Been a while

[JakeH]

Got a bit of time today so i prepared a little info on what iv done so far, with some pics and wot-not, comments and constructive criticism welcome.

first a bit of info:
using a 2.0 zetec engine with either gearbox, depending on what i can get hold of. will be turbo charging the engine when its in but for now just leaving it standard, using the original ECU and injection system on the engine.

my car will be for track use only so will be using a full roll cage and strengthening the chassis slightly.

Day One

Sorted the disaster of a garage out today, had a huge clear out, and built a new build table with a nice piece of 38mm MDF for a base.
put up some racking and sorted the pile of steel i had into some sort of order, this time round i'm going to cut ALL the chassis rails by hand, last time i used one of those daft rage saw things which caused more pain than gain, should be fun

Day Two

marked out the build table and chocked it up with some bits of MDF i had lying around, then cut the base rails for the chassis and slotted them into place on the table, didn't get chance to tack them yet as i don't have any MIG gas, will get some tomorrow

Day Three

Tacked all the bottom rails together today then started on the dreaded front frame, had a full day (6 hours or so) and managed to get it as close to perfect as i could! then tacked it to the base of the chassis.

Day Four

Got loads done today, uprights top rails, seat backs and a diagonal or two, starting to look more like car now, making me feel like i'm achieving something again.

Day Five

A good five hours in the garage today saw some more uprights, top rails and a couple of diagonals finished off, its flying together now, because iv already built the chassis once and had a disaster i kind of know what im doing so getting things level and square is proving a bit easier



Day Six

The last of the top rails and diagonals done today, will be adding some more supports to try and keep the chassis as stable as possible under cornering. starting on the seat back next



Day Seven

got the seat back rails done today, and moved the chassis forward ready to start on the rear framework.



Today

ordered the suspension and shocker brackets today from talonmotorsport.

[HandyAndy]

Hi Jake, welcome "Back" to the forum

Looks like you,re making great progress there

Might be an idea to remove TR5 if you are installing the Zetec ...gets in the way .

cheers
andy

[shh120m]

looks good mate, you arent half going at it, it will be finished by day 10!

[Bonzo]

Welcome back into the fold

Certainly looks like you have made some real steady progress, plenty of pictures too

[JakeH]

Day 8

Started on the rear frame today, got the main part of it done, ran out of welding gas near the end so a couple of the welds are a bit well really bad...





Day 9

done some more on the rear frame today, got the plates surrounding the shocker mount and roll bar mount done along with most of the rest of the tubes on the back, another day and i should be ready for suspension mounts.




Also been on the sierra hunt with no joy what so ever, spotted and OLD Y reg one in a garden, tis a bit knackered and has a wall around it so would need lifting out, knocked on the door but no reply (apparently hes a bit of a collector) so might be reluctant to give it up, going to go back and offer to remove it for free.

Jake

[JakeH]

I FOUND ONE

after a week of looking with no joy for a sierra thats both close to home and within my budget i found one! tis a 1991 sapphire, 1.8 only done 88,000 miles, which i thought was'nt too bad! a few pics





found it on gumtree.com, was in bradford, paid a bit more than planned but it was worth it!

including a bit of fuel to get it home paid £300 should be able to make that back selling the parts i dont use!

Jake

[JakeH]

been busy as usual.

got the rest of the rear suspension area done this week, and done the base of the transmission tunnel.

getting there now, should hopefully have the suspension brackets tacked on and make a start fully welding the chassis by the end of next week.

a few (more) pics for your enjoyment:







will be stripping the donor at the beginning of march as we now have 5 cars on the drive but have just ordered a van and are trading 2 of them in, should have a little more space by then!

will also be adding some more support to the chassis as it will not have an easy life! but that will be done after the chassis is fully welded and the engine, gearbox, e.c.t "trial fitted"