Sapphire Cosworth

[skiman_1]

How nice is this sapphire cosworth? its for sale in england...

serious car, with a serious engine for fook all money.

Engine was built and mapped on the dyno by Harvey Gibbs and Ahmed bayjoo.

Engine has done 800 road miles plus dyno.

Spec of the engine is-

7:4.1 comp cosworth racing pistons,
farndon h section rods,
standard grind low miles small escos crank,
new 200 block from a1 machined for oil spray jets and long studs,
wrc head gasket,
wrc oil spray jets,
high pressure pump,
bd16+ inlet cam bd16 exhaust,
Vernire pulleys,
isky double valve springs,
ported head by joe stevens at bluesprint,
1000cc inj,
swedish style inlet,
2wd throttle housing modified for antilag,
GT35 turbo with tial external wastegate and screamer pipe,
Big winged sump
Hugh K+N filter.

Spec on the car.

Part leather interior (rears and passenger seat plus all door cards)
Corbeau sprint bucket seat and alloy mounts
All dash
Pace 500 size intercooler
standard front splitter
Custom spec r breather system, header tanks and swirl pots.
Front and rear strut braces
Poly bushed
Avo coilovers
Escos rims (set of five, spare is white)
Mongoose stainless (3in bore and 4in tail pipe)
Quaife atb diff (same mileage as engine)
2wd front calipers (need an overhaul) and disk+pads
4x4 rear calipers with disks and pads

AMAZING!!!!

 

[wingnut]

Some list on that, whats the asking price for it?

 

[skiman_1]

He is looking around £8800

 

[chunky]

at 8800 thats a baragin for a saph with that spec

 

[metro1800]

To think some people give that money for Corolla coupes.
Lovely car, and Escort Cossie alloys are always the best choice for them

 

[skiman_1]

It needs an ECU, wiring loom and a map... Still a cheap cossie with a spec like that.

 

[Richy]

What is the purpose of a screamer pipe and where does it go?

 

[skiman_1]

Its to go to atmospheric pressure.

 

[brendy]

It needs an ECU, wiring loom and a map... Still a cheap cossie with a spec like that.

did they take the ecu etc out to sell? seems strange that they run the engine in then strip it back off, or was it a simple management to get it run in?

 

[Stoney]

What is the purpose of a screamer pipe and where does it go?

iit attaches to an external wastegate and vents unused exhaust gases outside ,sometimes further downstream on the exhaust , to control boost ,

 

[darzycos]

Nice Color That Flint Grey,,,,,,lol,,,,,, Love Them Wheels On Mine

 

[skiman_1]

did they take the ecu etc out to sell? seems strange that they run the engine in then strip it back off, or was it a simple management to get it run in?

I think he has taken the management out of the car to run in his next car, altho im not 100% sure on that.

 

[brendy]

those motors are 10 times the motor over the corolla rwd's they are ****e, barring the odd exception (hollingers motors) that turns up at the trackdays.

 

[skiman_1]

those motors are 10 times the motor over the corolla rwd's they are ****e, barring the odd exception (hollingers motors) that turns up at the trackdays.

are they even an exception?

 

[brendy]

well his motors are actually quick, normal circle heaps arnt.

 

[Graham2]

They might not be quick in standard trim but they are widely regarded as one of the finest handling Japanese RWD coupes ever made.

 

[brendy]

you might be missing the point here slide fella, my missus ka handles ok, but if you put any sort of power into her she would slide round corners.
any car with low torque can handle.

 

[rsnutter]

well his motors are actually quick, normal circle heaps arnt.

Those two also have a passion for the car, which you have to respect.

 

[GT Sam]

what a car

 

[Graham2]

you might be missing the point here slide fella, my missus ka handles ok, but if you put any sort of power into her she would slide round corners.
any car with low torque can handle.

Its all about the cars chassis. 86's handle just as well with plenty more power, McNamaras SR20'd one must be 250+bhp and he can drift her with the best of them.

 

[brendy]

drifting isnt handling to me, its about getting round the corner in the least amount of time and accelerating out of it, you could put rollerboots onto a vauxhall frontera 4x4 and watch it drift round corners, that doesnt make it a great handling car.
everyone has their own ideas of what makes a great car, to me its a chassis that is designed to take the available power, not spending 000's to make it work. take the golf mk2 16v, its a great trackday weapon the way it came out of the factory, add a turbo/s.charger and it needs more than a set of springs to get the best out of it.

 

[Graham2]

They dont have the following they do in Japan for no reason, and not just for drifting, they've won the Japanese Touring Car Championship on a few occasions. the diffed up superlite clad ones running about ireland have given them a bad image IMO and most people dont realise the racing heritage and respect these cars have with those who know their full potential, they are prefectly capable of handling much more power than standard