RyanML Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) hey all, Since breaking my escort and going boring with my diesel mondeo ive had the urge for another toy and since i had been recently bitten by the drifting bug when this sierra came up for grabs at a bit of a bargain I just had to have it! now i know this is an escort site, but i thought you may be interested and I like having a thread I can look back on what ive done lol. http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4708/photokrk.jpg not the prettiest i know but for what i wanna do with it, it will do very well the original plan was to just slap my LSD on that i have for my other sierra long term project and go for a skid, but i ended up buying a roll cage and seats, then some suspension, then some wheels etc etc so here is some pics of my current progress fitted a new rear bumper as the car came with a cosworth bumper which would be better suited to my other sierra, btw, sierra rear bumpers are really hard to get hold of, took me 2 months to find this one, will be painting it myself when the time is right. http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3609/wp000211.jpg Fitted cosworth steering wheel http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/1729/wp000200l.jpg then in went the roll cage, not bolted in as yet but atleast its in the car out of the way http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/6300/wp000231k.jpg mk5 rs2000 seats on sierra runners ready to go in, funny story with these, i sold these to sk8xtrm as part of a deal to fit a 2.0 into my escort, many years ago!, well they have changed hands many times since and now i have them back lol http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1452/wp000115a.jpg then came the front suspension, -30mm (apparently) gmax springs, also note the new wheels, but unfortunately to fit these you need to run 10mm spacers with extended studs, same for the back except you also need to grind the calipers a little http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8106/wp000232h.jpg wanted to run these as the car only had 120bhp when it left the factory and probably less now so i want to give it the best chance of spinning them back wheels i can. http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1212/wp000233.jpg so thats how it sits now, next thing to do is drop the rear axle off, im going to fit the new diff, new brake lines and make the wheels fit off the car, ive also ordered a hydraulic handbrake which should be with me soon, then make up some plates and buy some new nuts and bolts to bolt the cage in then take it for MOT. quite looking forward to having a car which is a bit of fun for a change lol. Edited January 2, 2013 by RyanML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Nice thread. I'll be following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 same as sidrick i will be watching too i'm a fan of sierras is it a cvh engine ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 great project whats the other sierra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Nice project, my dad had a similar one in white and I used to love driving it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanML Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 nah shes the 2.0 twincam 8v, the other one is a red 3dr sierra shell, bit worse for wear but long term project not bothered when it gets done lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongo Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 nice one ry,will enjoy this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboyclub Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 looks like a good start will keep an eye on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerrob666 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I used to have one of them fiats - f'ing horrible cars! nice sierra tho. dad had one years back. haven't seen one on the road for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze4door Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 you need to slap a 24v cossie in this and it will go like stink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 nice thread....just so you know for some reason sierras and cortinas both being rwd actual run wheels with a fwd offset of et35 hence why spacers are needed and you endup with alot of poke out of the arches!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt86 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 when i was a kid my dad had a sapphire in that colour...i love that car and it was that and his orion that originally made me love Fords.this is going to be an interesting project...want to see some videos of it in action when its done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanML Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Also the reason i have to run spacers are the brakes are too big to go under the wheels, if i had a 1.6 sierra with smaller front disks and drums they wouldnt be needed Thanks for the comments, should have some kind of update this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaweV6 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Also the reason i have to run spacers are the brakes are too big to go under the wheels, if i had a 1.6 sierra with smaller front disks and drums they wouldnt be needed Solution. You want THESE Fitting RS 4 spokes is a nightmare and TBH they're not the best for drifting purposes - not the toughest ones if you know what I mean... Revolutions on the other hand are just brilliant. Lighter, tougher, no hassle. BTW what CWP are you running now ? I heard WWRS can do 5:1 for £420 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanML Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Im doing it on a bit of a budget, i like 4 spokes, they came up cheap and i like them on sierras, not getting involved with drifting much, just after a bit of fun, if i thought i would get the car in my garage i would use a welded diff and be done with it lol Not clued up on cwp tbh, no idea what kind of ratios mean what etc, all i know is the one i have for it is an xr4x4 diff, seen one in action on a mates and tended to work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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