in the new year im going to be looking at blinging the engine bay of my cosworth and a few mods too but mainly bling as power is not my thing were best to obtain bits from

 

if your after used parts talk to gary over at rsclassics hes always breaking cossies and has loads of bling pass throught his hands

 

cheers for heads up but if second hand must be near mint tbh not fussed will buy new if nothing comes up on second hand wise

 

have a look on here m8 for new
www.autospecialists.co.uk

 

cheers and i know spec r does some bits too

 

hi Dean

most of mine is from auto specialists, Alan who owns it is a great bloke and very helpful , 10 out of 10 for them from me mate

 

To me a Cosworth is about go not show but this one is blinger that a pot full of bling its the Spec-r show car, the other is also a Spec-r show car but all go not Bling.

 

Now I would be pleased if mine was that nice
I had a little add up of the stuff I want from them come to about Ł500 but with a few other parts sourced else were would come to just under Ł1000 give or take

 

I like the bling from spec r but each to there own but will admit I will prob take it to 330bhp give or take but ref the two pics I see the dump valve and want one of them but can't find one for love nor money

 

I have to agree with Rod here, bling really doesn't look right. Looks very 90's too me too!

 

No no, cars are all show with loads of go!

Rod even your engine looks nice, they dont have to be in your face but well presented!

I like the spec-r engine!

 

 

Very nice

 

The spec show car as a group a dump valve that they do if that's the one you want ?

Comes with hard pipe , dump valve with k+n filter and wire braiding hose to go to inlet

 

Love your engine bay Colin,one of the only bays that I actually like the bling

 

yes that's the one I want any idea of how much that set is

 

I paid around Ł250 from memory a few years back

 

Cheers will find out and give the wife a nudge as to a birthday present lol

 

The thing is Dean it is very easy to start with the odd subtle part and before you know it you have spent about Ł1200

I like the fact that they all look fairly different, and its not everyone's cup of tea, we all like different which is good as it would be very boring if we will liked the same lol

They take a lot of looking after and polishing but I love the bling, equally so I love the standard look, I love cossies full stop and can't ever imagine being without mine.

 

I went for the clean and tidy look in my bay. It had bling on it when I got the car and I hated it

 

spec r tanks & breather set up, got fed up of polishing

 

To me thats perfect Paul just the right amount of everything, Easy to maintain too!

I quite fancy changing all my blue hose's this year for black though for a bit more of a standard look

Tarren

 

Exactly - no polishing required

This is how mine started



Would love to go to black hoses myself, but it would cost a fortune as I'd need to change the goodridge fitting to black ones too

 

Mines got all black Samco hoses but was going to go blue or red

 

Would love the twin bar brace and timing belt cover lol

 

Paul

(The bling) We have all been there lol!

All whats left on mine is the Header tank and Breather oh and strut brace, But thats soon to be powder coated in January along with some new black hose's so can live with just the two items LOL!!

I see what you mean with the goodridge fittings, but it may look quite cool mate!

Tarren

 

I sometimes think we spend an awefull lot of money c*cking-up what Ford got so right.

 

Nice engine bay Rod... That's mine..!

 

Mine how it started



And now..apart from I have black leads now.

 

I have those picture on my computer along with others of the best Cossies out there. The best bay ive ever seen & a credit to you. Its easy to go down the path of thinking we can improve things by spending money on fancy parts. Those Bling bays look so dated & out of places compared to yours. I tried to tone mine down it was once like Gary Glitters jumpsuit now its like Gary Barlows haircut not good but better than Gary's pants.

Rod

 

ROFL...

Yea totally agree... I've kept all the original stuff to put it back like that.. So one day ill fully put it back standard


Cheers Mat.

 

i am a big fan of bling

 

bling enough for ya

 

sensible/practical

 

I've just bought that same cam belt cover off a member on here should be with me In a day or so and yer mine will be that blingy lol

 

Hi all i have to say imo everything on an engine should be shiny as i like it to be bright and if its not shiny it should be painted so everythings looks clean and like new (well thats what i am going for hopefully lol)

ps could you tell me how you feel this stops ? as i see its running well what looks like a standard sevo set up? as i am thinking of using one ?
thanks

 

its in my mk 3 cortina stops really well 25mm escort turbo master cylinder
with 283mm cossie front discs and mondeo caliers 2wd rear discs and calipers. but now its on 324mm focus front discs and 4 pot calipers

 

thats good to know , as i plan to put a yb in my p100 pick up and i am already running a sierra 4x4 cosworth running gear and brakes but using the p100s owen servo , but i am running a 2ltr pinto just now and stops great but was unsure with the cossie engine as its alot more power .
thanks for your help mate

 

Added some bling over weekend as work was quite

 

Nice just need a pas tank

Strut brace needs bolting on too