Adrian T.   |   www.fiestaturbo.co.uk   |   1990 RS Turbo

Performance Ford October 1998
Revs June 1999

My own car, owned since July 1999. Already feature twice and well on it's way to a third appearance.

New! - October 2000

The cage is in. It's a FIA International Spec item from Rollcentre Racing custom made with an extra bar across the backstays to secure the harnesses, and also specified without the mounting points for the front section and door bars, as a front section wouldn't clear the door builds. The cage is designed for motorsport and fits very closely to the shell of the car. As a result of this the rear quarter panel trims, foam rear suspension turret covers and interior sill trims need to be modified to clear the mounting points.

September 2000

The new interior is underway, a pair of Sparco Evos and Sabelt  Top Formula 4 point harnesses are now in. These are proper FIA approved ones with the aircraft style quick release and 3" shoulder straps. Fitting was simple as the eye bolts simply replace the bolts that hold the standard seatbelt mountings and the harnesses clip into the eye bolts. A rear bench from an 1992 XR2i 16v is in at the moment, but when the cage goes in the rears will come out.

Fitting the seats was not so easy. Sparco don't do a tailored subframe to mount the Evo seat into a Mk3 Fiesta, so I had to adapt Sparco universal side mounting frames to fit a set of Ford seat runners. This involved re-drilling mounting holes as the hole spacing on the side mounts don't fit the holes on the runners. It is also necessary to cut a notch out on one mount to clear the sliding adjustment lever. Once in place the seats can be adjusted forwards and backwards like the standard items.

The seat can be tilted by using different mounting holes at the front and back.

4-cylinder 1600cc 8 valve, stage one 165 chip and uprated 12psi actuator, Collins Gp A dump valve, chromed rocker cover, chromed cam cover, chromed alloy air piper, K&N induction kit, Magnex full stainless steel exhaust system with 3" tailpipe, Pace Products fabricated alloy water radiator, blue Samco silicone hose kit, additional Samco coolant and breather hoses, Samco vacuum piping. Late spec header tank with black Mk4 cap. Fully rebuilt factory 5 speed manual gearbox with uprated bearings, competition spec clutch.

Original Ford Diamond White, extensively rolled and ground arches with modified arch liners, MC Rallying front splitter, Renault Laguna lower front splitter, "flush" tailgate with filled swage lines, number plate recess filled and smoothed, rear wiper removed and hole filled, boot lock removed and hole filled, Fiesta Mk4 rear bumper with tow hook an swage line filled and smoothed, side rub strips removed and holes filled, clear indicators, clear oval side repeaters and MHW clear rear clusters, "pace car" style white strobe lights in front indicators, fully smoothed and colour coded mirrors, de-locked doors and tailgate, colour coded Escort MK5 door handles, Mono Style centrally parked single front wiper conversion, driver side wiper hole filled and smoothed, Genuine Ford Mondeo RS Estate rear boot-top spoiler smoothed and filled into standard RST spoiler, Prima Racing twin headlight conversion, Mocal aero style locking alloy fuel filler, white sunstrip with Recaro decal, Recaro decals on side-sills, 1996 spec Ford oval on bonnet, RS Owner’s Club number plates, standard size on rear, half size on front.

Rollcentre custom fabricated FIA International Spec rear rollcage, Sparco Evo fixed back FIA approved competition seats, Sabelt Top Formula 6 point harnesses with 3" shoulder, 2" lap straps, 2" crutch straps and aircraft style quick release buckle, twin FlameBeater carbon fire extinguishers, rear bench removed, boot floor and rear seating area soundproofed and carpeted, push button starter, 1995 spec RS1800 black dashboard, 1992 spec black carpet and door cards, Momo Race steering wheel, Autotint Design white dials, Momo Competizione gearknob, white colour coded detailing, Autostyle Sportmats with alloy heel plates and embroidered "RS Turbo" logo, Lockwood "RS Turbo" sill plates.

Pioneer DEH-P8000R EOL CD head unit, custom door builds housing MB Quart 6.5" mids, 5" MB Quart mids in custom kick builds, 1.5" MB Quart tweeters incorporated into wing mirrors mounts, 4" MB Quart 2-ways in rear factory mounts, Dynamat applied inside doors, rear quarter panels, boot floor and tailgate.