boost mad

The good old first batch lol. i know 3 people with first batch G220 and only one has had a problem. hopefully yours will be fine

How do you figure out where your centre of gravity is ? Just curious

The weather sucks. Ive had to put off 2 cars this month due to bad conditions

I used a rotary as my main, then went over with a PC. I do abit of detailing on the side, so just gave it a quick once over

Ace, cheers Tony

if i raise the platform to remove the chatter the car will sit higher, am i correct in saying this ? Unfortunatly i cant raise the fronts as the little grubscrew that stop the platform from twisting are rusted and rounded off. At least on the rear the Gaz coilovers have a double platform to lock them in place

what car was it may i ask ?

A few pictures here from just after i detailed it Im going to give it a quick wash this weekend as its got its last outing this sunday before being taken off the road for a while, so, if im not to lazy and i dont forget, i will get some more pictures for you

The reason i ask is that the car sits at a reasonable height, but, at full extension of the coilover the spring is loose. i just had the thought that the helper springs would take up the slack so to speak

I dont drink alcohol either damn im boring lol

Are you able to fit helper springs to a coilover that didnt originaly have them. cheers

i dont drink tea... or coffee for that matter lol

I will be, dont i dont think its going to be before i get it back on the road next year as im going to pull most of the front end apart i think. There are closer places to me, but ive used WIM before, and they have always been helpful so will go back

doing the dash was a pain. there were 3 alarms systems all tied into each other, loads of bad soldering etc. Got to take it up for a geo but its coming off the road end of this month so i can save abit of money towards a decent gearbox,

Cheers for the comment nope, just sat outside !!! Will try and get some pictures of after i detailed it a month ago.

Then more money started to get spent. The blue hose is on still as i need to get hold of a 75mm throttle body as the standard one is 63mm Orange SFS hoses, T4 5 ply metal reinforced effort New front and side indicators Gear gaitor ( which i still havnt fitted ) Alloy bottom rad hose ( which i had moddified ) Rear strut brace ( for sale ) And i modded the ISCV for the ALS too got a bailey header tank too as the plastic one was about to pop. I changed the s***ty Kahn steering wheel for a 3dr job. not the nicest but far better than that chvvy crap Then after getting back on the road the day before Ford fair i did this on the way up to ford fair Yep, i blew the shock in half So i got these And she now sits like this And beads like this

Next up came the engine work. I had to moddify the throttle body for the ALS, and did alittle work tot the elbow and cover

I thought i should do this from the start, so here goes. I always had the intention to get another cossie, despite the fact i said i never would. Before i bought this i test drove a 380bhp evo 5 and a 400bhp skyline. Now, dont get me wrong, the evo handled fantasticly and the skybus was much less sqeeky than a saph but neither of them had the soul and passion that cossies seem too ! I had a look at a couple of cossie, but this one stood out. It had the engine rebuilt by harvey gibbs at SCS and had everything else it should, albeit not everything was fitted that well. The only downsides were no MOT or Tax After 2 trips to Ipswitch we came to an agreement,he would MOT it and i would by it..... So what do you think it failed on after being off the road for 4 and a half years ??? Rot, emmisions Tyres Brakes No, It failed on a CV Boot and the brakelights not working which was down to a dodgy switch. So i got it home on the 19 of june 09 drove it around for a week then off the road it came for some wiring. I say some, most of behind the dash had to be done The spec Harvey Gibbs, built and prepped 200 block, Long studded 7.35:1 Ported and polished head Portmatched manifolds reground crank balanced bottom end standard cams. exhaust advanced 2degrees inlet retarded Big winged sump 2wd Exhaust manifold Genuine RS500T4 turbo with 247 Mar-m shaft Genuine RS500 intercooler Greys 1.9 Bar K+N filter Air injectors Scorpion 3" exhaust, centre box removed, 4" tip Live mapped by Harvey and Ahmed 444bhp. got a bailey breather A proper strutbrace Grp A coil Avo coilovers Pretty decent Leather interior Kahn 17"s with new Avon ZZ3 tyres Defi gauges. oil temp, oil pressure, exhaust temp, boost and fuel pressure and the defi link controller Secs monitor ACT gauge ( which i have broken lol ) The spec now is about the same, just with larger injectors ( siemens 83lb ) and a MSD chip which unfortunatly isnt running right. and now is down to 383bhp The plus sides to the chip is that it now has ALS and LC lol Enough waffling. pictures time Not long after i got it, it was like this

No pictures yet, but here is the spec late registered ( march 1993 ) on a private plate K444 BHP 4x4 Rebuilt engine, covered 5500miles since rebuild 200 long studded engine block low compression pistons 7.5:1, Air Injectors custom spec cams , ported and polished head, port matched with manifolds, Rs500 Turbo with Mar-M 247 shaft Genuine RS500 intercooler bosch grey injectors ( 503cc ) Big wing sump Alloy oil breather tank, strut brace ( proper one that goes between the strut tops and not on top ) Alcon 6 paddle clutch 3" through, single box , 4 " tip exhaust avo coilovers 7"x17" with new AVON ZZR3 tyres Interior, Full raven leather interior, SECs gauge Air charge temp gauge Defi's oil temp oil pressure exhaust temp fuel pressure Vacuum/ Boost Morrette twin headlamps With regards to the plate, it has a meaning, 444Bhp Im sure there is loads ive missed,

I will try and get a couple of jobs that ive done uploaded if thats ok. Dont know where to put them tho

Got myself another sapphire cosworth yesterday ( number 4 in 5 years lol ) Needs abit of body work and a good detailing ( not a prob as i detail part time anyway ) but other than that its mainly cosmetic bits that need doing. will try and get some pictures up asap

After a long evening with lots of driving i got it back. I will start a post in the gallery in the next week or so

Good question, to which i dont have the answer lol. I pick the car up tomorrow night so will try and get a good look over the weekend if my back is up to it!

Its not a problem. It was worth a try. Looks like a few long weekends for me and a tooth brush then lol