Well after having some fun removing the engine from the KA on saturday, see here https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=305545 and Rich requiring a gearbox from the KA we decided to get my brother Chris out of bed early this morning (9.30) and swap the engines over on his 2 sierras.

Chris has an XR4x4 tt270 that has a decent engine in it but has some bodywork and paintwork issues, he also has a DOHC saff that looks a bit like a cossie with a poorly engine so we decided that we would swap them over. Hopefully this will be the start of a decent rebuild thread on the saff.
XR4x4





B9KOS Drinking tea just after he arrived, 1 hour late



Pulling it apart



on the floor





Look a turbo



and now back outside without its engine







Next we moved onto removing the engine from the saff, we work going so fast at this stage that we forgot to take a pic of the saff at the start.







Two empty sierra bays, well empty except for some goons



DOHC engine back in the xr just to keep it rolling until it gets stripped and scrapped



getting ready to re fit the v6 in the saff





And its in



Engines swapped, it took us about 5 hours but they arent running yet



We will be pulling the xr apart over the coming week and I will be sticking bits and bobs up for sale so if anyone needs anything give me a shout.

Next step is to swap the rear beams and fuel tanks over and get the saff running

 

Tut tut lads,no safety footwear Good going though guys.

 

I had my steelies on mate

 

oh forgot to mention, the mt75 2wd box out of the dohc saff is going to be used for the KA, I beleive rich has plans to have it converted to a sequential mullett

 

Good work lads

 

a good days work thanks for your help and the kick up the ass i needed to get this project moving again

 

Glad to help mate

Now get off the computer and get the red one stripped

I'm sure someone must want a genuine 3dr bodykit, bonnet and bumpers Even if the front bumper is a fibreglass RS500 style one

 

good work lads. fast as fuck

 

You had a blinding day weather wise for it.

 

ok now trev has got the ball rolling i thought i would add some general pics of the car and a few bits i have to fit




need to upgrade the standard brakes hope these will do the trick 320mm discs focus RS callipers and 4x4 saph cos brakes for the back

 

you need to get your signature changed chris

 

i will be cracking on with the red on tomorrow as long as the weather holds!

 

Stucos off here was looking for an rs 500 bumper richie.

 

Cossie or not that looks stunning!

Good work lads!

 

The weather held, so where's the update on todays work?

 

thanks will try and get some updates done as we progress