Leslie DG

One week before the final round of hungarian championship, me and my mate Jatis sitting on a couch wathcing Formula1. His current racecar has deposit, so if something happens, no Mustang GT for next year.

-I borrow your Sierra

Yupp, we can find anythin in my garage, but stock engine cannot race. Whatever, there is a 300bhp CA18DET (nissan sx 1.8 turbo) sitting in the corner...

We got work to do till tuesday, so only 3 days we got for building a racecar with a custom setup

day0:
get a spare sump to modify, SX is front lump, Sierras are back. Also cut the pipe and weld longer. 1 day filled with liquid, no leaks at all:




First i had a fear about the sump, because i measured a bit high in the engine bay, fooked the balance. but after all, we continued with the idea, lower the steering rack a bit. thats effect worst steering geometry, can live with that.

day1:

Sierra goes into the garage, cleared out the exhaust, engine, gearbox, shaft, cooler and almost anything oem stuff.

CA put together, we find out that the power steering pipes of the ford also fits the Nissan pump. Engine and gearbox goes in for measuring. First the gearbox mount we did, that the engine mounts. the CA looked much better and not that high in the bay, so we are back for good.




first day is over, Jatis goes home, i walked around in the garage planning the next day.

day2:

find out the front suspension (rear is already in the car, coilovers were on the shelf) i planned for the Datsun 350SX, the front DW coilover mounted in the scorpio-granada knuckles will good for here also. goes to the shop and did the machinery job.



Younger Fords have oil cluthc cilinder like the Nissan, but we cannot find the pedals right away, so modified the original. Time is against us, Jatis loosing lot of time with the exhaust and the turbo, bigger does not fit on original, small turbo not make sense on the tuned engine. finished only the next day.

day3:

Jatis started in the shop for the shafts connect, i mounted the oil radiator, the intercooler and the radiator, connect all the pipes and hoses, and start the wiring loom. as he arrived, i already put back the headlights and bumper, so the front looks done, the rest of the car is still in parts

Extra lock on sierras is easy, but time is not our friend. At the back we mounted the racing fuel cell and the hoses, we have fuel for start
Steering pump is wrong, so we took out from my girlfriends SX. Turbo placed, modified brakepipes and hoses are ready, liquids are filled, vacuum pipes placed, first start is saturday, 4:11am... ENGINE IS RUNNING!

For safety, we need a few displays, so aftermarket gauges fits in the dashboard like water, oil-pressure and turbo... works. after a lot of zipties, welding and mounting, 7am Jatis goes home for take a shower and pack up for the race, me welding the exhaust pipes using the (bigger) Nissan front, i think Volvo middle section and a granada cosworth tail with muffler. Sounds nice, so i took a shower also, then as a first test, we going to the HDO race event at saturday morning.

The car works fine on straight road, but front geometry is wrong and when its warm-hot, the engine misfires. After a few hours the suspension came out quite good, but after a nose heavy escort mk1 V6 cosworth Jatis hardly handles the high pressure big lag turbocharged sierra, that moves much sensible, ho hard movements on the steering wheel like the escort.



Nice backwards, but its not the entry, its the second corner
Jatis did not make the Top16, but the car has so much potential, i thinking about keepin and do the fine adjustments for better using as a daily drifter.
Jatis keeps his sponsors, so maybe in this winter, we can show you a Mustang GT building thread.

thanks for your time.

Twins

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XRT_si

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That's very cool, nice effort!

alanfordtw-15

very good effort, would be good to see it developed further

Leslie DG

no changes with the car yet, but i was racing her in an event called minirally. around 5km stage on an airfield, 3times, worst time deleted. because of the non-factory engine, i was putted on the higher class, but finished 6th between M3 and V8 bimmers, evos. makes a few mistakes, no slicks just used road tires, plus half litre oil in the engine and that was the setup for the race
the car is not ok i lowered the turbo pressure to 0.6 for safety, hydro handrake isnt working so the hairpins and the slidings are killing me... the car wanted drifting when the pressure comes, slided at brakings, so sideways all time but we were enjoying the first time together on the track
pix links and videos coming soon, i think people there was a bit high or drunk because they liked my "chicken" driving

ZetecNology

Brilliant mate, cant beleive you shoehorned that sx lump in, and running in three days...

Cant wait for vids

Leslie DG

http://duen.hu/fotoalbum/minirally_2011_-_1fordulo

http://hajoka.hu/hajoka/index.php?op...d=94&Itemid=83

Leslie DG

breaking news

after a few weeks of negotiation, we have a deal on the Sierra.
the costumer needs a working democar-racecar for advertising they new sport in hungary, the gymkhana. what stay, the engine and the mechanical stuff.

the plans in short:

lowered back the chassy with a new set of coilovers
widened the arches for the 8x16 rims (it touches when low)
custom rollcage, lightening, strenghtening
pair of bucket seats, harnesses and some electrical extra
fiberglass hood and front

do i forget something?

we will see, documentary start on 31th jan.

Leslie DG

i cannot wait, so started to working a bit today on the car.
all inner parts cleaned out, tomorrow i go to my workplace because my boss like the jobs i do at home, so he let me use the shop and the tools but most of all, his time, when he pays me for do my own stuff. Big thx for him!











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ryan_gwa

Very nice mate, like seeing Sierra used for drifting, not many about unfortunately.

Leslie DG

cleaned out the car for the work.



the car was not in good condition, dirty and broken parts all around since when i got it. so no shame about a little demolition work.



the front had a little damage but i did not feel to fix it, was good for winter.



a "little" rust in the rear arches, i had replacement parts, but the 8x16 did not fit in there, so cutting, widening.





the inside was not finished last time, the panels did not fit because the handbrake and added wiring loom. this time we fix this problems.



at the front, all the coolers and pipes was in tight, good position, no big work after all, but have to do it better a bit for a showcar.



we also take all the windows, wiring loom, almost everything ready for tomorrow. next step will be cutting and starting the rollcage.

cheers

birel

hello

az a trabant tank a legjobb.

thath trabant tank is the best all day long

later ferenc