Sierra twin turbos

Way too much money for a s**te old Sierra.

I used to have a 2.8i 4x4. The thing never let me down once, used to hammer the f*ck out of it too. Had to get rid in the end, too expensive to run.

this one wold be worth that if it had an mot seems to have been laid up for ages though, just look at the rust on the drivers side turbo if it runs and drives well, it's good, but you need to be able to drive it about in all sorts of situations, like traffic and high speeds etc you have to make sure they ain't overheating because they produce just crazy amounts of heat, enough to boil the brake fluid because the abs system sits right next to the turbo's you also need to see if the gearbox/drivetrain have stood up to the task of transmitting the power and the clutch will die if it's had a hard life you also need to find otu which conversion it was TT did the 225/250/280 ones, all with different bits internally and only differnt numbers to make them stand out on the fusebox has it got a boost gauge?

at least you can drive this one about :) thing is though, when you open them up, they will do single figures economy wise without any problems :)

fishman raved thus:

:: Found these beasts in my quest for new pleasures... Opinions? :: ::

Vamp raved thus:

:: to s***ty fords

A toast!

As a second car used for fun / self-maintenance these would be quite interesting, being rare and rapid.

As an everyday car that you'll be paying a garage to maintain, you may as well sit in a cold bath and tear up twenty pound notes, it's arguably a more pleasant experience and undoubtedly cheaper.

why would he be paying a garage to maintain it? it's just a normal sierra thats got turbo's on it you just use better oil and change it more often plus different plugs and you are away

He might be, if not then it would be quite interesting as a self-maintenance car.

self-maintenance

done all the mods to my car myself when i had it you just change the oil regular, fit an oil cooler, decent clutch and make sure you've got plenty of cash to fill it up every 5 minutes :)

I think his point is that most people (like me) don't have the time or inclination to do mechanical work themselves :) I'm quite happy to give my local garage £30 for an hour's work, to save the three hours in the dirt/cold/rain that it would take me !

Has it gone?

What happened to to it? Did I sleep through something?

i blew that engine 2 years ago@170mph+ :( it's cost me 5 figures so far to get a replacement but it's not all bad news, last week a similar car posted a 4.19 0-60 at ford fair :)

I knew it was blown, but I thought you had built a new monster already.

How far off being ready is it? How much more to spend do you reckon.

engine is built engine is ready to go in waiting for the loom from australia :(

nothing already in the hole for £30k plus :)

You got a website dojj ? And if not why not ? ;)

nope

don't know how to :) but this might help