Kind of true, there simple to us because we understand them, with Cosworths and cars alike you can't mess round with them unless you totally know what your doing and what implications it will have, many don't including the average mechanic, this is what causes the reliability issues and blown engines, set up correctly and maintained there is no reason why they arn't more reliable than modern cars as you say many don't have cats, airbags and electronic rubbish. Plenty have been thrashed and bodged by owners who could not afford to look after them.

Martin

 

It's a car for people that have plenty of money to spent on making it a proper car.

 

you sound like you know what your doing with cossies (just a modified pinto pig iron engine). what spec would you advise me to get 700bhp out of my pinto pig iron engine.

 

Do you know Andy believe me his Cosworth is amongst the best prepared out there & he aint no fuckwit. 500+ MAD conversion & maintained to the highest standards. .

 

well there a true old saying if its gots tits or wheels itl always give you problems lol
you cant live without either though.
they havnt invented magic dust yet to build cars from there all wearing / rotting parts so any car will fail in the end. all problems can be resolved with abit of time and patience though

 

old cars, stupid owners and mechanics

 

he hasnt said andy is a fuckwit, read the post again mate ?

bless ya age gets us all in the end lol

 

They certainly aren't complex engines, or shit, mines just under 190,000 miles now, but is drinking nearly as much oil as petrol!!
Had the usual previous owner bodges to fix, inc 13 year old fuel filter, and as said a lot less to go wrong as there is a lot less gizmo's on them.
tabetha

 

who set your car up?? was it totd by any chance?

 

you certainly can't just throw 1 together and expect it to be reliable. then blame there crap workmanship on the car.

 

There shit cos mongo kerbside mechanics that know it all but really know fuck all interfere with them

 

TBH, these cars are getting old and tired.

wiring is gonna be breaking down now. especially the injector loom and plugs in and around the head. get it all checked out before you start panicking.

once you know the wiring is up to the job. you can then get it re-tuned.

the loom that runs over and around the head etc is a common fault and is a poor ford build problem.

 

Right Tuner = Reliable. Not Difficult.

Wrong Tuner.

F**ked.

 

Errr, i think you'll find he did, read the post again (and then again) mate!!
"Fuckwits such as yourself" sounds to me like somebody being called a fuckwit does it not?

 

Tab did you cut open the filter to see how much shit was inside

As i recall you doing this on a oil filter moons ago

 

cossies r reliable cars, iv had 2 397bhp 4x4 &337bhp 3door with minimal problems and i drove them like i stole em, for the dicks that dont know much about cossies dont buy them, if u want a good cossie pay the doe and get a good 1, otherwise b ready 2 pay big bills, cossies r the most fun u would ever have being the owner of a m5 and tvr and freinds that have had numerous cars!!!

 

blimey your blind aswell lol

i said he didnt call andy a fuckwit.

EDIT,

oh dear im the blind one lol

and a for me

 

I inadvertantly exposed a brand new ford oil filter to some grinding dust, it had fallen down between the parts washer and the bench grinder, so when I realised obviously didn't want to use it, so cut it open just to have a looksy, found RUST inside, not a tiny spec either, normally don't use ford oil filters, had a genuine one on my dads mondy rust through on a corner, less than 2 years old, good job he spotted it, all the gaurds etc were in place.
I use MAHLE filters now.
tabetha

 

Thats exactly what he said.

 

my cossie engine has just gone bang .But old engine ect.So could not call cosworth shit,just shit happen's .

 

Mines mint on fuel but uses alot of water



Headgasket

Owning a Cosworth is like being married, for some folk it's great and for others it cost you a arm and a leg

 

ohh dear ive just read that back to myself

i guess my eyes are failing me

i got myself confused with the andy and julian bit lol

sorry old chap my bad

 

cossies aint the problem its mechanics who mess with them .i started fixing lots of stuf in mine. took some basic engineering lessons started reading again at 35.not all mechanics are crap.

 

If the Cosworth where shit:
a) They wouldn't win so much competion
b) No one would bought them
c) They would be all scraped by now
D) Basicaly this forum wouldn't exist

 

zetec turbo over yb anyday. iv got both, admittingly the cossie is faster slightly but has had its problems in the past whereas the little zetec @ 270bhp has never gone wrong at all, not even a single oil leak! and still on the same turbo after 25000 miles plus (hard miles too)
im expecting some dissagreement... lol

 

Dissagreeing lol ive have an m a d 350 bhp conersion and now a 500bhp one both with about the same torque for about 8 years now never had an engine problem only trouble i have had is with clutches gearbox and diffs and crown wheel and pinions!. The yb is tryed and tested nice and simple thats were it wins and it can take a lot of power and torque