Hi all,

Been on here a while now, and now ive got plenty of pictures together to put a build thread together.

This is my 3dr sierra cosworth which I bought in December 2011. I would have done a project thread sooner but, in February this year I was a passenger in a bad car accident on the way to work and I was in hospital for 3 and a half months. So its taken me a while to get back in the garage to make a start.

The car was complete and running when I bought it, but with only track intentions in mind, it's been stripped to a bare shell and having a freshen up ready to take the abuse.

The day I picked it up, looking sorry for itself, unused it was caked in mould


First thing on the list was to power wash it


Halfway through cleaning it, much much better, already smiling.

The current spec of the car is;
willwoods 4 pots up front
compomotive alloy 17" wheels,
3" custom exhaust,
fully polybushed,
gaz ghd coilovers,
k&n group A cone filter
blue samco hoses.

It had a good spec, with other upgrades too with it running around 380bhp on a 205 block with a t34 turbo, but I'm going bigger, better and more powerful

Everything started to be stripped down and there were a few issues a long the way, the engine was removed and on inspection we found cracks in the block so I sourced another engine.

Taken in and stripped


200 block engine from a saph 4x4 running healthy.





So at this moment in time, i have bought the following;
front and rear strut braces
roll cage 8 point safety device,
bailey turbo damper,
alloy tanks and rad,
rs500 style intercooler,
full under engine guard,
kevlar gearbox guard,
wrc kevlar diff guard,
standard airbox,
adjustable TCA,
carbon timing belt cover and a smaller drivers head light.

Its going to be a pure track car only, trailored to tracks, so theres needs to be no compromise.

Next plans are to stitch weld and put purspex windows in it to keep the weight down as much as possible.

Here are some pics....

Part of the cage


Then the rest of the sourced bits



Under tray


Will get better pictures now the garage has been cleared to be used again.

Comments welcome

Al.

 

can't see any pics?

 

Sweet mate get some pics up pal

 

I'm trying to put them up sorry

 

Sounds good, look forward to seeing it!

 

Working now

 

 

if you want to look at more pics go on this link
http://s1210.photobucket.com/albums/...turbo/?start=0

 

another 3 door thread the shell doesnt even look rusty and some nice goodies there too,,good luck with the build

 

Best of luck with the project...

 

It's not to bad but its got a few little holes but the paints a bit faded nothing major tho

 

Looks a good project mate

 

Some cool parts there.Will be interesting to see how the car comes along.

 

Good luck with it all mate

 

great project hope it all goes well

 

Thank you all

I'm enjoying seeing the car making progress now that I can work on it again

More updates soon enough

 

here some new bits i got delivered small drivers headlight, full gasket set, 4x4 thermostate housing because there wasn't one on mine

 

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i've also bought on 9/10/12 a hydraulic handbrake an frozen white paint which is on the new focus rs an also emailed carbon delight to see how much a carbon roof is so ill wait to see what they say

 

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Nice project, good luck

 

Nice project mate, will follow with interest

 

nice bits you got there mate,u gonna have fun in that....you wouldnt have rear carpet by any chanche u would sell?

 

Thanks for the comments be nice with all the bits on.

 

I haven't got any of the interier only the dash an few small bits sorry

 

Done more work to the front end tonight,
Managed to free some of the stubborn rusty bolts, meant I could then strip the whole front end bare. Cut the battery tray out and covered the areas in primer to protect until the car gets painted.





Thanks for looking

 

Double post, sorry.

 

Sorted the pictures

 

Last night I managed to remove all the windows.

Now that's done, the bits of rust that need cutting out and welding can be done.
Then it's just prepping and ready for a fresh coat or rather, coats.
Then the fun starts, buying the rest of the parts to get the car back together.







Polyflex windows in next.

Thanks for looking

 

Also, I've gone for the mk2 focus Rs white.
Frozen white. Should look fresh. Inside and out inc the cage will be white

 

Nice looking project, I'll keep an eye on this thread

 

frozen white will look great, mines got the same treatment last month, far better than diamond white

 

Did you paint yours frozen white?

 

Yeah here's a pic, sorry about the poor quality

 

It looks good I can't wait for mine to be like that

 

ooooo i like, got me eye on this one

 

Looks spot on good progress! Nice to see the engine lives on!

 

Thanks for the comments. An ye the engines lives on lol I can't wait for it to be done an drive it properly for the first time!!

 

hi guys i have bought bucket seat side mounts, solid engine mounts, cosmetic inlet gasket off cosnada off here thanks, ford timing belt ill put pics up. im probs goin to not use the engine mounts cos i want to get group A weld in ones so if anyone knows were to get them from let me now thanks for lookin!
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looking good mate