Ford Fiesta Race Car

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

The new footplate:



The new throttle pedal:





Last night me and andy took the gearbox out and stripped it to check all was ok after fitting the new diff. Alot of plate wear evident from the initial runs so needed a good clean out.

Selector detent was broken again. Looked through the other second hand boxes I have and they are broken on them too so obveously a weak point, might need to invest in a few new ones!

Hopefully gearbox will be rebuilt and back in the car tonight.

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Few pictures of the gearbox selector detent



Left: Previous broken standard detent
Middle: Cracked standard detent
Right: Larger stronger Mk6 ST detent



We can see from above the casing difference of the detent, see how much thicker it is on the ST item on the right. As such I will drill and tap the casing to take the later detent.

Got my freshly resprayed front bumper back today



Also got my new battery cover, seen here next to the old one.



Data logger cover was wrapped in orange vynil rather than sprayed to match the other covers



New logger sensor loom ready to go back into car for terminating and tidying.

[turbospud]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

very professionalwhat screened cable have you used for the loom

[team_zi]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Any updates Jason?

[Cyco]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Only up-date is that Jason has now sold the car.
He is planning to race another series next year.

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Yes as Cye said, I have taken a deposit on the car. It took less than a week to sell it without even having to advertise it! I sold it to the first of several enquirers just through word of mouth.

Selling it this early means I have time to sort my plans for 2011, an assult on the UK Ford Fiesta ST championship.

I'm also hiring a Nick Sanderson racing ST for the last two rounds of the 2010 championship at the forumla ford festival Brands Hatch, hopefully will go as well as my last one-off outing in the ST's where I lead the first race twice and had a pair of podiums

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

The car has some impressive stats over the past 3 years:

-Never qualified lower than 2nd in class ever, never finished lower than 2nd in class.

-Won my class every time I have finished for the past two years

In total, over 3 seasons, over 26 races, 17 wins, 5 second places, 21 poles, 15 fastest laps, 2 lap records.

• 1st in overall championship, 1st in class D 2009
• 2nd in overall championship, 2nd in class D 2008
• ??? in overall championship, 2nd/3rd in class C 2010
• Driver of the year 2009
• Young driver of the year 2008
• 13 class D wins (out of 18 races, 72% win ratio)
• 5 class D 2nd places (28%)
• 15 class D poles (83%)
• 10 class D fastest laps (56%)
• Class D lap record, (04.05.09, 1.20.061, average speed of 83.18mph)
• Only class D driver to lap below 1.20 (Qualifying 04.05.09, 1.19.915, average speed of 83.3mph)
• 4 class C wins (out of 8 races, 50% win ratio, 100% of races finished)
• 6 class C poles (75%)
• 5 class C fastest laps (63%)
• Class C lap record, (01.08.10, 1.16.392, average speed of 87.18mph)
• Only class C driver to lap below 1.16 (Qualifying 30.08.10, 1.15.887, average speed of 87.76mph)
• 2 overall pole positions
• 1 driver of the day

22 finishes in 26 races with 29 trophies, 17 garlands and 34 hats!

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Final spec of the car

Weight: 770kgs dry
Power: Approx 215bhp and 140-145lbft estimated from rolling road figures
Approx 280BHP/Tonne



Engine:

FORD ZETEC-SE 1618cc 16 valve, designed built and mapped by Sandy Brown of Sandy Brown race engine technology

Limiter currently set at 9000rpm, shift light set to 8000rpm

· Block overbored to 79.5mm with surface ground deck face.
· OE 81.5mm crankshaft, polished journals, balanced.
· Custom Sandy Brown designed lightweight forged steel H-Beam con-rods with ARP bolts by Robson Engineering.
· Custom Sandy Brown designed lightweight forged pistons by Omega.
· Sandy Brown ported and prepared cylinder head with high precision cut seats and surface ground face.
· Sandy Brown modified spring seats and stem seals to accommodate double valve springs.
· Custom Sandy Brown double valve springs and steel retainers.
· Custom Sandy Brown designed solid cam followers (oversize inlet side) and shims.
· Custom Sandy Brown cam profiles.
· Piper vernier pulleys.
· Custom Sandy Brown solid cambelt tensioner.
· Custom oversize inlet and exhaust valves.
· Sandy Brown/Colin Satchell designed inlet assembly, with modified 44mm Keihin throttle bodies.
· Twin injectors per cylinder.
· Trapdoor sump baffles by Shawspeed kit cars.
· Lightweight balanced steel flywheel by TTV racing components.
· Custom Sandy Brown/Colin Satchell designed lightweight aluminum crank pulley/steel hub.
· Sandy Brown designed stainless 4-2-1 exhaust manifold by Maniflow.
· Custom JC Designs stainless centre exit exhaust system, 1 small expansion box, 1 large rear silencer, 100 cell piper sports CAT. (98db @ 6000rpm)
· Colin Satchell designed alternator relocation.
· DTA S40 ECU.
· Custom Sandy Brown/JC Designs engine loom.
· Mocal 10 row 235 mm oil cooler.
· Vibra-technics race engine mount.
· Braided fuel lines with anodised red/blue fittings.
· Standard fuel filter fitted in engine bay.
· Custom Colin Satchell lightweight Aluminium foam filled baffled 20L fuel tank.
· Nissens 1.9 Peugeot 205 Aluminium Radiator.
· Lightweight slimline radiator fan.
· Custom Samco coolant hosing.
· Millers fully synthetic racing engine oil.
· Mocal 2L oil catch tank.
· Custom Alloy header by Spec R.

Clutch:

· 184mm 4 paddle rigid AP Racing clutch.
· Helix 184mm lug mounted racing cover plate (240lb/ft).
· Girling .625 master cylinder.
· Standard Slave cylinder.
· Millers dot 4 racing fluid.

Transmission:

· Ford IB5 Gearbox
· Quaife straight cut racing gearset.
· TranX plated limited slip differential.
· Vibra-technics Torque link gearbox mount .
· Vibra-technics race upper gearbox mount .
· JC Designs strengthened selector mechanism.
· Millers fully synthetic racing gearbox oil.

Suspension:

· Gaz Shocks GGA height, bump and rebound damping adjustable front and rear coilovers. Custom built with 1.5 degrees negative camber built into welded strut plug.
· Custom JC Designs front solid concentric top mounts.
· Custom JC Designs rear solid concentric top mounts.
· 400lbs front springs.
· 600lbs rear springs.
· Powerflex front anti roll bar bushes.
· Powerflex front wishbone front bushes.
· Powerflex front wishbone rear bushes.
· Powerflex rear beam bushes.
· Extended front wheel studs.
· Custom JC Designs lightweight 20mm front wheel spacers
· Standard power steering rack with power steering removed.
· Mk1 2.0L Ford Focus rear stub axles and hubs

Brakes:

· AP Racing lightweight racing 4 pot front brake calipers.
· Custom JC Designs front brake caliper mounts.
· AP Racing 285mm x 25mm vented and grooved racing discs.
· Custom JC Designs front brake disc mounting bells.
· AP Racing APF403 compound brake pads.
· Custom front brake ducting from fog light position.
· Mk1 2.0L Ford Focus 154mm rear brake discs.
· Mk1 2.0L Ford Focus single pot rear brake calipers.
· Ferodo rear brake pads.
· Millers Oils dot 4 racing brake fluid.
· Goodridge stainless braided hoses throughout car including internally fed lines.
· Tilton brake proportioning valve.
· Girling .7 front master cylinder.
· Girling .75 rear master cylinder.
· Racetech dash mounted balance bar.
· Racetech adjuster cable.


Wheels and Tyres:

· 15 x 7” OZ Superleggeras.
· 195/50 Yokohama Advan AD08 buffed for dry.
· 195/50 Goodyear Hydragrip new for wet.

Interior:

· Fully stripped interior.
· Custom Colin Satchell 16 point fully welded in roll cage, gusseted A and B pillars and through to front turrets.
· Custom floor mounted seat mount by Colin Satchell.
· Recaro Apex Bucket seat.
· Recaro side mounted seat mounts.
· Sparco 6 point saloon harnesses.
· Sparco 325 350mm diameter 95 dish steering wheel with dash control buttons.
· Custom JC Designs Extended steering column.
· Custom JC Designs custom steering column mount.
· Sparco quick release steering boss.
· Custom JC Designs billet Aluminum machined pedals.
· Custom JC Designs pedal box.
· FIA cut off switch.
· Lifeline 2.25 litre fire extinguisher system.
· Custom JC Designs fiesta lightweight wiring loom.
· Custom JC Designs electrical control box.
· Pi System 2 digital dash.
· Pi system 3 club data logging system.
· Flocked dash by southwest flocking.
· Lightened dashboard with Carbon fibre dash inserts.
· Sprayed gloss black by Neil Dolman.
· Varley red top 25 dry cell racing battery.
· Custom JC Designs battery cover.
· Custom JC Designs Nylon gear knob.
· Custom JC Designs lightweight aluminum doorcards.
· 16” Longacre stock car rear view mirror.


Exterior:

· Performance Blue and Frozen White Fiesta Zetec S shell sprayed by Dave Kift.
· Painted gloss back underneath.
· Exhaust tunnel covered in heat reflecting tape.
· All sound deadening and underseal removed.
· Rolled and flaired arches front and rear.
· Electric orange mirrors and bumpstrips sprayed by Neil Dolman .
· Lightened doors.
· Lightened externally mounted bumpers.
· Lightened lift off bonnet.
· Lightened lift off boot.
· Lightened wings.
· Rear euro light cluster.
· Custom lightweight plastic headlight lenses by Sarik Vacform.
· Lightened headlights.
· Flush mounted aero catches on bonnet and boot.
· Anodised blue aluminium boot pins.
· Schroth front and rear tow straps.
· Vehicle Graphics by JC Designs.
· Lightweight racing mirrors on custom JC Designs carbon fibre baseplates.
· Custom JC Designs carbon fibre lanking panels.

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

I've got a fair few photos and onboard videos that I need to post up.

[Tristan]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Almost sad to see you part with it! But Can't wait to see your new build . If you were doing it all again with that body/chassis/drivetrain , would you change much?

[team_zi]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

770kg, that surprises me. Was that with you in the car?

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Almost sad to see you part with it! But Can't wait to see your new build . If you were doing it all again with that body/chassis/drivetrain , would you change much?

As with any build you learn alot along the way, if I was to do it again there probably isnt much that I wouldnt do differently to make it even better!

770kg, that surprises me. Was that with you in the car?

770kgs dry. Minimum fluids bring it up to just under 780kgs. I weigh ~70kgs kitted up, so running weight of ~850kgs.

Remember that was with all the glass fitted and all steel panels. With some composite panels and poly windows you could easily be looking at low 700kgs, not a bad weight for such a "modern car"!

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Few pictures of her in action this year

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Few pictures of the Quaife kit I put in mid season:

[jason33]

Re: Ford Fiesta Race Car

Few more