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On 6/3/2017 at 9:06 AM, Swiftfocus69 said:

Fantastic looking car , Great photos as well.

Thanks alot man :) I do like taking my photos.. shame Im only limited to my crappy out of generation Samsung phone to take them aha

18 hours ago, JJHarrison said:

@Iam2deck

This is a small world i live in the same town as where those pictures of your car were taken, pretty sure thats the Swan Pub ahha!

Also that's really nice defo like that car.

Haha it would appear so if you're in Surrey. The bridge is Walton bridge & the riverway is down by Thames Court in Shepperton :) or atleast that's what I refer to it as.. But I'm pretty sure i've taken some photos down at the Swan in Walton earlier in the thread yes xD

Josh join our group 'Surrey Customs' go to meets every now and then, especially now it's becoming Summer. Going to Ford Fair this year again

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Another part came today.. Won't be a permanent thing but will probably be on the car for a while!

Managed to bag myself an Inlet manifold cover.. replaces the crappy ridged standard one by going over the top. And it was painted in lime green already which was a winner for me and my theme really!

Standard inlet manifold looked like this;

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This is the cover I managed to attain;

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Sticker was already on it haha I'm looking to get graphics made for under the bonnet now anyways so will probably be replaced

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Certainly brings out some colour in the engine bay! And for £30 compared to buying an actual inlet for £300 I dont think it's too bad. I think it will look alot better when I have some underbonnet graphics done in this shade of green too to bring it all together. Hopefully that should happen soon!

 

 

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Loving the RS spoiler mate, I imagine your getting a lot of head turns when your driving now?

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yeah I was definitely sure where you took the pictures haha

can you link the Surrey customs group for us please haha,

and yeah I want to go to ford fair this year gonna wait till I get paid and snag a ticket if I can 👌🏽

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On ‎05‎/‎06‎/‎2017 at 6:30 AM, Commencal24 said:

Loving the RS spoiler mate, I imagine your getting a lot of head turns when your driving now?

Yeah haha always get people turning heads and looking, they can often hear me coming. I'm glad I have tinted out rear windows as so many people look at the car and I can see them through the tint, would be awkward otherwise haha

On ‎05‎/‎06‎/‎2017 at 11:24 AM, JJHarrison said:

@Iam2deck

yeah I was definitely sure where you took the pictures haha

can you link the Surrey customs group for us please haha,

and yeah I want to go to ford fair this year gonna wait till I get paid and snag a ticket if I can 👌🏽

Can find it by just searching Surrey Customs into facebook search bar :)

Same as me aha, just got back from Copenhagen so seeing how far money will stretch this month haha

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liking the cover you have got and a right bargin at 30 notes.

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  • 2 weeks later...

So more of an update than upgrades.. have a few items to go on now it's just finding the time to get round to putting them on! Should be soon!

Anyway..

So one of my friends who I have spoken previously of, had been having issues with his ST mapped by Dreamscience. They were running around about 1.7 bar of boost on an ST hybrid turbo which is way more than it should have been. The extra pressure had an impact on the internals of his engine. We originally thought it was a cracked piston. However after making our way to Devil Developments in Little Hampton, they diagnosed it as not one, but two MELTED pistons aha. This gave my friend the urge to forge the engine, as he plans to go big power (550bhp).

Managed to grab some photos on the day.. mainly because I ran into one of the most famous and reknowned Fords in the community today! Rich Fox's RS!

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Then this appeared after going for a test drive..

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Heart of the monster :)

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Felt sorry for the guy tampering with my friend's engine as his back was turned, and they had just put on a pop and bang flame map on Rich's car.. Banging right behind him with some serious volume haha

Now my friend has to complete 1000 running in miles, as his new reconditioned turbo, newman cams and wiseco forged pistons and rods all start to bed in to the engine. It already sounds and feels better than before, but I guess he now has 5 cylinders back haha. It's currently on a standard stage 3 devils map, however after the running in we will be taking it back to upgrade to a stronger map that is custom tweeked to produce around about 360-370 bhp hopefully. Then it's on to the big save for the GTX30 Garrett turbo :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Update of mods and what's been happening recently..

Just a quick snowfoam

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So first off, decided to buy some spacers as the wheels seemed to get swallowed by the arches. These are H&R 15mm, and will be going on the front when I can find 20s for the back. However they have done the job for now and certainly look 10x better so just got a few before and afters..

Before

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After

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Really has done a good job with it in person, appreciate it's harder to tell in photos!

Random couple of shots i've taken over a few days because why not

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One thing it's screaming out for is the lowering springs.. cant wait to get them on its just finding some time off with my friend to do it together as it appears to be a much harder job than the fiesta I previously owned.

Next one was just a simple mod for the inside, didnt like how the badge sits in the steering wheel so purchased a chrome surround. Then decided to paint it, went with panther black but should really have done gloss!

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Then the other day, after having done 1,000 miles of a running in period, I went back with my friend to Devil Developments in Little Hampton. The forged engine, with upgrades cams and reconditioned hybrid turbo worked out a treat for him. We had the car on the dyno, and they felt they didn't even need to tweak it.

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The car made 368.6 bhp, and 400 ft lb of torque. That's 63% more power than what it left factory with.. not bad going.. and you can definitely feel it aha hopefully it won't be much longer till mine is almost at this level of power..

Gonna leave it there for now, however have got more to update just ran out of time!

 

 

 

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Have you a link for the chrome surround?

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liking the chrome surround and wow your mates car must move and bet it sounds sweet. liking the spacers

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5 hours ago, Commencal24 said:

Have you a link for the chrome surround?

Yes I do, just a simple 1.99 purchase from eBay :) Cheap little touch. Link is; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Accessories-Silver-ABS-Chrome-Steering-Wheel-Cover-Ring-Logo-For-Ford-Fiesta/271687299779?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

2 hours ago, b4zz said:

liking the chrome surround and wow your mates car must move and bet it sounds sweet. liking the spacers

Yeah it does shift a bit, it's a fair amount quicker than the new 4wd Focus RS at 345bhp. It's got the KMS Section 18, which is the loudest exhaust on the market so it does sound good at high end and you can hear it a few miles in advance of where you are, but its virtually a straight through so it's lost a lot of tone! Thanks mate, certainly help give it a better stance, will look proper when the car is dropped on lowering springs!

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

Been a while since I posted here so apologies for that, have got a little to add and one big announcement at the end!

So first off have gone to a few meets recently so got the car looking clean for that! Had a little fun giving it a blast whilst there.. everyone loves flames right?

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Once the meet was finished, a few of us decided to head into London for a late night cruise and we stopped off at the London eye. I do want to go back and take some more pictures with a better camera, and get some of the graffiti tunnel as well as it was shut the night we cruised up!

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The day after this I got a new delivery, which was obviously going to be car parts of some sort ;)

Ordered a KMS 3 inch downpipe to complete my 3 Inch turbo-back exhaust system. So will now be running KMS downpipe with Mongoose Decat & Mongoose Section 59 exhaust system!

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Also got the stage 8 locking downpipe bolts to go with it from Autospecialst, as it's quite a common issue for these ST's to push the bolts out when on boost. This shouldn't happen now with these added at the same time!

I also made a few small alterations to the car... one being dust caps. Apologies the wheels were not clean at all! Got some green ones to keep theme going.

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Another change I had to make was my shortened ariel. The one I had purchased was only cheap off of eBay, and I wanted it for the style as it was carbon and black based. However learnt my lesson here, came back out the other day and it was a lovely shade of bronze..

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And finally after these changes were on just took a quick snap

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Not looking to bad! Taking off my splitter on Saturday and giving it a fresh link of paint ahead of Ford Fair, probably going to go with Panther Black like my car as the added flake effect does look nice in the sun!! May be doing a few other things that day as well!

 

HOWEVER, the most important thing is that the car is booked in for it's REMAP on the 27th!!

From Stage 0 stock power (225 bhp & 230 ft lb of torque) to Stage 3 power (340 bhp & 400 ft lb of torque which is quite a bit past an RS of same gen!).

The car will be going to BD Performance (same place that did my engine strengthen) but to their main branch in Wrexham. It will be a 3 hour drive each way but worth it to have it done ready for the biggest show of the year ; Ford Fair!!

I will be having numerous bits of work done on the day including the following;

- Fitment of the KMS 3 inch downpipe

- Supply and fitment of RS 440c fuel injectors

- Supply and fitment of a Collins Performance Actuator

- Supply and fitment of a new, genuine RS Clutch and Flywheel

- Finally the map itself, stage 3, Collins Performance CP340.

Quite a lot of modifications to go on to turn the car into a real beast! Gonna be nuts! Around 50% more BHP & 70% more torque, they are some scary figures!

Can't wait to have this done, the week long countdown has begun!

Thanks for reading as per!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the car is looking great fella and like the sound of the plans. will you be going out on track at ford fair then? will keep my eyes open for your car there

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The car is really looking superb!
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Cars getting better and better with every post 

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Bazz are u at fordfair ?
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On 7/21/2017 at 8:43 AM, b4zz said:

the car is looking great fella and like the sound of the plans. will you be going out on track at ford fair then? will keep my eyes open for your car there

Thanks Barry, always looking in on my project! I wasn't sure if I was going to be at a good level of performance for Ford Fair as it's all been a bit of a rush, so by the time I looked into getting it on track the spots were already filled! I hadn't even looked at track insurance, and as its my daily as well I wouldn't want anything to happen! Maybe next year :) Yup please do, it will be on the Ford Mania Stand :)

On 7/21/2017 at 9:20 AM, yunii said:

The car is really looking superb!
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Thank you Yunii, hopefully the power it will be attaining in T Minus 2 days will give it justice to the looks!

On 7/21/2017 at 1:32 PM, Commencal24 said:

Cars getting better and better with every post 

Thanks again Matt, glad to see the modifications I'm making are being recepted well! Loving the car at the moment

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On ‎21‎/‎07‎/‎2017 at 2:06 PM, yunii said:

Bazz are u at fordfair ?
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yes yunii I will be at ford fair fella

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What club stand are you?
You have my no.
Ring me we'll meet up.
I'm on foc syand.
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13 hours ago, yunii said:

What club stand are you?
You have my no.
Ring me we'll meet up.
I'm on foc syand.
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im on stand with ford fanatics south wales mate. will keep my eyes open for your car

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Obviously we will meet up

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I'm on fordowners. Stand B21
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looking at the lay out you will be just across from my stand. B16 im on

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Here is the layout .
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