Mk1 XR2 Janspeed Turbo

[benjfrst]

Janspeed turbo converted crossflow, 4 speed box with series 1 viscous LSD, bilstein gas shocks, polybushed, rs accersories side skirts, and roof spoiler, 14" rs seven spokes, braided hoses, grooved discs green stuff pads, mroe when i remember!

Then - 2003









Then - 2007















Now and future to be updated...

Edited by benjfrst on Monday 4th June 07:55

[rhinochopig]

Should be an interesting thread. However, you have to lose the 14" wheels and stick with the 'pots. On anything else they just look wrong.

[stevenr]

I think it looks better on the 7 spokes than the pots.looking forward to reading the future bit

[E30M3SE]

^^^^^^

[benjfrst]

i love mk1's but hate the pepperpots always have, i may put the the rs 7's on my mk3. I quite like this look...




its not a standard car i dont think standard rims would do it justice

[rhinochopig]

benjfrst said:

i love mk1's but hate the pepperpots always have, i may put the the rs 7's on my mk3. I quite like this look...




its not a standard car i dont think standard rims would do it justice

It's their size that I think looks wrong. If you do change them, I'd stick with the original diameter.

[benjfrst]

i like them but i want to keep the car on 14's maybe even 15's its already geared to low, its on full boost in 4th at 65mph

Edited by benjfrst on Monday 4th June 07:54

[Baryonyx]

benjfrst said:

i love mk1's but hate the pepperpots always have, i may put the the rs 7's on my mk3. I quite like this look...




its not a standard car i dont think standard rims would do it justice

I'm not a fan of this "superchav" look. The Pepperpots have always impressed me, they're some of my favourite alloys.

[Megaflow]

Oh, looking forward to this...

[Marlin45]

Retro 'tastic

Reminds me of my XR2 MK2 'fleet'. Over 5 years I had three....

1988 Spanky new in red - lasted 3 months then nicked
1988 Spanky new in met blue - lasted 11 months then had to give it back when I left my then job
1989 6 month old in black - kept that one 6 years depite stolen recovered once then attempted theft twice

Always fancied a MK1 but sans tin worm!

Good luck with the project

[poo at Paul's]

If you dont like the pepperpots, here are two great ideas!

i use the ford RS wheels, 7 spokes, but use the capri i Special ones on the rear (7j lower ofset so fill the arches really well!)

Or, 2, use Minlight / Superlight styles. A guy near me has a mk2 xr2 with superlights in 13 inch but like 7.5j and they look awesome on it!

[Waynester]

Nice, love the mk 1 XR2, I had a blue one back in '94...loved it.

I fitted a Peco exhaust which gave it a nice raspy sound.

Sorry, pepperpots for me on the mk 1, anything else don't look right, but I'm a sucker for originality!

[thetapeworm]

benjfrst said:

i love mk1's but hate the pepperpots always have, i may put the the rs 7's on my mk3. I quite like this look...




its not a standard car i dont think standard rims would do it justice

I feel dirty for saying this but I really like that look, it's wrong but somehow it works.

I've always thought it would be nice if someone would do OEM style wheels for the old Fords but a couple of inches bigger.

[davepoth]

benjfrst said:

i like them but i want to keep the car on 14's maybe even 15's its already geared to low, its on boost in 4th at 65mph

that might sound strange i should explain this is a very old school turbo set up with huge lag and on off operation, its no VAG 1.8t! it quickly overheats when cruising on boost

Edited by benjfrst on Thursday 7th April 15:52

Get a better radiator, possibly an oil cooler too. Maybe even an intercooler for the turbo.

[Beedub]

lovely lovely car please get it back to the condition it deserves!! awesome project!!

[Roop]

Any chance of a sneaky intercooler finding it's way in there...? Charge temps must be horrendous after a bit of stick...!

[Mastodon2]

davepoth said:

Get a better radiator, possibly an oil cooler too. Maybe even an intercooler for the turbo.

This sounds like a good shout. Should improve the lifespan of the engine and turbo considerably too, overheating just from cruising sounds like no fun at all!

[MarvinManUK]

Oh my. . .

It's certainly been a while since I last saw that car. I my interest for cars was pretty much started by this car. . along with Huw's previous obsession with Fiesta's!

It's definitely nice to see that it still lives on today and not in a scrap yard, sadly where most MK1 Fiesta's have been sent to.

Best of luck Ben and keep us updated on the progress. I'd love to see this car again, so many memories!




P.S. If you decide to sell. . . .

[wackojacko]

bet it's pretty stout the NA versions wern't slow by it's age standards.

[northandy]

I love these, used to own a mk1 supersport.