been on this a while now and thought i should start a thread on my sierra, its a 1992 sapphire, only a 2 litre twincam but at 17 surely that would do me lol. after a lot of thought i decided to strip it down and restore it, well to a limit. so far ive got the engine out, front end stripped, back end stripped, interior stripped except dash, back axle and petrol tank out. after a good look in under it ive decided to reshell it as cossie09 has a real good shell that hes keeping for me

the plans are:
strip back to metal underneath and spray white, sort out engine n that, tighten the lsd, cossie bumpers, 4x4 bonnet, cossie interior. basically im hoping to make a mint cossie rep.

so heres a few pics of how she looked and my progress up to now.

at the start:





engine out:



engine bay stripping:






interior out:




and back axle out:




nice lsd :P

me brother might have bother gettin out lol


well thats it up to dat, il update this as and when i get more done

 

looking good kieran

must get a word with you and convince you to the 24v side lol

 

thanks lad
im not sure yet lad lol if you want to help fund the money for it then ill definitely switch to the 24v lol

 

nice,you got sideskirts to go with the bumpers?
my 1st cossie rep was white,looked the same as yours,ended up an imperial blue 1 with the 24v in it!

 

im gona use my rs optional sideskirts, i prefer them over the cossie ones.

white cossie reps are the best lol. what age where you when you fitted the 24v? i wouldnt mind a 24v but its while money

the 4x4 bonnet will look the part on it

 

wheres your shell rottin at? does nt look to bad from what i can see in the pics,
imo id fit cossie sideskirts, the ones in the pics have rep writin all over them

 

how ye lads dont want to clutter up your thread but whats the difference in the sideskirts?

 

rs items are 1 piece

 

Mate here is a pic of a white cossie rep with the cossie skirts on her

 

the back panel and the sills and some other bits, you probably cant see any bad bits because i chose not to take any pics of them bits lol

well i have plenty of time to decide but i just like the look of the rs skirts, just my opinion

 

what do ya mean?

 

sell me that xsara! sell the saph and get a dturbo or volcane lol best car for 17 year olds in NI

 

no jacking point covers

there one piece just

 

The cossie skirts come in 2 parts the wing piece and the long piece also they need jacking point covers

 

do you want the xsara? pm me and ill give you a price

and i have a dturbo that im driving about in now too lol

 

i get ye now, i think im going to stick with the rs skirts, dare to be different lol

 

blimey you paddys are taking over lol!!!

welcome to the site mate, looks a tidy project @ 17



keep up the graft


beef

 

Yeah the paddys are taking over hare beefy lol

Keep up the good work kieran lad

 

Looking good.These 2ltr twin cam engines are a good engine.

 

lol yeah ive noticed alot of irish on here

yeah im quite happy to be doing something like this at my age, although tj's younger than me and has alot more power lol

thanks lad

 

thanks lad, going up to take a look at that shell in the next 2 weeks, its my 18th birthday present :P

 

thanks lad, aye theyre brave and strong, and mine will diff in second lmao

 

wee update just to let you know what ive been up to. havent really done much to the car since except strip the axle a bit and some other footery bits. im going to go and look at the shell and probably take it home with me in the next fortnight. i would have more done and things bought except my dturbo just passed mot and now im spending a fortune on it lol. anyway thats all for now..

 

dturbo bosch or lucas pal? i was gonna buy a volcane on the weekend but hes just sold it

 

 

its a hdi lad, remapped to 110 bhp, completely mint hi. you really do love volcanes lol

ill sell you my black phase 1 dturbo bosch pump

 

ill just upgrade to a cossy turbo plant and then well see who has more power lol, tellkieth ill be up for that shell before the 18th

 

she will give a good stage 1/2 turbo cossy a go

he will see it himself anyway lad

 

any pics lol? ive just re sold my old dturbo with a bosch for Ł300 to m best mate, needs shit load of work as its been off the road for fucking ages.been lookin at volcanes and early dturbos but most are nails nowdays

 

well i guess she would lol, aye your right lad, cant wait to get a shell sorted so i can start work at it again

 

your getting it before the 18th arent u?

 

another little update just got my 4x4 bonnet in the post today thanks to 155lee needs a bit of work and was slightly damaged in transit but ill get that sorted and get it sprayed soon will get a picture up if this internet speeds up a bit, 8mb broadband my ass!!

 

yeah as far as i know i am, the plans are to go and look at it on saturday morning and if im happy with it ill try and get it onto a trailer that day, all being well of course @_@

 

not to bad, they all look better with the 4x4 bonnet imo

 

Sweet as lad only seeing this thread now ! Cant wait too see the new updates... we will really have twins lad only mines will be a pinto and nicer skirts lol

 

aye they need the 4x4 bonnet lol.

right another update with a few pictures, today i started to strip the engine. so far i have removed the gearbox, clutch (which is like new), flywheel, alt and p/s pump, rocker cover, intake manifold, water pump, timing covers and a few other wee bits.

now i need to see how to slacken and remove the timing chain so the head can be lifted off. also for some reason al the cam clearences are less than 0.04mm or touching, can this be adjusted or anything like that?


anyway some pics, the 4x4 bonnet needing some work



engine stripping..
















and how every bolt from the sierra is kept...

 

getting on well lad, the cubby hole thing is a great idea !

 

yeah half of my bolts are scatted about the yard lol

will u be up saturday for a scoot?

 

ive had a good look through your thread too lad, yours might be a pinto and cossie skirts buttt mine will be gleaming white underneath and everything looking better than the day it came out of factory
just slight wee differences lad

 

thanks lad, my dad designed it, its really helpful as i never remember where bolts go lol

your mad lad, but at least if you lose a bolt there will be another 1 right beside you lol

fuckin sure ill be up saturday hopefully in the mornin or around 12ish, will you?