Ford Sierra Sapphire 2ltr Pinto Cosworth Rep
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nice sierra there mate. wish i could of had something like that for my first car. i still remember going out everynight doing a set of tyres in and fooling about in car parks and off road etc. hell im 29 and still doing it lol! driving something like this will give you great first hand experiance of rwd. my dad and his mates used to powerslide mk1 escorts and lotus cortinas round roundabouts back in the 70s so dont listen to all these lot moaning at you mate its always been done and always will be! as long as its not around busy roads! as for the insurance them companys are rip off merchants and would hardly insure a kid on a 1.1 clio. there the biggest con artists so fook em mate do what ya can to get insured because im telling you if everyone didnt try and get a good deal in life us working class wouldnt be able to afford fook all!
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Barry, zetec conversion imo is not worth the money. The silver one is running 185hp i think and is standing him £1800, better of 2.9 v6 imo anyway and still a grand spare
Crumpet you love the volcanes lol, yea prob loads on it lad can you not get on?
Crumpet you love the volcanes lol, yea prob loads on it lad can you not get on?
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Easy enough on fuel, 30-40mpg standard, id say theres is doing about 20ish anyway with the exhausts, decat's etc. and i dont know an awful lot about them, im sure theres a turbo kit out there for them
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need money for a zetec converted one, to do it properly anyway!
best engine for cheap is 24v imo, if youve got £2-3k to spend id yb it and make it a sleeper
best engine for cheap is 24v imo, if youve got £2-3k to spend id yb it and make it a sleeper
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Wee update Got lattices today, new rad and engine heat switch, most things bought i need/want bar a few wee futery fussy things. 1 tire needs replaced and going to respray the wheels as they have a few marks on them but only scratches and dont need filled
Pic of the oul boys bike
Pic of the oul boys bike
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Wee update Got lattices today, new rad and engine heat switch, most things bought i need/want bar a few wee futery fussy things. 1 tire needs replaced and going to respray the wheels as they have a few marks on them but only scratches and dont need filled
Pic of the oul boys bike
Pic of the oul boys bike
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Well, wee update, basically we've moved house bar a few things and the sierra, and over the bad weather period there the boiler fucked up :down: which we didnt realise as where only at the house every few days/week. Ended up anyway boiler froze and so did the car. Thankfully after only getting to work on her properly since that got her going bang of the key after me draining her the other day and filling her full of antifreeze, noticed it was leaking out through the thermostat housing so let her warm up slightly to see if the thermostat was stuck/froze. Anyway ended up taking it off to find this lol... atleast i know engines fine once this is replaced :thumb:
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aye hope so too stewart, started her first as me and traff thought thermostat was just stuck but that was not the case when i then took it off lol... alteast she started no bother to her fingers crossed all else is ok
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Well how ye gettin on now...
got the car moved the other nite there such a hanlin it was too lol..
anyway started progress again.. stripped rear interior completley as im sanding the boot floor and spraying it again. should have plenty of updates the next few days/weeks ill let the photo's do the talking.
Boot floor before work, not rust/rot except two small holes and some flaking, very dirty used a wire brush around the edge's and its mostly off now ready to start sanding
Underneath rear seats, no rust
Rear recaro's before steam clean... will have pics of them tomoro when there properly dryed.
Only bit of rust under the rear seats... d/s rear seatbelt mount. Paint starting to flake, now sanded back and ready for treatment.
Rough copy of Jacking Point cover DIY style lol... fits perfectly so just going to cut another two only be carefull and precise this time.
She's no dturbo bai
Cheers for looking, will most likely update tomoro again but might be working yet still unsure.
got the car moved the other nite there such a hanlin it was too lol..
anyway started progress again.. stripped rear interior completley as im sanding the boot floor and spraying it again. should have plenty of updates the next few days/weeks ill let the photo's do the talking.
Boot floor before work, not rust/rot except two small holes and some flaking, very dirty used a wire brush around the edge's and its mostly off now ready to start sanding
Underneath rear seats, no rust
Rear recaro's before steam clean... will have pics of them tomoro when there properly dryed.
Only bit of rust under the rear seats... d/s rear seatbelt mount. Paint starting to flake, now sanded back and ready for treatment.
Rough copy of Jacking Point cover DIY style lol... fits perfectly so just going to cut another two only be carefull and precise this time.
She's no dturbo bai
Cheers for looking, will most likely update tomoro again but might be working yet still unsure.
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Well as promised another update. Got her finished of the day except still needs lacquerd but turned out well otherwise. Must get pics of the recaro's tomoro there like new now, going to take the front ones out some day and give them a blast also. Cheers for looking
Half sanded
1 coat of primer, 4 coats of ford diamond white
Half sanded
1 coat of primer, 4 coats of ford diamond white
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its good for you worken at your car keeps you out off bother and you get to know ur car ull think more of it . i had a twin cam one many moons ago 9 years or so ago cost me £375 ex cop car i had to put windows in it and lot of other stuff here and there