New guy from Cape Town , South Africa

by **MAD Sapphire** » March 31st, 2013, 6:42 am

Hi Everybody,
I'm new the to this site and Falcon engines. I own a 1992 Ford Sapphire which originally had an Essex 3.0L V6.
In the quest for more power and speed the normal thing here was to do Strokers, twin turbos or go the V8 route.
This was not for me. I love my Sapphire and decided to do something not so normal like everyone else.
I fitted a Falcon 4.0L straight 6 engine to it.
Will post pics shortly.
:wave:

by **SnipeZ** » March 31st, 2013, 9:17 am

Welcome. Quite interested to see

Cheers

by **ed40** » March 31st, 2013, 10:02 am

keen 4 pics :grin:

by **XR_Lightning** » March 31st, 2013, 10:47 am

Def hanging for pics!!!

by **LUXO_8** » March 31st, 2013, 1:25 pm

a sapphire with a 4L would be pretty cool.... subscribing!

by **GIFFO97** » March 31st, 2013, 4:16 pm

Welcome to the forum Mate, What you've got sounds pretty cool. Did you have to modify the Firewall at all? Very Keen to see pictures.

by **sexyr6** » March 31st, 2013, 7:09 pm

Welcome! also very keen to see some pic's!

by **ozeford** » March 31st, 2013, 11:08 pm

defiantly keen to see pictures, always like the idea of an aussie built engine in another country

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subscribed!

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 1st, 2013, 4:50 am

Thank you for the great welcome guys!
I was hoping when I register on this site the mod I did in my car would be quite common. Am I wrong?
How do I post pics? Do I use photobucket?

Cheers :wave:

by **LUXO_8** » April 1st, 2013, 7:10 am

we dont have sierras here... ive never seen a 4L in one.
i have seen a few V8's and know that they had a Sierra XR8 over there.

yeah mate, use photobucket

by **ozeford** » April 1st, 2013, 7:55 am

Thing is how much did it cost you to import a 4L over to South Africa?, would of been pricey no?

by **LUXO_8** » April 1st, 2013, 8:17 am

aussie falcons have been exported to SA in low volume for years....
woulda been in a wreckers or something

by **ozeford** » April 1st, 2013, 10:58 am

uh ok thats makes it easier

, so do need pictures though.

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 5:20 am

I did not cut the firewall surprisingly for the way I fitted the engine.
At first it seemed impossible that it would fit but hey, when there's a will there's a way.
Modified the crossmember, altered the sump and made new engine mounts.
I was a bit worried about the engine weight hanging more towards the front but
but this all went away when I drove the car.
Handling was good even the cornering was good and I couldn't
notice it to be any worse than my mates car with the essex v6.
In fact my car handled better as I had fitted coilovers with stiffer
springs and shocks.
I raced my Focus ST against my Sapphire and the Focus lost bigtime!

by **GIFFO97** » April 2nd, 2013, 6:25 am

MAD Sapphire wrote:I did not cut the firewall surprisingly for the way I fitted the engine.
At first it seemed impossible that it would fit but hey, when there's a will there's a way.
Modified the crossmember, altered the sump and made new engine mounts.
I was a bit worried about the engine weight hanging more towards the front but
but this all went away when I drove the car.
Handling was good even the cornering was good and I couldn't
notice it to be any worse than my mates car with the essex v6.
In fact my car handled better as I had fitted coilovers with stiffer
springs and shocks.
I raced my Focus ST against my Sapphire and the Focus lost bigtime!

So is this a Barra or a SOHC you've fitted?

by **SnipeZ** » April 2nd, 2013, 8:01 am

Still hanging for pics

Cheers

by **SLY-TX5** » April 2nd, 2013, 11:18 am

pics or it didnt happen

by **superhuS!** » April 2nd, 2013, 2:43 pm

I don't think BA's made it to South Africa.

by **SnipeZ** » April 2nd, 2013, 2:46 pm

**** I didn't say barra. Was that giffo guy... Apologise to me bitch >:(

Cheers

by **superhuS!** » April 2nd, 2013, 2:47 pm

EADC.

Anyway, pics needed stat.

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 7:22 pm

Car resprayed the first time and motor just fitted.

Drove it for the first time with the straight 6

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » April 2nd, 2013, 7:29 pm

**** yeh

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 7:39 pm

Then i decide to fit the Cosworth body kit as the car was standing a bit too high with the 19" wheels.

Custom one off bumper and twin lights.

Side vents for letting out hot air

Masked up for second respray

Base coat being applied

by **Rollin** » April 2nd, 2013, 7:40 pm

I like this

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 7:52 pm

And clear coat applied.

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 8:04 pm

Nice pic of how the engine sits

Modified induction pipe

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 8:17 pm

So after we polished the car i circled all the little imperfections or what i thought was flaws and decided to primer the spots etc.

Sanded down again

Primer on the flaws only i could see apparently

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 8:20 pm

After all was done and i was happy with the outcome i then took the car to a Spray shop to get it resprayed third and final time.
Finally i was happy as you can see in the pics.

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 8:25 pm

As you can see straight 6 goes into 1 Sapphire time( Math lesson :mrgreen:

)
So now i have bought a Territory ST Turbo motor and that is gonna be fitted soon, i hope.

The engine is longer and higher so i think i WILL have to cut or alter things further to get this in...
:eek:

by **sexyr6** » April 2nd, 2013, 8:34 pm

Oh.. My.. God! I want one!

by **GIFFO97** » April 2nd, 2013, 9:11 pm

You may have to alter to get the Territory motor to fit. It looks awesome with the EL motor in it! Great work dude

by **falcon4life** » April 2nd, 2013, 10:07 pm

Are many people shocked when you tell them you shoehorned a 4 litre straight 6 into that engine bay?

Imo turbo that motor its already fitted and you won't have to cut anything to make it fit

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 10:50 pm

Also proof that it does drive.
This is when i collected it after being sprayed the third time.
My other car was the Ford Focus ST225 and needless to say there was a boxing match match on the way home.
The Focus lost......

by **MAD Sapphire** » April 2nd, 2013, 11:02 pm

At first when guys heard about my conversion the general comment was that it was impossible especially without cutting the firewall.
I proved them wrong! :cool:

Territory ST motor already bought. :grin:

by **Bipolar** » April 3rd, 2013, 7:19 am

This is a happy story lol.

Maybe check out threads of BA/BF Motors into E-Series. You may find you'll have to do similar mods to sump / K-frame / bonnet bracing.

Say the word and we can merge your 2 threads.

by **SLY-TX5** » April 3rd, 2013, 7:49 am

So interesting, well done!

by **apoc** » April 3rd, 2013, 8:14 am

Thats epic! The little car would haul arse even with that engine in there lol. Going to be a pearler with the turbo barra in there! Might be a prick to get it to fit though.

:thumbsup:

by **Commando** » April 3rd, 2013, 11:08 am

That's pretty fkn cool.

by **EFFalcon** » April 3rd, 2013, 11:27 am

It looks like a shortened ED XR lol.

very cool project.

by **LUXO_8** » April 3rd, 2013, 6:31 pm

that is so cool.... love it..!

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