ok so i've mustered up a wee project for myself to carry me on for the next year or so. Basically i've decided to get a sapphire, clean up the shell, add some cossy styling, drop in a 2.9i V6 (keeping it RWD hopefully), changing rear drums to discs etc etc, stripping it out (power/weight ratio and all that)... then hopefully once it's all on the road i want to do a twin turbo conversion on it too.

I'll post updates as and when fit, including pics...

So, i got my sapphire today, 1.8LX reconditioned engine. Bodywork is rather tatty and needs a bit of welding here and there. The bumpers are a mess to say the least but most of the mess is just surface rust.

I stripped the interior out and found most of it to be fine rust wise apart from under both front seats. They definitely need plates welded on there, gaping holes lol- it was expected though.

So that's the story so far.. i'll get some pics up tomorrow and yous can tell me what yous think.

 

Woop!

Got the engine out today using a 20 year old gantry my dad made lol, worked a treat. Engine bay stripping tomorrow and then it's time to start cleaning the chassis up, getting rid of all the rust etc..

So i've got a 1.8CVH reconditioned engine and gearbox for sale which will hopefully provide me with some funds for a little more extensive repair job.

I know i promissed pictures but i will have them up tomorrow at some point.

So the projects started to get on its way! well chuffed!

 

Sounds like a nice little project you've got there. Good luck

 

Sounds great and the fact that I'm lending a hand makes it evan better

 

forget about the 2.9 12v m8 drop a cosworth 2.9 24v in there ...

best of luck with witch ever one you use tho have fun

and get some pics up soon

 

just out of curiosity how much do the 2.9 24V cossy engines (the ones out the granada i believe would be the best bet) go for?

 

about Ł500 gets you one maybe less... about 50bhp more as standerd
and much better mpg m8 ..

 

I take it the engine mounts are the same then?.. or are the engine mounts from the 1.8LX the same as the 24v cossy engine mounts?

Seen a few granada cossies on Ebay for around Ł400 so far.. so i'm going to wait and get the 24v engine instead, seems like the better thing to do!

 

heres a website with some good info for you m8 .. this site shuold help get started

and good luck with it .. keep us updated .

http://www.maddoldbugger.supanet.com/

 

heres a pic of my mates cosworth 2.9 24v TT in a sierra 4x4 .

 

Pics:

Minging Front:


GT Alloys (need one more cap):


Someone stole ma engine:


In need of a new arch i feel:


Bit of handy work to the RR door:


Rusty drivers seat mounts:


That'll be fine :P


And again:


More handy work to the other rear door:


General Mess:


Rust under passengers seat:


Wee ding at the back:


Bit of delocking too:


A bit of a rust bucket at the moment but i'll get there. Not looking for it to be spectacular, just rust-free and MOT friendly :P

 

nice one mate I do agree we need to start lookin for that cossy engine man!! its fookin mint lookin I cant evan start tto wonder how it go's