zvhrst

well heres the project up to now,
here as it apeared on the trailor


the engine fitted was a 2.8 XR4i lump which had a blown head gasket,(s)

i then striped the interior and took the engine out





this is what i am aiming for with the looks of the car as i am spraying it white and am going for graphics on the side,




so far i have prepperd the engine bay to take the 24v BOB engine,






then got the engine fitted,









i am going to run this on emerald managment, and am just in the process of making a loom for it, so hopfully can hav it runing in a few days,
i have planned to make and install the cage next week and then spraying it hopfully next saturday


all i need then is a radiator
2x buxket seats, 2 harnesses,
and thats it really,

i do really wna convert the rear drums to disk, but i aint paying silly money for the bits, so am trying to drop on an old saph twin cam atm for the cpompleate rear beam

cos358

nice. get on with it mate id luv 2 c it turn out like the rs500 one of my favourite!

danny_boy699

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nice mate, good to see this has gone to a good home.

zvhrst

do you know the car then mate

combi van man

i seen this on piston heads a while ago.will be look better white,cant wait as want more pics.

zvhrst

yeh mate thats the one,
solid car, jus engine no good and has allthe kit etc ready lol

Ł600 was a bargin for it imo, especially now ive been uinderneath it propperly and found it all to be in great condition tbh, + its got full koni adjustables too

massivewangers

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That is a bargain! Wish I'd seen that! Quite liking the idea of a BOB engined Sierra at the moment!

Are the engines hard/expensive to pick up?

danny_boy699

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yeah lad called scott ownerd it about a year ago, he bought it in red looking sorry got it self, wanted a drivers wing and that was it, come off a old bloke who done track days in it, was a good car

zvhrst

Ive paid 50 for the engine with no ecu or loom but the bob emgine is impossibke to get runing with std managnent as it has coded key etc, sl most conversions are done usi g a boa which doest have coded key,
The bob has a stronger block and crank tho so can be revved harder which is better seen as am goin to use it on emerald,



I did buy the car off scott, it did look sorry for its self but its a great car for track etc as its already got most of stuff i want but the engine lol,
Should be compleate in about a month max, so expect to see it sideways at some shows this year

Little-AL

Rollinz you big homo! Get some better / more pics up lad...!

Al.

zvhrst

how doo al

started the prep for paint today,
this car has been some colours in its life lol,
pale blue, dark blue, bright yellow, red, then black,

there is so much paint on the car no wonder its not rotton lol

here some pics anyway

Evey

Very nice

jonnyrsturbo

looking good

zvhrst

thanks for the comments,

going to attack the wiring tonight and finish the prep including the inside

Tom_Cortina

looks good so far keep up the good work shall be watching this one

zvhrst

done alot of work on car tonight,
heres tonights pics

zvhrst

now painted












i went for the new frozen white

Twellsie

iTrader: (1)

looking good, although would it not have been a good idea to remove the arches etc?

zvhrst

unfortunatly the chav i bought the car off has had them filled and smoothed into the arches

if it was a real 3 door i would of done this, but to me its a cheap track toy and not worth the effort of taking them all off and starting from scratch

Twellsie

iTrader: (1)

ahh right, looks tidy enough though mate

jonnyrsturbo

looks smart

zvhrst

does anyone know where i can get the plastic clips for the corner of the bumpers from?

and also i'm on the hunt for some bucket seats or origional recaros,

zvhrst

just boot and front bumper to fit now

then finish interior

zvhrst

here some pics of it outside with everything re-attached apart from headlights as i am cleaning them up and adding some vinyl strips






















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Little-AL

I spy Jonny's Astra in the background there... has it broke yet? lol...

Looknig good thoguh dude, nice to see you ain't hanging around with it!

COLEYST200

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looking good mate keep up the good work