ford see-error 2 - wheels, lows, skids & clutch

You can't beat RWD can ya!!

"till I can afford a saab 2litre or 2.3 turbo engine conversion"

Saab Turbo conversion first and then Holsett Turbo conversion too Gearbox might not last too long though

DO THIS

buy a gm900 saab, strip it, weigh it in and you'll have a engine for a tiny sum! I think you'd be better off with the 2.0 though, the 2.3 suffers more from sludging, where as the 2.0 didnt.

you can map the ecu yourself with a bit of soldering and ecu fun and the torque in these engines comes in nicely so should suit a drifter. best mod I ever did in my car, shame its FWD

If i can find a cheap 2.0 manual omega I fancy building a drifter myself!

I'd have thought they'd be reasonably popular in your part of the world.

I do!! haha completely forgot at the last playday. Probably next see you at the gathering, anything in particular?

Awesome Ryan, offically winning!

Can measure cavalier inserts for you, as they are 300mm long IIRC.

Cant believe youre stripping the poshness! haha

hahah the car has changed a fair fair bit since i updated this thread.

Anyway after enjoying the boat like suspension and auto-box, its time to get started to get this thing drift spec.

1st thing i did was weld the diff, put the transit springs from my white one in the rear and fit the rear springs (minus 3.5 coils) in the front ;D
Also got some 185/55/15 tyres for the 15' Wellers:

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Then with the new suspension I went off to Oulton park drift day. Sooo much fun, seriously consider this place if you want to have a go at drifting or want somewhere to learn. Perfect for noobs whilst still being challenging enough for the skilled people. By the end of the day I was able to link the whole track. Luckily they wet the track so the auto-box was ok, lock it in 1st and nail it, was hitting the limiter for most of the track ;D


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Though the car didn't come back unscathed! I managed to wall ride the tyres a few times and once, just after the tyres I dirt dropped the n/s/r wheel which flung big chunks of mud over the car ;D

The exit of this corner was my preferred wall ride spot

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But this is my mum having a go! hahaha proper wall ride. lucky the tyres are not bolted down!

My efforts of tyre wall rubbing (bring on Buxton's steel and concrete wall ;D)

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But that wasn't the worse of the damage. Had the privilege to have Mike Gaynor in the passenger seat for a lap so was giving it extra beans until i cocked up on the last corner and smashed the rear quarter into the tyre wall, smashing the bumper and bending the exhaust.

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Also Oulton Park gets your car pretty muddy! LOL

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Gave it a wash and it stayed like that till just before the gathering. Decided to paint the pair of 15's that still had ok tyres on and put the 14's up front, also painted the insides of the headlights too:

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Some pics from the gathering:

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Though the auto box did make it feel as if i was going for a sunday drive lol

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But this weekend has given me the mojo to finally convert it to manual. I kept most of the bits from the white one so was gonna be a pretty easy conversion. Already got a new clutch, clutch cable and speedo cable.

So up in the air


2hours later




Then come to put the new flywheel on and looked. curse word completely forgot about the spigot bearing for the input shaft. Rang up ford dealers to find one in stock! but in Chesterfield and they shut in 20mins. Since the sierra is out of action, all Ive got left is a 50cc moped! That would never get me there in time so now Ive got to wait till Monday where it will be at Worksop for me. Since the flywheel or gearbox couldn't go on till this comes, i did the other parts of the conversion.

Pulled the clocks out to fit the new cable.


Removed the old pedal box for the one with a clutch pedal.




And removed the auto shifter.


Once i get this spigot bearing on Monday I'm gonna crack on and try and get it done that night.

I want a Sierra now

I need lows for mine as well as getting out to some drift days. Need my banded steelies on too How wide are your wellers out of interest?