Ade’s Mk1 Sierra

So near, yet so far — the Sierra misses out on track action at FordFest despite Ade’s best efforts, and a whole load of work.

As much as I love this Sierra it’s so often spent time off the road due to annoying issues. The original 1.8 was ripped out after developing a plug fouling problem, then swapped for a lairy, rebuilt 2-litre. With a Bestek ignition system and gorgeous pair of twin 44 IDFs from Webcon, the potential for a lot of fun is definitely there. There were some issues to be dealt with though, firstly the exhaust. In no way was a standard peashooter system with a novelty tailpipe going to cut it when it came to old-school, normally-aspirated tuning! Luck would have it that a regular of many Classic Ford Tours, Frank Frostick just happened to be selling a custom stainless exhaust from his Pinto’d Sierra race car, so while on a…

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Classic Ford (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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