A bit of grave digging ( sigh, old tread... )
zrx-fighter, merkur, xr4man and cthommes, please enable your private message functions...
Anyway, back to the fun and games with the Ford Sierra.
Basically, the 1UZFE bit of the project is dead.
After fighting with bureaucracy and getting nowhere, I have given up.
That was probably the hope of the Norwegian MOT all along.
A final way is buying a German car with all the 1UZFE/twin turbo work done to it and MOT'ed by TUV in
Germany by a German and then importing it to Norway.
Problem is, the import duty for a Ford Sierra like this will be about US$50000 to Norway.
zrx-fighter:
If you plan to build a Sierra with a 1UZFE and run it as a 4x4 edition, I have some parts you might be interested in:
- Ford V6, XR4x4 sump modified to suit a 1UZFE in a Sierra with 4x4 running gear, it have a "big wing" modification,
other strengthening work done to it and oil returns for 2 turbos.
- Custom made engine mounts in aluminium.
- Crossmember polyurethane mounts, "low profile" version specially made to clear the exhaust manifolds when using
the 4x4 crossmember.
- Ford special MT75 front piece of gearbox, it does not have an integrated bellhousing, it looks like an old Type 9
gearbox in the front.
- Aluminium adapter plate ( CNC machined ) to fit the special MT75 front housing to a 1UZFE "U2" bellhousing,
with provision for a Ford Scorpio hydraulic concentric slave cylinder. As a donor gearbox use an MT75 from an
XR4x4 as they have a 20 mm longer input shaft, just change the front housing to the special one and the
gearbox is ready.
- Stainless steel 4-2-1 headers to run the engine in NA form ( have to be finished, I have a 4x4 RHD steering rack
so I can finish 'em to suit your car ).
If you are interested send me a PM
As for fitting the engine in the car, the main problem you will have is the ABS main unit, but if you modify your
right inner wing slightly and run an European "LHD" ABS main unit there is space to get the engine in
( you have to shorten the in/out plastic 12 mm on the heater core ).