Stolen ford cosworth stories...

Stolen ford cosworth stories...

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s m

23,164 posts

202 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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blade7 said:
AFAIK 3 doors didn't come from the factory with leather. Amongst other things I used to remove the ECU from mine at night. No thieving scum ever managed to start it.
Yes, I think there were a couple of dealer specials done for people ( as with the automatic box Sapphires ) but they were cloth from the factory.
The Mordors came with either though

cerb4.5lee

30,169 posts

179 months

Sunday 1st March 2015
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markcoznottz said:
Feeling old. I remeber when me and my mates thought a cav 130 was a 'fast' car....
Agree and I also thought the same and its funny how things have changed so much but I think cars nowadays only have loads of power to make up for how heavy they are so maybe its all just relative.

morgrp

4,128 posts

197 months

Sunday 1st March 2015
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pti said:
JDMDrifter said:
Didn't Mr Clarkson have a cosworth at one point? Allegedly he was quoted £26k to insure it.

Have no idea if there's any truth in this though whistle
Escort IIRC.
He did - and here's the top gear episode when he describes his ownership experiences - He even mentions the insurance and theft risk!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LMsYQg8AR8

LanceRS

2,171 posts

136 months

Sunday 1st March 2015
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I had a chat with some Ferrari owners at show a few years ago, surprised to discover that all of their cars were lower insurance ratings than my Cosworth. They were all paying lower premiums despite their cars being worth so much more.
How they laughed...

superchipchaz

31 posts

193 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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My Brother tells me a story of a garage called Melvilles in Glasgow, His son apparently stole a Sierra Cosworth in the 80's crashed it in to a brick wall and cut his passenger in two.

matchmaker

8,462 posts

199 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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superchipchaz said:
My Brother tells me a story of a garage called Melvilles in Glasgow, His son apparently stole a Sierra Cosworth in the 80's crashed it in to a brick wall and cut his passenger in two.
What - your nephew stole a Cossie and killed his passenger? confused

couzens

512 posts

141 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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matchmaker said:
What - your nephew stole a Cossie and killed his passenger? confused
That's how I read it too!?

Nedzilla

2,439 posts

173 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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Had a saph 2wd for nearly four years then an escort for just over a year. Both parked outside on the driveway,as far as I am aware neither were even attempted at being stolen.

JonoG81

384 posts

104 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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couzens said:
That's how I read it too!?
I also thought that at first, but i'm guessing he means the son of the garage owner, not his nephew? confused

Dr JonboyG

2,561 posts

238 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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spiralp said:
I had one as a company car between 1989 and 1991. My boss insisted that I had to have a British badged car and I could not have a BMW.
Ford's an American company confused

superchipchaz

31 posts

193 months

Monday 27th July 2015
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matchmaker said:
What - your nephew stole a Cossie and killed his passenger? confused
No just someone that was local to us but no relation.

superchipchaz

31 posts

193 months

Tuesday 28th July 2015
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JonoG81 said:
I also thought that at first, but i'm guessing he means the son of the garage owner, not his nephew? confused
Yes I do mean the garage owners son thank you

superchipchaz

31 posts

193 months

Tuesday 28th July 2015
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Also remember back in the 90's a local criminal who I heard it was years later, used a 3 door Sierra cosworth to hold up the off license round the corner from me he got chased by the the store manager in his e30 M3 and got away no doubt with some wreckless driving. My dad had a XR4i boxed in a lockup with a Citreon BX GTI who we think aforementioned local criminal stole the ECU unit from the XR4i by moving the Citreon

Yb_cosworth

1 posts

104 months

Tuesday 28th July 2015
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Has anyone seen this? Looks like a magenta or maybe red one? 😱https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=FLTHsZ6_pB0iZ_kzkWgpMMTQ&v=0BE4WtYyWqI

blade7

11,311 posts

215 months

Tuesday 28th July 2015
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superchipchaz said:
some wreckless driving.
smile .

s m

23,164 posts

202 months

Tuesday 28th July 2015
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superchipchaz said:
Also remember back in the 90's a local criminal who I heard it was years later, used a 3 door Sierra cosworth to hold up the off license round the corner from me he got chased by the the store manager in his e30 M3 and got away no doubt with some wreckless driving. My dad had a XR4i boxed in a lockup with a Citreon BX GTI who we think aforementioned local criminal stole the ECU unit from the XR4i by moving the Citreon
2-litre 5-door XR4i? Pretty rare car

Hol

8,355 posts

199 months

Wednesday 29th July 2015
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s m said:
superchipchaz said:
Also remember back in the 90's a local criminal who I heard it was years later, used a 3 door Sierra cosworth to hold up the off license round the corner from me he got chased by the the store manager in his e30 M3 and got away no doubt with some wreckless driving. My dad had a XR4i boxed in a lockup with a Citreon BX GTI who we think aforementioned local criminal stole the ECU unit from the XR4i by moving the Citreon
2-litre 5-door XR4i? Pretty rare car
Has to be?

The 2.8 4i used a K-Jetronic Bosch injection system which did not have an Ecu. Just a revolving disk to distribute the fuel.



superchipchaz

31 posts

193 months

Wednesday 29th July 2015
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Hol said:
Has to be?

The 2.8 4i used a K-Jetronic Bosch injection system which did not have an Ecu. Just a revolving disk to distribute the fuel.
How come there is one for sale here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-SIERRA-Escort-Grana...
and if it wasn't an ECU it was something very similar it was a long time ago!.

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 29th July 2015
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superchipchaz said:
Hol said:
Has to be?

The 2.8 4i used a K-Jetronic Bosch injection system which did not have an Ecu. Just a revolving disk to distribute the fuel.
How come there is one for sale here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-SIERRA-Escort-Grana...
and if it wasn't an ECU it was something very similar it was a long time ago!.
That's for the DOHC engine ,not the V6 2.8 4i.

K jetronic is mechanical injection not electronic.

Golgarth

380 posts

197 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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I remember having a multi-lock, snap off steering wheel, a vecta alarm, AND a wheel clamp on my 1.3 MK4 Escort XR3i looky-likey. Still found a kid sitting in it one day trying to start it. Somehow his head broke the passenger side window from the drivers side........

His Dad (he was around 15 yrs old) had the cheek to come round and ask why I had hit his kid, the kid regretted this event when I showed his Dad the car, I thought I had hit him hard.

It was evil in the 90s for theft. When I think the amount of times I have left my car open in recent times and NOTHING has happened (even left window open for two weeks when I went away). Back then you were always paranoid about your car.

On the flip side, we now have decent security factory installed and trackers which work. Most thefts we see now are "with keys" or ECU hacks.

The RS Focus seems to be the new "cossie". http://www.focusrsoc.com/forums/topic/30762-recent... Now you break in, attach to the OBD port, then come back with the keys you code. The only way to not get your car stolen, is to not buy it in the first place it would seem. Until extremely tough sentencing comes into place the theft of cars/bikes will never disappear.
Oh, and if you think car crime is bad, you should see the amount of bikes stolen.