this is my 3 door twin turbo that some of you will have seen before and that i almost let die.

how she looked when i used her every day and on track.









what i found when i put her of the road after 4 years of hard use. whole front end rotten









new ford front end had to go on







inner sill repaired



outer sill fitted



twin turbo lump that was removed



how she sits in my garage today, looking sorry for herself.


just couldn't bring myself to cut her up for bits.

so to the track she will go. lots of work still to do. will have to sorce some parts i've let go as well

will keep you posted on progress. lots of long nights a head.

cheeRS john

 

this is the kit thats to be fitted

cheeRS john

 

I love twin turbo'd sierra,s!!

 

NICE ONE MATEY,WHENS THIS GOING TO BE FINISHED
WHEN WE DOING THIS 2.0 ZETEC CONVERSION TO THE RS

 

Good luck with it mate

Steve

 

I hope you still have this cause in your siggy it says gone but not forgotten.

 

yep had a change of hart. just couldn't bring myself to get rid of it. sold a lot of the cosworth bits and bobs. but it's just going to be for track this time. will have to change my sig.

cheeRS john

 

got a new engine for it at the weekend, now i've got all this to sort and wire up.

cheeRS john

 

thunder saloon,awsome mate.are you usin standard cossie bumpers or you got others lined up?
what did u do with the other bodykit?

 

3 door kit sold and sent to spain. standard cossie bumpers getting used.

a few pics of the weekends work.

my mates painting the front inner wings



got the kit fitted on





cheeRS john

 

nice project!!!
what engine you will use?
same spec twin turbo or you will go to cosworth?

 

no not putting the v6 back it, thought of yb, but far to expensive. event the v6 cosworth is getting to expensive to do. i've got an engine, not even a ford one. a bit out of the ordinary, keep a wee eye on the thread.

cheeRS john

 

finally got some time to do some more work to the 3 door

dropped the rear end off to change all the bushes.


some rot roung the inner arch at filler neck.


all repaired


arch cut away, welded up, sealed and shootzed under kit.


kit fitted to drivers side



cheeRS john

 

started to smooth the kit in today.





couldn't resist putting some paint on see how it looks. still lots of work to be done.







cheeRS john

 

looking good mate keep up the good work

 

looking good fella,

is that the thunder saloon kit or just a slightly widebody kit ?

 

it is the kit that was on most of the thunder saloons. not as wide as the x pack kit the smith and deakin sell. going to be realy had to find a set of wheels to fill the arches. put a set of 7' wide 17s on it just to see what it was like. looked like there was no wheels on it.

cheeRS john

 

Cool - thundersaloon kit!

 

had a wee play on photoshop some ideas of colour. what do you's think.
the car is white so this would be easy.

dark green

blue

red

yellow

orange

rs green

:feedback:
cheeRS john

 

I like the white tbh, good to see another old Ford getting some love anyway

 

in white fella only a bellend would do it yellow

love the thundersaloon look

 

white!!!

 

great thread somthing different too what engine have you decided on then????

 

keeping that under my hat for the moment. but it's an engine thats cheep to buy easy to get and easy to get power from. but not going to be easy to fit and wire up.

cheeRS john

 

Can show you blue.

 

you got any more pics of that?

cheeRS john

 

are you refitting the same engine?

 

Somewhere, but she dosnt look anthing like that any more as she's being restored to her original look. Under all those cossie add ons is one of the first rally sierras.

 

Looking good,


Red or yellow imo.

 

no got something a wee bit diferant to go in. not letting it out of the hat yet. but keep a wee eye on this, should be in soon.

if you could post some more pics that would be great.

cheeRS john

 

this is the loom to go with the engine to go in. i know how to make things hard for myself.



cheeRS john

 

Managed to get the o/s rear part of the kit smoothed in & in high build.







Let's hope I can get this pushed on now.

CheeRS John

 

Looking good fela keep the updates coming

 

Good work there

Will be Interested in the resto as I have a White 3dr track car to do aswell

 

Not been on here for ages. Sorted my garage a wee bit to get the car back in the other week after finishing my mates S2.

From this


To this. Week lick of paint & moved compressor to give me more room.


Car in & on boggies to move about.


Painted inside and fitted cage.


Fitted seats.


Picked these up for it.




Just nice to get started on it again.

CheeRS John.

 

cool project.

 

Cleaned up, preped the underside. Painted a more manageable colour.









Coilovers fitted





Rear strutbrace painted



Fitted



CheeRS John

 

Decided to keep things simple and put a yb in.







Rad, intercooler and most of the pipes fitted.


CheeRS John

 

Looking good

Have you got a date you want it finished?

 

Must be done for the west of Scotland rsoc regional day at kames on the 3rd of June. There is a £40 bet on this year & I'm determined not to loose it. Was ment to be there the last 2 years. Around 10 years since I last drove it.