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s13 front end is to hard to set up right, ask anyone whos had that setup, always better going ae86, no power figures yet, soon though!

i have said this many times.... i used rb30 mounts on mine on ke70 4k crossmember.... come have a look!

excellent choice :) will be good to have a similar beast to run against

just a bump to let u all know this is still a go, tow car almost finished then need a trailer and il finish this! then hopefully full feature in zoom and out drifting :D

yeeh cheerin it got in eh... in ZOOM magazine

yeeeahhh boy!

hey mate any q's just pm me nice work!

car hasnt moved in a while buildin a vl turbo to tow it with

yeh very nice runs, 1st one looked so hairy lol 3 wheelstands in a row great watching :(

ok so when do ya need a hand or you rather cash for bits?

gettin rid of any 82 parts? i would be happy to help dismantle for a few trim bits and a lhf window?

gettin rid of any 82 parts? i would be happy to help dismantle for a few trim bits and a lhf window reg? EDIT: meant window not window reg... internet was being shit and thought i cancelled this post but didnt...

i can't remember the exact reason for it, but the engines are physically able to be repaired but due to the sensitivity of the standard computer, it will run like shit and most probably blow up again, we had southside cylinder heads come out today and they said they can straighten the head but will have to take 10 thou off the block deck, (keep in mind they have an open deck) the amount of timing that would be taken out of the enigne by the management system to stop detonation would probably chuck an engine light on and a fair few codes ( as an educated guess). not to mention it is running more boost due to the breathing mods, me personally i would sell the car. it can be rebuilt but for warranty purposes they replace the engine and therefore see no need to supply specs for retail jobs, volvo to.

BAAAHAHAHA :D

yeh i dunno about any conspiracy but the engine is made by volvo, i did an engine in an ls focus (2.0 4 cyl petrol) recently and was going to rebuild it,ford supplied all the parts but then we found there was NO torque specs in the workshop manual. i remembered in the new model training that most focuses and fiestas are throw away blocks and you absolutely CAN NOT skim the head becuase it alters the compression ratio to much for the pcm to handle and will ping its brains off (not that they don't already because dickheads run them on 91) lol

35000 plus

I work for a ford dealer on the southside and i found this bloody hilarious yet i feel others need to hear it because if it happened to me.... well, read on. Last friday a customer had his 2010 model XR5 turbo focus with just over 4000ks towed in, he said it overheated, then stopped. He had a custom 3 inch turbo back exhaust and Simota carbon intake system fitted. i opened the bonnet to find no coolant in the header tank, so i filled it up and pressure tested it. a massive water leaked followed, i removed the under body tray and a small bolt dropped out, i kept it and, upon further inspection, found a jet of coolant coming from the radiator on the left side behind the thermo fan. So 1400 dollars later i fitted a new radiator (its a big job as the condensor, thermo fan, radiator and intercooler have to be removed as one to replace the radiator). After filling with new coolant and bleeding the system (getting up to operating temp) i went on a roadtest and it had NO power, wouldnt idle and blew MASSIVE amounts of smoke intermittently. I babied it back to the workshop and did a TK check and it turned up yellow straight away (combustion gasses in the cooling system). So, with the owners permission, we pulled the head off and found the block and head sealing surfaces had approx 0.18mm of distortion (cold) and these engines are not serviceable and must be replaced if anything like this happens (according to ford and volvo who do not supply rebuild specs) We finally got the whole story from the owner, his house mate ( a mechanic) had fitted the intake system to his car and thought he got all the original airbox bolts out of the engine bay. the bolt i retrieved from the under body tray matched the original airbox bolts. it had hit the thermo fan and then gone into the radiator causing all these problems hence no warranty. We got a price on an engine, 16000 dollars plus labour and fluids and AC gas to fit the engine, on a 35k+ car with 4000ks on the clock. I feel sorry for the owner but the moral of the story is, if you don't feel confident doing it yourself, pay someone who you KNOW is going to do it RIGHT or don't do it at all, save yourself the heartache.

nice little build room you got there, good to see you lay everything out nice and neat, i love it when my bench looks like that :dance: so much easier than tryin to put a box of parts back together

can't remember what brand (ask mungi mods) but fronts are 14x7.5 rears are 14x8.5

just heard back from zoom magazine and car will be featured in issue 154 due out 19/11/10 :lolcry: in the in the build section

600x300x75, haha yeah it will be gettin dirty

i will be there crewin for a mates gold mazda 1000 ute, just been finished made 513hp atw on 24 psi running c16 13bbpt

heres a few pics didnt end up takin any of exhaust and brake lines cbf jackin the car back up lol, off to get microtech wired up and tuned soon, also have submitted a few pics and details to zoom magazine to maybe get into the in the build section :lolcry:

nice man, how long has the diff held up for? my ca 70 smashed the diff in about a month, all it took was a car full of people and a flat change into second lol

hey mate might be interested can you meet us halfway between brisbane and ipswich to have a look? email [email protected] let me no, cheers