limey

could always move the turbo'd lump and running gear into the mk2
then drop it 3" on spax progressive springs like me and it will drive without wallowing too ............go on, you know you want to

kermitt

Bothered, not! If you want pics then fair enough but this is all I got on my work computer. Only got a couple of the RS on my laptop which is at home so I will post later cos its in bits in the garage been getting rebuilt since Jan.

Not Ford but they ain't broke down ever!

Weekend Toy (pro photo)

Weekend Toy (@ Crail 15 sec 1/4 mile @ 245bhp)

Daily driver

155lee

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theres not really much between yours and his,he has stickers up the side,his bumpers are a different colour,not keen on the lights,does he think its an artic with all them amber lights?that pic is now my screensaver!

saphlover

They are all long gone mate I have got a Saph 2000E on a G plate now.

White one - Banger raced to death.
Red one - living down south awaiting a new engine.
Blue one - Stolen about 3 years ago!!! Twaaaaaattttttsssss!!!!!!

R4N SS

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that actually looks better than your one

but saying that - both are shit

Rob_DOHC

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Lol, nice clip from wiki

Who gives a fuck, you bolted things on fords for 4 years... so yes you probably know the most about installing a granada heater matrix several thousand times.

Any how, on a serious note, i would recommend using the entire BOB engine, due to the timing gear being far far superior. I would also look up boost performance.

Rob,

Rob_DOHC

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Sorry mate i can't see, is that a 330i? or a 320? nice cars, got to say the seat doens't seem too much like a toy, stick with the scort

Rob_DOHC

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my bad must be a 330 or a 325 with the twin exhausts and wheels......? either way that will run a faster 1/4 mile time than 15secs.... my 157,000 mile e36 touring automatic runs a healthy 15.2 quarter at the pod, so your daily driver is probably more of a toy than your actual toy if you see what i mean?

Rob,

kermitt

Cheers, tis a 330 dude, 231 bhp as std nice and quiet for the daily grind and the fact its a thirsty beast means I try to drive it sensibly during the week as I have enough points. Goes like stink when you want to though and sounds immense!

The Leon has oodles of torque though and can piss all over lots of things.
The RS is destined for the track once the head is back from the engineers fitted, run in and setup again.

Don't run the Leon on the track only Crail drag strip for some fun now and again as its worth too much to me and would hate for it to get damaged. Plus don't want to lower it as there are far too many speed bumps around. Thats why am re-building the Escort RST for track abuse.

erjones

Kermit, love the Seat, that the K1? not too clued up on them just had a few in my rear view before they passed me and they look mean as fuck lol

Rob_DOHC

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Sorry to be a boring tosser but what sort of mpg do you get from the bimmer? i've got a 328 and was thinking of moving up the line to the 330..... currently get 16mpg round town spanking its arse, 20mpg in london traffic driving like a saint and just got a 37mpg average from Liverpool to London......

Rob,

cossie24v

Well Rob sorry to inform you its the other way round the BOA has the stronger time gear set up as it has a double duplex timing chain and the BOB has a single one and is the weak link in a BOB engine and yes I know about Boost Performance as it was a toss up between them and Top Boss on who done the conversion and yes I know the car is running slow on the track due to some teething probs its over fueling as this has been set up for 350 bhp and a problem with the engine in that it runs far to hot and it just got far to hot at the pod and started to miss fire hence the slow times it should be running low 13's so this is why I am building the new engine for it and the car will be changed and made to look a lot better any sensible suggestions would be welcome as you say I have a base for a good car as every thing that is fitted to it is easy to remove and all the arigenal bumper mountings are still there and I do have spare bumpers but I do not want to go down the sleeper route seen so many and see to many boring cars every day driving between jobs as I am a fork truck service engineer so it has to be different but not over the top I like the body kit you saw on the one you said looked like a Lotus Carlton but this Ford RS kit is very hard to come by and still holds it price but I do have the same Ford RS kit that is fitted to my mates white car that is on here but it will also need some sort of spoiler on the back but don't now what as the back of the car looks so bland with out one so something to just change the way the back end looks and just for the record I have no wish to argue with any body on here I just want to join a bunch of like minded people who like modified cars and that's all I have to say Cheers Vic

Rob_DOHC

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I could swear the BOB had an individual chain going up to each head, where as the BOA has a massive chain that did both.... Had a BOB in peices a few years ago, i'll dig the photo's out for you (if i still have them).

And fair play, although your car isn't my cup of tea you took the abuse pretty well.

Rob,

Rob_DOHC

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So although the BOA may have a Duplex chain, its very very long, the longer a chain is the weaker it will be, the BOB only needs a simplex chain as it has two, so its half the length.... all of this means that if/when a chain breaks only one bank will get a shafting.

Rob,

Taps

BOB timing chain set up is crap m8, weaker then the BOA and more to go wrong, length of chain has nothing to do with it as its a double chain not single, the only weak point in a BOA timing chain set up is the tensioner blade.

kermitt

Not a K1 but defo looks the part its actually a reference sport that was fitted with the Ltd Edition BTCC Aero Kit in 2006 by the dealer before the K1 existed. SEAT then fitted the same kit to make the Cupra K1 but with a centre exhaust.

Was remapped to 245bhp before having a few more goodies added so easy as fast as a standard cupra but has loads more low down grunt than a cupra does and prefer the way this drives over the Cupra, the seats are more comfy too. Uprated fuel pump and another re-map should see short of 300 bhp.

Got up to 35mpg in the beemer on the motorway but thats at 70 with the Cruise Control on (too many gatsos!), 20 - 25 round town. Get 37mpg max from the SEAT on motorway (again being nice) but normally hoofing it on back roads and getting high teens instead.

cossie24v

Hi Rob no probs as I am always game for a laugh but knew I was right about the BOA timing gear Taps is a mate and runs the Powered by Ford forum which I am also on and he dose 24V conversions all the time and really dose know his stuff cheers Vic

cossie24v

well Kernitt we really don't what to see this crap its Passion Ford not interested in Spanish and German piles of junk Cossie's already seen the Beamer of as they can't touch it so where the pic's of the RS Ecos which is what we are more interested in as the two car you have put on here is a sale lost for Ford and could cost more british Ford workers there jobs

TOMMY_RS

PeterRST

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I think what cost most british Ford workers their jobs was the fact that the cars built in the UK usually fell apart after roughly 5 years while the Belgian/German build ones are still going strong...

I do love the UK and all the gearbox/engine plants do a really good job now but car assembly in the eighties was simply a nightmare in quality terms. Just compare a Dagenham built Sierra with a Genk built one...

Not to forget about Escort vans which were a horrible pile or rusting rubbish...

cossie24v

Well Pete must have been the faulty imported German steel Fords were using at the time as it was cheaper than the British stuff and also a lot of the parts we fitted were manufatured at the Genk plant and ship straight into Fords own dock at Dagenham and by the way we did not built Escort vans at Dagenham they were built at Halewood in Liverpool

steve st220

seen your car at classic ford show, 1 thing i will say is if thats running 280bhp then you
got some major problems, i'd get fitz to have a good look at it mate.

it seemed like you were changing gear at 3000rpm.

my ST220 runs low 15's with 240bhp so your car should be doing around the same if
not slightly better.

i'm not having a go or anything, just shocked that it is actually fitted with the cossie v6
and turbo'd.

ask fitz about the twin turbo cossie v6 he built for my mate roger's xr4x4 from newport, it was the same spec as the 1 in his blue cossie rep, its currently fitted to a red sapphire, the owner runs the welsh branch of ford sport.

cossie24v

Hi Steve yeah I know mate Fitz had a lot of problems doing the conversion and the engine has had a hot running problem for a long time hence this is why I am now building a new engine for it plus it is not fully mapped yet as it should be running 350 bhp so it has still got to go back to Top Boss for remapping and set up Cheers Vic

limey

Gonna be running a single turbo on my motor soon hopefully.both banks into the ns manifold and straight into a 20 year old rotamaster to4 and then an Su carb,ill be happy with 180 Bhp lol should go ok tho

TurboShed

Vic IMO this is the pic that needs most attention!

turbolee

i hate the look of it

XR2000STEVE

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not been on here much since i signed up so some might say im not in a position to say much i see where your going with wanting to have something different it just looks like you havent sat down and worked out some idea's and got a structure to your modding plans.
i would say go in the opposite direction they are heavy old buses so first thing would be to strip as much weight out of it as possible whilst keeping it quiet inside and and comfy as a daily get the tacky bits off and sell them on egay some young tit will buy them use the money for further setup go for a larger scale 4x4 saph cos bonnet ie get yours vented and louvred make the car look a bit harder.
stick some meaty wheels on it and get some decent suspension stance will be the number one trick to making this look like a big mean fucker i reckon overall winning theme should be almost oem + just make it look hard and less cluttered good luck with it either way.

SS1

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The orange lights ??? Are they drive illumination lights

Please say NO

botters

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full stops needed mate

trigger-

That Gold one looks like an absolute pile of sh*t, i notice it's at Billing, did it win the SOTS trophy? that's "Shed Of The Show" lol

cossie24v

Right guys as I said earlier up the post changes are on the way so here they are this kit is all genuine Ford Granada RS kit its as rare as hens teeth made some inquiry's with another Granada123 club member to see if one of our ex club member still had this kit a phone call to him yesterday and he said he still had it and a trip down Mottingham in east London this morning so now I have a very rare kit but not only that he had to front bumper covers and to rear bumper covers as this kit fits over the car original bumpers so I hope you like what is going to happen I am hoping to get in on for Ford Fair the will be out on the track but the engine will not be sorted by then so just going to have some fun being able to drive the full grand prix track

Front bumper cover


Rear bumper cover


Tailgate spoiler


side sills

And a set of RS Turbo bonnet vents

and just a few other pics



Cheers Vic

XR2000STEVE

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you got any original pics of how they looked on the car as ford intended im curious to see how this will look what colour you going for and what wheels.

m4tt274

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the RSturbo vents wont look as good as sapphire 4x4 cossy vents. but the kit is certainly an improvement on the current one

cossie24v

Hi well the cars Mercury grey so will be ever that of Ford Panther black matalic the wheel that are on it are staying as have not long got the and cost just over Ł800 with the tyre's and I like them here is a pic of the saloon version don't have pic of a hatch as have not seen one done


Cheers Vic

cossie24v

Hi well the cars Mercury grey so will be ever that of Ford Panther black matalic the wheel that are on it are staying as have not long got the and cost just over Ł800 with the tyre's and I like them here is a pic of the saloon version don't have pic of a hatch as have not seen one done Cheers Vic

bubs_rsturbo

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that kit looks soooo much better! loose the gay badges mate and definitly the spoiler

cossie24v

Hi yep rear spoiler is going as have the RS one that go's with the kit and here is another pic I found of the front again the saloon version but gives you an idea



This car was at Ford fair last year Cheers Vic

scottyrs

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theres a blue granada across the road from me with tthat kit fitted didnt realise it was a real rs kit the car im on about doesnt look to bad its got softspokes on it to it looks well and i think its up for sale as i keep seeing the lad in a vectra now

cossie24v

The orange lights on the gold pile of poo are indicators as the normal ones are covered by the horrible purple head light covers as far as I can remember Cheers Vic

erjones

From that last pic im not keen on the front bumper to be honest