2wd sapphire cosworth improvements 07/5/10 scuttle painted!
02-04-2010, 10:25 PM
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2wd sapphire cosworth improvements 07/5/10 scuttle painted!
Well now the weathers improving and with summer coming time to finally get round to doing all the little jobs the cossie was requiring as i just couldnt be bothered over winter
with it being easter weekend and with fuck all to do it was best time to drag the cossie into the garage and crack on
.1st on the list was replace the knacked rear spax shocks and replace them with a nice set of konis
bloody ell' these have seen better days
after putting the konis on took the car round the block for a little drive and the improvement is fantastic
feels a hell of alot better driving over speed humps etcAlso before i took the car out i changed the rotor arm and dizzy cap for new items in the hope i can sort out the poor cold start running issues as from cold its running like a sack of shit
,well after fittin these went out and at low revs the car deffo feels alot better and more smooth so fingers crossed moving in the right direction
thats all i got round to doing today next on the list is replace the tappets and sort out the bloody oil leak ive got which seems to be coming from the oil presure switch area so bought a new one and will be replacing that too along with a dam good steam clean underneath!
thats all for now heres afew random pics i took
with it being easter weekend and with fuck all to do it was best time to drag the cossie into the garage and crack on
.1st on the list was replace the knacked rear spax shocks and replace them with a nice set of konisbloody ell' these have seen better days
after putting the konis on took the car round the block for a little drive and the improvement is fantastic
feels a hell of alot better driving over speed humps etcAlso before i took the car out i changed the rotor arm and dizzy cap for new items in the hope i can sort out the poor cold start running issues as from cold its running like a sack of shit,well after fittin these went out and at low revs the car deffo feels alot better and more smooth so fingers crossed moving in the right directionthats all i got round to doing today next on the list is replace the tappets and sort out the bloody oil leak ive got which seems to be coming from the oil presure switch area so bought a new one and will be replacing that too along with a dam good steam clean underneath!
thats all for now heres afew random pics i took
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03-04-2010, 08:54 PM
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done some more work today finally got round to changing the oil pressure switch was abit fiddly but never the less bloody done now lol,didnt run the car up but fingers crossed that is where my oil leak was coming from suppose i will find out soon enough.Tomorrow hopefully crack on with the tappets!
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03-04-2010, 09:39 PM
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todays progress
oil leak that seems to be coming from oil presure switch area
seen better days so a new one needed
underside fucking soaked in oil
quick steam clean after fitting new switch
fingers crossed its done the trick! will find out when i run her up
oil leak that seems to be coming from oil presure switch area
seen better days so a new one needed
underside fucking soaked in oil
quick steam clean after fitting new switch
fingers crossed its done the trick! will find out when i run her up
05-04-2010, 09:30 PM
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didnt do much on the car the last 2 days but today removed the morettes and gone back to std headlamps! I fancied a change
what do you think? i actually like it now deffo growing on me
left them without the wipers and reckon it looks more smooth at the front now.
what do you think? i actually like it now deffo growing on me
left them without the wipers and reckon it looks more smooth at the front now.
06-04-2010, 03:11 PM
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06-04-2010, 03:35 PM
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big thumbs up 
4 changing the headlamps and the splitter looks good
just wondering if yur the bloke i bought some cloth rear seats off of think i reckonize the car in yur sig
great work by the way
4 changing the headlamps and the splitter looks good just wondering if yur the bloke i bought some cloth rear seats off of think i reckonize the car in yur sig
great work by the way
06-04-2010, 10:40 PM
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Looks great back on standard lamps, should do something with the foglight surrounds, maybe black or something...not sure how that would look though.
Keep it up
Ginge
Keep it up
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28-04-2010, 07:37 PM
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this week in the evenings been doing some little jobs on the old girl,the thing thats bugged me for ages is all the so called black trims had faded over time like door mirror units,door handles,scuttle panel and rear door triangles.So i thought i would give them a fresh coat of satin black paint
heres how the plastics were looking heres one of the door mirrors
while the n/side one is drying heres the drivers side which i had done yesterday
looks so much better now it back to black
thats all for today as i ran out of paint
heres how the plastics were looking heres one of the door mirrors
while the n/side one is drying heres the drivers side which i had done yesterday
looks so much better now it back to black
thats all for today as i ran out of paint
28-04-2010, 10:06 PM
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along side the painting ive also managed to pick up full set of ambers and 88 spec rear lights.
will be keeping the smoked and clear lights also so i can change around when the mood takes me lol
will be keeping the smoked and clear lights also so i can change around when the mood takes me lol
07-05-2010, 08:28 AM
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been doing some more little jobs on the car gave the rear door quarter trims a fresh coat of paint as they had vaded over time and removed the small sapphire logo and replaced with cosworth logo
next up was the scuttle panel i had a spare one in garage left over from my previous saph so also gave that a fresh coat of paint.This is how it looked before dull with polish over spill etc
spare one painted up
now fitted
just need to colour up the 3 scuttle screw caps and jet washers before installing them.
next up was the scuttle panel i had a spare one in garage left over from my previous saph so also gave that a fresh coat of paint.This is how it looked before dull with polish over spill etc
spare one painted up
now fitted
just need to colour up the 3 scuttle screw caps and jet washers before installing them.
