Been hanging around here for some time and thought I should upload some photos of my project .it's started life as a striped out xr4i running a turbo technics conversion. I bought It thinking not a bad starting point but underestimated the size of the job !!! .the engine had blown head gaskets and needed an overhaul . The whole loom had been butchered .and it needed a fair amount of welding . So first job chop the rear quarter windows and weld in new metal inside and out to match the profile of a 3dr .
Will try and add photos of the build so far .

 

Some more on the prep work

 

More prep

 

Nice progress

 

Ford's finest diamond white

 

Getting there

 

Getting there

 

 

Very nice

You last the cage ?

Must be 3dr month as this is the third one to show up on here
This month

 

Nice job m8

 

Yes decided I wanted a road car so bought a full interior .
Going to run the turbo technics engine for a year or so then think about something different
The price of genuine 3drs is bonkers at moment . More than happy with this

 

You should be mate it looks good

Did you sell the cage ?

 

Yes mate cage went a while back .

 

Very nice job mate you should be very proud of wot you have done to this car

 

Still got lots to do .got to get everything sitting right bumpers etc. Finish 're wiring the interior loom , then it's getting onto returning small bits and pieces .

 

great job on the windows

 

looks good, needs some air in the front tyre it looks. Such a transformation from the earlier pics.

Only other thing I was curious about is the side on picture above



the rear wheel looks a bit more forward or is that how they all sit?

nice choice on wheels they suit it

 

The rear wheels do sit forwards on all sierra,s
so nothing rong there mate

 

Thats good to know, I know some cars do sit like that.

 

Nice 3dr that matey. Anything to do with cossies is a fortune at the mo.

 

Think it's the way the kit is made for some reason

If you remove the kit on the rear arch the wheel will sit
Centre of the shell/arch

 

looking good mate

 

 

 

 

Looks nice in the pics.

 

So been busy doing bits


Got fed up with a tatty engine bay .so got busy

 

 

 

 

 

Oh that looks really nice

 

Looks great.
Is it intercooler or just very low pressure ?

 

Yes intercooler. It's a turbo technics converted 2.8 v6 .the bits they did are
Garrett T3 turbo . ( i had rebuilt 360 bearing etc )
2wd cosworth intercooler. (Fitted as better than the tt one )
Uprated head gaskets and high tensile bolts ( a must when upping the boost )
Modified metering head
Modified distributor
Modified sump
3" stainless exhaust from turbo back
Heads converted to run unleaded. So now on 99ron
At present only running 8 psi
Have an extra injector setup but its pretty crude so until I can build a stronger block and go efi then that's it for this year

 

Sounds good. Yes definitely a bit crude or dated but I bet it works ok and makes for a nice torquey motor. I like it

 

Looking very smart


Keep it locked up as best as you can, some poor sod had his e type stolen from around your way

 

Yes was very local to me it was left on his driveway !! . Mines VERY protected .
Locked in garage with car in front. Gravel drive and a big angry dog . If they get past that they then have to work out how to start it .....i Fitted a whole new engine loom and interior loom ....lets just say there's lots of mods been done to that .