Sierra XR4x4 Turbo - Photos Added 21/11/06

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:19 pm

One guy in our other club is running a 2.9 twin turbo with a proven dyno'd 318bhp and 338ib/ft and a proven (Ford Fair 2005) 0-60 3.98 secs

Another guy is running a 2.9 bored out to 3.7 with an Eaton E90 supercharger 287bhp and 339 lb/ft.
Both of these guys have spent in the region of

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:19 am

Sounds like a good plan Pablo

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:14 am

pablo wrote: "More time on Track - Less time in the garage"

Bloody great shout mate =D>

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:36 pm

Just got back from a track day at Donnington with the car still in one piece.

Handling was much better aithough i think we had the front tyre presurres a bit to high.
We seem to have a slight overheating issue that was slightly evident at cadwell park but seems to have got worse. We were still able to complete all our sessions and the car still runs fine

I am having trouble upload pictures as my pc is a bit old and slow, but once Bart can drag himself away from the track car he says he will sort it. :roll: :roll:

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:58 pm

Glad your day went well. Craners is a bit mad eh? :lol:

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:32 pm

Yes not my favourite part of the circuit, although Bart loves it. The car went well all day and as the track dried out it got better. As we got there nice and early we were able to grab a pit garage. Which in the cold really helped.

Do BigPower ever go there as a club?

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:49 pm

I love the double act of you and Bart btw

BigPower have no plans to set up a track day there at present but Stu and I would both love to do the circuit and I am sure that we russle together a small group outing over to the east midlands

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:03 pm

That would be excellant.
When it comes to the the track car i suppose we are a bit of a double act. we take turns in going out on track, after each session we discuss how the car is behaving, how the track is other cars out there. What changes need to be made. But above all this we just have a laugh

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:17 pm

as promissed photos of when we were building the car
sorry about poor photo quality used a crap camera

flat pack engine from ikea

old engine out disconect from gearbox

new engine in

who said that you cant get into the engine bay of a V6

interior comes out

this is how the car looked 4 weeks before ford fair
no engine, graphics, interior or bumper

barts blue peter bumper
take a xr4x4, sierra gls and a cosworth bumper and this is what he made himself

and after 4 hard weeks this was the end result we unveiled at ford fair back in august

debut outing at cadwell park

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:16 pm

Overheating problem sorted.. New thermostat fitted.

Jobs to be done before christmas....

1. Brakes to be upgraded.. Cosworth front discs with scorpio cosworth 4 pot calipers.

2. New custom made competition exhaust by Ashley Competition exhaust. with re-packable wadding

3. Group A turbo oil feed.