Thought I'd start a project thread on here for my Saff.

The story goes like this.... A few people will know that I bought the infamous Escort Cosworth shell of 'YUM' to build up.



Well, long story short, after just over a year of rebuilding I finally threw in the towel and Part ex'd with a good Friend of mine for a really clean 2WD Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth










The car came as an honest, straight well looked after car. As I'm good friends with the previous owner I knew it had been looked after and recently had an engine rebuild using an Escort Cosworth small turbo head (Which looks ) The is a full 3" Stainless steel exhaust system with the middle box removed which gives the car a real 'shouting' note . T3 Turbo, -31 actuator, green injectors, chipped ECU, Group A K&N Air Filter, Alloy Radiator and RS500 Intercooler.

The car drove fine and was quick for a T3, but as it hadn't been setup since the rebuild I decided to give Martin from Reyland a call and booked the car in for a setup on the rolling road. So off to Birmingham it was to get the car setup and really just to make sure everything was safe. I was expecting the car to make around the 300-330bhp mark. Martin ran the car up after doing all the usual checks, (fuel press, boost leaks etc..)






And after the first couple of runs the car was about 50bhp lower than I was expecting



Martin said he'd have a play with the actuator and check the fuel again and see how it got on. At the same time I had him weld a Lambda boss in the downpipe which will come in handy in the future

So after a tweak the car finally made this at 18psi...




So after the car had been setup, I decided to see how I got on with 300bhp RWD and to be honest it is alot of fun


...............BUT, I've been driving it daily now for a few months and 300bhp is starting to make me yawn

So this is where we are up to as we speak, I'll try to keep this updated with whats going on. Hope you enjoyed the start of this story and all (nice) comments welcome

Cheers Billy

 

Looks a nice one mate, the interior looks very good!!

Karl

 

Looks a good base to start from mate.

 

lovely car mate.. nice power figures too

 

billy after seeing it on the road last night for the first time in ages now you have the new wheels on it deffo needs standard lights all round and take the front fogs out and wack in some 500 grills

give it a harder look as you look gay lol

 

Why was YUM hard to build back up, was supposed to be a decent shell? Or was it just too hard buying all the necessary bits?

 

looks very nice

 

Lovely car matey.

 

Don't go there mate

It was hard to get buy parts as I lost my job for months. Lost interest in the car and gave up.

 

Thanks for the comments guys

I decided that I want a S.E.C.S Monitor as I'd seen them in loads of Cossies and thought they were a really good idea. So....









But since its been fitted, it just constantly flashes for alarms It must be to do with a the sensors or how we soldered the connections. The map sensor and batt voltage is 100% correct and fine, but the coolant, charge temp and tps dont ever work and that sets off the bloody alarm

Any way thats the little update for now, wheels and tyres next

 

Next Update to completely catch up to where I'm at with the car is my new wheels.

17"x8" Compomotive TH's

Went down to pick them up off Rich (CossieRich) and set about cleaning and getting them fitted










Next up I'll be addressing the COMPLETELY USELESS Standard Brakes all round and I'll have Some Ahmed Bayjoo Leda Springs to add to my Koni's

 

Looks really good on the TH's! Makes a nice change from 5 spokes!

 

thats really nice billy ,

 

Cheers Guys

 

Very nice mate.

 

Wow, what a difference a set of wheels make mate!!

Looks awesome on the TH's!!

Karl

 

Wheels look loads better really didn't like the ones on it before, make it look a bit Chavy IMO

 

And some decent tyres on them answer

 

Looking good mate

 

Lol at the secs monitor...

Love these wheels on saffs.

 

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Lovely motor mate, TH's, one of my favorite, they look ace on there




Ginger



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