im new on dis but i just bought myself an 1.8td sierra an i want to make the 1.8td faster or an engine swap.any ideas or advise.an will a diff from a petrol give it more sideways ablity.?thanks in advance.

 

if its sideways you want, you need a limited slip diff or a welded one, changing the ratio wont make a great deal of difference.

 

but the engine is pretty slow an not anof power to go sideways with a lsd.would a petrol one give more torque?

 

If you want a cheap engine thats good for drifting, get a 24V granada lump

 

wat size engine is it diesel.i was looking for a fast turbo diesel engine just to be diffrent from the rest of the rwd's about my town.

 

i was thinking of a 2.5td omega engine does anybody no if this would be a tricky engine swap?

 

the 24v is the way to go put one in my capri with 100 shot of nos free flow exhaust all i did with the engine was change the oil regular made 217 bhp standard 332 with the nos and anough tourqe to blow a set of new tyres in afternoon of fun. still going three years on.
if you get the doner car its all a straight swap

 

free upgrade with a good set of tools, i know this wont give a massive hike in power but try turning the turbo up by winding the actuator rod in by 360 degrees and turn up the boost fueling on the pump

 

No its not an easy conversion really, why not just drift the omega instead if you want a better engine?

 

You can tweak the pump mixture and up the boost a wee bit, have a look through a mondeo forum the Mk1s use the same engine so mods are very similar
A nice exhast will make a bit of differance, check out the sierra owners club forum, a member on ther has a tweaked turbo diesel saph