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

[david_white]

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

Made some more progress lately, all fairly small changes but all getting the car closer to being on track.

Fitted an alternator drop bracket to the dummy engine and it all fits nicely once the lug is cut off the corner of the block. Should keep the alternator a little bit cooler hopefully.



My new G19 plenum, great job as usual by Doug.



Exhaust fitted properly now, hung from 3 poly mounts. I will make a couple of safety straps to go under it incase any mounts fail.



Test fitted a 250 18" slick on the rear as I might be getting some 18" rims. These tyres are a lot better and would also give me a better rolling radius for my gearing but may require a little fettling of the arches. Unfortunately the fronts are a no go atm because the 17's nearly touch the arches and the 18" tyres are 30-40mm taller. May make some subtle arches to replace the cossie ones in the future as the 18s are definately the way forward...

[caprimentle]

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

stop making excuses Graham, ok you are working, rebuilding an LDV van, prepping your race car, building my engine etc etc, but you must have at least an hour a night that you are currently wasting on sleep!

lol i like that

[david_white]

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

it was in the plan, though changing engines in an ldv van has somewhat scuppered it for the moment

stop making excuses Graham, ok you are working, rebuilding an LDV van, prepping your race car, building my engine etc etc, but you must have at least an hour a night that you are currently wasting on sleep!

[Graham]

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

it was in the plan, though changing engines in an ldv van has somewhat scuppered it for the moment

[david_white]

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

Graham has been beavering away with the engine and has now got a 205 block freshly bored and skimmed so that we dont have to use the 'Linford' block which is good as that was a genuine under 2 litre RS2000 block.
I'm trying to convince Graham to start an engine thread even though the spec is fairly standard. I still think it would be very informative and there will still be the odd 'Guru' touch inside the engine...

[david_white]

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

All good thanks mate.
Flying out to Indonesia on Sunday to get married.. finally.
turned to the dark side car wise though... got a beaten up old 93 impreza. cheap as chips and still good fun!

Congratulations Mark

[dangerousdave]

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

Good luck for the weekend mark, need to get that pile of junk out on trigs next trackday later in the year

Ps stop cruising past my house all the time!!!

[markb]

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

Thanks Mark, how you keeping?

There has been more progress lately, especially with the engine. Will get some pics up in due course. basically once the block has had a bore and a skim Graham should be able to start the assembly of it. I have in the mean time sourced all of the ancillaries I was missing and Doug at G19 has made me up some lovely parts, so with a bit of luck we're not too far off now.

All good thanks mate.
Flying out to Indonesia on Sunday to get married.. finally.
turned to the dark side car wise though... got a beaten up old 93 impreza. cheap as chips and still good fun!

[Luke]

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

Good to hear.

[david_white]

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

Lookign good Dave.

Thanks Mark, how you keeping?

There has been more progress lately, especially with the engine. Will get some pics up in due course. basically once the block has had a bore and a skim Graham should be able to start the assembly of it. I have in the mean time sourced all of the ancillaries I was missing and Doug at G19 has made me up some lovely parts, so with a bit of luck we're not too far off now.

[markb]

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

Lookign good Dave.

[david_white]

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

Thats one reason i was thinking of fitting some 5 stud hubs i have, then trying for some german or jap spec stuff.

I have seen a few 5 stud touring car wheels too, like the team aon focus throwbacks...

[robrs2]

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

Thats one reason i was thinking of fitting some 5 stud hubs i have, then trying for some german or jap spec stuff.

[david_white]

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

Dont want to try and get the rear 1/4 windows out, as the trims are mint. Heard they fetch a bit of money these days. Also looking out for some wide 17" 8 to 9". Seems like yours fit the arches nice.

Not many 9" wheels around, mostly touring car suppliers like dynamics. Worth keeping an eye on ebay as a lot of circuit cosworths run this size now, although team dynamics wheels are pretty good value new.

[david_white]

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

Does anyone know if 2wd cams will go in a 4x4 head, I know that 4x4 cams need a spacer for a 2wd head so logic would suggest that doing it the other way around would mean taking a bit off the cams?