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Old 21-08-2008, 01:56 PM
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4x4 Cosworth stress relieved block with low compression racing pistons
Modified “winged” sump
Blueprinted and gas flowed Head
Modified Hybrid Cams
Modified RS 500 plenum chamber
8 injector sequential set up
Modified Garret T04 Turbo
Specialist individual design radiator
RS500 Intercooler
Charge Cooler
Mainly Stainless tanks and Aeroquip braided piping
Specially commissioned 6 speed gear box (can’t remember make, I’ll find the bill eventually, but it was made in America to spec by a company specialising in drag racing kit and was over £5k. Got fed up with breaking the standard gearboxes!)
Oil cooler
Up-rated diff (but can’t remember what)
Diff oil cooler
Variable boost control
TMC Powermax 700 Adjustable Nitrous System
Adjustable race suspension
Race logic traction and launch control (needs re-configuring)
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Up-rated, vented, grooved disks
AP 4 pot callipers, Twin callipers on front
3” stainless exhaust system with twin 4” tail pipes
RS500 Front lip spoiler
Andy Rouse Light-weight Rear Spoiler

Originally was around 580bhp without the Nitrous. The Nitrous is set to give a very modest extra 35-40bhp but the jets could be changed to give more. This car has been in various magazines. One magazine recorded 179.6mph at Bruntingthorpe, that was before the nitrous was fitted.
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proper 90s style!!!!
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Old 21-08-2008, 02:00 PM
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I want the Desert Spoon

Why didn`t i buy the shell off the Scottish tightwad when i had the chance
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Some proper looking cars there..
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I want the Desert Spoon

Why didn`t i buy the shell off the Scottish tightwad when i had the chance
Because there wasn't room for 2 garage ornaments
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Back in the good old days when there was big money to be made in the RS Scene.

This topic has some of my all time favourite cars in it. Top man Tony.
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some good pics there
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Is that a rouse spoilor i spy on Snow Storm????
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ford motorsport one i thought??
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shame there isnt any pics of the walnut trim lol
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im really interested in the twin turbo conversion and why it was not developed further, was it purely financial in as much as customers were not willing to pay for it or was it a technical reason.

Im also curious to know what Tony's favourite Cossie is or was
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the cars ran US spec gearboxes I believe, can't remember what ones though

I would also like to know how the cossie scene has changed for Tony over the years
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some awesome cars built by T-BAG respect, probably some of the most well recognised cosworths of all time
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Originally Posted by Mike Rainbird

After SnowStorm this is another one of my favourite cossie's and I recall Tony telling me someone with a shotgun stuck it in the drivers and face and asked for a drive, obviously he obliged and the car was never seen again nasty people out there, the owner must have been heart broken
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Originally Posted by Turbocabbie
im really interested in the twin turbo conversion and why it was not developed further, was it purely financial in as much as customers were not willing to pay for it or was it a technical reason.

Im also curious to know what Tony's favourite Cossie is or was

Pretty sure Tony has said not many people wanted to spend £5k on the twin turbo / k-gate setup.
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Old 21-08-2008, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbocabbie
the cars ran US spec gearboxes I believe, can't remember what ones though

I would also like to know how the cossie scene has changed for Tony over the years
Richmond 6-speed .
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Originally Posted by joffy
ford motorsport one i thought??
Didn't know there wa such a thing Looks like a rouse one.
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Old 21-08-2008, 02:40 PM
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sticky that looks like a rouse spoiler to me on snowstorm, it had the same angle and hang over on the rear of my old saph like that
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Originally Posted by Billabong
Pretty sure Tony has said not many people wanted to spend £5k on the twin turbo / k-gate setup.
If thats the case, im curious as to know what it offers over a traditional single configuration
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Originally Posted by KSA-Cossie
Didn't know there wa such a thing Looks like a rouse one.
It's a genuine RS500, you can tell by the fact that it is two-piece....
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the spec list in the fast ford feature classed it as a ford motorsport item??

https://passionford.com/forum/showth...owstorm&page=2

just writing what i read??
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Originally Posted by Mike Rainbird
It's a genuine RS500, you can tell by the fact that it is two-piece....
Rear spoiler not the front Mike
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mike that rear spoiler looks 1 piece to me pmsl
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Originally Posted by Mike Rainbird
It's a genuine RS500, you can tell by the fact that it is two-piece....
Spoiler not splitter michael.
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Originally Posted by joffy
the spec list in the fast ford feature classed it as a ford motorsport item??

https://passionford.com/forum/showth...owstorm&page=2

just writing what i read??
It's an RS500 one .




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Originally Posted by KSA-Cossie
Spoiler not splitter michael.
My bad . Ignore the photos above .
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I miss read the title and was expecting to see some silverware
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My bad . Ignore the photos above .
Dementia kicking in lol.
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G888 GCL, my dads old car, aaaaaaaaah, thats where the love started
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Originally Posted by Turbocabbie
After SnowStorm this is another one of my favourite cossie's and I recall Tony telling me someone with a shotgun stuck it in the drivers and face and asked for a drive, obviously he obliged and the car was never seen again nasty people out there, the owner must have been heart broken
thats savage that.
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Originally Posted by joffy
G888 GCL, my dads old car, aaaaaaaaah, thats where the love started
I turned into this 180+mph monster :

https://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/60798-the-legend-that-was-my-sapphire.html
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i know mike, we rang you about two years ago after an argument about whether it had leather seats when he had it, you got any more pics??
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i know mike, we rang you about two years ago after an argument about whether it had leather seats when he had it, you got any more pics??
I remember - YOU lost .

I have loads of photos .
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