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Old 11th December 2009, 02:03 PM
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Default 2.9 xr4?

im finding it hard to find a doner car localy

have seen a few 2wd xr4's any one shoe horned a v6 into a roadster yet

also any one know what sierra's had a lsd diff's in them

its ither that or i go for a bike engine with some kind of starter motor reverse on the prop but im not sure if thay work and where to get the gear to fit to the prop anyone go any linkeys?
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Old 11th December 2009, 02:17 PM
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you have a builder putting that same engine in not far from you & he,s about ready to get it started for the first time, its forum member "Spikehaus", he,s done a cracking job on his build & overcome lots of fitting issues of the V6 going in a Roadster.

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Old 11th December 2009, 07:18 PM
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looks a bit to big to fit realy

come on ther has to be a fair priced sierra around the south west some where

saw a bloke today who wanted 500 notes for a 1600 pinto on a e with bit missing

please keep your eyes and ears peeled
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Old 11th December 2009, 08:47 PM
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got the v6 cosworth engine in mine. fits ok.
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Old 11th December 2009, 10:26 PM
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Baz-r

Check Gum Tree, I found a DOHC Sierra on there for £150


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Old 13th December 2009, 03:31 PM
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If it's a 3DR XR4i and it's cheep then your best bunging it in a garage and cashing in later as they are going up up up ££££

If it's a 5DR XR4i then it's the 2.0 DOHC engine not a V6

The Roadster book mentions the use of he V6, so it will probably fit.



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