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Feb 14, 2013 12:32:11 GMT
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Good call on the side skirts, I had a mk4 Escort with RS front spoiler (Rob - you might remember helping me get it from a breakers circa 2001) which made the front look a bit nose-heavy, plus with standard suspension on it which made the height of the sills look even more exagerrated compared with the front, not that you have that issue! Like the look of the Sierra mate, looking forward to the body stuff going on!
(first post - whoop!)
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RobinJI
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Feb 15, 2013 20:57:34 GMT
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Love it Robin. Wheels and ride height look awesome, and all the suspension work's looking really good. To go back to the splitter vs air-dam wording, they are actually technically different things, what you have is an air-dam rather than a splitter. Basically splitters stick out, air-dams hang down. In use splitters use the high-pressure on their top surface to create downforce, air-dams just reduce the overhang that could have a high pressure on it causing lift, they both help reduce the air-flow under the car which is good for drag and helps a diffuser work if fitted. Good luck with the build, love it so far and I'm looking forward to seeing it at 52/SOS sometime. Makes me want to hurry up and get on with the Scirocco's suspension work, just need more money! PS, bookmarked.
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Feb 19, 2013 15:45:47 GMT
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I'm trying to picture how this is gonna turn out and struggling a little, I shall look forward to seeing them and the bumper on It might end up looking curse word Steve lol! And yes there is nothing wrong with a bit of crossdressing..... right? Thanks Luke, I'm about to post a few of your photos too ;D (once I've resized them ) Good call on the side skirts, I had a mk4 Escort with RS front spoiler (Rob - you might remember helping me get it from a breakers circa 2001) which made the front look a bit nose-heavy, plus with standard suspension on it which made the height of the sills look even more exagerrated compared with the front, not that you have that issue! Like the look of the Sierra mate, looking forward to the body stuff going on! (first post - whoop!) I remember the black Escort 1.1 Popular well! Always remember it looking pretty awesome TBH, driving around pumping out a frankly odd combination of Tarkan and Adam F Love it Robin. Wheels and ride height look awesome, and all the suspension work's looking really good. To go back to the splitter vs air-dam wording, they are actually technically different things, what you have is an air-dam rather than a splitter. Basically splitters stick out, air-dams hang down. In use splitters use the high-pressure on their top surface to create downforce, air-dams just reduce the overhang that could have a high pressure on it causing lift, they both help reduce the air-flow under the car which is good for drag and helps a diffuser work if fitted. Good luck with the build, love it so far and I'm looking forward to seeing it at 52/SOS sometime. Makes me want to hurry up and get on with the Scirocco's suspension work, just need more money! PS, bookmarked. Thanks mate, the description of an air-dam and splitter make perfect sense. Hopefully I'll get along to the next SOS meet, but failling that I'm sure i'll see you at A52/Beach Party weekend. Anyway time for a little update...... I took the Sierra down to Gupa-P in Plymouth to have the suspension set up, although TBH it was more to check out nothing was hugely out. Anyway I turned up and asked the guy behind the counter if I "could have Camber, Castor and Tracking setup on my Sierra" the reply was "are you sure the Camber and Castor are adjustable?". Then I said "I've got some setting I'd like the car to be as close to as possible..... 7 degrees of castor, 2.5 degrees of negative camber and zero toe" The guy gave me a strange look and said "7 degrees of castor and 2.5 degrees of negative camber is that overall? (then a strange look) or each side?" I just laughed and said "each side!". Then I had to explain where I'd got the setting and see it was a daily. It was like The Spanish Inquisition ;D I ended up with settings like this (gotta love the Sierra rear camber)... Sadly due to the design of the adjustable TCA and the crossmember, the compression struts can't be adjusted any more without the suspension jamming up! So the next setup will be to modify the crossmember to allow the TCA to come forward more. Well at least the tracking is done and I've got a starting point for further improvement. Although one thing did confuse me, how does the wheel alignment machine know how much castor angle the strut has got? The guy didn't even open the bonnet, so he might not have been aware that the angle would have already been more than standard due to the top mount? Does the machine just know? or does it do it off wheel base? Does this make sense?
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Feb 19, 2013 19:06:42 GMT
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Not entirely sure, but I recon it calculate the caster based on the camber change while steering.
Did you manage to get 7degrees, or is it at 3.5-4 degrees?
Need more pictures of the whole car, please!
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RobinJI
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Feb 19, 2013 20:16:07 GMT
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Not entirely sure, but I recon it calculate the caster based on the camber change while steering. Did you manage to get 7degrees, or is it at 3.5-4 degrees? Need more pictures of the whole car, please! Yeah, basically just calculates it from the change in camber during steering. I'm guessing they wound on a little lock each way a few times when setting it? On the set-ups I've used you basically steer left a set amount (10 or 20deg, can't remember), zero the machine then steer the same amount right and it calculates the caster angle from it. Your settings look pretty sensible. 7deg Castor would be pretty huge without PAS!
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Not entirely sure, but I recon it calculate the caster based on the camber change while steering. Did you manage to get 7degrees, or is it at 3.5-4 degrees? Need more pictures of the whole car, please! Yeah, basically just calculates it from the change in camber during steering. I'm guessing they wound on a little lock each way a few times when setting it? On the set-ups I've used you basically steer left a set amount (10 or 20deg, can't remember), zero the machine then steer the same amount right and it calculates the caster angle from it. Your settings look pretty sensible. 7deg Castor would be pretty huge without PAS! Cool, that would make sense. Thanks guy ;D Anyway on to a small and rather annoying update Friday evening I planned to use the Sierra to take the misses and I to a friends house, went to the car to find the battery was flat (cause still unknown). More of an inconvenience than anything else, I decided to leave the Sierra outside my house and take the misses trusty 205. Woke up saturday morning and went to work, borrowing a set of jump leads so I could jump start the Sierra, happy days........ or so I thought. I returned home to find a note on my windscreen, saying "I've damaged your car please call ........" I walked round the other side of the car to this- curse word SAKE! So I rang the number and spoke to the bloke, he hit me in a company car and he wants to go through the insurance not sure if that's a good or a bad thing TBH.
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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stealthstylz
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Insurance will be fine, just make sure it goes to somewhere you want to repair it. They'll try and write it off, but force them to pay for repairs its not a total loss.
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speedy88
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Yeah it'll be fine dude, alternatively you can get a quote for the repair, do it yourself and claim the costs.
It'll be a bit of a faff and hassle but basically as long as they don't take the car away to be assessed (get them to come to you) it will be fine.
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westycapri
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Feb 25, 2013 10:09:25 GMT
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That is a curse word... a least he had the courtesy to own up to it and leave a number. Hopefully the insurance doesnt screw you up.
Your car is awesome btw.
Cheers
Josh
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craig1010cc
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Feb 25, 2013 11:02:03 GMT
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Gutted but looking at the positive, you can get the splitter and skirts painted at the same time (hopefully cheap as they'll have the paint mixed )
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Copey
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Feb 25, 2013 17:50:04 GMT
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well it could be worse! many people wouldnt even have bothered leaving a note! sierras are pretty tough so the only damage will be cosmetic, 2nd had wings are cheap enough, the bumper will be fairly cheap too, indicators are £20 a pair brand new, most costly part will be the paint, though the likelyhood is you may even find a wing the same colour hope you get it sorted mate
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Feb 25, 2013 18:26:11 GMT
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Not good news mate.Hopefully it'll get sorted soon.My Sierra is having the same battery draining issue, very annoying.If you happen to find out the cause, let me know!
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Mar 13, 2013 11:34:13 GMT
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Right bit of an update... Insurance! firstly the damage. It's looking like the car will be repair and at zero cost to me. So that's good, just waiting for the insurance assessor to agree with my chosen bodyshop Still hopefully it'll be good news. Diff! Spent yesterday evening removing the diff, which will be getting ARC welded this week ;D ... Nuts! When I bought the XXR's I bought some tuner style wheel nuts at the same time which I've never been very happy with. The tapper seemed too small and they didn't seem to seat properly. So with the advert in the welded diff I thought it was important to get some wheel nuts that were up to the job... I LIKE RAINBOWS! ARB! While the diff is out and the car jacked up, it's a good excuse to fit the rear ARB...
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Last Edit: Mar 13, 2013 11:39:51 GMT by Robinxr4i
Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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stealthstylz
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Mar 13, 2013 11:37:17 GMT
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Did you pick the brakes up dude or are they waiting till the beach meet?
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Mar 13, 2013 11:41:24 GMT
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Did you pick the brakes up dude or are they waiting till the beach meet? Not yet, I'll be up at A52 Saturday afternoon. Then to the beach on Sunday, to pick up the banded steels for the Chevette ;D
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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EmDee
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Mar 13, 2013 13:49:17 GMT
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Not yet, I'll be up at A52 Saturday afternoon. Then to the beach on Sunday, to pick up the banded steels for the Chevette ;D I hereby approve of all of these things. Wheel nuts look cool, ARB looks err thick, car looks SICKBLUD, even with the dent Keep up the mojos ;D
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Mar 13, 2013 17:19:00 GMT
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<< fanboi
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Copey
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Mar 13, 2013 17:40:48 GMT
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nice one, looking good, the rear ARB looks like a nice fat scorpio one too hehe i have found 20x40mm box section a better fit than 1"x2" too
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1990 Ford Sierra Sapphire GLSi with 2.0 Zetec 1985 Ford Capri 3.0 (was a 2.0 Laser originally)
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Mar 13, 2013 18:06:23 GMT
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Another fan here, looking fantastic and gonna be a bit of a weapon I reckon.
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poss one of the best looking hatches ive seen! top workk
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