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

[david_white]

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

nice cover, shame your going to need to cut a huge hole in it lol!

Yeah, not a problem i have already figured out which bits need a trim once its on Burt, dry sump pulley being the most obvious obstruction

[david_white]

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

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Good idea that dave

Dont know where i get my inspiration sometimes
Do you have one for the supernova yet?

[Roadsport]

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

Sorry but it is a trailer queen, has no back seat and will be driven for a bit more than a 1/4 mile at a time, hopefully

However on a different topic I've been making my non-cheating 16v pinto a bit more comfy by fitting a cambelt cover..



Along with the airfilter being refitted I'm hoping the cover will make the engine a bit safer should it see a gravel trap. Its easy for the gravel to break a cambelt so although this cover isn't exactly a tight fit it might at least give us a chance of keeping the kitty litter out, just incase I push a bit too hard fending off Graham

That looks very smart!! I like it alot, very clean and wise. Looks like a factory touring cars bay.

[sidewaysbo]

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

hi dave you will have to put up the dates you and graham out racing and at what tracks, me and group of freinds go round to a few of the race cucuits brands & snetterton etc but its finding out where all the classic touring car racing 70s to 80s etc and the race dates ,what class is the sierra and the s14 of grahams in , its your motor looks well nice hope you have a good year with it. cheers bo

[david_white]

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

hi dave you will have to put up the dates you and graham out racing and at what tracks, me and group of freinds go round to a few of the race cucuits brands & snetterton etc but its finding out where all the classic touring car racing 70s to 80s etc and the race dates ,what class is the sierra and the s14 of grahams in , its your motor looks well nice hope you have a good year with it. cheers bo

Hi there, both my sierra and grahams bmw are in class c of the dunlop motorsport news saloon car championship. That is for 16v engines over 2 litre plus the class also caters for modern mini coopers and the 16v kad mini of bill richards.
Dates can be found on www.rodbirley.com might also dabble in the odd classic thunder race when the dates dont clash
Your starlet would suit either series too.

[sidewaysbo]

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

hi ya dave cheers for that info had a look on rods web page pretty well set out on there some at snetterton to right on our doorstep we go down brands to watch to so definitly nip down there ,theres a few of us go down to watch the early motors classic & touring cars etc thats all we really go to watch makes for brilliant days racing , but with all the different class names its a job to work out whats early stuff and what not, hopefully going down to the classic championship down at lyddon this year , so now we know the dates look foward to see ya both racing , as far as racing the starlet i cant race a car now in any form to do with msa license, i might still be able to do class b hillclimb event or trackdays hopefully going to have a little bash at that not the same as racing though is it lol

[david_white]

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

Started to do a few bits on the sierra again over the weekend so thought I'd post a couple of pics just to show it hasn't been too neglegted.

Have fitted some new light covers as I no longer needed the air ducts (were fitted for going turbo) plus they tone down the very bright headlights a touch so as not to blind other drivers

Have also fitted a perspex plate behind the centre grille which blocks most of it off as it is there mainly for an intercooler which I obviously won't need. I have left some open grille where it feeds a 75mm induction duct but most is now blanked.

Apart from that I've just been tidying it up and looking for anything that can be lightened or simplified (have armed myself with some new spot weld drill bits!).





Oh and it was so hot today that the perspex windows facing the sun started to grow

[rwd2ltrfiesta]

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

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.

[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.

[stephen bahr]

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

keep it up dave, it's coming along beautifully

[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...

[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

[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

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.

[105Ian]

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

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