Hi peeps, let me introduce the latest of my toys.
It started life as a run of the mill Sapphire 1.8 GLX. since i bought it 2 months ago its been a great little runabout up until last tuesday when it suddenly lost all power and smoked like a trooper, I thought this was down to the head gasket but once i took the head off i found that I had in fact melted number 2 piston. (dont ask me how because i really dont know) LOL.

So onto the inevitable, finding a replacement engine.
Take one L plate Granada cosworth with 252000 miles under its belt,
(dont worry though as the engine was rebuilt 42,000 miles ago)
Pay £250 for:-
the engine,
wiring harness,
ECU,
engine crossmember,
steering rack,
Front legs complete with disks, callipers and tca's,
Front anti roll bar,
Complete rear beam With Diff, shafts and ARB.

Ive prepared the wiring and installed it into my car,
going down the 5 speed type 9 gearbox route,
prepared the engine and going to be installing it into my sapphire tomorrow.

And dont worry I will post some pics of the before and after some time tomorrow.