I've been following drifting for quite a while now, mainly pro drift here in Ireland. So I thought it was time to give it a go myself. I started off building an ae86 corolla then got side tracked with my buggy/gokart project. The buggy got finished an corolla still left as it is for now. That's when the sierra project started, I had all the bits I needed to build the car gathered up so decided to go ahead an get started. I started off with a shell I had from an old 2.0 twincam I broke and a 24v Granada I was driving up until the mot was up. I stripped the Granada and built all into the sierra. I forgot to take some pics of the build along the way but have pics from when I was making the roll cage The start of the cage
So had my first drift day in it on Saturday there. First lap ok Second lap struggled to get gears, lost clutch in middle of transition an ended up on a lorry tyre wall. It didn't help that front wheels were rubbing inner wings causing her to flick the backend around even quicker. Ended up resulting in who doors being pushed in and a broken rear bumper.
This is the first time I done some drifting this summer in the buggy It's a complete different handling game in it. It's a bit of a handful but so much fun
Love the work thats gone into the cage mate, nice one. That buggy looks a handful just in the pics, whats it running?
Cheers, was a good bit of work in making it, but done its job on Saturday lol. Yes the buggy is a handful alrite, but that's all part of the fun. It's running a 919cc fire blade so has plenty of power, bit too much at times. I have the build of it on here in the project section. I think there's a video of it with some drifting action near the last page. Edit Here's the link http://www.driftworks.com/forum/other-chat/147998-my-bike-powered-buggy-kart-project.html
Thanks lad, did I see the mk2 in you avatar at retro stock in mondello? Looks like mondello in the pic too? I hope to have this at the next retro stock day
After the clutch problems I had from last Saturday I pulled the gearbox out of her during the week to get it sorted. The gearbox is a bit of a hybrid box I built for her using half a 4wd gearbox and half a 2wd gearbox. Anyone who's not aware all the 24v Cosworth engines came attached to an auto box. You can use the type 9 gearbox from the likes of a Capri, Granada or Sierra but they not really that strong, ok for a road car but the mt75 gearbox is stronger, but never came as a 2wd v6 layout so this is why I had to build one. The problem ended up being the clutch fork had came off its pivot point due to the travel, so I knocked out the pivot ball, tapped out a hole in gearbox bellhousing and welded ball onto a bolt and threaded it back into place so its now adjustable from the outside. Built all back in and seems to be working ok now. Also modified the gear linkage to give me a short shifter, which made a good difference
Yeah you probably did i had it at all the retro stocks, it will be nice to see the sierra at retro stock they go pretty well with the 24v in them
Yea goes ok, just going to play about with diff ratios an try an get more seat time before mondello, but biggest thing I need to focus on is the whole handling and suspension set up. Hopefully have her looking a bit better for it too lol. Looks like a stock car at the minute lol
mistake, they were, mostly in 2.4V6 scorpio/granada. sometimes 2.9 also came with manual boxes. i use both, t9 also works well after check and good oil. we broke some of them after years of using, but thats fine, this is racing
