Im new to this site just thought id post the progress of Frp165.
I bought 165 in Oct From pumaspeed as many Know 165 has been written off. however has been fully rebuilt using a brandnew shell. However it had'nt been well looked after, after the drive home from leeds to norwich i could smell burning oil, Vibrations through car on acceleration,engine running rough on idle and the wheels badly curbed.
since ive owned it ive had to put a new throttle body on it, new Hego sensor,new abs sensor,icv valve,just to get it to run right,same time i gave it full service and cambelt, replaced all the oilseals on the engine while it was apart due to some oil leak issues. but with no luck in fixing the leaks,after investigating further i found headgasket leaking oil out of back of head so im in middle of fixing her now.after further investigation of cylinder head found 5 inlet valves slightly bent on heads of valves so now 8 valves to add to the shopping list
Referbished Driveshafts both-sides to fix vibrations,
and ive sent all 4 wheels off to be referbished.
So this Car is having its x-mas present early lol.
Good Job im a senior Tech at ford.. saving myself a fortune in labour bills
Just looking forward to finishing it
PROGRESS
Heres Picture of the Project so far
Frp 165 just before i bought it
Engine Bay
Parked outside workshop after cylinderHead is removed. very dusty/dirty
Engine bay shot!
Check out the wheels the frp is rolling on lol 15inch alloys
front discs/ driveshafts removed to allow 15inch wheels to fit
and No my shoes where'nt included in price lol
New Driveshafts
Now where do all these bits go :shock:
Picture of rear end
Simple but Tidy ice install
Thats it so far .. more to come.
hope you like.
chris
UPDATE- PICTURE OF THE WHEELS
15/3/07
Rebuilt my cylinder head today ..checked my valve clearences, clearances all wrong. so ive had to order the correct ones, so hopefully they should turn up mon morning,
All new toyos all-round on my newely powder coated wheels,
front brakes fitted back on car now my frp wheels are back on.
rear brakes cleaned up. brake fluid changed.
drivers seat de-bobbled.
Thats it so far .. more to come.
hope you like.
chris
I bought 165 in Oct From pumaspeed as many Know 165 has been written off. however has been fully rebuilt using a brandnew shell. However it had'nt been well looked after, after the drive home from leeds to norwich i could smell burning oil, Vibrations through car on acceleration,engine running rough on idle and the wheels badly curbed.
since ive owned it ive had to put a new throttle body on it, new Hego sensor,new abs sensor,icv valve,just to get it to run right,same time i gave it full service and cambelt, replaced all the oilseals on the engine while it was apart due to some oil leak issues. but with no luck in fixing the leaks,after investigating further i found headgasket leaking oil out of back of head so im in middle of fixing her now.after further investigation of cylinder head found 5 inlet valves slightly bent on heads of valves so now 8 valves to add to the shopping list
Referbished Driveshafts both-sides to fix vibrations,
and ive sent all 4 wheels off to be referbished.
So this Car is having its x-mas present early lol.
Good Job im a senior Tech at ford.. saving myself a fortune in labour bills
Just looking forward to finishing it
PROGRESS
Heres Picture of the Project so far
Frp 165 just before i bought it
Engine Bay
Parked outside workshop after cylinderHead is removed. very dusty/dirty
Engine bay shot!
Check out the wheels the frp is rolling on lol 15inch alloys
front discs/ driveshafts removed to allow 15inch wheels to fit
and No my shoes where'nt included in price lol
New Driveshafts
Now where do all these bits go :shock:
Picture of rear end
Simple but Tidy ice install
Thats it so far .. more to come.
hope you like.
chris
UPDATE- PICTURE OF THE WHEELS
15/3/07
Rebuilt my cylinder head today ..checked my valve clearences, clearances all wrong. so ive had to order the correct ones, so hopefully they should turn up mon morning,
All new toyos all-round on my newely powder coated wheels,
front brakes fitted back on car now my frp wheels are back on.
rear brakes cleaned up. brake fluid changed.
drivers seat de-bobbled.
Thats it so far .. more to come.
hope you like.
chris