RE: Ford Sierra XR4x4i 2.9i: Spotted
Discussion
Jual Mass Flywheel said:
That is one truely horrific dash. I could deal with it for a cossie but not this. Not ever. I understand the desire for certain old fords but this is just nothing to get excited about for me. Each to their own though. If it floats other boats then I can respect that.
Not compared to what was available back then, and the driving position was superbtin duck dave said:
Jual Mass Flywheel said:
That is one truely horrific dash. I could deal with it for a cossie but not this. Not ever. I understand the desire for certain old fords but this is just nothing to get excited about for me. Each to their own though. If it floats other boats then I can respect that.
Not compared to what was available back then, and the driving position was superb
A great many of them got turned into kits. Iirc the xr4x4 was a favoured donor even for 2wd ones. Mine's certainly got bits of one in.TheAngryDog said:
tin duck dave said:
Jual Mass Flywheel said:
That is one truely horrific dash. I could deal with it for a cossie but not this. Not ever. I understand the desire for certain old fords but this is just nothing to get excited about for me. Each to their own though. If it floats other boats then I can respect that.
Not compared to what was available back then, and the driving position was superbDollyman1850 said:
Only photo I have of mine. Willow Green Metallic. I painted the anthracites in later on. I think this was the day we got it and the SRI cavalier with Hagars was for sale.. Happy Days.
TheAngryDog said:
tin duck dave said:
Jual Mass Flywheel said:
That is one truely horrific dash. I could deal with it for a cossie but not this. Not ever. I understand the desire for certain old fords but this is just nothing to get excited about for me. Each to their own though. If it floats other boats then I can respect that.
Not compared to what was available back then, and the driving position was superb Never had a 4x4 but did have a couple of XR4i's, I had one on the road and then bought another for parts and effectively made one good car out of the two, the road going car had a tuned engine (ported and skimmed heads, lumpy cam, K&N air filter), spax adjustable suspension, polybushes, Wolfrace wheels, a set of huge bright red rally style mudflaps and a cherry bomb exhaust. I absolutely loved it at the time and then the rust got it. After that I tranplanted all the running gear into a K plate 1.8L and created a bit of a sleeper.
As already said, it was never about the power with the Cologne lump ('cos it didn't really have much!), it was the torque and how the engine delivered it. I haven't experienced many petrol engines that deliver as much torque at low revs as a Cologne. Tough as old boots too, the engine out of the above mentioned parts car sat at the bottom of my garden for a few years in all weathers until a banger racer bought it off me, I had a message off him a few weeks after he bought saying that he'd put it in his racer as it was and it fired up and ran perfectly.
And, 4K? Have these really increased in value that much, I was offered a tidy H plate XR4x4 in white a few years ago for £800, should have bought it I think.
As already said, it was never about the power with the Cologne lump ('cos it didn't really have much!), it was the torque and how the engine delivered it. I haven't experienced many petrol engines that deliver as much torque at low revs as a Cologne. Tough as old boots too, the engine out of the above mentioned parts car sat at the bottom of my garden for a few years in all weathers until a banger racer bought it off me, I had a message off him a few weeks after he bought saying that he'd put it in his racer as it was and it fired up and ran perfectly.
And, 4K? Have these really increased in value that much, I was offered a tidy H plate XR4x4 in white a few years ago for £800, should have bought it I think.
Dollyman1850 said:
Only photo I have of mine. Willow Green Metallic. I painted the anthracites in later on. I think this was the day we got it and the SRI cavalier with Hagars was for sale.. Happy Days.
My mate had a 4x4 Ghia estate like that but in grey, as an all rounder it was a bloody awesome thing, quick, sounded superb, handled well, lots of space, lots of toys (for the time) and very comfy.
I loved my 2.0iS that I ran briefly 20 odd years ago. She was a black D red pre facelift 5 door, as rusty as an old horseshoe, five spoke RS alloys and the 3 spoke Cosworth style steering wheel. It handled like a dream and the injection 205 Pinto was a punchy old thing. It was a far, far better handling car than an E30.
iSore said:
I loved my 2.0iS that I ran briefly 20 odd years ago. She was a black D red pre facelift 5 door, as rusty as an old horseshoe, five spoke RS alloys and the 3 spoke Cosworth style steering wheel. It handled like a dream and the injection 205 Pinto was a punchy old thing. It was a far, far better handling car than an E30.
The Pinto definitely wasn't the most refined engine there ever was and Ford carried on using it for far too long but it was a tough old nail and always seemed to have more grunt than the numbers would suggest in my experience. My stepdad when I was a kid had a 1600 Sierra fitted with a 2.0 head and a big Weber twin choke and I have fond memories of being thrown around in the back seat of it (no seatbelts in the back!).
If I had a garage I'd love one of those (but maybe not this one in view of what has been said)!
I had 2 Capri Injections back in the 80s, and a Sierra Sapphire GLSi in the early 90s, so this is from my era!
Did loads of tracks day with a mate's XR4i in the 90s too - it was the only car that never broke!
In fact same mate recently bought a black XR4i - but it cost a fair bit more than this!
I had 2 Capri Injections back in the 80s, and a Sierra Sapphire GLSi in the early 90s, so this is from my era!
Did loads of tracks day with a mate's XR4i in the 90s too - it was the only car that never broke!
In fact same mate recently bought a black XR4i - but it cost a fair bit more than this!
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