Got Tata Sierra - Turbo!

[ilango[speed thirst]]

No mods planned , esp in exterior.

Interiors will depend on vit M at final stage.

The rear shocks were removed , now the car just dances with the springs.

The shocks are just too hard , damn hard. Must be some truck spare altered height with a extra spacers welded to it by the previous owner , may be to accommodate bigger tyres

No idea what shock to buy, but need a soft one. may be a scorpio's will match

 

[Shubham77]

Nice sierra u have. ilango congrats, i too have 94 sierra

 

[mastersquall]

No mods planned , esp in exterior.

Interiors will depend on vit M at final stage.

The rear shocks were removed , now the car just dances with the springs.

The shocks are just too hard , damn hard. Must be some truck spare altered height with a extra spacers welded to it by the previous owner , may be to accommodate bigger tyres

No idea what shock to buy, but need a soft one. may be a scorpio's will match

Give innova shock try also

 

[AustinMarc]

Hello Friends,

Joined the team today. As a Sierra lover, I wish to be a part of the discussion. I own a 1994 Tata Sierra STD.

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

Nice to get lot of sierra fans !!

UPDATE:
first a sorry for no picture,

i myself cant sit with the car due to work. but i believe its in safe hands , all my ex staffs!

Tinker work going on slowly.
Almost all parts like rubber beeding locks handle , lights are bought.

I have got a shock with number s 800371. matches the height exactly. remember old shocks were height adjusted by previous owner.
this is tata 608 front suspension. works good.

 

[AustinMarc]

I am against all alterations made on Tata Sierra. I read about the cooling fan you have installed (the electric one ) . I had teh same problem of heating up and was really upset about it. I got the Engine Head serviced and went for a test drive . I got more upset because the engine was getting heated up the same way.

I have to travel and had no other option but go with this. Initially I had to drive slow because of the road from Coimbatore to Chennai. Once I reached the toll road, I hit 80 and was monitoring the temp , it raised up to half, 90-100-110 it remained there, never went up . I maintained the speed between 90 and 100. It was a very smooth ride.

On the way back , I had to use AC because was travelling during day and it raised up the temp a bit but never went up the mark. I travelled almost 3000 kms and the engine is perfect.

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

Sierra almost top mark of the temp needle is the "fan start point of indica " means the water temp is absolutely normal at top point.
i have said this in my earlier post itself.

But this helped in 2 things ,
one peace of mind as the thermostat will work when needed.
less strain to engine as the fan is removed and hence at high speed the car is more better than with a fan , since the opposite wind do not stop the fan

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

Some pictures that was taken last month! .

the one with metal paste is driver sider and holes is other side.
they are also now completed.

I could not source the plastic beeding at top. so it is covered now with a metal strip!

 

[Theferrarifan]

Good to see you back

 

[mercedised]

The rusting is obvious, but AFAIK you had a nice working car then why did you went for overhaul? Did it started giving problems? The rust spots were severe almost ate the body in the places you posted pictures of. BTW, do make sure that you use alot of damping sheets everywhere in the carpet area inside the cabin on all four doors and inner firewall (behind the dash). Waiting for further update.

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

There is no engine overhaul.

Yeah , i have already damping sheets in stock.

all the floors will be covered by rubber paint. and also the under body.

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

Some pictures taken at mid of january.
the car is now in hands of painter.

1st step is correcting the tinkers mistakes on body putty.
Hope so by today he will start his regular job.

Pretty much satisfied by tata build quality. a car in its 13th year which was not striped for these many years.... no surprise rust!!!!

Also have sourced new head lamps .
Steering pump gave up in regular starts! got sumo victa's all aluminium steering pump and hence now searching for the bracket to fix it! .

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

The last picture is before welding , the last but one is after correction.

the post got cracked.

 

[Varun560061]

Are you taking out the engine ? Its better to take it off and paint the firewall and other joints.

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

nope engine is not removed.
the brakes clutch cylinders are removed! Have enough space to paint the firewall.

Again the work is at pause for last 2 days! lazy guyz at garage!