First car iv owned thats not a ford

[filthyjohn]

Aye the sierra I had for a bit was a 1.8 and went better than a 1.4 340, but not much. It was also burning unbelievable amounts of oil, like 2 litres between Sheffield and Sunderland.

As for your speedo, I'm 90% sure it'll just have popped out at the hub end. There's a square end on the cable, which goes through a matching hole in the bearing grease cap, held in by a small clip. The cable is a push-fit into the centre of the passenger side hub, so check it's all the way in first. If it's all fitted properly then you might have a snapped cable, I've had one before but it's not very common. It's easy to remove and check so don't stress it, I can even sell you a cable if yours is twunted.

[kaos]

oapem, im only 20 atm so my list of cars isn't that great lol

in my range lol..

20 and a list of cars... dont get me started! im on my 6th car on the road which makes aroudn 20 car total including ones that never made it there or owned before license

[shifty babe]

yea i love my fez, because its the uglier of the mk4/5 era people assume its pretty slow...good fun showing them up lol


germ its a 1.7

filtyjohn thanks for the instructions...we'll get the wheel off and have a look to see if its popped out...fingers crossed it has



il copy and paste the thread on ukfn.com....shows what happened to the sierra and what we have done on the volvo today

few pics of the damage that was done recently...

egged windows?







engine in





engine out




smashed light





looks like my bros car, a monster truck sorry rob



bye bye to my first drift car and onto the second...











did some more work on it today


how it started:





Gave it a oil change and new filter:



fitted a fire extinguisher.After the last engine fire with the sierra we though it would be useful...





from the rear window




also fitted the 4 point harness to the passenger seat and gave the car a very good clean...

i also thought i would get happy with a can of spray paint cause im a wheel whore lol

after white spirit and some sanding




primer



and paint:




and done for the day...last pic of the harnesses from the front cause im a pic whore to lol





we put 4 legal tyres on to so as soon as the insurance comes through i will be buying tax and this will become my daily drive and the fiesta will be off the road for some new bits

[volvosneverdie]

lookin pretty sweet.

[kyle_furlong]

wow its kel's old volvo i have seen you out in your fiesta. im getting a 340 1.7 this week completey stanard so i can have a play

[kaos]

Im gonna say this.

change the 4 points rear mounts arround! they shouldnt be crossed like that!

apart from that it looks good.

[magnumpi]

I like that, looks quite good in Army green, but i do like any matt colour. If my paint on mine was shite i'd do it in brown with "this way up" to make it llok like a cardboard box

I guess the wheels are your drift wheels, but a little tip for spraying them is put a coating of neat washing up liquid on the tyre, then any over spray just wipes off easy as.

[MJ]

Good tip, sounds easier than masking She said that she's going to be replacing the tyres soon anyway though, so it doesn't really matter.

You mean the 4 point harness?

[shifty babe]

I like that, looks quite good in Army green, but i do like any matt colour. If my paint on mine was shite i'd do it in brown with "this way up" to make it llok like a cardboard box

I guess the wheels are your drift wheels, but a little tip for spraying them is put a coating of neat washing up liquid on the tyre, then any over spray just wipes off easy as.

those tyres are off now as they were bald but i still have the other 2 to do so i will be using that tip...thanks

[shifty babe]

Im gonna say this.

change the 4 points rear mounts arround! they shouldnt be crossed like that!

apart from that it looks good.

i was always told that they should be crossed il have a look into it...

[OapEM]

Aye don't cross them. or just get another 3 pt. then you can't go wrong

At least you haven't got them looped around a rear strut brace that bolts to the strut tops - seen that too many times for my liking lol.

Natural selection FTW

[Jason B]

Yep, if the harnesses don't come with a cross buckle already fitted (which some 4 points do) then don't cross them.. I also echo the rear strut brace bit, harness bars are the optimum solution but a strut brace is not a harness bar. Though if you find a rear "strut brace" fitted to a 300 then I would avoid getting in the car if the person who fitted it is driving

[sven360]

You forgot to mention harnesses in a car without a cage there Jason

Still eating snails??????

Crossing harness belts makes them angry.An angry belt is a dangerous belt IMHO.

[Jason B]

tbh I didn't even look at the pics of the car, but yes, harnesses and buckets without a cage are a very bad idea imho.

@sven, more like abusing snails with a grinder at the minute - turns out those french dinky toys are a bit fragile! - bottomed out the rear suspension in a brisk encounter with a road-width pothole on a local club's 12car... this somehow fractured the boot seam!!

[Bazboy]

So why are harnesses and buckets without a cage, a bad thing?

Cheers Dan