'86 Ford Sierra iS

[adaptech]

I just checked and i cant go any higher on the profile. It's originally 195/60-14. And they aren't really as low as they look in the picture.

 

[TC]

Maybe it's the lighting. The dark garage with the flash lighting up the wheel wells. It just seems like you have much more wheel gap in the wells than with the old wheels/tires. But yeah, it could just be the pics.

 

[adaptech]

It sits a little higher than normal since it hasn't moved since i changed the wheels. And on the other side it sits on Escort wheels that are way too small

 

[adaptech]

Bought another car as a dailydriver:

It's a '96 Ford Mondeo with a 2.5 v6 with 170hp.
Progress on the Sierra has been slow. It's still cold here

 

[McRae]

Price and km's on your "new" Mondeo? And is it a good (and solid) engine?

 

[adaptech]

25000kr. 172000km.
I'll find out if it's a solid engine

 

[adaptech]

It's probably time for an update here

Had the car up and running around the time i last updated. But the joy didn't last long
Didn't even get to finish mapping it before the turbo failed So then i kinda lost my inspiration and just parked up the car for several months before i bothered with it again.

When it became summer I started to miss driving it so work began again
I got hold of another T3-turbo, from some Fiat, slightly bigger than the last one
And I have found several problems/possible reasons for the turbo failure :?
The first possible problem was that i didnt have any form of oilcooler. Something that any turbocar should have. So i have bought and mounted an oilcooler. Also bought an oiltempgauge just in case.

Second problem i found was that i had failed at understanding ignition settings The ignition was stuck on 15? advance Worked up a better understanding of how the ignition settings work and now have it working properly

Third problem. When changing turbo i found out that there was pieces of rubber in the oilfeedline, was using an old oilhose so it might be the hose disintegrating from the inside, wich probably restricted oilfeed to the turbo I am currently changing both feed and return pipes to -AN hoses and connectors

Fourth and final problem was that one of the injectors wasn't opening properly. Not likely to have caused the turbofailure, but still a problem. New 80lb Siemens Deka injectors was sent by express mail from the U.S. on friday.

So that's how it is right now and hopefully i will have it running again next week

Oh and here is some images to make this post more interesting

-AN hoses and connectors

New turbo and oiltempgauge from Autometer

Oilcooler

And a pic of the engine compartment

Edit: More pictures

My broken turbo

How my garage used to look like

And how it is now

 

[Posmo]

Good thing the project is still going! The old turbo looks fucked, melted compressor AND cracked turbine housing Won't be long till you have it drivable again.

 

[adaptech]

Actually the turbine wheel has shattered from touching the housing. On the first picture of the housing you can see a tap sticking out towards the wheel :?
The compressor wheel has touched the housing aswell. But has just been grinded down a few millimeters
Either lack of oil or boiling oil has caused alot of play in the bearings.

 

[adaptech]

This took a bit longer than it was supposed too
The Postal Service was incredibly useless and apparently needed 2 weeks to send a letter 45km
And when they finally arrived. It still wouldn't work properly :?
After alot of searching i found that i had mixed up the injectorwires Fixed that and now it works perfectly

 

[Posmo]

This took a bit longer than it was supposed too
The Postal Service was incredibly useless and apparently needed 2 weeks to send a letter 45km
And when they finally arrived. It still wouldn't work properly :?
After alot of searching i found that i had mixed up the injectorwires Fixed that and now it works perfectly

Excellent Keep up the work!