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

[Nelly]

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Gutted for you after all the effort you've put into the build but glad to hear you're still keen to get it straight again.

Its no consolation but the car looks great in the rolling road pics.

[Roadsport]

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Shame about the crash but as said the improtant thing is that no one got hurt. And that you're not utterly gutted and have high spirit to do some pulling and panel beating. It's all part of the game.

[david_white]

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Some rolling road pics from before just to cheer the thread up a bit, what a great day and a superb showing from the new engine.

[david_white]

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[david_white]

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Cheers Ian, as you say no one hurt and car will live again. The whiplash is easing slightly too now



Gives you an idea of the amount the front has moved

[105Ian]

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Sorry to hear of your accident mate after all the work you have put into getting the car done , sounds like your ok wich is the main thing .

All the best Ian

[david_white]

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Also wanted to say a big thanks to the team and everyone there for their help and support on the day. A lot of turbosporters were there and its good to have people like this about when the s##t hits the fan. Thanks

[david_white]

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Brief update to revive this thread (sort of) lol.
Car made just shy of 330 bhp on the rollers and performed admirably all day. Of the back of that I booked it in for the performance ford trackday to give the car a bit of a shake down.
Made it through noise testing and everything was running great so ventured out onto a very cold track on very hard slicks only to have a big off after a couple of laps. Tyres couldn't get any temp and third time down the back straight I must have touched the white lines while hard in third and got instantly spat across the track and onto wet grass. Next stop armco.. nose first, then spun round and hit rear 1/4.
Will post some pics later but for now heres some of the head count of f##ked parts so far;

Steering rack, rod end, 2x front wings, damaged rear quarter, rear panel, tailgate, headlight, tail light, 2x wheels, all bonnet pins, front and rear bumpers, pedal box, grille, front panel, inner wings (creased) and worst of all front chassis rails, wings etc have all moved over 2" to the n/s. Car will need jigging and all of the above parts to put right/replaced. Should be a busy winter then

On the positive side the car ran extremely well in every regard before the crash and Grahams engine is a pure work of art. The engine and most of the running gear survived unscathed (not even a drop of fluid lost) so I have high hopes of getting the car back to its best (and beyond) by next summer at the latest. One part I do need to address is the n/a spec diff which is a 4.2:1 and the cause of a lot of the traction issues. I will get fossie to rebuild this in to a suitable ratio such as a 3.7 or 3.9 once the diff is out.

[david_white]

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must be nearly time to send off for my licence

x2

[Graham]

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must be nearly time to send off for my licence

[Toymex]

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Good stuff Dave ,a shakedown is not far away

[105Ian]

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Great to hear its up and running Dave , and look forward to hearing how it runs once its all mapped on the rolling road

[david_white]

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Well it runs Gets nice and warm, oil pressure and levels are great, no leaks but runs a bit funny as its on Andys x-flow map! Throttle response is off but timing and fuelling must be all wrong.
Revs like a b*stard when it does go though

Andy is gonna upload a new base map into it this week and set the throttle parameters etc so we should get it running a lot nicer. Once its all proved safe rolling road will be booked

[david_white]

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Not long to go now, engine spins over nicely now i've modded the starter motor (again) and it tries to fire as soon as you touch the button with the ignition on. Resisting the temptation to run it though as i've got a base map being written for it and once thats in we can prove everything is sound before it goes to the rollers.

Thats about it really, apart from I've had to modify virtually every 'bolt on' part i've fitted lately. All 3 pedals do something now and all fluids are done so if mapping goes well we can finally look to booking a test day. Working weekends and nights isn't aiding progress though

[SportsSedanSteve]

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We've been working on our engines for almost the same amount of time Dave. It's been a long road. I get mine back tomorrow but still have a lot of work to do before it goes back in the car. Keep us posted