Hi, and welcome to my first project thread!, i have done several homebrew turbo projects before, all running megasquirt, all built and mapped by me, but ive been out of touch for the past year or so due to buying a house and moving etc. So when the chance came i decided to buy a sierra sapphire, as ive always fanncied one, Not wanting to buy a cosworth as A, they are too dear and B, i wanted to build my own project, to be a little different. Plus the fun for me is in the build, using your imagination as to what different bits i can use for the project from various other manufacturers etc.
This project is never going to be concours or the fastest thing in the world, but it will not cost the earth and i will certainly enjoy building it! So please enjoy my thread for what it is and not how much it cost. I will try to do all the work myself (painting, mechanics, welding etc) but if i enlist the help of a mate i will happily mention them.
So the plan is as follows... Sierra sapphire 1.8 glx, going to be converted to v6 cosworth turbo, rwd, cosworth rear running gear, megasquirt efi engine management, bodywork restoration, including full respray in mallrd green (anyone ever seen a mallard saff?). Looking for around 300 bhp, at about 7psi of boost, safe as houses and reliable and very torquey on and off boost.