smartrs

did cosworth offer air horns as a optional extra as my saffy has them fitted ? there proper ford ones they have te ford badge stamped on the air pump . mine are disconected as i really dont like the sound . but only one of my normal horns works and that sounds a little camp too .
where can you get replacement ford electronic horns or is it just a case of buying aftermarket jobbys ?

R4N SS

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they had two horns fitted to them

smartrs

air horns ? not electronic but air horns mine has 2 eletronic horns as well as these air horns

smartrs

any one else got the air horns ?

ProjectBobcat

they are listed in the accessory brochures i have from the 80's for any model, assume the cossie was the same

smartrs

they are very neaty installed but so 1980's lol guess just any decent set of aftermarket horns will do

Glenn_

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just go to a local motor factors and buy a horn. Ive just put 1 on my cossie the other week. Mine only had the one connection on which is the live feed wire. The horn i fitted had to connections on. I just made a bit of wire up and used this to earth the horn out on the bracket.

Iain Mac

I've got a box of used Ford electric horns in my shed, all from Mk1 XR4i or Mk2 XR4x4 - they look the same.

They have two different tones though, so you will want the deeper one if yours is a bit "camp" - from memory, I think they have a code moulded on the side that would positively identify which one of yours is working.

Don't know what they cost to post but I'll box one and send it for £8.

mulla

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funny you should say that i was under my cossy yesterday and found a set 2 also normal horns thought it was going to play the dukes of hazard lol.

smartrs

up in the left hand wing ? are youre wired up the air horns ?

mulla

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yeah thats were they are havent tryed them but had a quick look at the wireing

RS LOZWORTH

slightly off topic... but how easy are the horns to change because the ones on my escort sound like someone drowning!!!! need abit of loudness! can you just change them with new ones or do i need wiring etc??

smartrs

if there the same as the saph ones there s one wire to the horn which is the live and the negitive is through the chassis if you get aftermarket ones that the negitive is another termanal on the horn just un a wire from this to a ring connector to the horn mounting bolt

RS LOZWORTH

nice one, i will give it a go! thanks

tabetha

I fitted a NAUTILUS air horn each side, these are a compact air horn with two short trumpets on each horn, 135db, seriously loud, so I went overboard as usuall, I would be plenty loud enough on it's own.
Just ordered a OOOGAAAAHH horn from the bay for the cossie as well, as my bubble gum pink caliper paint!!
tabetha

RichieST

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http://www.hornblasters.com/video.php

Get one of these bad boys

St3V3_C

Proper LOL

smartrs

i'm trying to get away from the air horns else id just wire in the orignal ones that are on the car its just the left hand electronic horn does not work so sound a bit shite with only one tone

cossiegreg1

my old sapph had ford air horns fitted. i liked them tbh

smartrs

it may just be the air horns dont sound that good because only one of the electronic horns fire off with it , making it sound like the horn on a clown car HARRR ha

Bungle

mmm wonder what the air horns sound like im quite keen on them tbh might look out for some ford ones

smartrs

think the ford ones are no different to the twin air horn you can buy except the ford badge is on them

Bungle

ahh got some 1970's maserati ones on my escort atm and they sound a bit errrr strange lol