Caporegime
Saw an old sierra cosworth yesterday, fantastic looking thing!
Reyland Sierra RS500 restoration project
- Thread starter Ish
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Glass now in (again!!)D:
Good feeling to have all the glass in place again. As Lee mentioned the new heated screen was free, heres why.. http://passionford.com/forum/general-discussion/375721-result.html
ECU just arrived
Was going Pectel T2 but I wanted more outputs and sequential spark,sadly I had already adapted the loom for T2 so have to start again
Got most of the wiring done to the new ecu and alarm so it's time to get the dash back in. I have the original (un cracked) dash but have never liked the speaker grille in the middle so have opted for a 92 spec dash, I can always change back if I don't like the way it looks when finished.
The late dash has an alarm beacon on top, I removed the original LED and drilled it out a little larger and fitted the Clifford blue alarm LED instead, I bonded it inplace with clear silicon.
RS ecu cover now matched dash :grin:
I have painted the instrument surround in black (instead of the original met grey) and unsure of the look at the mo so may change it afterwards if it looks too much.
Later type steering column (adjustable) shroud with original lock barrel and later rounded stalks
Steerin wheel can go on soon
New ECU allows the use of individual plug top coils
Got to the stage where the interior bits can start going in
Sound deadening is in ..
Note the later heater ducts that send air to the rear passengers.
Stripped and re built the intrument cluster as it was looking a little dirty..
ECU wiring almost done..
Late dash, late stalks, adjustable column with early clocks.
Next project, headlining
Headlining is done and in :grin: and all the pillar plastics are fitted. Decided it's time to get the engine sorted, I had a bit of a major re-think on the spec and always wanted low down grunt but the new spec will have mucho more. Before the cam cover goes in to be refinished I needed to make the plug top coils fit...
So I drilled and counter bored the cam cover and made up some threaded tubes, these are bolted and loctited from below and fixed at the top with M7 Vag bolts...
The coils are 5mm too long so that's the amount I chopped off the end..
Long and short...
Looking good ...
That's another job out of the way!
Here's the headlining ...
Had to open up the area around the electric motor..
White rather than dowdy grey A pillar trims :grin:
Soldato
Wow what can i say, apart from that is one amazing project, takes me back to the old days.
Whoopy-do - an extra 30-40lb ft capacity? Don't think it will like the 400+lb ft you intend to give it
Trim is starting to go in
Why don't Cosworths have a cover over the 17mm seat belt bar bolt head?
Metros do and they fit a Sierra!
Boot release
Rear seats and trims in...
Got the crank today :grin:
It will be 2.3 Graham, I'm pretty sure its a Farndon. Got it off Len for a very good price
That's where the project is up to as of yesterday. I'll keep adding updates as more is done to the car.
Caporegime
think he said it was because water had got between the paint and the metal.
Soldato
Very nice, love threads like this.
I agree.
I know they are old cars and don't compare to the technology of newer cars but I think they have a classic look that still looks awesome even in 2011!
It peeled off because it was a crap paint job and the paint wasn't even stuck to the car!