Micki

not after step by step instructions,im ford trained technician got a couple of escort turbos built a few engines up.
thing is just got my first rear wheel drive a 1.8 cvh sierra saphire,saved it from the scrapy also got a spare engine of a mate.
im thinking of bolting a spare turbo head with turbo and rest of the bits on,im confident in doing all the wiring and fabricating bits up to make it work,im not planning on running crazy bhp at the moment so not gonna do any major works to the bottom end.has anyone done this?did you come across any problems?any advice is welcomed cheers

Karlos G

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CR will be too high to run any sort of boost, and I doubt the pistons will be able to take the extra pressures........... would be fun to try it though!

boy-racer-1

i had looked into this before and from what i could see from piks i looked at, the rs turbo exhaust manifold wont be able to be used unless you make a custom engine mount as it gets in the way, otherwise you will need a custom exhaust manifold, i havent seen anyone else do a cvh turbo in a sierra yet though

s1cab

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def a bit different

Micki

worked it out the compession ratio actually drops bellow standard to the 1.6 turbo engine mate,your rite on the pistons know they proberly aint up to it along with the shells but i got all the spare parts t do it an like you say be fun even if it only makes it round 1 round about sideways!!

studabear

junk the 1.8cvh and maybe zetec it or old school pinto turbo

Micki

did wonder about that didnt know if id be able to bring the downpipe off at a right angle,il have a messure up and see,cheers

forevaford

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zetec turbo i did this in a 1.6 laser capri once.... awsome

Micki

fair coment but the car dont owe me hardly anything and i got loadza cvh turbo parts,gota be worth a go for the sake of a bit of of time,if i was goin to spend money for all that id buy a cosworth.

conor.rst

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yeah pinto turbo ftw

Rob_DOHC

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Best strongest and most straight forward engine to stick in it (IMO) is the 2.0 DOHC, Turbo Technics even did a conversion for it. LOADS of combinations of heads, blocks and cranks to choose from. Mated to an MT75 and an XR4x4 rear diff.

IIRC a 2.3 head on a 2.0 block gives a good CR to start with. Having seen numerous DOHC bottom ends and owning many a 2.0 sierra i can tell you they are bullet proof!

Failing all of that a 2.0 pinto with cosworth pistons and rods is a fairly capable lump too.

You would probably better off asking a few questions on the ford sierra owners club forum mate, just google FSOC sierra and its the first hit.

Rob,

Rob_DOHC

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You can pick a 2.0 DOHC engine up for next to nothing, and i saw a tt kit sell for a little over Ł300 recently.... failing that, weld up a simple manifold and use megasquirt, there have been tons of people getting 250 brake out of these with a 10.5:1 CR

Lower it to 8.5:1 or even 9.5:1 and you probably have a very cheap 300brake.

Rob,

zippyobrien

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it will work running up to 10psi ish,
u need to weld a return into the sump
u need to make a 90degree elbow to bolt to the manifolt to make the turbo top mount ,(well, thats what we did, seemed most sensible idea)

you need the fuel pump from a old golf gti as this has a swirl pot effort built in, or get an injection tank.

running efi is easier as has a seperat bay loom.

should give ya 160ish bhp

enjoy

Micki

thanks mate much appreciated advice.