i was in a cheeky mood good luck

 

If you've never built an engine before id say dont try and start with building a 24 valve as your first one, ive built a fair few engines including xflow's and yb's so the 24 valve was a natural progression, but yes it is a fair amount of work.

 

No worries fella

 

Hows it going for you all?

Sorry ive not been on here in a while but ive had a lot of problems over the months ive beeen away, im not gona bore you with details just hospital and court visits,
Its nothing drastic though so dont worry your selves, im alive and well and have just started working on the sierra again

Ive missed doing the work on it and keeping you guys up to date but lets just say i needed the rest. lol

Hope you're all well and i'll update the feature as and when.

 

any up dates?

 

The biggest update at the minute is,
Im in court in the morning for 2 speeding offences which may get me banned and a big fine the best part is i was in the pub at the time and didnt see a single speed camera in there while i was drinking so im puting it on hold for the min until this is settled.
Also waiting for my soliciters to give me a reasonable setlement figure for an accident that i had 2 years ago so cash flow is poor too.

Sorry peeps but it will get done soon, hopefully be complete for when i go to the show in holland september 9th - 11th as i really want to take it there.

 

Hi again people, the sierra project is off the cards at the min and staying that way for a while however ive managed to get my hands on a 1.8 Sapphire which is really tidy for much cheapness, the bad thing is ive also managed to melt a piston in it which brings me to my next project.

 

any new pics of it then mate, looks like its gonna be nice, its all about using different bits makes a real nice car but you do get some people that dont agree with our way keep up the good work

 

fuck it lad your busy, good to see your still going though shame the sierras on hold. am looking forward to seeing more progress

 

MAKE IT INTO A 3DR COSSIEE LUK WITH THE WINGS PANELS ETC!!!

 

Cheers mate im always glad of some encouraging comments.
Im gona hav to get it out of the garage and take some pics of it soon, its all in primer at the min with a 24 valve lump in it but other than that its all bare.

 

Ta for the comments buddy im sure there are a lot of other people on here who cant wait to see it finnished (me being the main one of course)
but needs must and so im doing the best i can.
Gotta be honest tho i was starting to get a bit dissheartened for a while with all the court carap thats gone on and the bas***ds taking so much cash off me but hey, what can you do?
Not bloody much i tell you, when they get there claws in they dont often let go.

right rant over now, LOL

 

Not a chance of that mate, its never gona be yet another cosworth replica its gota be unique thats why im building it.

 

 

suprised you should say that mate, for a fella i presume is making an escort pickup you should know all too well about being different. id say at this stage there probably more three door replicas in the world than actual real 3drs actually come to think of fit theres prob more escos replicas than real ones aswell and i have one
cozzyking- def show a few pics of it in primer and engine, thats what progress is all about, it'll prob be huge progress from the last pictures we've seen hows the twin turbo build going?

ps- fook the law

 

Good luck getting the Saph parts to fit on the 3 door we just did it on fudges 3 door and it needed a lot of cutting and extending to get it to line up.

Fudges car came in to us in better condition than that and took over 100 hours of work to get it into a good condition

Not trying to put you off but its a big big project

 

i forgot bout my pick up lolllll fuk the 3drrrr rep lollllllllll make it diffrent LOL im on ur team now mate

 

im confussed has is got the old rear end and the sapphire front? if it has i didnt know b4 sorry FUCKING AWSOME

 

new shape front and rear end on a 3dr shell

 

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO I DIDNT KNOW AWSOME :P

 

Its allready done mate, in fact its been done for 2 years allmost.

 

LoL, glad you agree now mate, thats what its all about for me doing sumat different.

 

Pic of my old 1984 1.6l fitted with Sapphire Cosworth front end and new shape rear panel, lights etc.


Inner wings needed modifying to get the wings to fit, front scuttle under the windscreen was changed for a later one as well as the slam panel.
If I can dig out a better pic I will scan it and show how the 3 door arches fit with a Sapphire front bumper and the late rear end.

Mark

 

You're spot on with what has to be done mate, mine was done ages ago though.
I do have to say yours was very bloody nice.

 

when you getting some pics for us mate

 

this man no his stuff wen it come to car

 

EDIT to add I did none of the bodywork
I fitted the V8, Cosworth running gear, interior etc but left the paint to pro's. At one point it had the Cossie rear wing but looked it also was more of a sleeper without it.

Mk1 to Mk2 3 door pics.
These were taken around 14 years ago when the Mk2 shape was the "new" thing They were also taken on a crap cartridge camera.

Base car

Some pics of it finished showing the small filler pieces that were needed to mate the 3 door arches to the sapphire front end and Mk2 rear.






Mark

 

I do have to say that this is a proper nice car, its just the kind of thing id like but not with a v8. lol

 

But you can't beat the sound of a V8
It was a 4.5 Rover pushing out 280bhp at the wheels, I had it timed by "Performance Tuning" magazine 0-60 5.2 secs 0-100 in 11.7 secs
It was always a struggle to get the power down

Mark

 

If you could hear the sapphire that ive just built as my every day car mate you would probably go wild for it, Ive got a 24 valve in it with the 2 2.9 middle boxes fitted to the exhaust and a muffler 4.5" stainless tailpipe,
ive heard nothing like it but i will say for sure it is possibly the hrniest sounding sierra that i have ever heard.

 

going to be mint,where in staffs are ya?

 

Cheers mate

I'm in Talke, whereabouts are you?

 

Ok peeps just to update the 3 door is no more due to unforseen circumstances. The good news is most of the 3 door parts are getting used in my sapphire instead.

 

I will be turning my mk2 xr4x4 into a mk1.

 

too much talk not enough pics.

ffs its like a bad pron movie in here.

 

looks nice mate, i think 3 doors look better with mk2 front ends, it a change from cossie reps, keep at it.

i try to get some pics of my brother in laws 3 door with a mk2 front end on

 

what a wank thread also while im here i think your talking shit about the list of parts you claim to have so pics or STFU

 

Go take your face for a shite nob head. You don't know me or anything about me so until you can prove what I have or otherwise you shut the crap hole of a mouth of yours.

Just as another thought here is my other project.
https://passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/215291-project-re-shell-my-sapphire.html