charlie luciano

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Nice 1 mate I know what you mean addictive are Cosworths

I’ve not got too many on my iPad mate which I use a lot more than the pc theses days plus I’ve got rid of my photo bucket account, I’ll try and find some good ones and put them up

If you’ve had 23 years trouble free motoring with your one then fair play, what I said was in jest and I meant a bit of humour with it but having said that Cossies are temperamental to say in the least imo, my one destroyed two gear boxes, melted the loom for the cooling fans, ripped out front drive shafts, engine loom was wankered and needed replacing, it leaked coolant after kicking the fuck out of it and ultimately the engine let go after I was chasing 500 horse power so it was time to say no more, I bought it when it was 11 years old and owned it for 13 years, don’t get me wrong I love them but wanted to move on, many Cossies owners I know have moved on and wouldn’t go back


I find that difficult to believe, it must have been there on at least one occasion on a meet night

cossynut2

Charlie. You do have to keep on top of looking after a Saff but providing you do that they wont let you down is what I have found. Mines a 2wd and yours was a 4X4 but I dont know if that makes any difference? The only time I have had to call out the RAC in the last 15 years was when my alternator packed up and I ran out of electric power. I have replaced worn out parts and done a lot of modifications but I have never worried that when I go somewhere the car may have a problem. Its just passed its 23rd MOT so it is still holding together pretty well!

charlie luciano

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To be honest mate it was not from the lack of looking after it, I spent thousands on it

dojj

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Saw it plenty of times
It was a real beauty

Glenn_

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I think cossies start to come unreliable when people start to chase big bhp figures. Especially with 4x4 saffs. About 400bhp the gearboxes are just waiting to pop lol.

charlie luciano

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You were out with me in it once iirc, tunnel run springs to mind


A lot of it is driving style though mate, I blew two boxes with 326bhp 312ft/lbs

Then I strapped a gt30 to the car and it made 420bhp 400ft/lbs i drove it for around a year with a standard box eventually taking the internals out and selling them in perfect working condition when I bought my oppliger big tooth kit

Adam-M

Was that on standard engine internals?

charlie luciano

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Yes, the engine had a rebuild when I went stg 3 with it, Mahle pistons, but truth be known when I was trying to screw more power it probably could have done with a fresh rebuild including long studs

Adam-M

Not bad getting double the power out standard internals the oil and water leaks is down to bad build tbh

R4N SS

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im surprised this wasnt long studded given the power you were aiming for. Mark should have recommended them

charlie luciano

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It’s a pipe dream now mate, Car’s Long gone and I’ve moved on

R4N SS

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Im still living the pipe dream but its very close to being a bloody nightmare

charlie luciano

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The defence rests you see Cossies temperamental

I organised a run out to Chelsea Cruise a while back and a few of us met up at Heston services, a fella turned up in a nice saph that had a right few quid spent on it, 20k rebuild, nicely trimmed interior, we ribbed him about his sagging head lining though we set off and when we got to Hogarth roundabout he was nowhere to be seen I asked another mate who he’d turned up with “where’s he gone” he replied “it’s not boosting right he’s gone home”

I’m still loving the 5 pot pops 3 years down the line with my MK2 FRS 420 bhp and 400 ft/lbs which uncannily was the same power figure as my saph, alright it all goes to the front wheels and the car turns right when the turbo kicks in but still luving it

cossynut2

Charlie, the guy who had spent Ł20k on his Saff rebuild just makes me think who did it for him and WHY wasnt it running right.A good engine builder/tuner will get it right and do road testing to iron out any problems.Its always the same old comments about how unreliable tuned Saffs are and expect to break down every time you take them out. Done right they are as reliable as any other car and will take a good thrashing and come back for more every time.
You cant compare the way your Focus RS drives to a 27 year old Saff, of course its smoother etc but for me I just love the way my 2wd puts down its power and can still humble lots of modern performance cars.
I have driven a mk 2 Focus RS which was new and standard but it just didnt do anything for me. We all like different cars and its good that you are pleased with yours but I will be sticking with my old fashioned Saff for a while yet.

R4N SS

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to be fair my old moonstone 3dr was reliable engine wise - it was just everything else

charlie luciano

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Don't get me wrong mate I wasn’t comparing the two I was just saying I’m still loving the car three years down line after buying it I love the way Cossies put down the raw power, mine used to just go in a straight line and was awesome without a doubt, I only ever took my Cosworth to two establishments and the guy who built my engine is arguably one of the best out there, but despite all the money I pumped into the car it still had problems occasionally which was frustrating. As you have said yourself they are old cars so undoubtedly may get reliability issues if you are turning up the power on them, but I agree 100% with you they can put a lot of modern stuff to shame, they are bloody rapid without a shadow of a doubt.

Yeah including the driver

R4N SS

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I remember the last meet we went to in the 3dr at the rugby club and then had a "leisurely" drive down to egham and back

charlie luciano

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And the time me, you and Jason were 3 up in my saph and we left the kings fairway and had it major down the dual carriageway

R4N SS

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Good days mate

charlie luciano

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Nothing stopping us from doing it again bruv

dojj

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southend that night, with jazz

the night jb fletch's cam belt went