Bygge Ford sierra xr4x4 rallybil replica.

[BR Racing V6]

Tenker evt å bygge meg en xr4x4 rally replica bil. denne ble brukt under svenske rallyet i enten 86-87. mener jeg.

 

stig blomkvist kjørte.

 

hvis jeg nå ønsker å få gjort alt lovlig og at jeg må bruke dette mk1 karosseriet. 5dørs. man kan ikke ta et annet 3dørs kaross og bruke evt.?

 

Mest for egen interesse. da jeg er v6 fantast. har tilgang på en mengde gode deler. og kan tenke meg å lage en slik bil som vil skille seg ut.

[Kverna]

Sponsor var det på denne ?

Fant noen bilder,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Sierra (Mk1) XR4x4 Specifications & History

 

 

Activity: (1987-1989)

BHP@ RPM 220/5700

Torque (Nm)@ RPM 276/4100

Length Width Height 4450.1716.1393

Wheelbase 0

Weight (Kg/BPM Ratio) 1200 (0)

Transmission 4x4

Engine Type

Engine Position

Engine Capacity V6

Engine Bore Front Longitudinal

Engine Stroke 2792

Engine Compression 93

Engine Valves 68.5

Engine Cams 10.2:1

Engine Carburation 2

Engine Electronics 1 OHC x2

Suspension Injection

Body Doors 2611

Body Type 5.5

Body Composition 5

Body Panels Liftback

Brakes Steel

Fuel Tank 0

Wheels 0

 

Ford Sierra (Mk1) XR4x4 Specific Information

 

Official model name: as stated. First event: Monte Carlo 1987.

Official model name: as stated. First event: Monte Carlo 1987.

 

Ford Sierra (Mk1) General Information

 

This must have been the car everybody was looking forward to with the start of group A. Surely it is a shame that we lost the exciting Ford RS200. But the group A Sierra was an interesting gamble in many aspects.

 

For a start Ford was in the same dilemma as most other manufacturers: They did not have the perfect rally car in their show rooms. They had the choice of either a Sierra with 4x4 or a Sierra with a turbo engine, when what they needed was a car combining both. So the first gamble was: which car to take to which rally?

 

As it happened, Ford decided to take the RWD but super powerful Sierra Cosworth to the Monte. But days before the event started and in contrary to weather reports, it started snowing heavily. In a hasted maneuvre Ford managed to get at least one Sierra XR4x4 ready for the event. So their Monte 1987 2-car team consisted of one 4x4 car and one turbo car! For Sweden it was simple, the XR4x4. But from then on Ford usually choose the Cosworth. Its power and turbo-torque advantage was too much for the XR4x4 to make up through traction.

 

The other aspect is the excitement of these cars. Starting off with the XR4x4, the name is simpler than you would guess: It was a Sierra XR4 with 4x4. The XR was a sporty image for Ford, XR2 = sporty Fiesta, XR3 = sporty Escort, XR4 = sporty Sierra. However the XR4x4 was only homologated as a 5-door (interestingly it was available as a 3-door!). But otherwise it shared many things with the "normal" XR4. Most notably the engine, which was a 2.8 V6. This bears some importance. Although several other rally cars, like Lancia Stratos or the gN BMW 325iX, had 6-cylinder engines, the Ford unit was created for luxory saloons and not with a sporty car in mind. It's torque was alright, but the engine did have very little power for the heavy lump it was. In fact in group N the Sierra XR4x4 had no more power than a Kadett GSI 16v and in group A the Sierra XR4x4 power compared to that of a group N Sierra Cosworth.

 

The Ford Sierra Cosworth in turn had "adventure" written all over it. Well, it starts already off with the name. That Ford choose to give it the name of the famous tuning department Cosworth (Made up of the surnames of Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth, two former Ford works engineers) was already proof that this was meant to be an exciting car. The huge whale-tail rear spoiler contributed to it. The whale-tail spoiler became synonymous for a range of Ford Cosworth cars and in the case of the Sierra, it extended straight from the roof and made this 3-door Sierra look long and brutal. And finally the engine was a piece of art. Cosworth took the 2.0 16v engine beyond 200BHP already in road trim, thanks to a huge Garrett turbo. The torque with it was massive and of course all this was RWD - not ideal for gravel rallies, but for the spectacle you just couldn't possibly wish for anything other than a RWD turbo! One thing is for sure, if things turned dull in rallying with the introduction of group A, it certainly wasn't for Ford!

 

Unfortunately the Sierra never came to big successes. It won national championships and it seemed to have the measure of the Audi, Mazda, Subaru, Opel & Volkswagen works teams but in the WRC in the first gA rallies the Lancia Delta was already further ahead than anybody thought. This didn't help and as well the one event where it was pretty clear the Sierra Cosworth could not be beaten, the Tour de Corse 1987, saw both works cars in trouble as early as SS1 and a BMW M3 beat the Lancias instead! All in all, the big name the spectacular Sierra has got, isn't it incredible that this car only managed one WRC event victory and that wasn't even a full works entry! This car most definitely was better than its results suggest!

 

Unofficial Car Results : May be incomplete.

P. Event Driver Co-Driver Car# Make Model Variation Rego Time

2nd. 1988 WRC Swedish Rally S. Blomqvist B. Melander #3 Ford Sierra (Mk1) XR4x4 [uNKNOWN] 5h 4m 8s

6th. 1987 WRC Swedish Rally S. Blomqvist B. Berglund #2 Ford Sierra (Mk1) XR4x4 [uNKNOWN] 4h 14m 30s

 

EDIT:

 

Kan holde ett øye med disse tråden også:

http://fmcs.nu/forum/showthread.php?p=422505#post422505

http://passionford.com/forum/showthread.php?t=276174

http://turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=138145

Edited December 30, 2008 by Anders Kverneng

[etakle]

Thumbs up for dette! Gjennomfør

[Kverna]

http://www.teamdan.com/archive/www2/wrc/87wrc.html#swedish

 

http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=154

Edited December 30, 2008 by Anders Kverneng

[sierraracing]

Blomquist kjørte en hvit XR4x4. Husker ikke helt hva slags sponsor det var på den, men mener å huske no Texacogreier.

[BR Racing V6]

jeg har fått kjøpt et fint bildet:)

 

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...em=230316432117

[bart]

står vel litt om dette i "how to prepeare sierra for motorsport" boka

[k3nn37]

står nok mye fint i den boka, men er jo nesten umulig å oppdrive.. spesielt for sånne som meg som er skeptisk til å handle fra e-bay osv

 

jeg har vert innom det jeg har kommet over av bokhandlere og bilrekvisitta forettninger men ingen kan skaffe

[Per Olav]

Hvor mange orginalbiler ble bygget av ford da? Finnes noen igjen av disse enda eller sitter dem i veggene og bettongdekket til folk i form av spiker og armeringsjærn?

 

 

står nok mye fint i den boka, men er jo nesten umulig å oppdrive.. spesielt for sånne som meg som er skeptisk til å handle fra e-bay osv

 

jeg har vert innom det jeg har kommet over av bokhandlere og bilrekvisitta forettninger men ingen kan skaffe

 

 

Jeg er også på utkikk etter ei slik bok!

[k3nn37]

e-bay er stort og skummelt, men har noe som frister

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-COSWORTH-RALLY-...228118002r18681

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-COSWORTH-WRC-RA...bayphotohosting

[Per Olav]

Må ha sliken en konto der for å handle serru. Det har ikke jeg...

[bart]

kjøpte min bok på automobilia i oslo, har mye rart der

[rabbit1987]

ebay er ikke noe farlig

[bart]

har den boka og det står veldig mye bra der, du bør også skaffe deg homologerings papirer for den aktuelle bilen

 

trur du må bruke en 5d da den trulig er kun homologert som 5d og cosworth 2wd som 3d

 

å bygge gammel ford uten ebay og pay pal konto blir noe tungvint, er begrenset og dårlig med nye og brukte deler i norge det kan dukke opp noe greier på finn av og til her inne har akteviteten på kjøp og salg blitt veldig redusert etter tilgangen til utenforstående ble stengt, på e bay dukker somregel ting du har bruk for opp etterkvart så skaff deg en ebay konto

[BR Racing V6]

hei. har 5dørs 86 hvit som jeg skaffet meg for noen år siden. satt 2.9 TT kit i den .mye var slitent.så motor og div ble tatt ut. har påbegynt motor blokka.Men ville ha 2 motor alternativer til denne bilen. en TT og en sugemotor. har deler til begge. Har skaffet noe Texaco merker .videre er bilen satt på hold inntil det er mulighet å fortsette på den. har fått ordnet verksted. så alle mine 6 sierrar skal stå inne til vinteren med mulighet for skruing på alle samtidig.

[jensenmotorsport]

http://www.amazon.com/Prepare-Sierra-Motorsport-Motor-Company/dp/0983189404/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292783029&sr=8-2

[BR Racing V6]

Takker. skal få handla boka. Foreløpig er denne bilen prio nummer3. så den blir vel først kun isbanebil.har fått tak i utbyggere fra xr4i som skal på hjulbuene og planlegging med motor går litt sakte med denne.