Will this do?

[danblack87]

Ive done that. Cheers.

[Bonzo]

Hi Dan

Welcome to the forum

I see that you have had plenty of good, sound advice

The cost of a Sierra donor will seem like a bargain when you sit back & realise just how many build parts you'll have collected in one go

Enjoy the build when you make a start

[spud69]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

Hi Dan

Welcome to the forum

I see that you have had plenty of good, sound advice

The cost of a Sierra donor will seem like a bargain when you sit back & realise just how many build parts you'll have collected in one go

Enjoy the build when you make a start

Warm welcome Dan,

Agree with Ronnie there, even if you pay upto £300 for a good donor Sierra you're getting a lot of good quality parts for your money, and an easy base for upgrades for future pant wetting experiences.

Have Fun....AndyH

[twinturbo]

I have not bothered with a single donor, but I have a number of parts and have managed to source a number of others cheeaply.

Engine £50 from another of my projects
Gearbox £20 ( although I have another that cost £100)
Rear diff, Hubs, Drums £20 of fule as the were free.
Front uprights inc ball joints £45
Front brakes £from stock £10
Column £From Spares stock £10
Wheel £from spares stock £10
Alloys £from Spares stock £50
Clock £from spares stock £5
Servo £from spares stock £5
prop, starter £40

Makes about £265 spent on donor bits, no hassel of a shell to get rid of

Some shrewd work on ebay may see a similar haul for similar money. Your well placed location wise.

TT

[MikeB]

mx5's are quite cheap at the minute, westfield do a mx5 based kit,
I'm considering another build with an early mx5 1.6 engine and box.
Hopeing all the injection system will fit under the bonnet so no need for megajolt or bike carbs.
Plan would then be to link that to the sierra rear end (come up on ebay fairly regularly). I'll then source a sierra column and probably buy the front uprights and hubs from Rallye design.
Should have about 120 bhp, if I then need more power I'll just drop a 1.8 in later or turbo the 1.6 there's plenty of kits for the mx engine.

M

[slimtater]

You could just buy mine and drive to the track lol!

[danblack87]

Lol, thanks guys. Appreciate all the information and help.
Would love to just buy one and drive, but it would never be the same as driving a beast of a trackday machine that I actually made myself.

Cheers,

Dan.

[londonsean69]

Originally Posted by danblack87

Lol, thanks guys. Appreciate all the information and help.
Would love to just buy one and drive, but it would never be the same as driving a beast of a trackday machine that I actually made myself.

Cheers,

Dan.

You will not be able to build "a beast of a trackday machine" on the cheap.

Somewhere along the line, you will need to spend decent money.
First off, you need to define cheap. I reckon £150 for a sierra is a bargain.

BUT, with the 250bhp you want, you will need to look at either
highly tuned zetec lump £££££
Cosworth £££££
something totally different £££££ as everything else will need modding.

Once you have your 'cheap' Sierra and 250bhp engine, how are you going to stop it??
Performance cars have performance brakes for a reason.

Assuming you have the power, and the ability to stop that power, you will then need wide wheels to lay that power down on the track, more ££££, or decent tyres, again, more ££££

And even if you managed to get the above at reasonable rate, there is a minutae of things to consider, such as a propshaft that can take 300bhp.

I would be seriously impressed if anybody got a 250bhp roadster on the track (not the road, so saving shedloads on lights, IVA etc) for less than £5k.

People really need to realise that big BHP is not the be all and end all of these types of cars. If you had a 170bhp beemer, and a 170bhp roadster, I would lay money on which is most fun, and fastest around a track.

There is a reason the Caterham R500 is quicker on the top gear track of lies than a £1m Veyron.

Pick one, budget, or BHP

[danblack87]

I appreciate your honesty.
In that case, I would prefer the BHP all the way, even if I have to elongate the build a little to suit my budget.

In terms of 200-250bhp I was looking at a zetec or Duratec engine setup and was going to work on the mods for that one step at a time, not go the whole hog right away.

Thanks for the honesty.

Cheers,

Dan.

[twinturbo]

Donor suitable cars come up on ebay all the time

BMW 3's seem popular as an alternative, and would probably be the next big donor.

A Scorpio would do for a number of parts, although their engine managment has PATS.

TT