main weak spots on a cosworth

[Barney Gumble]

i fot it was karmann in germany

What????? I thought you said it was just a mk5 escort???

Was it built in Germany by a specialist company?????

Next you'll be telling me the engine points in the wrong direction, it was only put into production to meet group a homologation and that it was a successful rally car and managed a monte Carlo win???

[sparkyp]

heard the dashboards are fairly bad for fucking up and electrics also
my main issue would be with the running gear as that must be quite vunrable these days engine gearbox kind of thing and 4wd system
are they not bad for water incress in lights and boot?

[seanyboy]

heard the dashboards are fairly bad for fucking up and electrics also
my main issue would be with the running gear as that must be quite vunrable these days engine gearbox kind of thing and 4wd system
are they not bad for water incress in lights and boot?

there shite, nothing but hassle...buy an astra!

[Joe-Tait]

Wouldn't buy one that's been in contact with water

[sparkyp]

What????? I thought you said it was just a mk5 escort???

Was it built in Germany by a specialist company?????

Next you'll be telling me the engine points in the wrong direction, it was only put into production to meet group a homologation and that it was a successful rally car and managed a monte Carlo win???

well germany do have the nack of good enginnering look at the audi quattro and m3 etc look at most british mk5s there all rusted to fuck, so basically its really more a german car than an american or british one as they built it ?

[sparkyp]

there shite, nothing but hassle...buy an astra!

used to have 3 astra gte 16vs cracking 80s hothatch, won a few things also unburstable 20xe engine just a shame it lasts longer than the bodywork

[seanyboy]

used to have 3 astra gte 16vs cracking 80s hothatch, won a few things also unburstable 20xe engine just a shame it lasts longer than the bodywork

Rust buckets!!!

[sparkyp]

Rust buckets!!!

they totally are, and tbh a real shame as theres under 500 left on the road
they had pedigree also with btcc not so much rallying, an awsome engine that alot of folk use in there ford rs2000 etc, yet there worth hee haw these days and the 16v gte are classics in my opinion

[abes36]

Always loved the astra 16v engine thought they were solid and loved a beating

[abes36]

Always loved the astra 16v engine thought they were solid and loved a beating

[sparkyp]

Always loved the astra 16v engine thought they were solid and loved a beating

the old redtops are cracking engines even with mega mileage there still thrashable and take it mine had 160,000 miles and it never missed a beat