Hi Adam, that's my old car.!! I had it when it was the Peter Brock tribute Sierra, Graham bought it off me several years ago with plans to rebuild it and race in the CNC series, he was obviously true to his word and made a fantastic job of it..!!
My brother built that shell and it was me who painted it, he found that shell in a barn in about 2006-07 and it had been sat since the late 80s, I've never seen a Sierra shell so solid,. From what I can remember it was a 84 B reg 1.6 L and was red in colour. That cage was a nightmare to paint too 😭😂😂. I did hear a week or so back it might be going over to Ireland, nice to see its still looking good as a serious amount of time and prep went into it👍
One of the best shells I've ever come across, a heck of a find. Yes, the shall has been sold and has gone away to a lovely new owner who promises to build it into a rally car and use it as it should be.
My old bosses in the early 90s used to race in Thunder saloons, my favourite was a very wide escort cosworth with a V8 NASCAR engine fitted with a rear mounted Hewland type F1 gearbox, the car was space framed and she was called the Black Empress. Rick Wood also raced in Thunder Saloons, in a yellow V6 mk3 Capri with purple wheels and sounded amazing....good days they were. 😎
I was lucky enough to have a mate that could get us pit lane passes for thunder saloon races at brands hatch and would watch from the pit wall the noise was something else.
Good video. Just want to say welldone for doing a good video and especially good sound as there are to many youtubers who drive flash cars and don't use decent equipment .
That one you clicked on in the google search with no bonnet, has the 3.4 Ford GAA Cosworth V6 engine. You can see the throttle bodies poking up. Guy called Tony Proctor used to rallycross one back in the 80s at Croft. A monster of an engine
Hello Adam love all your videos, I'm building a 3door sierra, a mk1 escort and a mk4 escort we have other projects as well would love to get you involved as you've inspired us so much to get them fixed. Take care 👍
It seems that this is an "anti-lag" system, like on a Toyota Celica GT-Four. A combustible mixture is injected into the exhaust manifold in front of the turbine, it ignites and turns the hot part of the turbine.
I'd loved to seen a V8 under that bonnet 😊 But a YB was a nice surprise.. I had a Thunder Sallon kit for a Mk2 Escort yrs ago wish I'd never sold it but in all honestly id probably never built it up to use as takes alot of work . Was sold on ebay about 13-15yrs at a guess now the buy was in IOW or IOM I cant remember which tbh but was going to email me photos of his build but never did get any updates ;(
@Gary Allen Gary, bless you! More than one makes a plural. When referring to the plural, one uses the word are, not the word is. Learn the basics of the English language before wasting my time, as well as your own, on conversations such as these.
Magoobus one tube will be attached to the actuator or external wastegate. It works via your Ecu to control boost pressures accurately rather than like a vacum system
Adam Smith that’s cool. They might help with the anti lag as it could increase boost pressures as soon as the button is pressed. That part I’m not 100% sure. But they are air injectors which do the boost. 👍. Lovely car from the old days. My dad used to have an rs500(A10COS) which he used to sprint and hill climb back in the early 90’s. Was running a mountune 501bhp in 93. A lot of power from those in those days. Nothing now tho. Haha.
Michael Bloomfield raced a Rs500 Thunder Saloon originally with a Porsche engine he later developed the car and dropped a 5.7 litre Chevy engine into it. The car was written off at Oulton Park a number of years ago but there’s talk of him rebuilding the car
I spoke with him some 8 years ago about the car. Many parts on the car were custom made for it and he said as there were no drawings for the parts there was no way he could rebuild it
@@Adam151082 I got the impression with Adam that he may not like to be a passenger......but IF I got that wrong I'll happily take him out on a track day in the LoonyTunes car
Best believe mate im serious ill seriously come have a coffee and chat over it. But ill have to say i think it need a v8 supercharged black paint the British madmax car Ide sell the rs500 wing cos its not needed ide glue something just as crazy to it tho that shouldnt be there kust to be fun. RS500 wing to an rs500 owner and cut and shut a evo5 wing or something its so ludicrous it should be top to bottom. I never eveb heard of them till now. But i just remembered. Theres probably a new episode of better call saul waiting for me.
@@Adam151082 It was the guy from the series Breaking Bad - they did a spin off series called "Better Call Saul" lol :D I'd be on the phone now if I could afford it.
Adam - i would like to know where this felow got the body work - front and rear wings and rocker panels - was it a kit form soem shop or home built - Steve Ottawa Canada
The lights would look better if they was on the top or bottom they'd glow up the light cavity and make them less obvious tacky looking vs everything else.
When we were building the car and it came to deciding on wheels, they had to be custom made. The fronts are 10 inches wide and the rears are 13 inches wide. I decided on the minilite replicas for two reasons. They are a cool classic design, and also they are alot easier to clean all the brake dust off because they don't have lots of spokes to them
Other brands are available. Don't tunnel vision yourself. I love sierras and have owned loads but mk5 escorts are vile handling flaky fusebox electrics rubbish best forgotten. Good and bad same as any other car manufacturer. Try an e36 325i BMW or a remapped saab 9000. Lovely things. Just saying.
Chas Evans every car has its pros and cons today's cars are just computer on wheels a bulb goes and it probs goes into limp home mode lol escorts sierras fiesta cortina rally sport cars in general all have electrical gremlins 30 plus yr old cars owned and driven them all share the same passion that is cars in general 👍🏻
Hi Alex, I was going to race this weekend and see if I could defend my Gold Cup win in the car last year, however as its for sale its just to risky. The racing Gods know that is a car is for sale and raced, bad things happen!!
Adam Smith we own the rs200 that Jan Arthur iversen had the focus that Ludvig hundsbet had the escort rs Cosworth that Michael jernberg used the rs500 that Gunnar Kittelsen used and we have the rs2000 that Martin schanke used and we have an fiesta mk2 i cant remmember who used it
Hi Adam, that's my old car.!! I had it when it was the Peter Brock tribute Sierra, Graham bought it off me several years ago with plans to rebuild it and race in the CNC series, he was obviously true to his word and made a fantastic job of it..!!
Awesome!!! Small world fella 😁
Took a few years to do, but what a car it is now!
Nice job lovey looking thing
Those two fuel injectors Adam are actually air injector solenoids
Used to control the boost much better via the ecu itself
Top videos you're producing these days Adam, I find myself watching every one of them.
I'm not a Ford mega fan but who doesn't like a Cossie 😉
Graham is a great bloke , and its a pleasure catching up with him at the track .
Love how you go out your way to get content for your subscribers Adam top man 👌👌👍
10 Litres in 10 minutes means 1L per minute, you're doing your Maths teacher proud Adam.
😉
@@Adam151082 love this channel mate, you keep giving us what we want.
Top channel, Stay safe
I’ve raced against, and with Graham. He’s a top bloke with two very nice Sierras.
Wouldn’t even matter if you had crap cars on the channel, you’re such a likeable bloke I’d still watch! Cracking stuff on here mate keep it up!
My brother built that shell and it was me who painted it, he found that shell in a barn in about 2006-07 and it had been sat since the late 80s, I've never seen a Sierra shell so solid,. From what I can remember it was a 84 B reg 1.6 L and was red in colour. That cage was a nightmare to paint too 😭😂😂. I did hear a week or so back it might be going over to Ireland, nice to see its still looking good as a serious amount of time and prep went into it👍
It was a top paint job fella. 👌🏼
One of the best shells I've ever come across, a heck of a find. Yes, the shall has been sold and has gone away to a lovely new owner who promises to build it into a rally car and use it as it should be.
My old bosses in the early 90s used to race in Thunder saloons, my favourite was a very wide escort cosworth with a V8 NASCAR engine fitted with a rear mounted Hewland type F1 gearbox, the car was space framed and she was called the Black Empress.
Rick Wood also raced in Thunder Saloons, in a yellow V6 mk3 Capri with purple wheels and sounded amazing....good days they were. 😎
Just never knew there were still so many Sierras about ! Thanks
Another beautiful car. Nice find,Adam!
I was lucky enough to have a mate that could get us pit lane passes for thunder saloon races at brands hatch and would watch from the pit wall the noise was something else.
these videos are getting absolutely spot on. Feel like i'm stood with you listening.
That’s one cool looking car 👍
Love your videos Adam top top geordie. Great for first thing in the morning viewing. Chilled informative, occasionally funny. 👍🏼🇬🇧😎
Used to watch the Thundersaloons at Brands Hatch many moons ago :D
Any old ford especially in motorsport circles will always make a good watch!! 👍🏻
Nice video Adam, can't beat old-school fords
Great video Adam! Really enjoy the rock up and talk type setup your doing at the moment! You don't need to add this one to my story 😂😂😂
Needs to be more stuff on thunder saloons in general awesome race series
Lovely car and such a nice bloke 👌
Loving the stuff your posting Adam I look forward to your videos. Keep them coming
Good video. Just want to say welldone for doing a good video and especially good sound as there are to many youtubers who drive flash cars and don't use decent equipment .
That one you clicked on in the google search with no bonnet, has the 3.4 Ford GAA Cosworth V6 engine. You can see the throttle bodies poking up. Guy called Tony Proctor used to rallycross one back in the 80s at Croft. A monster of an engine
Another stunner mate.. To think, one little mistake on track..and a thing of beauty like this can end up in bits. Racing ain’t cheap! 🙈
Really interesting video, great work Adam 👍
Adam Your a legend keep up the amazing content, a never miss a video best on TH-cam keep it up 👍
Amazing content Adam 👌
Absolutely love your channel Adam! ❤️
Thanks Jack
Trick car and a nice unassuming guy .
Hello Adam love all your videos, I'm building a 3door sierra, a mk1 escort and a mk4 escort we have other projects as well would love to get you involved as you've inspired us so much to get them fixed. Take care 👍
Drop me a message on Instagram 😊👍🏼
Turbo systems at Newcastle under Lyme used to do a thunder saloon conversion. They also raced in the series. Dont know what happened to them.
Proper car Adam 👍🏻
It seems that this is an "anti-lag" system, like on a Toyota Celica GT-Four. A combustible mixture is injected into the exhaust manifold in front of the turbine, it ignites and turns the hot part of the turbine.
Loving the content lately fella.
Another car we probably wouldn't of seen....keep em coming Adam....(1st time its been interrupted 6 times by adverts?)
Great content Adam
I'd loved to seen a V8 under that bonnet 😊
But a YB was a nice surprise..
I had a Thunder Sallon kit for a Mk2 Escort yrs ago wish I'd never sold it but in all honestly id probably never built it up to use as takes alot of work .
Was sold on ebay about 13-15yrs at a guess now the buy was in IOW or IOM I cant remember which tbh but was going to email me photos of his build but never did get any updates ;(
I fancy a building a V8 thunder saloon 😊👌🏼
Yes I agree I would like to see a really hot Ford 289 on quad d / draft Webbers a reall screamer ! .
Those are air injectors on the front of the engine and are used for precise boost control.
He’s had some nice fiestas aswell
If I had a shell like that in the garage I wouldn't sleep untill it was finnished
Until and finished.
@Gary Allen Thank you. I've now added the 'until'. By the way, a question needs a question mark.
@Gary Allen No it doesn't because it isn't a question mark. Silly boy. To err is human, but bad spelling and poor punctuation are ignorant.
@Gary Allen Very well. You are a silly girl who is out of her depth. Is that better?
@Gary Allen Gary, bless you! More than one makes a plural. When referring to the plural, one uses the word are, not the word is. Learn the basics of the English language before wasting my time, as well as your own, on conversations such as these.
Very nice 👍
Those injectors I believe are air injectors which help control the boost pressures . I ran them on my staff cossie and also my skyline gtr 👍.
I thought so also, not for anti lag.
Magoobus one tube will be attached to the actuator or external wastegate. It works via your Ecu to control boost pressures accurately rather than like a vacum system
Thanks for correcting us 😊👍🏼
Adam Smith that’s cool. They might help with the anti lag as it could increase boost pressures as soon as the button is pressed. That part I’m not 100% sure. But they are air injectors which do the boost. 👍. Lovely car from the old days. My dad used to have an rs500(A10COS) which he used to sprint and hill climb back in the early 90’s. Was running a mountune 501bhp in 93. A lot of power from those in those days. Nothing now tho. Haha.
Thanks for correcting us.
It would be nice to see it driving. Lively I bet!!
Yes, very lively. It seems to like leaving black marks on the track, like 35 seconds into this clip th-cam.com/video/nYnpqUmncso/w-d-xo.html
But that civic type r though 😍🤣
The Civic is a great race car thats easy to manage. Kick the tyres, fuel it up and go kick its head in.
Cossies are king....always have been and always will be......
Michael Bloomfield raced a Rs500 Thunder Saloon originally with a Porsche engine he later developed the car and dropped a 5.7 litre Chevy engine into it. The car was written off at Oulton Park a number of years ago but there’s talk of him rebuilding the car
I spoke with him some 8 years ago about the car. Many parts on the car were custom made for it and he said as there were no drawings for the parts there was no way he could rebuild it
Another awesome video Adam
Thanks Ryan
Graham always has nice race cars
@@Mr067marc Thanks Marc
Good effort at hinting for a go in it mate.
😂 👍🏼
@@Adam151082 I got the impression with Adam that he may not like to be a passenger......but IF I got that wrong I'll happily take him out on a track day in the LoonyTunes car
Graham Saul if your ever at Croft I would love a passenger ride mate 😁👍🏼
Adam you'll be presenting Top Gear in a few years son. 👍
I would want my own show Steve 😂👍🏼
Is the cosworth community a good one ?everyone you meet seems so passionate
I'm just discovering it really. I've never really got involved until I started TH-cam.
Seems like a good one though. 👍🏼
Best believe mate im serious ill seriously come have a coffee and chat over it. But ill have to say i think it need a v8 supercharged black paint the British madmax car Ide sell the rs500 wing cos its not needed ide glue something just as crazy to it tho that shouldnt be there kust to be fun. RS500 wing to an rs500 owner and cut and shut a evo5 wing or something its so ludicrous it should be top to bottom. I never eveb heard of them till now. But i just remembered. Theres probably a new episode of better call saul waiting for me.
Ya better call Saul !!!
Was that a TV show Dean?
@@Adam151082 It was the guy from the series Breaking Bad - they did a spin off series called "Better Call Saul" lol :D I'd be on the phone now if I could afford it.
Adam - i would like to know where this felow got the body work - front and rear wings and rocker panels - was it a kit form soem shop or home built - Steve Ottawa Canada
This was a ThunderSaloon kit from back in the day. I'm not sure if they are still available
The lights would look better if they was on the top or bottom they'd glow up the light cavity and make them less obvious tacky looking vs everything else.
Lovely cars, but minilites should stay on mk2 escorts.
And mk1's 👍
When we were building the car and it came to deciding on wheels, they had to be custom made. The fronts are 10 inches wide and the rears are 13 inches wide. I decided on the minilite replicas for two reasons. They are a cool classic design, and also they are alot easier to clean all the brake dust off because they don't have lots of spokes to them
Nice .No speedometer to let you know how fast you are going... That is mad.
None of Pauls RS500 have speedo’s Brian. I assume you don't need to know the speed on a race track. It's just flat out
Adam is right, there are no speed limits on a race track, so why have the extra weight of a Speedo
That's not anti lag, it's air injectors. They're to control the boost via the ECU. Lovely car though
Love the old Skool fords in fact anything ford in general race /rally wouldn't drive anything else blue collar workers cars 😎👍🏻
Other brands are available. Don't tunnel vision yourself. I love sierras and have owned loads but mk5 escorts are vile handling flaky fusebox electrics rubbish best forgotten. Good and bad same as any other car manufacturer. Try an e36 325i BMW or a remapped saab 9000. Lovely things. Just saying.
Chas Evans every car has its pros and cons today's cars are just computer on wheels a bulb goes and it probs goes into limp home mode lol escorts sierras fiesta cortina rally sport cars in general all have electrical gremlins 30 plus yr old cars owned and driven them all share the same passion that is cars in general 👍🏻
Hi have you come across D23 GBK. i would like to know the history of this car. 👍
Nah. What is it fella?
It’s a White 3 door cosworth.
The last I heard it was rally spec.
I reckon adam abit of jealous one lol
Adam is Graham racing this car at the Gold Cup at Oulton Park this weekend?
I'm not sure Alex
@@Adam151082 No worries will find out on Saturday!
Hi Alex, I was going to race this weekend and see if I could defend my Gold Cup win in the car last year, however as its for sale its just to risky. The racing Gods know that is a car is for sale and raced, bad things happen!!
@@thespiderman41 Good call Graham better safe than sorry!
What language is he speaking
Hey Adam if Its Ok for us and you could maybe come sometime
What do you do Nick?
Adam Smith we own the rs200 that Jan Arthur iversen had the focus that Ludvig hundsbet had the escort rs Cosworth that Michael jernberg used the rs500 that Gunnar Kittelsen used and we have the rs2000 that Martin schanke used and we have an fiesta mk2 i cant remmember who used it
Wooow Nick.
Are you on Instagram?
Adam Smith yeah
Adam Smith nickandrelerdahl