SIERRAS .....

My old banana yellow XR4i...





...slippery when wet!

The trouble with these threads is that they plant seeds of desire! Whilst I should be typing 'Nissan Micra Automatic' into eBay search, I may accidentally spell it 'Sierra'... I blame you lot, you're a bad influence!!!

I've had 5 of them. Great cars, I shouldn't have sold the last one.

I may be selling my sapphire 2000e,havent decided whether or not to yet

Sierras are fantastic, i too have had loads, still have one now, and will be getting another.

I found the following info, and stole it.

It's down as a Ford Sierra, but I doubt there's a Ford part on the car. It's a spaceframe chassis with a 6.7litre V8 in the back and a Ford Sierra glassfibre body. It's a very quick car. It races in the North West Sports/Saloon Championship, which is based around Oulton Park, but also visits Cadwell, Anglesey and I think Mallory Park. I've got a few more shots of it if you go back through my photostream, and I'm sure I'll take a few more before the end of the season.
andy_j2000 (17 months ago)

A little more information - this car was originally built and raced in 1989 in the Thundersaloons championship by Gartrac and Rod Birley, then including a ~700 bhp front-mounted air-cooled flat 6 turbo engine from a Porsche 956 (!). It could reach 180+mph in a straight line, but the air-cooled nature of the engine proved to be a problem as the downdraft from the cooling fan caused the car to get airborne over some of the crests in the track. There were many technical problems with the car and its handling was not up to scratch, so the rolling shell and engine were sold (separately). The shell was fitted with a mid-mounted ~600hp 6.7l Pontiac V8, which is the engine it has now, by the then-new owner, before being sold on to Michael Blomfield, who is now the owner-driver of the now further-modified car. See www.rodbirley.com/Sierra.htm for information and pictures of the "Sierra Porsche" and 8 for a fantastic video of the car racing at Oulton Park in 1989 with a field of other Thundersaloons (it's the number 4 car).

Found another pic, which I also half inched, wonderful thing, the web.



My thanks and apologies to the original authors, and I claim no credit for any of the above.

DW

RRs Charlie in his old mount at Brands


Tidy BTCC rep


That ended in the wall after one lap!


Ouch

Ford Sierra Saloon October/November 1982 by retromotoring, on Flickr


Ford Sierra P100 V8 by retromotoring, on Flickr



Ford Sierra V8 by retromotoring, on Flickr


DSCN1029 by retromotoring, on Flickr


Ford Sierra RS Cosworth by retromotoring, on Flickr

What can I say my foot slipped