Gingea1pom's Build Diary

[twinturbo]

Originally Posted by AshG

well done mate that sierra looks ok. must have been one of the last ones on a j plate. like the roll bar

Naaa, lots of K plates, a few L platers and even a couple of late registered M's!!!!

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[twinturbo]

Originally Posted by adrianreeve

Still reckon I win for bargain sierra doner - paid £50 for it, drove it home, then found £15 in change in the glove compartment!

Cheers

Adrian

I bought a 1992 2.0GT for £72 in 2007. It had 3 month MOT , 2 months tax.. Just had to fit a replacement MAP sensor off the shelf. I used it for a year with a total outlay after stripping and selling of -£185 ... I wish I had kept the engine and ECU now...


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[gingea1pom]

1 Jan 2010

Had a great day today, I started striping the Sierra, my hands are saw from being so cold.

Rewind a little to two days ago, I finally got back in the garage after Christmas and in two days fitted the rest of the wishbone mounts, the steering rack mount and the dif mounts CP10. I bit the bullet and decided after fitting the last wish bone mounts that I didn’t really need the build table anymore, I still have a little to do on the chassis like hand break mounts and the steering column assembly. So this morning (10ish) the chassis when outside for the second time, the build table got cut into three (I had used MDF as it is cheap and the thing had warped so would be no use to anyone) and the garage got a clear out. I enlisted the help of Nicky, my wife, and we went up to work to retrieve the Sierra, the minuet it was on the drive the stripping begun.

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I now have a big pile of things to throw and only a little pile of thinks to keep. Now it is in the garage I can take my time labelling wires and getting ready to pluck the heart from the beast.

Cheers Ginge

[Bonzo]

Well done Ginge

Great feeling, stripping a car, knowing that you don't have to put it all back together again.

Hope you hve not got too much spanner rash mate


Another one working on their build on new years day ..........You folks are making me feel guilty .... Just sitting here with my feet up

I am planning to make a re-start next weekend

[twinturbo]

offer the unwanted parts on

http://forum.fordsierraclub.co.uk/

or give me a list of whats spare and I can do it for you..


Make sure you keep the magic tree for the Roadster.

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[AshG]

that should be stripped in a couple more hours mate took my mate andy and i 6 hours to reduce mine to a pile of parts on the floor.

when you drop the motor just undo the whole subframe and leave the engine attached as it allows the engine to stand upright on the subframe and makes it easier to move around

[gingea1pom]

Top tip on the sub frame Ash, cheers.

Looking at the toothed wheel and the pickup do I have the start of some sort of electronic ignition?

Cheers Ginge

[twinturbo]

It has the ESC-Hybrid Ignition system.

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[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by gingea1pom

Top tip on the sub frame Ash, cheers.

Looking at the toothed wheel and the pickup do I have the start of some sort of electronic ignition?

Cheers Ginge

Yes Ginge

That is a trigger wheel & VR sensor, very usefull if you fancy going down the Bike carb & Megajolt route

If you feel realy brave..........Bike throttle bodies & Megasquirt

Not sure what either of these mods would give on the CVH engine though.

I dare say it'll give the motor a little bit more zip

[mark]

I have fitted bike carbs and megajolt to my cvh and as already said the trigger wheel and vr sensor are already in the correct position which makes it a very simple instalation

Havnt driven it yet so dont know if its made much difference, but i supspect it should once set up compared to the standard pierburg carb set up

If you are planning zetec with bike carbs after iva then you should think about fitting bike carbs, megajolt and fuel pump now so come engine swap time you have what you want/need already, and experience of how it works. Also you wont have to add any extra wires in to the loom to get it going.

If going down this route and are using the donor loom you can strip out all the wires that run the standard ignition system before its put into the car and wont have to do it later or have uneeded wiring allover the engine bay from the standard set up.