole day? I'll make a decision soon as.

[hb69]

OK, I had a facebook message from Wayne, is the stand pass free? So £20 will cover the whole day? I'll make a decision soon as.

Yeah, £20 and your all set

[S2Steve]

Not going to be able to make FF I'm jsut far too skint, I'm prioritising a gearbox over a day out Maybe next year I'll attend my first ford fair.

[rs-tom]

What's it like with frst recaros in there mate . Do they sit lower or owt

[S2Steve]

Not noticeably lower, it feels like the right position really. Handbrake is tight between them and 2nd is quite close to the passenger side bolster but it doesn't cause any real problems mate.

[rs-tom]

Might put some in mine . I really want to fit polly bushes all round is it a mammoth task ? Wich ones r difficult

[S2Steve]

They are all pretty simple. I had to press out the front arm bushes, they were the worst ones to do, the rest were pretty straight forward, particularly the rears!

[Stolton]

love xr2`s and especially in white. i had a black one & a red one about a year ago. such quality cars. keep up the good project thread tho fella

[rs-tom]

Did the polly bushes make a big difference

[S2Steve]

Yeah, made a substantial difference, I'd say the bushes, swapping to 13's and the engine mounts have been the most noticeable things. Definately worth while.