Welcome to my project thread.



This my track car.
The spec should be;
200 bhp pinto,
330mm front brakes with ap 4 pots
909 coilovers,
rose jointed rear beam,
17" imolas with kuhmo rally tyres (not road legal),
roll cage,
Cobra monaco buckets with harnesses,
fully stripped out no sunroof base model shell,
polycarb windows etc. etc.
However, money is tight due to a lack of work so the cage, coilovers and beam are up for sale. But the car is booked on at oulton park on the 6th of november so it will be done one way or the other.
I will be getting on with it this week.

 

i like the look that mate

 

looking forward to watching this thread Good luck with it m8

 

Makes a change from all the cossie's/reps i think!

 

my old man had one like that years ago looking good m8

 

not often you see a 5dr mk1 sierra - love it

 

Thats the one mate. Plate for sale as well if anyones interested.

 

Well, i have been down to my mates today to make a start on finally getting the car ready for oulton park next saturday.

Here she is on the ramp.

Xr4x4 rear beam with solid beam mounts.
Front brakes using 4 pot AP's/focus rs discs
From this

To this

Side by side

Also with a bit of these

Should stop a bit better now

17's only from now on!

And the heart of the beast.

 

great car mate

what hubs do u have on at the front?

 

Just waiting on some granada cossie hubs so i can fit my 909 coilovers, as i have had no interest in the for sale section.

 

did u use the xr4x4 hub with the frs disc and ap 4 pot in the above pics????

 

No, it is the original 1.6 base model setup.

 

Been trying to locate some pads for the AP's, anyway managed to find out what other cars have the same fitment pad;

MakeModelEngineYearPosition
OE SystemAC Cobra 212 3.5 Twin Turbo 2001-2002 Front Brake Pads

AC Cobra CRS 4.9 2000-2002 Front Brake Pads

AC Superblower 4.9 Supercharged 1997-2002 Front Brake Pads

ASTON MARTIN Vantage 5.3 (solid rear disc) 1993-1997 Front Brake Pads

ASTON MARTIN Vantage 5.3 (vented rear disc) 1993-1997 Front Brake Pads

ASTON MARTIN Virage 5.3 (solid rear disc) 1993-> Front Brake Pads

ASTON MARTIN Virage 5.3 (vented rear disc) 1993-> Front Brake Pads

ASTON MARTIN Volante 5.3 1993-> Front Brake Pads

JAGUAR XJ220 3.5 Twin Turbo 1988-> Front Brake Pads

JAGUAR XJ220 3.5 Twin Turbo 1988-> Rear Brake Pads

LOTUS Esprit 3.5 V8 Turbo (AP) 2000-2004 Front Brake Pads

LOTUS Esprit 350 3.5 V8 Turbo 1999-2001 Front Brake Pads

LOTUS Esprit Sport 300 2.2 Turbo 1992-1995 Front Brake Pads

NOBLE M12 GTO 2.6 Twin Turbo 1999-2002 Front Brake Pads

TVR Cerbera 4.0 (Speed Six) 1998-2001 Front Brake Pads

TVR Cerbera 4.2 1994-2001 Front Brake Pads

TVR Cerbera 4.5 1997-2001 Front Brake Pads

TVR Cerbera 5.0 1994-1998 Front Brake Pads

TVR Griffith 5.0 (AP) 1993-> Front Brake Pads

TVR Tuscan 4.0 1999-2002 Front Brake Pads

VAUXHALL Vectra 2.5 Super Touring 1995-2000 Front Brake Pads

Impressive or what! Well, except the vectra! Gonna order some yellowstuff tomorrow.

 

nice brakes

 

Been down the unit for a few hours this evening. Tapped the ap's to accept standard sierra fitment brake lines, fitted a treat! Then had a go at the bleed nipples, both sheared off on one caliper! So more work required.
Granada cos hubs, and yellowstuff pads are on route, so moving a bit forward, a bit back.
Sussed out the throttle cable for the bike carbs, as the one fitted to the engine was from a capri, and the sierra pinto one is too short. Sierra v6 is plenty long enough, but means swapping accelerator pedal to suit.

 

is that a 1.3 bud

 

I wish. Cheap tax then! (but don't tell fred elliot i said that!)
It's originally a 1.6.

 

looks cool mate,

mk1 sierras rock, what you doing with the white 5 spokes

 

The revolutions are destined for my mk1 escort.

 

as said on fsoc!! awesome project!!!!

 

Cheers for the comments.

 

The car is back home now. Not much has changed, but, weather permitting, i will be getting a few days on it and it should be done. Then there will be a fudgepacker style m.o.t. thread!

 

reading this thread you give me an idea to prepare the mk1 5door i have in the garden!!!
keep up with good job and updates!

cheers!

 

Why be like the rest of the cossie wannabe's, be individual!

 

That looks well mint i like this.

 

Nothing to report, been working ever since i brought it home, and the weather has put paid to going down the unit. Working monday now as well.
Hopefully get a bit done next week, but something will no doubt stop me!

 

Well not a lot has changed with this, but i have some repair panels arriving thursday, the hubs will be sorted tomorrow, and the brackets for the ap's sorted by the end of the week, then its m.o.t. time.
I have owned this car for approx 2 years and have only driven it 500 yds!

 

Nice to see I`m not the only one with a modified mk1 5dr!

 

This reply is useless without pictures!

 

LOVE this!

 

http://s1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb363/doug195y/

 

Cool car, the "y" reg mk1's seem to hold up the best rot wise.

 

This one is quite tidy. It`s had a couple off small patches here and there.Generally not bad for an old rally car that gets abused!! Actually it`s had more different engines than patches so it`s doing well !

 

I have an rs2000 i4 on bike carbs to go in this when the pinto gets put in my escort, but i may be buying an xr4x4 with a yb in that may find its way into WRC.
I'm still having issues getting 4 stud stub axles to fit my granada cos hubs!

 

where did u get the carbs for the i4?

 

I bought them from a bike breakers and had my local rally fabricator weld some stubs on to the alloy spacer that comes with the rs2000 inlet. Also got megajolt to sort out the sparks.

 

Brigsport could you please show me a picture of the inlet manifold for the i4 2000 so I can see if it is similar to my 2300 i4? I think the 2300 has a different waterway location for the thermostat.

 

x2 a pic of the bike carbs and especallly the manfold aswell

 

I will post a pic tomorrow, they are in the workshop.

 

see when u say alloy spacer?

are u talkin about the twin port injection setup on the scorpio type engines?