mcjacko1987 Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Been quiet on here lately. Nothing new to report really. Car had a bit of a bleed last week. Had a really bad oil leak. Well to start off I've got a suspected wheel bearing on way out and I jacked the car up to check. Upon doing so noticed the under tray was soaked. So got it off and there was one hell of an oil leak. I had an operation the day after and been unable to touch the car since. However upon having a few mates look and looking up on the net and advice on facebook at common places where they leak it looked to be the turbo oil return pipe gasket. So I went and bought the gasket, also car was due a service so oil and filter bought too. So had some mates come again to change it but after cleaning it up just to try and trace the leak a bit better it was looking to be more the sump gasket. Anyways they went and with the next car show just around the corner I thought instead of playing guessing games and changing one thing and another I got it to my tuner. Went in yesterday. Turned out it was the seal on the turbo oil return pipe. So could have saved myself an hour and a half in labour charges if my mates had just changed the seal lol. But knowing my luck if they changed it, it wouldn't have been that. But still at least she is sorted. She's dirty at the min though as I'm still recovering from the op 2 weeks ago. Hopefully I'll be good enough to clean before Sundays show at santa pod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Oh yeah got myself a bonnet show bar from bespoked When I found her wound And in at the tuners That's it for now. Next mods are stage 4 intercooler, front mount oil cooler, BC coilovers, and a diff. As and when these will happen I don't know. Intercooler definatly next as my stage 1 cooler is no good for the power I'm running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 More pics as you know I love them lol. Some ford fest prep: The wife touching up the wheels when we got on stand And as I camped that's the only pic I took on the day then my phone died lol. Luckily though I had people send me some over Facebook Entry pic And some more over Facebook Bit of a pointless one but went blackpool last night to see the lights and someone spotted me lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Not posted on here for a long time. Couple of minor changes since pod. The Shropshire st owners club sticker on the slam pannel cover has now been replaced but with a white version. Does look better. Went to the wrc in Wales at cholmondeley castle and had FroSTy on display there. Never have I seen a car get so much attention as she did there. It was amazing. However.... On the way in there we where driving on a grass track to get to the parking location. Then there was a concrete bridge section. I thought I would struggle to get on there but got on there fine. But coming off it back onto the grass there was a big bang. Then loads of knocking and scraping noise. Straight away I knew what it was. So proceed to our stand and parked up. Driving past the subaru lot they where saying sounds like his suspension is gone lol, but as I thought, when we stopped I had a look and yup, I'd lost my splitter it had completely snapped off on one side, somehow folded under the car (still attached to the other side) and was knocking all the way. Managed to jack the car up and rip it off, hid the damage (parts of splitter left on the bumper) with grass haha. When I went and had a look at the bride, where we came back onto the grass there was a dip and in that dip was a big hidden rock, guess that's what took it out. Anyways even though that happened I wasn't to fussed, the attention the car was getting and with FroSTy being admired so much it completely took my mind off it. Anyways I now have a replacement one on there. Exactly the same splitter, however this one is colour coded and to be fair I think it looks a lot better. I'll post some pics in a min. Also (I'm not keen on them) I have fitted some bonnet spacers. I felt like I needed to do something about under bonnet Temps, and until I get vents fitted I've put temporary spacers on there. Don't get me wrong at a certain angle they look spot on. But I honestly ain't keen on them. They do spoil the car. But they are doing there job, it surprised me how well they actually work, can feel the heat escaping out near the scuttle pannel a lot more and Temps in the bay itself doesn't feel as warm. But soon as I get vents, they will be going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Been in performance ford mag again. Charity event at blueprint which was covered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 At wrc and the damage. The bonnet spacers ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Oh also I made myself some vinyl under bonnet plates. Which I've also sold a few sets too now You can also see the white st rs shropshire owners sticker in white like I mentioned on this pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 And a pic of the new splitter. And this is the angle I was referring too where I said the bonnet spacers actually look good lol. Every other angle they look shocking haha And 2 more random pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Oh and I was asked a few times on my YouTube channel to do another walk around on my car. So I've done one. With a few extra clips in there https://youtu.be/ONSG4tHIQMM Some mobiles and tabs you need to put onto desktop mode to view it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Always good to see update on frosty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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