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

[angliaant]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

ohhh you must have been busy


getting there now then

[PIG]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

really nice clean looking build there fellas,well done to all of you

[alex savill]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Every time i see the car it seens to be gettin closer and closer to being completed it is unbelivable

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Pic of rear windows bolted in



Will hopefully fit the tailgate window this week, that will be bonded in to give the hatch a bit of strength with maybe just a couple of bolts to be sure it cant move..

[Kevmk2]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Keep up the good work

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Got a bit more done today, Andy finished the wiring loom and has now wired into the switchbox and ecu. The battery is also fitted and wired along with the cut out switch on the bulkhead.

A full test of all of the cars electrics was tried and we were all overjoyed to see that everything works.

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

The next job was to get the fuel tank in. We did this simply (although carefully) by making 3 holes in the boot floor to correspond with the outlets and filler on the tank and then once lifted into place under the floor we made 4 supporting rods and 2 braces to clamp the tank up to the floor.

To keep it all clamped tight and not damage the tank there is also some strips of foam/rubber insulation above the tank plus it also fits tightly between the rear panel and the chassis rail so it cant move even if the rods bend. Myself and Ant carefuuly made the clamps so that we could get a very tight fit around the tank with minimal intrusion into the car and i'm well pleased with the result.
We just need to make a cover for the filler spout now to act as a firewall, this will be pretty small as the filler only sticks up a couple of inches





Andy also got the swirl pot and fuel pumps into position in the wheel well. We can now start to plumb in all of the fuel lines.

[Toymex]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Looks very nice Dave almost too nice to race,are you going to make the next round

[mk2stu]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

looks great m8 bet you cant wait to get it fired up and hear it run for the first time

[alex savill]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Rather genius dave
it does look the poochy's penis

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Looks very nice Dave almost too nice to race,are you going to make the next round

They're never too nice to race mate

We're just going throught the whole car getting jobs done at the moment, it is getting closer to being done though.

The only large components missing off of the car are as follows;

1. Gearbox - stealing Andy Pipes, don't tell him

2. Clutch - Might fit a paddle rather than a sintered as Linford will have a bit more torque than the xflow with luck. Burtons will have something for the job so no worries there.

3. Diff - Fossie is on the case and its gonna be rather splendid

4. Dry sump tank - Already stolen Andy Pipe's, you know the drill. Just need to make a mount for it this week.

5. Plumbing - All in control, just need to order up the brake lines we need and the oil and fuel lines we have mostly.

6. Fuel regulator - Again probably from burtons, around 3 - 3.5 bar iirrc.

7. Harnesses - Lets just hope Andy doesn't need his car back out too soon

So not too much really, we can of course work quicker but as with most of us budget is the most limiting factor, but we'll get there soon

[mk2stu]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

budgets suck dont they might be doing some bank robbing to get mine up abit of you fancy it

[david_white]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Fitted dry sump tank and remote oil filter today.

Also fitted blanking plate above radiator to help air flow through the rad, air intake and across the dry sump tank (no oil cooler fitted for now)

Trying to upload some pics as soon as pc allows me to

[angliaant]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

if you can/want dave email me the pics and i wil post em

glad you had a successfull day i got quite a bit done aswell

cheers

[Roger Miller]

Re: DW's (new?) Sierra N/A PINTO race car

Fitted dry sump tank and remote oil filter today.

Also fitted blanking plate above radiator to help air flow through the rad, air intake and across the dry sump tank (no oil cooler fitted for now)

Trying to upload some pics as soon as pc allows me to

Howd ya fit pump lines to pinto ?
Sizes ?
I Recon ull need a cooler

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