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Fairly well known. Featured in many magazines. Retro Cars cover car. As seen on zetecinside.com It's on eBay at the moment to make way for a new project. Ford Sunburst Red Genuine XR2 shell Owned 23 years No engine or box, exhaust or radiator. Would suit Zetec or Duratec install.   |
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Last Edit: Aug 16, 2015 7:52:19 GMT by grabla
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The time has come, after 23 years of ownership, to pass my immaculate Mk1 Fiesta XR2 on to a new owner. I've spent many thousands of hours preparing the car, and have campaigned her for the last decade in the Midland Speed Championship, running in the Sports Libre class.
Over the past few years I have been developing the aero package, and I've added a BERG Cup VW Polo front airdam, splitter and undertray, and the aluminium running boards along the sides of the car. These are included in the sale. The Radical rear wing and mounts are also included.
She has won numerous Best Prepared Car awards at events.
In 1992 I bought the car as a stolen recovered shell, and ran it with a 1372 X-Flow.
Soon I had the idea of installing a 2.0 Zetec 16V on injection, and pioneered the conversion, which today is the most popular modification to Mk1 and Mk2 Fiesta's.
In 2008, to make the Fiesta even more competitive, I decided to replace the heavy Zetec with the new Ford Fiesta ST Duratec 2.0 DHE engine, replacing the entire injection system, exhaust etc in the process. Once again I was the first person to perform the conversion in a Mk1 Fiesta. With the 200BHP 2.0 Duratec, I have several class wins, and today hold the class records for Castle Combe and Cadwell Park.
The body shell is MSA Race Log Booked, and is ready to race.
I have removed the Duratec engine, Exhaust, Radiator, Driveshafts, and the Quaife QKE38Z sequential gearbox, and these are sold.
The full specification of the rolling shell is listed below. Equipped with probably the best performance parts money can buy (for a Fiesta anyway) in summary, the shell features: HiSpec brakes, fully adjustable race suspension all round, carbon bonnet, grp tailgate, aluminium running boards, 4mm poly windows, Motordrive seat, 6pt harnesses, and a Mk2 Escort adjustable bias pedal box, as well as many other modifications.
Race prepared lightweight 1983 Mk1 Fiesta XR2 rolling shell
Rare US Specification removable/tiltable steel sunroof
Seam welded and strengthened throughout
All sound deadening and underseal removed
Replaced sills and front wings
Painted in two-pack Ford Sunburst Red (Professionally resprayed: August 2000)
Original steel drivers and passengers doors
GRP Tailgate
Performance Trim Carbon honeycomb Mk1 bonnet
Custom made lightweight Aluminium grill
Berg Cup VW Polo front splitter and undertray
Radical 64" wide carbon fibre rear wing, brackets and end plates
MCR wheel arch extensions
Motordrive Pro2 tall highside composite seat
Motordrive alloy mounts
Sabelt 3” wide red 6pt harnesses
Momo steering wheel
Lifeline polished alloy 2.25Kg AFFF plumbed in extinguisher with electric push button operation.
Safety Devices 6pt cage, with welded X door bars
C shape aluminium running boards, fabricated by Altiss Engineering
Laminated Windscreen, clear
Single wiper conversion using a VW Scirocco rear wiper motor
Polycarbonate 4mm acrylic windows, clear
JAZ 22 litre fuel cell, foam filled
Bosch 044 fuel pump.
Aluminium firewall over the fuel cell/rear spare wheel well, featuring lockable access panel to the fuel cell for refuelling.
Goodridge HL836-06D hard lines (8mm ID 10mm OD) with compression fittings [inside car] (supply and return)
Kustom Karl race front suspension featuring:Lightweight tubular steel, alloy heims, fully adjustable, with front chassis braces
Aluminium adjustable rear trailing arms, with alloy heims
Aluminium adjustable panhard rod,with alloy heims
HiSpec 4pot front calipers
Ferodo DS2500 pads all round
Rally Design Escort Mk2 pedal box, with adjustable bias, and hydraulic clutch
Rutland rear ARB
Rutland rear axle, modified to accept Ford Focus Mk1 rear stub axles, allowing adjustable rear camber/caster and width using Puma rear spacers.
Focus Mk1 rear stub axles
Lightweight rear disks
HiSpec 2pot rear calipers
Braided brake lines
Cupro nickel brake lines inside the car
Kiley Klinton Mk2 quick steering rack
AVO adjustable front shock absorbers on 2.25” 250lb springs
275lb, 300lb, 325lb springs also included
TAS aluminium strut tops, allowing adjustment to caster and camber
SPAX adjustable rear shock absorbers450lb rear springs
OZ Superleggera 15" alloy wheels (7J x 15”), ET37
200/580R15 Kumho Ecsta C03 K11 Extra soft tyres
The Duratec Engine wiring loom, switch box, Varley red top, and full carbon Stack dashboard included.
The car ran a DTA S80 ECU, but that has been sold. The wiring loom is however, intact, and could be used with another S80 or equivalent ECU.
Most parts are new, and the car has probably only driven 500 miles in the past 10 years, such is the limited milage on sprints and hillclimbs.
It comes with two lever arch A4 folders crammed with receipts and paperwork.
She has been driven at Blyton, Castle Combe, Lydden Hill, Mallory, Donington, Silverstone Stowe and the new GP circuit, Croft, Ty Croes, Snetterton, Llandow, Cadwell, Harewood, Santa Pod, Barkston Heath, Shelsley Walsh, Epynt, Loton park, Prescott, MIRA, Curborough, and Bruntingthorpe to name but a few.
The car has also appeared in Fast Car, Performance Ford Magazine (Cover car), Retro Ford Magazine, Classic Ford, Fast Ford (Cover car), Car and Car Conversions, Grass Roots Motorsports (US Publication), Retro Cars (Cover car), Max Power, Fast Ford etc.
I will genuinely be sorry to see her go after 23 years of ownership. But the time has come for me to try something different.
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Aug 16, 2015 18:38:37 GMT
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Possibly the ultimate Fiesta? As Hotwire says, hell of a car, glwts....
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'96 Volvo 850T5 x2, '97 Alfa 145 Cloverleaf '96 Alfa 155, '91 XR2i 2.0 Zetec (sold), '88 BMW 520i slug (sold), '81 Escort Mk3 Project, '68 Mk1 Escort Estate, Berlingo Parts Chaser.
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Aug 17, 2015 10:56:35 GMT
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Thanks, she's a big chunk of my life, and I'll be sad to see her gone. But she must go on Friday, as there's a new project car arriving next week.
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