Daveysaff

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Ive got a plate riveted to my fusebox lid with their logo on and a load of serial numbers. Dated from when the car was only about 9 months old.
Is it likely that it may have been a demo car or some kind of conversion?
Ta

DangerousBryan

what car is it mate?
tt sierras had a plate riveted to the fuse box and most were converted from new.
bryan

Daveysaff

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its a 2wd saff on an F

dojj

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what engines it got in it and what numbers does it say on the plate?
they normally have a F-??? on them

Daveysaff

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Cant remember offhand whats on the plate other than the Reg.
Its got a Yb in it btw.

Mike1

Is it a white one? They tested a TT one in Autocar years ago

dojj

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they did a cossie with twin turbo's, is it that one?
otherwise it's probably something they've converted or tuned at some stage in the past
worth keeping hold of, if only for the scarcity vaule

Daveysaff

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Thats the plate. Its got Zak scrawled into the bottom of it and a few other numbers. I've sent TT an e-mail. See if they know anything.

I apologise for the sh1te phone pic

Jim Galbally

does that say F66 at the top?

thats the TT225 2.9 Twin Turbo kit.

i think you have a fusebox off of a twin turbo XR4x4
(you couldnt get a 2.9 saph)

SS1

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Davey C

take a better picture of the plate

in focus would help

Daveysaff

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Got it in front of me now.
says
TURBO SYSTEM TYPE: F68 (first 3 digit of my reg too!)
SERIAL No:2731 MOD.
FITTED BT: BSM DATE 8-2-89
SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS:
SPARKPLUG TYPE : STD
GAP 0.75mm
IGNITION SETTING-
BTDC AT : STD R/M
IDLE CO 6 % 5000 RPM
OTHER DETAILS-CONSULT
OWNERS INSTRUCTIONS


BLAH BLAH BLAH.

The XR4x4 fusebox lid seems most likely now

Daveysaff

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avid-fan
5 kronenbourgs says that IS in focus

Jasesapphy

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Good old TTs, reckon i will miss mine (a little), probably miss the reliability and instant throttle response

dojj

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on the fuse box yes
they also did one on the air box lid

SS1

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newcastle brown for me tonight .. ice cold its

col cos1

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f73 was the 225bhp converted 2.9

think f66 or f68 was the 280bhp conversion

Jim Galbally

col, didnt know that, i have the manual somewhere with it all in at my parent's house

Mike1

Has it got a badge on the front wing and a flick switch under the wiper rheostat ( rhs of the steering wheel on dash )?

Daveysaff

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Mike1
There's no badges anywhere, but there is a flick switch under the wiper doodah. Swaps the boost between 12 psi and 24 psi. Dont know wether it's from TT or not though.

col cos1

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yeah thats what turbo technics done when converting them,think it was around 280bhp on high boost from the article

Daveysaff

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Thats the originality goosed then
Its at 330 on high boost now

Mike1

285 according to the Autocar article at 0.9 bar, 0.5 bar gave 235bhp. Different turbo wheels.
Also a different fpr
0-100 in 12.8 as tested ( std 2wd 15.7 )
Max 152.5 ( std 142 )

tabetha

My freind PAUL has a 3.0 xr4x4 (called HELEN), who is doing a supercharger conversion soon so should be interesting, his partner has a lookalike cossie(2000E) called SOPHIE!!
Was looking around helen today, had a granada rev counter which is like full scale instead of 1/4 scale of normal sierra, looked very good and almost straight fit.
tabetha

Mike1

Looks like the one in the photo in the road test

LOW
^
BOOST
V
HIGH

Simple black Rocker switch