Fiesta Mk1 1360 X/Flow Turbo

[Halex86]

Heres my Fiesta Project...

I bought the car about 3 years ago and used it as my daily driver, it was pretty much standard other then the wheels.


But soon got bored and started modifying as you do... I fitted sports suspension and some OZ wheels.



Time past and the standard 1.1 got boring

So i dropped in a 1.6 X/flow with a BVH, Kent BCF3, Ashley exhaust, KnN filter and Bestek igntion and used the car for about a year



Eventually the car started to rust on the rear arch so i decided to bring it off the road to fix it....

2 years later its still off the road!!

But now it has a new look and engine spec....

[trig]

Nice matey do love a good fezzer.

[Halex86]

With the car off the road i started having ideas, i wanted turbo power but didnt want to loss the X/flow so i started gavering info and parts to see if it was possible to turbo the X/flow!

I had a 1300 supersport block and crank in the garage, i got the block bored to 1360cc and i painted it up. The crank was reground and i got some new bearings




I didnt want to go all out and buy steel crank, rods and forged pistons if it didnt work so i have used standard items and heavy duty bolts.

I rebuilt the bottom end and fitted 1600 pistons. Theses have a larger bowl so it will help lower the compression


Copper headgasket will help disperse heat quicker


Next up was the cylinder head. Ive used a chambered one so the compression will be lowered further. Steel rocker gear is also fitted.


Finshed off with a burton rocker cover


I trial fitted the engine into the car. I had a manifold that would fit a T3 turbo, but when all fitted the manifold was too high which ment the bonnet wouldnt close!!


I decided the car would be used mainly for drag racing so the T3 on the small engine was abit of a over kill. I found a different manifold and a smaller turbo from a Audi TT. Perfect


With the engine back out my bro knocked up a temporary inlet manifold..



The engine was near enough finished so i left it in the shed and started work on the car....

[Halex86]

Engine out work started... 1st up was to seam weld the crossmember, bulkhead, suspension turrets and engine mounts...



The car was then took to the unit poped on axle stands and the underneath was stripped off...


Grotty rear arch removed and replaced with a nice new one



The car got stripped to a bare shell and we made a rollover spit to tackle the underneath!


Wirebrushed, treated, primed, stone chipped and painted...





The bay was primed and painted...


New steering rack fitted!


Some new goodies and blasted parts



Rear brake plates rebuilt



Various bits were blasted, painted and rebushed



Axle rebuilt with gaz dampers





Trigger wheel and sensor fitted


Engine finally in the bay



Xr2 Calipers, Green Stuff pads and D/G discs



Whoops forgot to set the coilovers



Rolling at last new rims!




Over the box exhaust



Gave the inside a quick spray



Some prep work before spraying



Its back! All shinny!





New mirrors and windows fitted


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[Halex86]

My fav part


Oil cooler bracket



How the car looks at the min...




Fuel tank modified



Adjustable panhard rod fitted


We wasnt happy with the old inlet so made a new one




New half leather recaros



Thats pretty much it to yet.. Just waiting for my ecu to come back and its time to fire her up

Alex

[justinveal]

now that is one cool fiesta you got there

[trig]

Lovly workthere matey

[Day_Dreamer]

great looking fiesta, love the way you put the exhaust and ic piping.

[FrEdOoOo]

Nice work m8

[leonmex]

Lovely looking motor & top work there that will shock a few at the lights

[senuwees]

Thats really nice dude Are you using V6 conrod bolts?? Well i made 125hp@wheels with a std 1600 with a T3 and torque was at 196Nm on the wheels What size injectors do you have in there??, im also going to fabricate a larger intake as im aiming for 200hp on the wheels this time around

Good luck with the rest of youre project and ill keep my eye on it

[Halex86]

Thanks for all the comments ppl

I have my ecu back from repair today so hopfully she will be fired up this weekend

senuwees - the bolts are high tensile ones. Tbh i wish i had made the bottom end abit stronger but will see how it holds up. The injectors will do around 214cm3/min but will have it on a rolling road when its done and see if every works ok. 200 horses would be nice but i will be happy with about 120 outa the little 1.3

Alex

[wildo105e]

Sweet install. Love the way you have tackled the biggest issue the exhaust downpipe. Wish i had thought of it years ago when i was gonna do an RS turbo transplant.

[Halex86]

Cheers fella. I should be able to get the front end pretty low with no exhuast scrape now

[BigWallace]

Liking this a lot! Can't wait to see it finished

[chrisyb]

looks the nuts dude

[camilleri]

nice project mate. any progress?

[Degi]

Hi, Im building a centrifugal supercharger for my engine which is of the same model and make (1.3lt crossflow). If its not a problem can you tell me the boost and some other information about it please, So i don't harm the engine thanks. Nice job on your car, keep it up and a video on youtube would be nice mate

[gringo!!]

hi matey.. bit random.. was i chattin to you at turner hire other day?? i came in for that blow lamp.. car looks mint btw