West of Scotland RSOC

After blowing the gearbox up at Crail decided I was gona rebuild and improve the car over the next few months

went on one of my famous road trips yesterday to pick some parts up for the Fiesta



and these too



Bought a new ST170 polished and ported head, that has been modified to remove the VVT cam and pulley, this is a showpiece of a thing, and im very pleased with it





this photo shows the change to the head, with the VVT solenoid removed , and the bridge fitted, with the new camlobe bushed and pinned, very clever stuff, the only downside is i cant run the ST170 camcover , needs to be a block top cover, but ill do something with it

Started the car today, the gearbox went bang at Crail Raceway the other week, and im changing the head, so decided to take everything out













so plan now is to strip the rest of the underbonnet, and paint it anthracite, along with the inside of the car


Im also goin to take off the RS accesory bumpers, and put on Fiesta RST bumpers, paint the outside of the car frozen white, with new graphix ... again

Ill update the thread as we go along, ill have a big push with it on Wednesday when im off work for a couple of days

new wheels look good , so does the head think i will need to give msd a wee call again

can you see what has broke inside the box

Very impressive mate! Loving the wheels, 2 of my all time faves!! You just need rl7's now lol!!

Thought you would have went forced induction by now (You sure are a stubborn bugger eh)
"Mark my words you'll go forced yet"

P.S. Dont loose the rs accessory bumpers!! Their like rocking horse sheaacht!!!

like the wheels m8

Continued stripping the car down today, made some good progress

This is what i started with today







And this is photos of the progress ive made today








Ill carry on tomorrow striping all the sound deadining off the inside the car tomorrow, drop the tank out, and cut the boot floor out as its a bit rotten,and degrease and pressure wash under the bonnet all going well

alot of work going on there sir, like the new wheels and head
keep up the good work

Are you keeping count ?

of the bottles of monk juice your consuming , so you can see just how much time has been spent on the fez again

lots of work done, good on you m8 , showing us all up

scotch brite next ?

good progress dalsy, will b keepn a wee eye on this

Further work carried out all day today, making good progress

degreased under the bonnet and pressured washed it clean





removed the sound deadining from inside the car, still a little to do.



removed the petrol tank, and cut the rot out the boot floor and passenger side inner sill, rest of the shell is solid







Back to work tomorrow, so ill do some more work to the car on Monday

that it ready for its twin engine conversion ?

yep it could end up a Fiesta CSL, but not sure wether BMW used Kellogs Corn Flakes boxes in the boot for their cars

looking great dalsy boy!

Lookin forward to seeing how she looks with the colour/decal change

]worked on the car on Saturday nite , with a few cheeky budweisers, help keep the cold at bay

front panel had some weight took out it



removed the battery tray, and jack mount from under the bonnet



sanded down under the bonnet , ready for primer now



finished removing the rest of the sound deadining from inside the car, this is a horrible job, and glad its now finished



removed the inside of the door, and removed the sound deadining too, im gona leave the crash bar in there for some strength



Im gona have a real push at the car wedneday /thursday, get all the cutting finished, and inside the car all flattened , ready for the welding to start Sunday

looking good mate ,you just dont stop with this wee car do you always improving good on ya

it will be worth all the hard effort with all the weight saving you are doing

now just you that needs to go on a diet

Keep up the good work dalsy,must have a wee hurl next year.

more pics coming soon