Turbocabbie

I know someone bought Turbosystems legendary Saff Cossie 'Desert Storm' and broke it, but what happened to the engine and box ?
and what of the other Turbosystems cars, the tiger stripped Saff Cossie 'Snowstorm' and the tiger stripped Escos 'Rallye Storm' do these cars still exist and are they the same specification as when associated with Turbosystems ?

Just curious, really loved these cars

Daviet

kevs probably killed them all

dave cos4x4

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beter asking Tony what he did with them.

Bullett

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the escort is still about.a lad in yarmouth i think?owns it.it doesnt have the stripes but still big spec as far as i know
he is on here sometimes.

Kevin Sharp

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from dessert storm,i broke this car up engine was sold to a lad in ireland last week, gearbox is in my 3door, along with the suspension, oil cooler, hyd clutch setup, and a few other bits, i sold the shell and it was recently on ebay again and was sold for a grand. most of the other parts i sold on ebay

snow storm i beleive is still in one piece...i was offered it a few weeks ago

Gary F

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The Escos is round is round here

Kevin Sharp

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dereks saff was sold complete, dont know who bought it

The DIVA

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Surely that`s rotted away by now....

Is it still sat in Ellis`s garden ?

Kevin Sharp

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i,m not sure but i had heard it had been exposed to the elements

if tony sees this post he will know better what its like now

Kev.H

is turbosystems still trading then ? how comes he doesnt make monster cars anymore

Kevin Sharp

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err yes, wasmy escort not fast enough to be classed as a monster car

slight problem finding customers to spend huge ammounts on old cossies these days compared to when they were new/ish

Kev.H

i thought your car didnt count cos it ran NOS thats cheatings isnt it joke ps good point guess people just dont wanna spend the wonga nowadays just looked at his website some cool oldschool pics

sevenvalley they still exsist ?

NEIL A

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Was snow storm the one with 3 spokes and twin caliper set up on the front. What sort of power was it ?

Kevin Sharp

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it was...ahh the 3spokes

think the engine was about the same spec as dessert spoon

NEIL A

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So would be a good buy even if the shell was shagged from sitting then, from what i mind it had loads or retro bits 3 spokes and loads of old alarms.

Can see the 3 spokes on the 3 door kev just bin the comps

Tony Rs

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does anyone have any pics of these cars in question ?

Turbocabbie

I thought SnowStorm ran NOS where as DesertStorm did not.

Kevin Sharp

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yep the 3 spokes would be cool on the 3 door

here it is just before i sentenced it to death

Basky

Turbocabbie

is snow storm savable ?

dovboy

not if kev has anything to do with it!

cozzfather

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remember this one???

i saw it go round oulton park once and in loads of mags back in the
good old days

SiZT

ha, ha, Auto Reclaim is just down the road from me

Basky

he use to have a big pic in his waiting room of this car

Turbocabbie

The owner of that had the car taken at gunpoint if memory serves me right.

One of my favorite ever cossies that

Kevin Sharp

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maybe the gunman felt strongly that 3 doors look much better wearing the kit they were actually meant to

NEEDFORSPEED

thought dimma only did french stuff lol not my cup of tea. any engine specs of these cars?

cozzfather

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That car was somthing differant , it was thundersalloon
inspired and at the time probably the only road car like it (1990/91. ish)

i have been in a few turbosystems prepared cars and fcuk me
they went well, one mate spent all his dough at the place and took me
out in his car and it was eye opening quick.
imo the dessert storm car was the best when crystal blue with gold
revolutions,gold twin headlights and the tiger stripes.
much better than the wide arch look

NEEDFORSPEED

dimma-joke lol, on the thunder saloons with wide back arches do they just use big dish rims or different back axles? have urbo systems done any cars recently?

cozzfather

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best person to ask is the big cheese of Turbosystems, he comes on here
but from what i have noticed never on posts regards himself or his
company,
i get a motorsport weekly called Motorsport News and saw a ad for
Turbosystems last week for the Mitsubishi stuff they do.
funny that seeing as he's called Mitsi Fq on here

Turbosystems

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unless you pay a traders fee we are not aloud to use our company names in any shape or form.
Snow storm was out and about the other week and passed it's MOT.It lives in a warm secure warehouse not in the garden.
alot of big power cossie customers choose to keep their cars and spec a secret
we are currently building 2 massive spec white sapphs and an escort cossie you won't hear of or see these cars.
Dereks sapph has even more parts on it now and is owned by a cosworth enthusiast who has a collection of cars. Kevin didn't manage to get his hands on this one

The fact remains that these cars make twice as much money if they are sold for spares.
kev's 3 door has all the best parts on it and is called Dessert Mc Storm

cosmo V6

Went in both the sapphire and the escort many moons ago and still remember it clearly to this day, phenomenal cars both of them PERIOD .
Did exactly what it said on the tin

The sapphire ecu fell out of the dash when accelerating (like a surface to air missile) and the escos had a baby seat flying around in the back whilst we were travelling up the by bypass . This was about 1993 iirc

Turbosystems

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That poor baby

cosmo V6

i am ashamed

should have added that there was no baby in there at the time

rutts

the saph shell is sat on my mates drive

dave cos4x4

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rutts

pics please.

vokal

lucky git hope he rebuilds it to its fromer glory

Terry Pluck

I went out in a couple of these cars in the late 80's and early 90,s and they were unbelievable.
Even managed to get a drive of the Escort
Still the fastest cars I have been in.

rutts

yer he is going re-build it going to sell his s2 to fund it will take some pics the next time i go up to see him