V8 seirra ?'s

[chuntington101]

has anyone got any links, pics or info on whats needed to pransplant a V8 (thinking about GM's LSx engine) into one??

thanks Chris.

[T66ORA]

Ford South Africa fitted a V8 into the Sierra in the mid eighties, the Sierra XR8, can`t help with the installation sorry, but try a google search for the car it might bring up something?

[vixpy1]

T66ORA said:

Ford South Africa fitted a V8 into the Sierra in the mid eighties, the Sierra XR8, can`t help with the installation sorry, but try a google search for the car it might bring up something?

I had one on the rollers yesterday.. what an insane car!

[a2z]

www.pistonheads.com/sales/73903.htm

Looks like a hooligan for the money!

[T66ORA]

a2z said:

www.pistonheads.com/sales/73903.htm

Looks like a hooligan for the money!

What the hell has someone done that for !!
Do a transplant by all means but into a MK 1 shell and keep the body original
It should be like this, but 5 door

Edited by T66ORA on Thursday 15th June 16:12

[vixpy1]

a2z said:

www.pistonheads.com/sales/73903.htm

Looks like a hooligan for the money!

Thats the car

Its been sold to its new owner

[cerbagriff]

Hi Charlie, it was me and the Sierra that you had on the rolling road the other day, oh and by the way the fuelling problems seem to be down to a cracked spacer under the carb giving a nice air leak at high revs. Anyway, the V8 thats been fitted into the Sierra is a small block Ford 302HO engine in fairly basic form. Its fitted to an american style T5 gearbox. Only produces about 215bhp & 250lbs torque but it's enough. Because the engine is quite small, smaller than a Rover I beleive, the fit is really nice from what I can see, and was all factory done - would recommend trying to get an XR8 as you can put hand on heart and tell the insurers that it's a non modified standard production car.

Edited by cerbagriff on Saturday 17th June 15:38

[zaktoo]

www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=24409&Ford

I can also scan a roadtest of it from our local CAR magazine, if anyone is interested...

HTH

Ciao

Zak

[cerbagriff]

Hi Zak, I'd be really interested in getting a copy of the road test. If you can scan and email please do it via my profile. Also any infomation you get can hold of from S.A would be great - please email me if you can get anything.
Cheers Tony

Edited by cerbagriff on Saturday 17th June 22:33

Edited by cerbagriff on Sunday 18th June 06:42