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[Beetlejuice]

Hi all. Been lurking on here for some time, but this is my first post I believe.

Should be picking an ek9 up on Monday, so will likely start frequenting this forum more often. I've been after a fun toy as a stop gap while my other car is in bits and an ek9 seems to fit the bill perfectly.


Sam

 

[DOSvtec]

Welcome to the forum

 

[jesse888]

Welcome, what's the other car for the ek9 to be a fun toy?

 

[Beetlejuice]

Thanks guys. I have a mk1 mx-5 as a runabout, but I guess the one you'd be more interested in would be this:

 

[jesse888]

Is that an evo engined fiesta? Lol
Can't quite put my finger on it, looks like a fiesta from the headlight.

 

[elchunk]

Is that an evo engined fiesta? Lol
Can't quite put my finger on it, looks like a fiesta from the headlight.

yea, looks like a fiesta to me. Props to the op for putting an evo engine in there!

 

[jesse888]

Fiesta FQ beats ST for me lol

 

[Beetlejuice]

Aye that's it. Been my labour of love for the last 18 months. I don't get much time to work on it lately, but it's come a long way in that time.

Here's a few more pics:

 

[elchunk]

Dam that a tight fit! Should be mega fun when you get it going. What you planning on doing with it? rally, autocross?

 

[jesse888]

Holy ****! Some nice work there mate.

 

[Beetlejuice]

Thanks. It'll be used for sprints/hillclimbs more than anything. Recent rule changes would have made it illegal for rallying anyway.

 

[juanv6]

That thing should fly, looks awesome!

 

[Beetlejuice]

Collected my ek9 today:








Did have a bit of an incident on the way home though - caught a kerb and damaged the carbon splitter. It was already badly cracked, so no gonna lose any sleep over it, but it definitely wants replacing now!
Ideally I'd like to replace the whole front bumper as somebody has butchered it to fit fog lights and I'd rather it looked oem.