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[knuckles]

Had to be done !
Old bottle was cracking on the sides.
The bottle requires you to replace the over flow hose for a bigger one and re-route it.
Ended up cutting down the long ford hose to suit.

[jayrs]

Knew ya would get a new one lol

[Dave G fsi]

Great car, and to be completely standard is definitely rare these days!

Good find

[Ghost]

Stop ruining it

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[Turboboy67]

Looks a good one Clarke

[dontpannic]

Do not fit clears! Absolutely under any circumstances!

Looks like a great example mate!

[knuckles]

Do not fit clears! Absolutely under any circumstances!

Looks like a great example mate!

Funny you should say that ! Lol
But you be glad to know the ambers went straight back on after a few days.
They look too clean and new for the sierra in mercury grey.

[dontpannic]

I don't know what it is but clears have never done it for me on any Sierra, ambers are period correct and look a lot better

[FiestaBen]

I actually love this

[knuckles]

Had a slight leak from the pas steering bottle. The whole inner wing was covered in pas oil from these two hoses slowly seeping out.


The cap was broken on this bottle and is no longer available.




So a new bottle from ford of course
& a new hose from Roose Motorsport supplied in OE matt black.
The ford hose was around £145 and is not as good as the Roose Motorsport item.



All fitted & re filled. Inner wing cleaned down.



Another problem I've found whilst driving this car is this petrol light keeps coming on



Fitted the ford black number plate surround to complete the smoked rear end look.
Looked a bit odd without it ...

[muz]

Lovely example. However, a clean, original car, such as this, needs the standard amber rear lights, IMO.

It must be me getting old , but I love original cars these days. Especially the MK3 Escorts restos on the Series One Turbo website.

[knuckles]

Today was the day I was booked in for an exhaust change
Opted for a second hand mongoose system from eBay. It was in bad shape , had a few dents and scrapes in the mid section from being on a lowered sierra no doubt. Took it to EMP in St. Albans - formally top gear.

The middle section was just easier and cheaper to replace than repair so they cracked on so off came the old and on went the mongoose downpipe followed by their custom 3 inch bore mandrel bent sections , tig welded.







They added a small mid silencer to match the mongoose system.
Created new hangers











Genuine ford system was carefully unbolted because it's only done a few thousand miles.
Worth cleaning up treating and storing



The stupid 4 inch outward rolled pipe was chopped & a subtle 3 inch rolled out pipe was welded on in its place. Much more fitting for the std car.
Haven't gained massive bhp ! But it's now flowing like it should. Can hear the turbo whistle upon accelleration now
K&N panel filter made a big improvement too. Needs a set up next to make sure all is ok.

Not what I originally planned for the car but I felt the engine was very under powered because of them 4 silencers.
Kinda defeats the object of a cosworth.

[jayrs]

Much better dude

[Dave5300]

Much better, nice burble to it now

[knuckles]

Cleaned night before ford fair



Badges are back on !







Went for the standard look for ford fair - And immediately fell back in love with std look
Got myself some pressed metal number plates at ford fair. They will be going on next

[jayrs]

Dude, when you out the vented bonnet on, you need to put the later stuff back in IMO
And ffs change the wheels!

[EUFez]

Love this

[Smo]

Dude, when you out the vented bonnet on, you need to put the later stuff back in IMO
And ffs change the wheels!

Nooooo, leave it all as is! I think Sierras look their age now, and the earlier look works better! It's like Series 2 Turbos don't look right with clear indicators anymore... Original all the way!

[jayrs]

Na, all this keep it original crap does my head in, if things are kept original you would never do anything or have anything better! and before you say your on about looks only, just think, where do you draw the line with the term ' original ' becusse any mod take it away from original
Personal choice though, if it were mine I like theatre look, and sometimes you gotta move with the times.
In some cases like your ref to clears on a S2, yes and no there, yes as everything is going/gone clear now and you don't see many cars with Ambers anymore, and no because I still think clears look better lol

[dontpannic]

Got to be honest, my attention is grabbed much more by standard / OEM cars of that era than modified ones - especially now. You'll have far more interest in it being standard than modified (or at least minor mods rather than ones that severely alter the cars appearance)

[jayrs]

Yes and no, I don't mind a std look mk1 escort for example, but I sooner look at a fat arched one with custom paint and a big lump, as an example lol
A xr2 on the other hand.... So I know where your coming from, some cars just look better pretty much how Mr ford intended

[Smo]

I'm not saying all cars should be original, far from it, it's just that era of Cosworth I now think looks far more attractive with the standard ambers and rear lights!

If I was all about original full stop, I wouldn't have put ambers on my MK3.5 Fiesta

[jayrs]

Hmmm I do see ya point, although I still like the later style.
At least it ain't got Lexus lights or some other tacky $hit

[Fraggle]

Lexus lights are prob the reason why we aint seen any progress on this...

He's fitted em and is too ashamed too show us....

[knuckles]

well well ! i turn my back for a few months and all sorts of rummours begin to fly
fudgekin lexus lights !

Been a while since ive been on here so id better update something




Battery went flat on the cossie over this cold winter so i removed it to charge it up to discover minor surface rust on the tray. So thought id give it some tlc before it gets any worse.



After rubbing down , rust treating wasnt really needed but did it any way , primed then painted.
gave it 3 coats of lacquer few days later after this picture.





Fitted my pressed metal number plates which i got from ford fair last year along with the smoked rear lights for a change along with center black backing.

In other news i took the sierra to be setup by a local specialist in romford. Joe at GS motorsport.
Since buying the car ive noticed a distinctive smell of fuel through the heater vents every time you start the car and every time you pull away. So it has been overfueling for quite a while.

He did various checks , fuel pressure , c02 reading check, replaced the old spark plugs, clean and reset throttle body adjustment screw, Checked the Ecu for any tampering - which there wasnt any , still original chip & original turbo 8psi.

He did an amazing job for all of £90 ! which included 4 x new genuine ford spark plugs
Drives like a dream now - no more over fueling or high idle / hunting but on the down side the 110,000 mile original engine has a slight head gasket leak

Not happy - but its done well for the millage and age of the car

[Fraggle]

Seeing as the gaskets leaking its a perfect excuse too break it and spend the doe on ya proper RS that we aint seen naff all of update wise

Genuinely though she is a real nice example of a cossie, deffo better with the 3inch tip too.

[knuckles]

Seeing as the gaskets leaking its a perfect excuse too break it and spend the doe on ya proper RS that we aint seen naff all of update wise

The Fiesta is still awaiting a decent bonnet - which has proven hard to find a good one without lots of dents & filler.
Ive managed to source one from that Rs on ebay which had the Fire damage. Took it over to Jay so he can work his magic. It has few damaged areas from it being couriered down from liverpool on the edges but jay thinks these will be easy to straighten out. The main thing is the center of the bonnet has NO dents - not even a charge carrier dent

So fingers crossed soon you will see an update which may include some paintwork on bumpers , Side skirts , bodykit & the bonnet , tailgate.

Back to the cossie - best case sneario after stripping it down its going to need , head work , gasket set , belt kit , possibly a turbo. If the bottom end requires more than just piston rings , shells & a hone its going to be one exspensive rebuild

[jayrs]

You love bringing me stuff to fix lol

And the tail gate is painted, just the kit to final paint

[Smo]

I'm confused, Clark... Best case scenario? So it definitely needs all those bits? Is the bottom end really that bad after 110K?

[Fraggle]

I'm confused, Clark... Best case scenario? So it definitely needs all those bits? Is the bottom end really that bad after 110K?

Its Tottenham taxi so its probs really done 310, plus its a sierra with a cosworth mill, only gotta look at it wrong and its a 30k disappearing act from the sky rocket

He should just cash in on the RS tax and spend it on his proper RS, which is in the fastest colour of white



Tbh in all honesty at 110 id be looking for a full refresh, doubt its ever been hammered as its such a nice example but it does make sense imop if gaskets gone might as well pull it out and lick it over.

Or as above..above...hahahahahaha

[Smo]

Nooo, it's such a good example, it needs to stay!

[knuckles]

I've been looking at what is going to be needed to overhaul the cosworth engine.
Went down burton power to have a chat & to get an idea of what is normally done.

This is the shopping list so far :

Green injectors
3 bar map sensor
- 31 actuator
Hybrid T34 turbo
Stage 2 chip
0.5 bore to cylinder block & head skim
Malhe .5 over size Pistons
Crank Shells / big end shells
Valve guides - stem seals
Valve springs - isky
Cam seals & bearings
Hydraulic lifters
Victor reinz group a head gasket
Top end & bottom end Engine gasket set
oil pump & water pump
Cam belt kit / tensioner
Crank oil seals

The eagle eyed amoung you may spot a few tasty upgrades but after talking to a few different people it's not worth rebuilding the engine to std spec over a stage 2. For the little bit more money I can have better power. The standard power is around 205bhp. The stage 2 will be around 300 - 330.
The next step up to stage 3 would involve cylinder head work. Gas flowed & ported etc. Bigger intercooler but I feel it's going to end up being too powerful for the std brakes & suspension. Which I'm not planning on changing.
So I will be happy with a modest stage 2

[Smo]

Sounds like a really good plan

[jayrs]

Your going ahead with it then.

I take it you have decided what cRs are staying and what's going now then?

[MAD_Adamski]

Std head can flow 400-450 hp....

If it were me depending on what block you have if you have a 200 i'd use it if not get one...

Run your current crank, get some oe compression pistons with valve cuts, get your rods shot peened. I'd even lightly port the head inlet side leave the exhaust side...

Refresh the stem seals, oe exhaust cam, bd16 inlet cam... long stud the block and wrc gasket.... All that will run 500 hp all day....

And won't cost much more in the grand scheme....

Turbo choice if cost wasnt a issue i'd say get a twin scroll manifold and a efr 7064 and it'll be a rocket.

Or just whack what you have on then later you can upgrade....

I have a mega engine but I have learnt the best cheapest mods over the yrs... I'm currently building a second engine to the above spec...

These bw turbos really are like nothing you will have driven before that spool up like a t34 but kick and go like a muther fukcer....

Mine is one 7670 and on high boost its a animal...