T0M HV

Hey guys,

New member from Wickford, been in the Ford scene pretty much my whole life but decided to go against the trend and come to the "dark side" lol..

Bought myself a 1997 Catalunya Edition No.122, pretty much standard except later scooby wheels, think they are the blob eye ones, stickered up, induction kit, baileys DV and a Haywood and Scott system...

Goes nicley, and ticks all the boxes. Must say i am very impressed. Doesnt blow your head off yet, but its not running big bhp.. but love the feel and confidence the car induces when driving...



Few little pics i have..

Sorry they are mostly ****e as i only got it last week...




















Plans:

Im going to be removing the green stickers and replacing them with matt black ones, few bits of carbon fibre and some new satin black wheels, a huge detailing session all over to remove some swirls and blemishes, engine bay needs a right going over, will be buying new bottles, parts etc and hammeriting other bits.... and that will do me nicley for the time being.. going for a stealthy, night crawler..




Any help, advice, ideas you have would be great... and point me in the right direction to some meets...

cheers

Tom

Suberman

Hi Tom, Welcome to SN! Nice car you got yourself. Always a fan of these special edition models.

I'd lose the stickers if i were you (stickers are not my thing) and keep the black on silver look or black on gold, not a big fan of black on black. But thats me.

I'm sure with alittle do over, it should look

m@t STImulation

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looks like you have the right idea tidy it up need some work like you said under the bonnet.

as above loose those stickers all-together will look 100 times nicer!!!
would be nice to see a special edition get revived.

T0M HV

Thanks mate..

Yeh, im going to take the stickers off and go from there, might drive it around naked for a while..

I'm just worried about any paint fade, as i dont know how long the stickers have been on there and what the paint condition is like underneath..

Hopefully it wont be too bad, and will come out with a light abrasive machine polish, and a good wax and seal..

Yeh im not going to be running huge power with this, wouldnt mind cracking the 300 mark, then leave it at that but i wont be chasing figures, just whatever i feel...

Yeh as above, i need to see the paint condition and go from there, as i really cant be funding a respray at the moment, if i do get matt black stickers, they will only be temporary to hideanything underneath until i get a respray.. we shall see

Yeh hopefully i can get it up to a fairly good standard in terms of detailing, i work in London during the week so its a complete weekend toy.. needs a little bit of trim here and there and i just generally want to put my mark on it..

T0M HV

Can you sugguest any decent wheels at all..?? they are 17's at the moment which look a little bits to big, maybe an inch i rekon..

im thinking 16's..

wrx287

iTrader: (8)

Nice car. Be prepared when you take the stickers off though as there is a good chance some paint will come away aswell.

rapid.STI

iTrader: (5)

hi and welcome

T0M HV

thanks mate.. yeh that again is the other thing im worried about... just going to get her inside in the warm, and use a heat gun to loosen them as much as possible..

then hopefully just take my time, and buff out any residue left...

Suberman

Millenium Revolution if you are willing to shell out.


Thanks to mr.sheen for the use of his car.

Those are 18s if i'm not wrong. 17s are probably the best balance between looks and handling me thinks.

16s on a classic

T0M HV

thanks pal, appreciate that...

IMO, the 18's are far too big, they look way out of proportion.. i had revolutions on my old fiesta so was looking for something different.. ill have a browse..

but then the 16's are too small.. might just stick with the 17's then, and just get a new design..

m@t STImulation

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17 's are ideal i had 16 and prefer the 17's. good luck with the sticker removal, know what you mean about paint fade mines red pmsl
as for the 300 mark it is quite reasonable money. bug eye tmic will giveyou more than enough cooling, 440cc injecters, fule pump, and remap. jollygreenmonster is the man to see for the mapping IMO, lots of us use him, service second to none

scott64

nice classic mate

Carlh

Bah-humbug. Listen, if you <like> your stickies, keep em, if you dont, get rid. Everyone has opinions on what <they> like. Stickies are like marmite, either you love em or hate them.

BTW, Welcome to ScoobyNet and dont forget to give other scoob drivers a wave - you'll probably get one back.

T0M HV

well said.. lol..

well i really want to put matt or satin black graphics on it, give that a go... then go from there..

then get some black or anthracite wheels to finish off the dark theme..

STI Glenn

Looks nice anthracite roto grids or ppf7 would look nice

martin850

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Looks like a nice project you have got there mate, look forward to seeing how you get on

The Stitcher

iTrader: (12)

nice to see another catalunya on here and it looks a nice one too

T0M HV

cheers for the comments chaps

yeh ive been into Fords from my dad and granddad since I was born… its quite a particular scene I must admit..

Yeh I love the stickered up look, just deciding what to go for, I definitely want stickers. Im having a play on photoshop and a few things to get an idea.

One of the best ones ive done has been completely black, with big fluro pink DCSHOECO stickers down the side/rear quarters and fluro pink wheels… kind of 6 spoke aggressive fitment wheels..

IMO looks the ****..

So might get those made up and see..

Martin 2010

iTrader: (9)

Hi mate and welcome to sn, get joined to esc, personally im not a fan of all the stickers but its ur car . as i wouldnt go for smaller wheels id stay with 17s as previously said thy are just right for blanace of looks and performance. plus if your going to be pushin 300 horses your going to want some good brakes and im not sure if 4pots fit under the 16's, im running 327bhp and wudnt want nething less than 4pots but u might already have them i dnt know a lot about them tbh.

T0M HV

looks something like this.. but obviosuly on a black classic shape..

love the stickers and the wheels and this is what ill be aiming for exterior wise... including the sunstrip and small stickers around it..

Carlh

you wont have problems finding it in the car park bud sweeeeet.

T0M HV

ha ha, hopefully not...

loud and proud..

T0M HV

Just bought a boost gauge and a de-cat up pipe from Japspeed..

anyone know if i can get a screamer pipe..?? and where it fits... am i rite in thinking i can fit one while i fit the de-cat pipe..?? i know they do universal ones on ebay etc..

anyone share any light..??

djandyg

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Glad to see you over on here at last mate :thumbsup:
are you referring to an external screamer?
BTW, have a read up about the restrictor pill before you fit the boost gauge as it would seem a lot of people have unknowingly removed this when replacing tubing sections whilst fitting things like boost gauges, then find they have low boost after!

Are you remapping at the same time as fitting the de cat? (you dont want overboost..)

T0M HV

ANDY..!!!

Yeh I had to come over here after all your advise mate.. thanks a lot for that… yeh I am referring to an external screamer pipe mate, you know the ones mounted coming of the side of the down pipe near the wastegate..??



I ‘T’ pieced the pipe that goes to the dump valve, run it along the back of the engine through the bulk head and got it temporarily mounted in the little grab tray down in the dash. Just waiting for my a pillar pod to come through.. running just over a bar, going up to about 18psi if its under load etc. That about right..??

Looks like this..




Also spent a few evening taking stickers off

Still need to do the door stack and the ones down the side, but done all the rears and fronts…

T0M HV

Oh and yes mate… going to take it off the road at the start of next year for a month or so, get it fully de-cat, manifold, sort a proper induction kit out, FMIC and get it all mapped in...

Then leave it at that on the performance front..

JonMc

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Looks tidy, good choice

T0M HV

cheers mate.. will be nice once ive got the stickers off.. will leave me with a blank canvass to put some new ones on..

saturday morning i will be borrowing a heat gun from a friend of mine, then taking the side stickers off and giving it a good polish..

Plans for xmas holidays, providing im not working in between will be spraying a few engine bay bits and reconditoning them in cracked black...

djandyg

iTrader: (2)

Good stuff, theres plenty of people on here that offer sound advice! there was a guy on here that made his own screamer pipe - ill see if i can find the thread, looked like major effort tho lol.
Hows the paintwork under the stickers holding up?

The Stitcher

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if you do the modz you will need to change the ecu to an aftermarket one like an apexi power fc etc.. as the standard ecu can't be mapped on this year of car

hope this helps