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Nothing at all.
Earlier this year I was looking for a quick car so I went and bought a Saxo VTS. I drove it around a bit and fought it was a bit slow so I went and got something really fierce done to it, I got a loan and bought a Escort Cossie engine for it.
Wow what a difference as standard, but that wasn't enough so I had a hybrid Turbo fitted and the head changed for a specially hand built head and had the gearing changed, along with adding a unichip.
Finally I had the disc's changed to Escort Cossie disc's, and had the suspension dropped 90mm and added 18's to it. All this has cost me £7000, but boy is it worth it.
After all this my 0-60 time is 2.9 and my top end is 172MPH, THIS THING IS SO FAST THAT IT BEATS FERRARI'S OFF THE LIGHTS. I have never lost a race in it yet, but I have so nearly stacked so many times.
Why not just buy a cossie then?
What a load of crap! 0-60 in 2.9 seconds. Sorry mate, it's nigh on impossible!! And there ain't no car without a rocket for an engine that would get to 60 that fast, never mind doing 170mph with a 2 liter engine!
steven@carsurvey.org:
It's certainly possible to get that sort of performance from a race tuned 2.0 engine. There is a review of a Toyota MR2 Turbo on this site with over 700bhp that was featured in Max Power magazine.
Best Wishes,
Steven.
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To the bloke who says you can't get to 60 in 2.9 seconds, obviously you don't know anything about cars. And cheers Steve for backing me up, this car will be in Fast Car this month, so the bloke who said you can't get 170 mph out of a 2 litre will be laughing on the other side of his face.
I don't doubt your cars performance figures, but on today's crowded speed cop/camera laden roads your car is about as practical as an ashtray on a motorbike.
If I wanted practical I'd buy a mini.
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You can't fit an engine from an Escort RS Cosworth into a Saxo VTS. It just won't go in. I'm afraid you've been caught out!! There is not a hope in hell of getting a Cossie engine in a Saxo VTS. That is, unless, the car was COMPLETELY stripped and rebuilt around the new engine, unlikely, me thinks.
Steve,
Pro. Ford Cosworth Tuner.
Well of course it was, do you really think that I didn't know that before I bought the engine. And anything can be made to fit if you throw enough money at it, and I threw thousands at this baby.
What a load of ****. There is no possible way on this earth that you could fit an RS Cossie engine in a saxo. Even if you stripped the whole car it still wouldn't fit in. The dimensions are too large. The depth of a cossie engine is so much that it would end up being where your front axle is... to fit it in lengthways, You would have to chop the front of your saxo off and weld in an extra few inches in order to do it... the cossie lump is an extra 32cm longer than a saxos and 11 cm wider... even if you did fit the engine in, where would you put the intercooler, alternator, airbox, starter motor etc? Besides there isn't a saxo gearbox on this earth that you could mate to a cossie engine, let alone handle the standard 220bhp... even sst haven't got one that good yet. I'm sorry mate but I think we'd have seen it in a mag by now anyway... wake up from your dream eh?
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Right... I help run the Saxo Sports Club (Owners Club), I've seen all the heavily modded cars, and heard people talk about what they would like to do to their Saxo's, and I've seen the replies from some of the top tuners, motorsports professionals and car builders in the world stating what you can get away with and what you can't. I doubt very much that you could get to a Cossie lump in a VTS, fair play if you have, but I won't believe it until I see it. Where were you at TRAX? We were all out on track... why did you not join us if your car is so fast. Would've been impressive to watch. Can you email me a full spec sheet (and a picture if possible) to ian@saxosportsclub.com
Look forward to hearing from you.
To be honest mate, even if you could fit a cossy engine into a Saxo engine bay, there is no way on this planet that it could do 0-60 in 2.9 seconds!! The Saxo is possible the smallest hot hatch around and weighs about as much as my 6 year old sister, how can you pull away that fast and not wheel spin??
Fair play if you have done it, which I very much doubt, but I think maybe you have insecurities in your life!!
Sorry PAL!
I have never heard so much rubbish in my life, 2.9s is possible, and like the guy said "if you through enough cash at it" well it takes 70K just ask Norris Designs! That is a 4 wheel drive car, there is no way that you could ever make a saxo go that fast, unless that evo towed it. The fastest saxo around is a turbo'd VTS, although there was a rear engined 106, but that's not a VTS is it!
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There is a sierra saphire cosworth (rod tarry) that managed over 202 mph... not bad for a 2 ltr engine is it
as gfor fitting one in a saxo.. well lets wit to see fast car shall we...
Cosworth YB in a saxo? I think not.
Please someone spare him the humiliation and have him shot - before he makes any more stupidly amusing claims, such as having a rocket propelled hand grenade.
*sigh*
Oh dear oh dear oh dear!
Being an Escort Cosworth owner I really fail to see how you could get all the management and general engine workings to fit in your saxo! If you wanted a fast car, why did you buy a Saxo in the first place?