Fisher Fury, impuse buy!
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Cheers for the replies guys. It's definitely food for thought.
Itbs and standalone management would be nice as then I can get rid of all the snakes wedding of hoes and cables. Be much cleaner install.
The plan for now is to use it see how it actually runs. And see what else is bodged to buggery on it.
This should do for now, it's Abit farmyard. At least I won't damage the cable or throttle linkage by pressing to hard now.
The car has drum brakes on the rear and uses a ford master cylinder without out any bias adjustment. So I can see that I'm going to want rear discs and then a bias box.
Not that I have anything against drum brakes on a car of this weight. It's more getting hold of pads/shoes that will cope on track. Discs gives me lots more options.
Itbs and standalone management would be nice as then I can get rid of all the snakes wedding of hoes and cables. Be much cleaner install.
The plan for now is to use it see how it actually runs. And see what else is bodged to buggery on it.
This should do for now, it's Abit farmyard. At least I won't damage the cable or throttle linkage by pressing to hard now.
The car has drum brakes on the rear and uses a ford master cylinder without out any bias adjustment. So I can see that I'm going to want rear discs and then a bias box.
Not that I have anything against drum brakes on a car of this weight. It's more getting hold of pads/shoes that will cope on track. Discs gives me lots more options.
poppopbangbang said:
Furys are awesome and this is an awesome choice!
How keen are you on moving which side the exhaust comes out of? A 1.6 Ecoboost can be had for sub 1500 quid with everything and SCS do an ECU and wiring loom kit that means it'll pretty much just run.....
I guess if I do decide to wrap it. Then not too fussed. The only major for me is most the time it will be me, on my todd so having a hot exhaust next to me in the summer won't be ideal.How keen are you on moving which side the exhaust comes out of? A 1.6 Ecoboost can be had for sub 1500 quid with everything and SCS do an ECU and wiring loom kit that means it'll pretty much just run.....
Also if this is a low compression turbo engine, (it has a turbo manifold) then the cheapest fix is to just boost it. But it's not really in keeping with what I want from it. I think it wants to be high reving NA goodness on.
Edited by Zephyr Speedshop on Saturday 9th September 15:17
Yazza54 said:
Great cars, I had an R1 engined IRS version years back. It's got the right bonnet on it too, the later style is nowhere near as pretty.
Wicked! Yeah I hate that leman bonnet they have done. It's looks all wrong. But then I guess they have don it for the racing and engine choices. I like the aero covers for the lights. Not seen that before
, but I need to be sensible and just wait. Just the drive home in traffic was mega. It's a riot to drive. Zephyr Speedshop said:
Yazza54 said:
Great cars, I had an R1 engined IRS version years back. It's got the right bonnet on it too, the later style is nowhere near as pretty.
Wicked! Yeah I hate that leman bonnet they have done. It's looks all wrong. But then I guess they have don it for the racing and engine choices. I like the aero covers for the lights. Not seen that before
Yeah the lemans bonnet is bad aids
unsprung said:
Zephyr Speedshop said:
Love the side-exit exhaust.Looks like bags of fun, this car.
When you get it the way you like it, post a video with appropriate revs. Or inappropriate revs.
, I've got a trackday booked at Anglsea in November. There's no way I'd drive this up there. That's will be the 208. But hopefully, once I have it reliable. I'll definitely take it to brands maybe thruxton or Goodwood but there not great tracks for it. Think I'll be pinned most the way around. I had one , factory made with a fireblade engine .Years ago, it was green and I used to hunt supercars on the dual carriageway near my house . This was 20 odd years ago . From roundabout to roundabout it would beat almost anything I met up to about 90 mph.
Could not play that game now . But I am glad I did .
Could not play that game now . But I am glad I did .
FWIW Fiat made that twin-cam engine with 1,438cc, 1,592cc, 1608cc, 1756cc or 1995cc, plus a 1,300cc version for the Lancia Beta Coupe. Power was anything between 80bhp and 118bhp IIRC.
Until Lancia got the 16 valve version and stuck a Turbo on in the Integrale, or put a Turbo on the 1.6 in the Delta HF.
So plenty of choice!
Until Lancia got the 16 valve version and stuck a Turbo on in the Integrale, or put a Turbo on the 1.6 in the Delta HF.
So plenty of choice!
Dr G said:
That's going to be brilliant fun - even more so if you can enjoy it with your daughter. I'm quite jealous.
Probably not a car that needs or would greatly benefit from 200BHP, although the noise/revs from that with carbs (or even better throttle bodies) would be spectacular.
This is the first none she's got properly frothy forProbably not a car that needs or would greatly benefit from 200BHP, although the noise/revs from that with carbs (or even better throttle bodies) would be spectacular.
Don't get me wrong she's been interested but this one seems to have clicked. It's probably the size is less intimidating.
Although apparently it's to loud
I do plan on addressing it as it does seem mega loud l. Although they mrs thinks it's about the same as the ,,205alan-87 said:
Love a fury. Mine had a 1400 K series but I ran out of talent taking it apart to fit a KLDE V6 engine and Mx5 gearbox so ended up selling in many bits!
Here's a pic in the ferry queue to Le Mans before I decided to start spannering though!
And one before I realised I'd got too deep
Dude you gotta stick with it, everything I've learnt about spannering has been from fHere's a pic in the ferry queue to Le Mans before I decided to start spannering though!
And one before I realised I'd got too deep
king up or you tube. Honestly I've not censored my other builds there's plenty of fkups. My mottos/headspace is always 'someone built it' so as long as that is your attitude you can do it or reverse engineer it, and adapted to suite.
Should add yours is the nicest looking le mans bonnet I've seen did younweak it as it seems to flow/fit better?
Oh and I can't believe know one has mentioned it the Te37 reps are fking disgusting. As soon as I can will be loosing them. Any suggestions? I'm thinking revolution or miniltes ? I'd go force racing bit not sure I can justify the spend. And apparently they need to be nannied to say looking goodmc
king disgusting. As soon as I can will be loosing them. Any suggestions? I'm thinking revolution or miniltes ? I'd go force racing bit not sure I can justify the spend. And apparently they need to be nannied to say looking goodmcThose photos were 10 years ago, so no chance of going back now. 🤣
No tweaking from my end, that was how it came when I bought it - I added the stickers though for le mans.. It was a homage to the beechdean racing Nigel mansell car at the time.
When I took it apart I also bough a new body. I can't remember what / who made it but it was a widebody... think it would have looked excellent. But cest la vie... plenty of other toys have been had since!
Couple more pics of mine, pre dismantle... interior and original K series lump... I'll stop high jacking the thread now.
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No tweaking from my end, that was how it came when I bought it - I added the stickers though for le mans.. It was a homage to the beechdean racing Nigel mansell car at the time.
When I took it apart I also bough a new body. I can't remember what / who made it but it was a widebody... think it would have looked excellent. But cest la vie... plenty of other toys have been had since!
Couple more pics of mine, pre dismantle... interior and original K series lump... I'll stop high jacking the thread now.
[url]|https://thumbsnap.com/KD7H1VcS[/url]That looks lovely! Long-standing Jeremy Philips fanboi and serial Sylva owner here (currently a J15 - previously owned a Striker Clubman/Phoenix).
Personally, I'm another vote for retaining the Fiat Twin Cam - they're a nice engine, much more 'class' than anything from Ford (you can't claim Aurelio Lampredi provenance for a Zetec!).
IIRC, I think you'll find that the Zetec needs a bigger bonnet bulge on that model of Fury (along with the headlamp height, one of the reasons they moved to the 'le Mans' bonnet style, though they later did a 'traditional' bonnet with a bigger bulge - as pictured on Yazza's car, above).
I'm not anti-rotary, but bear in mind that those people who have fitted them to Sylvas have often struggled with noise limits, if you're thinking of doing track days.
Personally, I'm another vote for retaining the Fiat Twin Cam - they're a nice engine, much more 'class' than anything from Ford (you can't claim Aurelio Lampredi provenance for a Zetec!).
IIRC, I think you'll find that the Zetec needs a bigger bonnet bulge on that model of Fury (along with the headlamp height, one of the reasons they moved to the 'le Mans' bonnet style, though they later did a 'traditional' bonnet with a bigger bulge - as pictured on Yazza's car, above).
I'm not anti-rotary, but bear in mind that those people who have fitted them to Sylvas have often struggled with noise limits, if you're thinking of doing track days.
Edited by Equus on Saturday 9th September 23:32
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