[1tub]

Some of you may know I’ve owned a s1 now for ehhhh along time

over the last ten years I’ve just left it in the garage not bothered with it

lots of water under the bridge I decided It was time to get her back on the road

after lots of money and time she started again on Boxing Day

just thought I’d tell ya lol

 

[Kaxe]

lol pictures or it didn't happen!

Nah that's great to hear mate, well done!

 

[philjs]

Excellent.

I have a soft spot for the S1, it was my parents' first RS.

 

[1tub]

Thank you gents

She has Always given me grief from the day I bought her
I am amazed how much money stuff costs for them

I needed a sensor which had sold out across Europe. I ended up getting it from America. I could of got another car for what it cost

The RS Monica has a lot to answer for….poxy Old Ford’s

if the focus goes the same way and we can’t get parts this is not going to be a fun old age.

 

[Simsy]

Glad to hear you’ll be driving it again
I love driving mine over modern cars now 😳

 

[R5 5KOT]

Nice one Rico 😎

 

[1tub]

Cheers you lot

water pump sounds a little rough , I did cam belt and tensioner thinking the water pump would be ok

Next item to do before I really leave her running

front brakes are back on with new stud and nut kit
Rears next

need to find a gear knob and a battery
Clamp before I move on to ripping my shed apart to find the other bits I took off

moving house wasn’t conducive to parts relocation lol

 

[Simsy]

This thread needs some pics imo
yeh I always change water pump when doing cam belt just in case no idea why lol

 

[1tub]

I’ve only ever changed the tensioner

but it’s not sounding good.

I’ve changed the starter to a transit Connect version. Wow that’s a difference

I’m not really a picture person but I may add a few to show how I’m going on

 

[1tub]

The old shonky ford

 

[Tmorris2009]

Looks stunning, here's a pic of my s2 that I sold few months ago

 

[Simsy]

View attachment 856825 The old shonky ford

car Porn imo
are you running efi? (Bonnet raisers)

 

[1tub]

No

long story back In the day with heat

Old school fith injector no efi still mfi

she Was running noz but I’ve removed that now (I’m to old for that and if the boy gets the car he won’t have a clue lol)

 

[Simsy]

No

long story back In the day with heat

Old school fith injector no efi still mfi

she Was running noz but I’ve removed that now (I’m to old for that and if the boy gets the car he won’t have a clue lol)

Are ok,the mf2 fifth injector ?,I ran that disconnected now as I had my metering head reworked at Kmi to run more power
you’ve got me interested now about your set lol

 

[1tub]

It was a slippery slope back then

by the time I’m done she will be about 240 which is plenty

yes it’s the mf2 it’s a blue injector
I’ve got old pic of when it had the noz on it

I still have the bottle in the boot as I’ve left the purge kit In.
ive plumbed it to a spray bar on the intercooler

 

[1tub]

A lot of that chrome has gone.
I’m slowly moving to a more standard look
But obviously it’s modded a lot
And I don’t want to go standard

 

[Simsy]

A lot of that chrome has gone.
I’m slowly moving to a more standard look
But obviously it’s modded a lot
And I don’t want to go standard
View attachment 856829

What manifold is that

 

[1tub]

There was a company back then called Ava they built them

it keeps the turbo in the same place but the lengths are more equal compared Tothe cast original version
(Probably makes no difference lol)

I had the metering head modded for more but I only got to 210 back then

there is probably more that can be done now but I’m trying to keep the mods for the retro ness of them

it has water injection/meth aswell

 

[Simsy]

Yeh Ava only made 6 of those manifolds did they fit it for you or did you fit it yourself ?
I’ve got one as well but not fitted it

 

[Simsy]

Here’s my one