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

[david_white]

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

Nice one Dave, bet your gagging to drive it

Not wrong mate..

[4parajon]

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

Nice one Dave, bet your gagging to drive it

[david_white]

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

Cheers, going up to Track and road as Ive used Steve Greenald for years and its only up the road.

Got exhaust manifold lambda boss welded thanks to Frank Frostick, fitted some titanium heat wrap, thanks to the Mrs! and got the downpipe and system all fully fitted. List is getting smaller!

[caprimentle]

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

Looks fantastic mate, very smart as usuall . Who are you getting to map it for you out of curiosity?

[david_white]

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

Almost everything on the list completed, just one more bit of heat shielding and the gearbox and starter to fit now.
Should have a bit more progress this week

[Roadsport]

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

Thats looks just so right! Simply at home in there nice work! Have u booked it for rollers yet?

[david_white]

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

Breather pipes on, throttle cable now converted to race type as std one wouldnt fit and was a bit short, plugs fitted and heat mat bought to start shielding everything on the hot side.
New 3 bar map sensor fitted and plugged in too

[PaulAlex]

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

I know that feeling Dave! Everything you're doing looks the business - not long now...

[david_white]

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

Looking good David.
Have you a deadline or first race you're aiming for?
Cheers
Iain

Not a deadline as such, just asap really. Wanna do a whole test day once its mapped just to check everything as so much is new now.
Not getting enough time on it so progress isn't as rapid as I'd like

[IainRS17T]

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

Looking good David.
Have you a deadline or first race you're aiming for?
Cheers
Iain

[PaulAlex]

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

Looking great Dave - I do like a decent 3-door...

[david_white]

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

Certainly looks like you been busy and things are moving along well now , and look forward to the post when its all ready to fire up the new engine

Thanks Ian, yeah progress has been pretty good thanks to mocking everything up prior to getting the engine. As usual though the obvious stuff has gone in really quick and it will be the little details that cause holdups, but so far so good

[105Ian]

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

Certainly looks like you been busy and things are moving along well now , and look forward to the post when its all ready to fire up the new engine

[david_white]

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

Quick recap of what went in yesterday along with the engine;

- Alternator and belt (as before but with drop bracket)
- Exhaust manifold, with all new aerotight nuts and new studs
- Turbo, nut and bolted with aerotights, damper fitted
- Inlet, throttle body and dump valve
- All coolant hoses and swirl pot
- All fuel hoses
- All boost hoses and air filter
- Most vacuum hoses
- New magnicore 8.5mm leads
- Strut brace
- Turbo oil feed and all oil pressure lines
- Oil cooler hoses
- Engine loom all plugged in
- Amal valve wired and piped in

Jobs to do next;

- Turbo drain pipe (forgot!)
- Fit map sensor
- Fit clutch cable
- Make throttle cable
- Fit gearbox
- Modify pinto high torque starter with new baseplate
- Buy spark plugs
- Start heat shielding, lots of heat shielding
- Breather plumbing

Busy couple of weeks then lol...

[david_white]

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

Some more pics from yesterdays effort, even gave the car a quick wash once it was all done









Still got to fit gearbox and starter, clutch cable and throttle cable (which I'm gonna have to modify or replace)