DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

your car is absolutely stunning, i dont know how you have the heart to race it to be fair

Thanks. Thats very kind but there are much more bufty racecars out there than this. Besides it was built to race and has never been a road car.

[caprimentle]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

your car is absolutely stunning, i dont know how you have the heart to race it to be fair

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

Big thanks to Ray and his son for the paint work. Not bad considering the car hasnt left the garage Will get it up to him for a mop to give it some shine soon.



New drivers door from inside. Might need a new outer rubber as the one on there now is a bit ripply from being driven up

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

Right as you can see the cars had a little freshen up. Doors, bonnet and new grille have been repainted (grille and drivers door replace the old, rather bashed in items). While Ray painted the panels I got busy removing the rest of the black stripes from the car as they started to look a bit tatty. Luckily they weren't 2 pack like the rest of the car so they came off with thinners, cutting compound and lots of elbow grease.

I fancied a black bonnet to keep the theme but have had enough of matt colours so got Ray to give it a coat of gloss. Looks amazing when its not covered in dust.
Grille is fibreglass as old one came off in three pieces and it sits on nice new lightened brackets.
Scheme will be finished off with all of the relevent sponsors decals soon enough.





Proof that there is a complete drivers door, window and mirror for the first time in ages.

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

Right, been a while so about time I posted some updates. Been quite a busy month and have got a few bits done.
Gonna sort out some pics for a little update, but in the mean time heres a teaser



Car isnt all that clean but there have been a few changes...

[105Ian]

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Thanks Ian, still thinking up some mods for improving the Anglia.... haven't thought of any yet

I was expecting a 9 page list after all the last time I saw you , may have a couple of ideas of things I want to try just not sure how much difference they will make yet

[david_white]

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Good to see more progress Dave , always interesting to see all the little mods you put into your cars

Thanks Ian, still thinking up some mods for improving the Anglia.... haven't thought of any yet

[105Ian]

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Good to see more progress Dave , always interesting to see all the little mods you put into your cars

[david_white]

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This is the battery install, still a little tidying to finish.




Also won a cheap ashley manifold, I know its not the best design in the world but as I say it was less than a quarter the price of a Tony Law and hopefully it will get the car done quicker. Shown below is the ashley 3 piece from the pinto which Gary modified and my YB one (black) Hopefully once I have a head to test it I can get a good fit using one or both manifolds for parts.

[markb]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

Looking good Dave.

I'm looking forward to seeing you out on track soon!
I keep promising the mrs I'll take her racing but want to wait until either you or Andy are running... makes it so much more interesting!

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

just read this entire thread...... simply, awesome....brilliant car, lovelt build, and obviously not scared to use it...

Thank you very much, just wish I could use it more but budget comes into it and the new engine is a more complicated build than the pinto. As soon as its ready though it will get lots of use and abuse

[gringo!!]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

just read this entire thread...... simply, awesome....brilliant car, lovelt build, and obviously not scared to use it...

[stephen bahr]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

keep it up dave, it's coming along beautifully

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra 3dr YB race car

Got a couple more bits done this week including getting the catch tank into position which in turn meant moving the battery inside the car, onto the passenger footwell. The battery is all fitted and the Pipes made me up some new battery cables which now run neatly from the bulkhead down to the battery. Will try to get pics tomorrow.

The catch tank is an old cosworth race car breather tank which I have altered slightly to be just a catch tank. The return outlet will be blocked off and used as a drain to empty the tank, the inlets at the top will connect to the breathers from the engine and the dry sump tank. Gonna try to make a sight gauge too. This set up came from an N/A cossie sapphire race car so should work fine.

I also swapped all of the roll cage bolts for nice new ones as the old capheads were extremely rusty, and of varying lengths.



Also spent a while playing with the Jenveys as I had a pipercross backplate to fit a filter on a pinto and a carbon dished backplate from an mi16 lump. Neither are close to fitting the yb spacing so I cut up and reversed the ally plate and then trimmed it down to fit behind the carbon fibre which I had cut the guts out of. The result is for next to nothing I have made my filter fit the jenveys on the yb manifold and also made enough space to run 90mm trumpets in place of the 45s I could fit inside the filter before.
I also got a new jenvey fuel rail from Burtons and fitted up my vxr injectors.

[rwd2ltrfiesta]

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love that alot. id love 2 get in2 curcuit racen but wouldnt no were 2 start looking. only so much you can do going round ovals , but keep it up mate youll soon be passing a blue bm.