my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

[Smit]

best picture of my car which i took at the RSOC Middlesex day




My car in its homeland (Ipswich)





RSOC Middlesex day






My engine bay





The piston which cost me £3500 in my recent rebuild (other things wrong aswell)





Me and my buddy BlackGoo before a RSOC meet in Norfolk





And err............. a picture i shouldn't have taken but it was a good idea at the time





CheeRS

[^Mick^]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

nice

[Gompo]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

Yep, very smart machine you got there mate.

[Andycos]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

Thats a smart looking car you got mate.
I like the badge on your cambelt cover, or is it a different cam cover alltogether ?
That speedo pic looks great, It must have sounded wonderfull on the rolling road at that speed..

[BigDave]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

I am starting to go all soft over Saph's again...OH NO!!!

Looking good mate!!

[DazC]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

poor Dave.....some day you will be able to remove your head fromup yer arse......now which car are you going to have fun in again???

thats not flat out on the limiter is it???? 6500rpm

[Smit]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

Cheers guys.

Andycos , wasn't on the rolling road. have passengers to prove The cambelt cover is off a early big turbo escort. its all black, but i touched up the cosworth bit with some touch-up pens to match my rocker cover.


Daz ,limiter is about 6700rpm on mine, was slowing down at the time. Was giving it a bit of Roy. but lost the race never racing a 500bhp sapphire again EVER. made me look stupid.

[Andycos]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

'' Never racing a 500 bhp Sapphire again '' Like it..
Iv'e never had the balls to rev mine to the limit like in your pic ( on a private road of course ) but at least i know what the speedo would be reading now, Cheers...

[stevedohc16v]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

Very nice m8, love the dashboard shot Whats the header tank for on the drivers side inner wing? oil catch tank?

Steve

[DazC]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

i was just wondering about the limiter thats all......


my mate had a sapph 4x4 and it reved out at 150 indicated......yet my dads is a virtually identical car give or take a few mods and it revs to 7k and does just over an indicated 140 in 4th....never had the chance to test it in 5th.....im just trying to weigh ip between my mates and my dads car thats all

[Smit]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

Steve the tank on the inner wing is for my intercooler spray. Its just an experiment at the minute. JB Fletch has a similar set-up. that's where i got the idea from.

Daz I have never revved mine out in 5th before. ain't got a clue what it'll go round too. Not much more i shouldn't think.

[BigDave]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

Sorry Daz, I cant hear you. I have my head up me arse!!

[Stevenoz]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

Well here's me, wonderin if the saff was still available in moonstone when it changed to 4x4, and there you go, ownin one. And a REALLY nice one too. Is it me or have you been to santa pod in it? i could swear the word 'smit' rings a bell. Is/was it on the bottom of ur numberplate? (Im not a stalker, i lust have an eye for all the details.)
And if i'm not wrong, there was a 2.4litre white saff there that day too. that was sweet too, although i'm personally not the hugest fan of white sapphires. anyway, enough of my ramblings, i'm off to turbocharge my car. hopefully.

[RICKB]

Re: my 1990 4x4 Sapp Cosworth (the love of my life)

Very nice m8. Now i have one i understand what all the fuss was about.. love em

[Smit]

Smit on the bottom of Licence plate

You are correct Steve! That was at Santa Pod RWYB 9th September 2001. That was when i done my best time @ pod which was 12.978 @ 103mph. The White 2.4 Sapphire behind me is owned by a bloke called Mark Godfrey. (Part of the Cambridge crew) You've got a bloody hell of a memory mate! That was over a year ago! Still got 'Smits Cossie' wrote on he bottom, lovin it me.

Where were you then? what car were you in? you weren't in that supra i beat were you?