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Car Projects
Cars are one of my main hobbies; a mixture of collecting, restoring/upgrading or track day driving….
Current Cars
1974 Ford Escort mk1 Cosworth
- Bought: 2003
- Specification:
- 320bhp 2.0 Sierra Cosworth 4×4 YB Turbo
- Wide arched
- 5 speed Borg Warner T5 gearbox, rear wheel drive
- Strengthened shell, custom leather and alcantara upholstery and interior
- Ford Escort mk1 - Restoration and Cosworth conversion video series
- PyCosworth - Datalogger, interface and GUI for the Weber Marelli ECU as used in the Ford Sierra/Escort Cosworth
- Hardware - Examples of how to configure the hardware
- Configuration - Available configuration settings
- Pectel Serial Datastream - Documentation on the Cosworth L8/P8 Pectel serial datastream
- Rebuilds and overhauls
- Third rebuild, for the road - 2.0 16v Ford Cosworth Turbo and refitting interior
- Second rebuild, for the track - 2.0 16v Vauxhall Red top and major bodywork modifications
- First rebuild, for the track - 1.6 8v Ford Crossflow and restoration
- Escort work log & technical information - further one-off jobs, and collected technical information related to the rebuilds
1993 Porsche 911 Turbo
- Bought: 2008
- Specification:
- Approx 350bhp 3.3 turbocharged flat six
- 5 speed rear wheel drive
- Decat and custom stainless exhaust
2017 Volkswagon Scirocco GT
- Bought: 2023
- Specification:
- 2.0 TSI 4 cylinder turbo
- 6 speed
- R-Line bodywork and wheels
Previous Cars
In approximately chronological order of ownership….
2010 Alfa Romeo Mito Cloverleaf
- Bought: 2016
- Sold: 2023
- Specification:
- 170bhp 1.4 Alfa/Fiat multi-air 4 cylinder turbo
- 6 speed
2004 Alfa Romeo 147 JTDm
- Bought: 2008
- Sold: 2016
- Specification:
- 140bhp 1.9 16v Alfa/Fiat multi-jet turbo diesel
- 6 speed
- Pictures
1989 Toyota MR2 Turbo mk1
- Bought: 2006
- Specification:
- 280bhp Toyota 3SGTE 2.0 16v Turbo (hyrid CT26A turbo, downpipe, custom exhaust, Supra intercooler)
- Celica GT4 brakes
- Wide arched
- 5 speed gearbox with limited slip differential
- Custom 'Euro Sport' bodykit
- Turbo conversion
1990 Toyota Celica GT4
- Bought: 2006?
- Sold: 2007?
- Specification:
- 220bhp Toyota 3SGTE 2.0 Turbo
- 5 speed gearbox with permanent four wheel drive
- Pictures
1995 Toyota Supra Turbo mk4
- Bought: 2006
- Sold: 2008
- Specification:
- Japanese import model; RZ-S trim (no front spoiler, no leather seats, but had limited slip diff, big brakes)
- 320bhp Toyota 2JZ-GTE 3.0 inline 6 cylinder twin turbo
- 4 speed automatic with limited slip differential
- Front seats retrimmed in leather
- Pictures
1988 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.8
- Bought: 2002
- Sold: 2003
- Specification:
- 150bhp Ford Cologne 2.8 V6
- 5 speed gearbox with permanent four wheel drive
- Track day events
1994 Rover 220 Coupe Turbo
- Bought: 2002
- Sold: 2006
- Specification:
- 200bhp 2.0 16v Rover T-series Turbo
- 5 speed Honda PG1 gearbox with Torsen limited slip differential
- In-car-entertainment and XBox installation
1992 Rover Metro GTi
- Bought: 1999
- Sold: 2002
- Specification:
- 105bhp 1.4 16v Rover K-series
- 5 speed
- Colour matched bumpers and exterior trim
- Bigger alloy wheels and tyres
1990 Rover Metro
I don't have any pictures of this one, but it was essentially the same as the above car, but in a graphite grey colour, and was a 3 door, rather than 5 door.
- Bought: 1997
- Specification:
- 73bhp 1.1 8v Rover K-series
- 5 speed
1983 MG Metro Turbo
Unfortunately I don't have any images of this car, so the picture above is not mine. Mine was originally two-tone silver and black, but we resprayed it red and black to match the car above. Though it never looked as good as that one!
- Bought: 1996
- Cost: N/A - first car given to me by parents (it was their second runabout which they were replacing)
- Specification:
- 100bhp 1.3 Turbocharged A-series - which died in my parents care and was replaced by…
- ~60bhp modified 1.0 A-series with twin SU carbs
- 4 speed