It's a bit late to start a build thread (by about 3 years) but I'll draw a line in the sand and try to record what I've done from now on.
A little history; I bought the car in September 2012 as a project. The bodywork was sound, the engine was standard and the interior went as far as dashboard and seats. There was a nice set of KW ClubSport coilovers and a large recent bill for setup and corner weighting too. The previous owner was a Ford mechanic so all the oily bits had been attended too, backed up by a folder full of receipts back to the original purchase invoice!
Since then I've put a set of lightweight carpets and interior in it, upped the power from 250 to 310bhp, moved to a standalone boost system, new exhaust, bridge spoiler rear hatch and lots of necessary and preventative maintenance.
Any specific questions, just shout.
Fast forward to now:
Painted the boost controller Matt Black and mounted it in rather than on a new carbon plate:
Also, my strut brace just touched the bonnet and I wasn't sure if this would be an issue with the vented one so I replaced the brace with a different one:
The brace itself was great but the attachment plates on the top of the strut towers had been pressed into a raised shape to clear a mounting hangar for the turbo cooling pump and a heatshield - this meant a tight fit and I wasn't too happy with it.
Problem solved though - had the mounting plate pressed flat with a 20 ton bearing press and trimmed the mounting lug and heatshield down with the angle grinder. Perfect fit now!
A little history; I bought the car in September 2012 as a project. The bodywork was sound, the engine was standard and the interior went as far as dashboard and seats. There was a nice set of KW ClubSport coilovers and a large recent bill for setup and corner weighting too. The previous owner was a Ford mechanic so all the oily bits had been attended too, backed up by a folder full of receipts back to the original purchase invoice!
Since then I've put a set of lightweight carpets and interior in it, upped the power from 250 to 310bhp, moved to a standalone boost system, new exhaust, bridge spoiler rear hatch and lots of necessary and preventative maintenance.
Any specific questions, just shout.
Fast forward to now:
Painted the boost controller Matt Black and mounted it in rather than on a new carbon plate:
Also, my strut brace just touched the bonnet and I wasn't sure if this would be an issue with the vented one so I replaced the brace with a different one:
The brace itself was great but the attachment plates on the top of the strut towers had been pressed into a raised shape to clear a mounting hangar for the turbo cooling pump and a heatshield - this meant a tight fit and I wasn't too happy with it.
Problem solved though - had the mounting plate pressed flat with a 20 ton bearing press and trimmed the mounting lug and heatshield down with the angle grinder. Perfect fit now!