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Old Aug 9, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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youre time as top boy of the turbosystems hub and ass dyno is coming to an end !!!

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Old Aug 9, 2012 | 07:46 PM
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youre time as top boy of the turbosystems hub and ass dyno is coming to an end !!!

long live the poorly 4i
It will be back bigger and better mate.

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Old Aug 9, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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does he have any plans for it or is he just using it as a parts store lol
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He did say the engine will be done next year i think

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good good because at the moment we all have exactly the same power figures lol
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Who is the "we" mate

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there's an awful lot of cossie owners with nought bhp
you are part of the zero bhp club maonstone as am I
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Old Aug 9, 2012 | 08:01 PM
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ohh yeah i forgot about you lol i think we should try for a turbosystems accumlative power figure of 2500bhp

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there's an awful lot of cossie owners with nought bhp
you are part of the zero bhp club maonstone as am I
Dont panic mate we will soon be up there busting the hub dyno to shit, I know this company that we can use, they are the muts nuts

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Im in the zero bhp club
and how did you end up in this situation ?
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ohh yeah i forgot about you lol i think we should try for a turbosystems accumlative power figure of 2500bhp
Thats going to be just Desert viper with her twin GT42s stuck in the boot

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ohh yeah i forgot about you lol i think we should try for a turbosystems accumlative power figure of 2500bhp
technically my proposed new engine is capable of doing that without any help from a turbo charge transit engine
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Thats going to be just Desert viper with her twin GT42s stuck in the boot

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pmsl hows yours coming along ?
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currently our combined power out put couldn't even drive the alternator
6 men when we need 8 horses
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technically my proposed new engine is capable of doing that without any help from a turbo charge transit engine
well i got two words to say about that baked beans pmsl
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well i got two words to say about that baked beans pmsl

but I only wanted 4 tins
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pmsl hows yours coming along ?
Nicely thankyou, have you had a trip to see the moan today then?

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Originally Posted by flannigan
and how did you end up in this situation ?
Took my engine out it had a cracked block but I have a new engine now just not with me yet
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Nicely thankyou, have you had a trip to see the moan today then?

Steve
no not yet mate been on the phone to him about loads of stuff but i have now decided what route to go down rebuilding the engine as my t4 is scrap and i think a change is in order

how far off is yours from being ready ?
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Took my engine out it had a cracked block but I have a new engine now just not with me yet
cracked across the water jacket and head bolt ?
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I think Tony has most of the new parts ready for build, I have some parts here to send up to him then he can crack on with Desert Moonstone Tornado pmsl

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Old Aug 9, 2012 | 08:25 PM
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I think Tony has most of the new parts ready for build, I have some parts here to send up to him then he can crack on with Desert Moonstone Tornado pmsl

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are you going to ford fair ? im giving tony my sump and crank there lol
are you going to power it with a t4 ?
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Maybe going to Ford fair mate,

T4 all the babyyyyyyyyyy

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It's a funny story I bought a rebuilt bottom end from a man in brum that was proper fucked needed a crank pistons rods and shells all they did was paint it up it looked brand new I only found out when I pulled the sump anyways I got all that done and fitted it but it was always mixing oil and water so wiped my new crank etc out so gave it to a builder he had it checked and its cracked in the bore so I was proper blagged by the seller
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Maybe going to Ford fair mate,

T4 all the babyyyyyyyyyy

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i have got two track sessions booked and now i have got to do it in a mk6 escort rs2000

i loved my t4 ! but now i have melted two time for a change i think
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It's a funny story I bought a rebuilt bottom end from a man in brum that was proper fucked needed a crank pistons rods and shells all they did was paint it up it looked brand new I only found out when I pulled the sump anyways I got all that done and fitted it but it was always mixing oil and water so wiped my new crank etc out so gave it to a builder he had it checked and its cracked in the bore so I was proper blagged by the seller
and i thought i had bad luck !
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Not good eh
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i am going to have u all!!
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i am going to have u all!!
ohh yeah please tell ? as only tony knows my crazy plan
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doug currently has the most powerful cosowth on this thread
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Even the 3dr has 0bhp as it wont start

Ended up taking the Mondeo to a little meet @ the Frog & Orange this evening

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Even the 3dr has 0bhp as it wont start

Ended up taking the Mondeo to a little meet @ the Frog & Orange this evening

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oh dear now you can enjoy the pleasure of owning a real cosworth lol
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doug currently has the most powerful cosowth on this thread
And his car spends most of its time in the garage, I think mine has been out the garage more than his and it hasn't got a engine in it, have I told you all about my engine woes lol

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Even the 3dr has 0bhp as it wont start

Ended up taking the Mondeo to a little meet @ the Frog & Orange this evening

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Fucking hell we are a right bunch aint we, anyone know of a decent tuner wanting to fix these shonky old Fords pmsl

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Fucking hell we are a right bunch aint we, anyone know of a decent tuner wanting to fix these shonky old Fords pmsl

Steve
i can fix them but it would seem i am aslo just as good at braking them lol
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guys you can run whatever power you like on that t4 if you see me behind you just hide under your seats because ill suck you into my baby t34 and spit you out the shiny exhaust pipe .. its an rs turbo
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i can fix them but it would seem i am aslo just as good at braking them lol
We can all do that mate, some people even get payed and can do that

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Originally Posted by Moonstone Steve.
We can all do that mate, some people even get payed and can do that

Steve
honestly mate every single thing without fail that i have ever had done by somebody else on my car has either royaly fucked up or i have had to repair it before it could be used apart from the work pro alloy have done for me and the mapping tony has done !
look at the fookin situation i am in now with the sump i wish i had just made the fucker myself ! pmsl

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oh dear now you can enjoy the pleasure of owning a real cosworth lol
Even my fake would still start with a knackered engine

Fake ones are better

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