BarryPort

Hi all

Ive been on here 10 years as a creep but some of the gorgeous build threads has given me the drive to finish this lady off.

Thought id share my Sierra bought from a forum member as an unfinished project. I'l let the pics do the talking. Since Photobucket has kicked the bucket you will have to excuse me for the thumbnails.

BarryPort

So as you can see I sourced a set of sharktooths, had them refurbished but I couldn't find centre caps so had to make do with Ghia 4x4.. Also sourced a new back bumper & sent the car for paint in its original colour, Maritime blue. But yes it wouldn't fit onto the plant trailer.
Mint Rainbow Recaro was sourced at a price I couldn't refuse but it just didn't suit the car. It did for theme time.

So now the car is painted it still had no clutch or exhaust, or power steering. What I forgot to mention is that I had to finish off the wiring by sourcing a BOA loom on eBay.de as I could not find one for love nor money.

Heres the next lot of pics:

BarryPort

Hydraulic clutch finally got the thing selecting gears to find syncho aint great in 4th.
2WD Magnex exhaust adapted to V6 downpipes.
Underside sealed
Braided brake lines all round
Found 2WD cossie brakes so had them refurbished & fitted
Ford Puma gear knob has same gear pattern & thread as the T5 Borg Warner box so polished one up. Now I feel like Steve McQueen through the streets of San Fran.
An Azure spoiler was fitted, keeps the car sleek.
Amber rear lenses were sourced, keeps it period.
3 out of the 6 door mouldings were replaced, all new bumper trim too.
Woking Ford dealer plates made up by I fear the dealership does not exist anymore, shame.

Passion Ford'rs, I'm sorry for the brief bullet point description but this car has caused me some serious heart ache & id rather not go into it lol.

BarryPort

So now the car is 90% there its been fully polybushed, AVO coilovers, adjustable TCA's.

One thing that got me was that it needed light grey cloth to go with the Maritime blue. A friend offered me £200 for my Rainbow plus his mint light grey cloth, result.

BarryPort

And now for a review of the full spec:

Mechanicals

2.9 V6 24v BOA Cosworth engine
Engine rebuilt with new chain guides, tensioners, polished & ported head work, all gaskets replaced
T5 Borg Warner 2WD Cosworth gear box with Burton Power bell housing & adapter plate to suit Cologne block
New injection fuel tank, lines & pump
Radiator fans wired to discretely placed switch under dash
Hydraulic clutch
2WD Cosworth prop shaft
2WD Cosworth polybushed rear axle, LSD, shafts etc
Refurbished 2WD Cosworth 4 pot brakes all round
Braided brake lines
Avo coilovers
Adjustable track control arms
Brand new 2WD Cosworth Magnex exhaust, with downpipes to suit V6
Converted to power steering using refurbished 2WD Cossie rack

Body

Low mileage HPI clear 47k car (Originally supplied by Woking Ford)
Resprayed in original maritime blue in April ‘16
Woking Ford registation plates
Underside protected with wax oil
New rear bumper
3 door mouldings replaced with brand new Ford items
Original amber rear light clusters
Registation plates made up with original dealer logo
Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 ‘Sharktooth’ alloy wheels recently refurbished with good tyres
25mm hub centric wheel spacers on rear, 15mm front
Azura boot spoiler

Interior

Light Grey Recaro cloth interior in immaculate condition
Rare RS Accessories steering wheel
Aftermarket V6 Rev counter fitted in instrument cluster within keeping of period dials
Polished Ford Puma gear knob


Thanks for reading

jonfoc

What a great looking car. Epic sleeper.
Hope you're heartache is all sorted. Would love to have seen this get built along the way.
Any future plans?

slammedorion

Looks awesome

BarryPort

Nearly, the throttle cable has stretched (I think) as the throttle stays wide open when you absolutely pin it. Yes its a shame I didn't start a thread on here from the start, theres so much more detail like the RS accessories steering wheel came from Greece, its had a new tank, pump & fuel lines.

Its finally sitting the way I want it.

st220kyle

A for sale thread in the making this is! Ive already seen it's currently for sale,

BarryPort

Why can I not share the work I have done?

People like you are destroying this site. No wonder I haven't been on in 10 years.

st220kyle

turbo m

iTrader: (2)

looks very cool,glad you kept the std bumpers and the azure spoiler looks bob on rather than cossie stuff.

BarryPort

Ive shared it on one other forum (RMS) since the build began but decided against PF at the time because there were too many keyboard warriors to be honest.

Plus admin deleting interesting build threads without warning. Uploading progress on a project car takes alot of time & effort & I didn't fancy jeopardising it on here.

Glad you are keeping the spirit alive Kyle.

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Stunning car. Im sure i seen this on ebay a few months back???

Mad_Mat

Really like that. Looks really well.

I am betting it's good fun to drive to.
Don't sell it.

gcfcos

Wow I really like that, looks incredibly clean too. Shame u selling it mate

BarryPort

Hey Glenn, its BarryGoesPlop from Instagram. Thanks, I loved your old insta & how it basically told the story of your Cossie, pretty cool.

CCFCHealy

Hi Barry,savage build ! doing the same with my sapphire and losing my mind lol! Just wondering what clutch and flywheel you went with? Ive a 2.9 flywheel at home somewhere but unsure of getting a 6 paddle helix clutch or not ! Thanks

BarryPort

2WD Cossie clutch & flywheel. I too toyed with the 6 paddle but for all the power they make (210bhp) I think we're safe with a standard item.

The Crocodile Hunter

Excellent car! It looks really nice, everything suits it so well


Always great to see a nice non cossie sierra

Ross-YB

Small world.... Nearly sure I sold those Rainbows a good few years ago? (Sold them to NI, I'm in Limerick)

amon99

Hi Barry, I am doing a 2.9 24v boa conversion at the moment, just wondering had you much problems with wiring it in? i have the engine in and see there is 2 connectors on the engine loom with 9 wires i need to connect into the car loom. i know some of these are for temp, oil and battery light etc just wondering what the rest are for and which ones i need to get ignition/spark. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

retro d

iTrader: (15)

I know this is an old thread, but I used to own his car a fair few years back, very solid sierra shell. i would be interested to know how the engine runs as I done the conversion and rebuilt this with ported heads.

good to see it still the car.

Ksuzzie2.9

Is blue car still for sale