Im old enough to remember Andy Rouse spitting flames out the back of RS500 touring cars and because of this the mention of Cosworth always brought up memories of these amazing cars along with memories of incredible noise made by these cars... Even in my younger years I always said I would own a Cossie, well today I looked at a 4x4 Saff with a stage one conversion, the car was pretty straight compared to others I had seen, the leather interior was in really good condition, the shell showed no major sign of accident damage or repair and the engine sounded sweet as a nut.. it really sounded nice, overall I would describe it as a pretty good car, even now... the deal was nearly done, it ticked all the right boxes untill I was taken for a drive in it, and that changed everything.... The performance was simply unimpressive, the car felt heavy and unresponsive, I could not personally find myself wanting one that had any less than 350 bhp as I feel it would need at least this to make the car feel lively.

Im curious with regards to how much power do you feel a Cossie needs to feel quick or lively?