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Roy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:39 am

jeejee wrote:

yes cossie stuff is very expensive..
some parts 4-5 times a normal ford part..:

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how does the brakes feel ? as good as a hydraulic powered system ?:

JeeJee Until you said something about them being electric , Ihad no idea. The brakes are exceptional on it.

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any idea if it would work with the connector from pic 2 disconnected ?:

With no power to the motor the pedal is real hard to depress , just like regular power brakes with the vacuum assist exhausted. I guess it could wired to run the motor to build up the PSI in the sphere.

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today i slipped and cut my hand with the angle grinder and a 0.8mm thin disk.
doctor said i shouldn't use my hand for at least 10 days :twisted:

and now the weather next week will be very nice ..... :evil:

Dude get healthy , Did you have your gloves on ?

Roy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:58 pm

Got the ABS working. Jeepers that wheel sensor was expensive. 170 Euro. I have bought Porsche parts that were cheaper.

Roy · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:42 pm

Update
I got the head back on and bolted down, Another six hours of work and it should fire up.

jinstall · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:15 pm

You suck

I am taking my toys home now.

jeejee · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:21 pm

Roy, make sure those head studs are not ARP, if they are, better change them to the original (new) ford bolts- these are good upto 500-600hp..
there have been many problems with the arps for the cossies.

the head looks nice and clean :ok:

Roy · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:01 am

Joeri
I may be screwed then . Cause I was assured by a Cossie specialist That they would be okay. Oh well If it goes , the its a live and learn experience.

@ James - I always get the boken toys though.

jinstall · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:27 pm

Me too why do you think I am in K-town all day tomorrow at the stripping yard tearing the frame out of a Geo Tracker. Oh a friend of mine just dumped a E30 325e and I have to turn in the paperwork on it. If I didn't have thr Tracker to work on I would have been all over this as a Bitburg beater KOTH car.

Roy · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:56 pm

Minor set back today. One of the cam tower studs pulled out of the head with the heli coil on it while trying to torque to 20 newton meters. Hope I can find a specialist to do a house cal on that.

jinstall · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:58 pm

Sorry about that Roy but the head loooks good. Was great to stop by and have a coffee and see the house. Dany was happy to stop by as well and really enjoys talking to both of you. Hopefully next time we can stay longer. It will be 2 weeks before i can get back down to the strip yard.

jeejee · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:21 pm

it wasn't the 6mm was it ?

damn that sucks big time , well as long as the engine has not been run, you can re-use the headgasket (at least i would) if you do have to take the head off again..

Roy · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:24 am

It was the M8 style

Roy · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:51 pm

And it runs finally . Didn't start on the first crank but on the third attempt it fired up and came to life. Lifters tapped for a little bit until they stabilized . All is good for now.

Garry · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:57 pm

Congrats!

jinstall · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:33 pm

Sweet!

BenZ28 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:04 am

Congrats Roy!

jeejee · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:12 am

pedal to the metal !!

Roy · **Posted:** Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:31 pm

ANd the car rolled down the road today.

jinstall · **Posted:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:20 am

That does't sound good.

Roy · **Posted:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:25 am

jinstall wrote:

That does't sound good.

Under its own power though

jeejee · **Posted:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:59 am

nice.

now keep the boost below : euh well the point that it explodes again :mrgreen:

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