Heres pics of my 24v 4x4 van!!

[ali 24v 4x4 van]

Thought its about time i got some pics up!
this van started of as a saffron yellow 1.8D, slow and ..........slow!!
it has a sierra 4x4 inner wings, bulhead, and floorpan up to the rear of the front seats, the rear chassis legs from them van were removed and the H-section rear chassis legs from a sierra were were welded in!
it full seam welded for strength!

Was featured in Performance Ford July 2006 page 112 Highlander!!

It won best engine conversion at Performance Ford Thrash 2006 at Crail Raceway

was build over 2 years by myself (Ali)  

its fitted with a 24v Cosworth
Focus Rs 330mm Discs and Brembo 4 pots
Koni Adjutables
braided lines
etc etc

has had thousands of hours and pounds put in to it!

future plans include supercharger, i want over 350bhp, 4x4 cosworth vented discs and calipers, skyline gearbox and a few other ideas i have!!




van with new wheels, Hit a kerb and bend a Rs 7 spoke! Gutted! 330 discs wouldn't fit behind RS 7 spokes, new wheels were bought with a Peugeot offset!


Cosworth Leather Recaros


Focus RS 330mm discs and Brembos




Van parked beside a van that looked the same as mine before i got my hands on it it!


Show and Shine Performance Ford Thrash Crail Raceway


A few days at i finished it

[Taps]

That sure is one cracking van m8

[glyn]

NIIICE VAN MAN.........GLYN

[sjwag]

very nice van indeed, well done.

[Dave]

Oh yeah I like that, nice work mate.

Always fancied doing a van like that myself.  

[piston broke]

thats nice now then where did i put that fiesta courier?

[Tony]

ali
thats a credit to you mate,
its nice to see cars/vans done properly!!!

unlike the body-kitted bass boxed 1.1 crap ya normaly see on shows!!

good on ya

tony

[nick]

sweet, thats wicked!

[fluff]

look VAN-tastic ( excuse the pun)

[k3nn]

very nice, must suprise a few people in that

[Damocos]

Thats a cracker mate, well done

[skywalker]

sweet

[Al_XR4x4]

That is one nice and tastefully modified escort van mate. Is it 4x4 or RWD?

All the best with modding it.

Al

[ali 24v 4x4 van]

Its 4X4!
think RWD would be to much of a hand full! BUT FUN!!!

Toying with the skyline gearbox idea!

[ali 24v 4x4 van]

HOW IT LOOKED WHEN I BOUGHT IT 2 YEARS AGO


HOW IT IS NOW

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ENGINE BAY, K&N, CUSTOM EXHAUST, BOB CAMS

[ScottS]

wow! saw it up at crail once and was well impressed, looks like it was built like that, a credit to you

[bluecossie]

Thats some nice work, whats the 0-60 and top end?

Steve

[ali 24v 4x4 van]

Not sure on the 0-60! it has 140mph on the clocks! i've reached the mileometer. then chickened out!! It was wet!!

[kostey]

really great car! It looks fantastic!

[turboshed]

nice work, should of painted it white and left some pasty wrappers and a copy of the sun on the dashboard!like my van has.
again wicked van always wanted to do one.wack some turbo's on it

[ali 24v 4x4 van]

am back with more pics!


multispoke wheels were a nightmare to clean so i now have Focus Rs 18inch 5spokes with 215/35/18 tyres












Anyone got a stainless xr4x4 exhaust?


sierra irs




Focus Rs calliper mounting brackets

[Mikey J]

That is a well cool van, especially from underneath.

Mike.

[christophe]

Thats cool mate, did u fabricate and fit the sierra axle yourself?

[ali 24v 4x4 van]

i have done everthing to the van myself! i just want more power now!

[Tony]

ali
thats the pix i wanted mate, yeah a cunning plan is hatching

mind you really should put some of the pix up ya sent me, if people saw the shell before the floor was fitted it would amaze them

tony

[ali 24v 4x4 van]

never thought of adding them tony!

here they are
stage one

van was set up level and inner wings, lower bulkhead, floor removed from the rear of the seats forward

stage two

same section was measured and then trimed to size for fitting into van shell

stage three


section was fitted into van and fully seam welded on the inside and underneath

stage four

rear chassis legs were removed from van floor

stage five

sierra H section rear chassis removed from sierra

stage six

chassis legs fitted to van floor, they were then boxed in with 3mm plate

thats just the main points!
thats 6months work getting it to that stage!
and a few sleepless nights with arc eye!!

[piston broke]

thats very impressive mate

[ali 24v 4x4 van]

anyone know where she is now! Gutted i sold it! why??????

[Marty]

Very nice!!! Shame the post office don't use em

[IansSaph]

anyone know where she is now! Gutted i sold it! why??????

i bet after all that work you'd proper had your fill of her! You always miss old cars, you forget the trouble they caused you and only remember the good bits. my mate and i have the 'old car syndrome' theroy, its very similar to 'previous girlfriend syndrome'. Get em back and wish you hadn't.

i saw it on Ebay, did you keep the buyer id? trace it that way.

Ian