AdamC
15-08-2010, 14:43
Both my brother (Big Dan C) and myself have owned R5GTT's for quite sometime now (10 years+) and throughout this time our dad has always been saying that he'd do things differently/better etc... Well, a couple years ago my brother had a spare rolling shell and gave him the oppertunity to prove himself. It took him a while but he finally started on his project this year.
Rather than going down the usual route of modifying what was already there or just replacing the engine with a bigger one, he decided to take it a little bit more to the extreme.
He took the R5 and removed the chassis, suspension etc so all that was left was a basic R5 shell. He then got hold of a Sierra XR4x4 and removed the shell leaving only the chassis, suspension etc and then shortened it by about 9 inches. He's now put the R5 shell onto the Sierra chassis and practically everything line up perfectly. Oh, I forgot to mention. The Sierra had had a Cosworth V6 engine conversion when he got it.
He was trying to get it done for Mallory but just didn't have the time. Oh well, there's always next time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/21042010273.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/21042010274.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/13082010007.jpg
Sorry about the large pictures, I'll resize if necessary.
Rather than going down the usual route of modifying what was already there or just replacing the engine with a bigger one, he decided to take it a little bit more to the extreme.
He took the R5 and removed the chassis, suspension etc so all that was left was a basic R5 shell. He then got hold of a Sierra XR4x4 and removed the shell leaving only the chassis, suspension etc and then shortened it by about 9 inches. He's now put the R5 shell onto the Sierra chassis and practically everything line up perfectly. Oh, I forgot to mention. The Sierra had had a Cosworth V6 engine conversion when he got it.
He was trying to get it done for Mallory but just didn't have the time. Oh well, there's always next time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/21042010273.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/21042010274.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/24042010275.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/13082010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/13082010001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/13082010002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/13082010003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/13082010004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/13082010005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/AdamTurbo/dads%20project/13082010007.jpg
Sorry about the large pictures, I'll resize if necessary.