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Cossie in Canada!! My 1989 Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth
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Aug 24, 2010 | 02:57 AM
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Cossie in Canada!! My 1989 Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth
Hi Everyone,
Well. Where to begin….
I’m in Vancouver Canada (Surrey to be precise) and like everyone here, I’m a car nut. My first love in Motorsport is Porsche. Whether they are the best at whatever or not, I love them for what they are and what joy and excitement they have given to me in my life.
Few years back I bought a 1980 911SC that I restored, it is now a garage queen. If you are interested, that story is located here:
So I bought a Porsche (very long) opinions please
My Winter Projects Update - like usual, long
My Winter Projects Update 2 (long again)
My Winter Projects Update 3 (long again, but it's almost over)
The never ending Winter project project. Now very depressed.
DUDES!! My Winter projects are DONE!! WOOHOO!!
Frequency Valve and Lambda computer testing. Please Help.
1980 911SC Distributor Recurve Results
It was an awsome summer, but now it's time to update!
2005 Winter Projects update
Rear Reflector restoration
2005 Winter projects done - Suspension and Brakes w/ Results (long)
Window switches and relays
Fixed the annoying swaybar squeek!!
So for a little while I was happy. The old 3 litre NA engine in such light weight car was perfect!
But I soon realized that I like to tinker and drove it less and less. Always dreaming of new things I can do to it, but it is perfect as it is.
I was in the UK in Summer 2006 (I’m originally from ‘Brum). My brother-in-law (Aj) is a car trader in Walsall and he was always yapping on about Cosworth this and that and all the great cars that have moved through his hands. Now I have always hard of Cossies, but you see out here, we have big V8 Fords like Mustangs etc….no Cossies. I've always been a Ford Fan!
So when I arrived to his house from Manchester airport and just settled in, it was about 11pm now, warm night. He showed me to (my future) Cossie.
Get in, you drive mate he sed with a smile.
Jetlagged and all, I started up the old clunker and rolled down the lane to the M5 motorway and merged on. G’won, giver he sez, and I stepped on it, I was in second gear….
I nearly peed and quickly let off, my GOD!!! I looked at Aj, and he was howling!!!!!
So shift to 3rd, all way to red, Shift to 4th all way to red, Shift to 5th , 120mph and climbing with no effort. No one on the freeway. It was one of those special driving moments. Into B’Ham, skidding all the round-abouts, and finally making it back home by 3am, full take of gas almost gone.
In the dark night, the turbo was glowing red hot
J
, Aj has never seen that before. Let her run idle for a few minutes to cool off. Start drink beer and talk about this CAR!!! My GOD this CAR!!!
Long story short. I bought it for 2500 UK pounds. The old girl needed a fair amount of work. But it looked like all the bits and bobs that it needed were there. Stage 3 Modified Sapphire Cossie. Here is what it looked like when I met her. She was going to need a lot of work.
So zoom ahead about 18 months, I finally managed to import it from UK to Vancouver (shipped from South Hampton to Tacoma Washington, then driven to Vancouver). Total Cost, $5000 Canadian. So pretty much I’m into the car for $9500, not to bad me thinks, but this is where the fun starts……..or does it?
Having restored a car before, I know exactly how shitty of a job it truly is. While I was in UK, Paul from PJ Motorsports fully live mapped my car, it was running just awesome when I was in the UK, here in Vancouver, not so much. I met a fellow named Daz Jones (yes he is the same rip off guy from Tamworth I think) who started a Cossie business in Vancouver. Strange I thought, I must have been his only customer, but he had a few EsCos and Sierra and Saph’s.
Anyway, he tried to get my car to pass Aircare (emissions) with no success. He sold me a whole much of parts and stuff that I eventually will need and to pretty things up, but he just whipped it in and did not really care about his install. It was a mess. Car ran like shit, and then Daz went bankrupt. From what I hear it is a good thing I got my car back!! Anyway, he was the niciest guy and I think his heart was truly in the right place, just his finances not so much. I did get off him a 200 block, blue boost hoses and cam cover. And tonnes of other bits and bobs... I spent about $7500 Canadian with this fellow.
Here is what it looked like after Daz. He found a hairline crack in the original 205 block, so now I have a 200 block. This is about Jan 2009.
To Be continued...
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