Sierra 2 door sapphire with Minker engine
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Sierra 2 door sapphire with Minker engine
I need to sell my 2 door sapphire, this is an unfinished project but it comes with basically everything you need to finish it apart from front seats and headlights.
This is not a normal sierra at all, firstly it’s a 2 door Sapphire shell and it has a 2.9 Twin Turbo engine designed and built by turbo techniques. This is not the standard 2.9 where the bolted 2 turbos on it, this is the exact same engine as a Minker engine, if you haven’t heard of a Minker before there is more info below...
Now for a bit of history on the car... I bought the car from a mate of mine who is obsessed with fords (especially sierras). He always wanted a Minker (I will explain what that is in a sec) but then he came across this 2 door sapphire, then he managed to find a Minker replica with this engine in it, this engine was built by Alan Jefferies who helped design the Minker Turbotechnics engine. This engine is not to be confused with the other 2.9 twin turbo Turbotechnics engine as they are not very powerful and nowhere near the spec these Minker engines are!
For those of you who don’t know what a Minker is, it’s sort of like a Cosworth but whereas Cosworth built lots of them, Minker only built 7 iirc. I found out that a standard Minker will do 0-60 quicker than a Ferrari Testerossa and it will basically make a Cosworth look like a 1.1 fiesta...
There is so much info I could write about the engine but basically it is a very very high spec'd engine, I have loads of photos and print outs of power and specifications etc... But like I said they are very fast. I have receipts for the engine build alone for £13'000!!
Now the 3 door shell…. There are rumors that Ford wanted to make a 3 door saph and they made 3 prototypes. The other option was some very VERY determined man made this. Basically this is Sapphire front, XR4 Doors, XR4 rear quarter window, mix of XR4 and saph pillar, saph roof and floor and then saph back. Personally I think (and most others) that ford went to a garage and got them to build this secretly as the way it’s done would have been ridiculously expensive and ALOT of skill required.
The guy who owned the car before me spent over £20k on this so far and has got it to an extremely high spec! a few things… both T2 turbos have been completely refurbed, rs500 style intercooler, all stripped back to bare metal, undersealed etc, all stainless steel bolts and fixings, stainless steel fuel lines, everything had been done to an amazing spec (onslack can vouch for this!). The car is a 4x4 but has all uprated diffs and uprated gearbox and a tweaked 5th gear, all pollybushed literally everywhere arb/strut top mounts etc etc, there was one bush that could only be got from America and cost £300! 330mm High spec brakes, alloy radiator, MINT black leather back seats, loads of interior and spares, Milimiglia wheels (rare), mint Black dash (VERY RARE!), metal laser cut dials (170mph), fully adjustable coilovers, loads of st.st. bolts and samco hoses and new gaskets and loads of new parts and I’m sure loads more!
The state of the car is… underside is basically finished, redoxied, sealed, undercoated, painted, fitted up. The body needs a quick sand down as all the works been done it and it has a guide coat so not much to do there. The block of the engine is in and all uprated mounts etc, just needs building up. Then the interior needs to be fitted.
Anyway the reason I’m selling is because I’m moving out and need the money, I’d love to keep this car and if I didn’t have to sell it I really wouldn’t. I’m after £3000 for the car, engine, parts and interior. For everything, there are so many extras that you won’t need. If you want more info feel free to text, ring or email me on 07590 674 820 or rippz88@googlemail.com. Please do not PM me as I don’t often have access to the forum. The car is located in Crawley West Sussex at the moment and i would recommend coming to see it and going through all the parts i have.
Anyway pictures say 1000 words so here’s a few…..
The car:
This is not a normal sierra at all, firstly it’s a 2 door Sapphire shell and it has a 2.9 Twin Turbo engine designed and built by turbo techniques. This is not the standard 2.9 where the bolted 2 turbos on it, this is the exact same engine as a Minker engine, if you haven’t heard of a Minker before there is more info below...
Now for a bit of history on the car... I bought the car from a mate of mine who is obsessed with fords (especially sierras). He always wanted a Minker (I will explain what that is in a sec) but then he came across this 2 door sapphire, then he managed to find a Minker replica with this engine in it, this engine was built by Alan Jefferies who helped design the Minker Turbotechnics engine. This engine is not to be confused with the other 2.9 twin turbo Turbotechnics engine as they are not very powerful and nowhere near the spec these Minker engines are!
For those of you who don’t know what a Minker is, it’s sort of like a Cosworth but whereas Cosworth built lots of them, Minker only built 7 iirc. I found out that a standard Minker will do 0-60 quicker than a Ferrari Testerossa and it will basically make a Cosworth look like a 1.1 fiesta...
There is so much info I could write about the engine but basically it is a very very high spec'd engine, I have loads of photos and print outs of power and specifications etc... But like I said they are very fast. I have receipts for the engine build alone for £13'000!!
Now the 3 door shell…. There are rumors that Ford wanted to make a 3 door saph and they made 3 prototypes. The other option was some very VERY determined man made this. Basically this is Sapphire front, XR4 Doors, XR4 rear quarter window, mix of XR4 and saph pillar, saph roof and floor and then saph back. Personally I think (and most others) that ford went to a garage and got them to build this secretly as the way it’s done would have been ridiculously expensive and ALOT of skill required.
The guy who owned the car before me spent over £20k on this so far and has got it to an extremely high spec! a few things… both T2 turbos have been completely refurbed, rs500 style intercooler, all stripped back to bare metal, undersealed etc, all stainless steel bolts and fixings, stainless steel fuel lines, everything had been done to an amazing spec (onslack can vouch for this!). The car is a 4x4 but has all uprated diffs and uprated gearbox and a tweaked 5th gear, all pollybushed literally everywhere arb/strut top mounts etc etc, there was one bush that could only be got from America and cost £300! 330mm High spec brakes, alloy radiator, MINT black leather back seats, loads of interior and spares, Milimiglia wheels (rare), mint Black dash (VERY RARE!), metal laser cut dials (170mph), fully adjustable coilovers, loads of st.st. bolts and samco hoses and new gaskets and loads of new parts and I’m sure loads more!
The state of the car is… underside is basically finished, redoxied, sealed, undercoated, painted, fitted up. The body needs a quick sand down as all the works been done it and it has a guide coat so not much to do there. The block of the engine is in and all uprated mounts etc, just needs building up. Then the interior needs to be fitted.
Anyway the reason I’m selling is because I’m moving out and need the money, I’d love to keep this car and if I didn’t have to sell it I really wouldn’t. I’m after £3000 for the car, engine, parts and interior. For everything, there are so many extras that you won’t need. If you want more info feel free to text, ring or email me on 07590 674 820 or rippz88@googlemail.com. Please do not PM me as I don’t often have access to the forum. The car is located in Crawley West Sussex at the moment and i would recommend coming to see it and going through all the parts i have.
Anyway pictures say 1000 words so here’s a few…..
The car:
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goldmembers only can put up stuff for sale
it's a good basic car and if i had the time and effort and space and money i'd buy it
remember to post up pics of the finished article as well when you've paid your tenner
goldmembers only can put up stuff for sale
it's a good basic car and if i had the time and effort and space and money i'd buy it
remember to post up pics of the finished article as well when you've paid your tenner
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