Best thing you can do with these old performance cars is drive them hard and make memories, nothing worse than been 90 years old and crapping in your kegs whilst reminiscing about polishing them lol
What an absolute legend the driver is. I dont get people who upgrade their cars with loads of horse power but drive everywhere at 40mph. This bloke has done it right, more bhp and drives it like its meant to be driven! Love those wheels aswell!
It's hard to judge how fast it's actually going watching on my fone. Watching Adam go white and his arse falling out is a good indicator this thing moves lol.🤣
That has to be the nicest Cossie builds I’ve seen. As it’s not original I think I’d put the front seats in storage and put some race recaro’s in. Love that he even chose smoked rear lights, they really suit the paint. Top marks 👌🏻
The seats are actually designed by Recaro. I had the North American Merkur XR4ti, some had much nicer seats, some were with ugly upholstery, they were also heated. I'm sure he will continue to refine and upgrade. A nicer matching interior would be available for few dollars. These cars really fly when expertly driven. One of the most impressive cars, bar none. So many options... Cosworth V8's, big blocks, turbo 2.3 boosted to 3 liters ( not expensive) A fun car if you have expertise... Like this gentleman. Many modified automatic transmission are cheaper and perhaps provide better performance. Even GMs. It did come with a V8 in South Africa. Lots of space everywhere, no clutter. The wide bodies looked insane. Cheers 🍻
9:28 there’s something about seeing this that takes me back to when I was a young kid, it’s what made me love cars. Seeing and hearing them fly past me in this manner in the early 90’s.
I ran a Saphire for 2 years. It was the 1988 Brands hatch pace car, bought through a closed Ford sale. With 310 BHP. Some scroat stole it & burnt it out. Probably the best car i have ever owned. Since then i had a M3, Skyline R33 GTR Vpec, 911 Carreara. Plus lots more. At present a 575BHP Ftype Jag. But there was always something about the Cossy that was great. Regards. Steve.
That is a stunning car. I rolled my XR4 (so the 2.0 4x4 5 door hatch) about 20 years ago - still gutted. It was obviously nothing like this car but was so comfortable, capable and a future classic.
Luckily, you weren't rolling a GM/Vauxhall product. These were built with some crash protection. Better than '80s BMW, but just under Saab. My family saw this time after time in our smash repairs business.
These are worth positively nutty-Snickers amounts of folding cash on my end in Oz. Only the one R500 in the classifieds at the moment and the guy wants $250,000 Aussie big ones for it. Phew...
Nothing boring about a cosworth,not even a standard one,which is my preference to be honest,and no colour beats moonstone blue.just like the 1 me dad had back in 1988.takes me back,what a car they are.
I happened to be lucky enough when I was younger to work at a Cosworth Specialist garage. As a result I got to drive some awesome cars, including a mint RS500 that was seriously modified. Including a group A side exit exhaust. The secondary fuel rail connected and running motorsport injectors with some seriously big amounts of boost. Yes, it had massive lag, as did pretty much all big turbo cars back then. But once it began to spool up it was an absolute beast. On a test drive around the M25 whilst fine tuning the fuel map for the Zetac 'piggy back' ECU for the secondary fuel rail my boss of the company (who was a fantastic driver and also used to be the technical editor for 'Car and Car Conversions' magazine) actually had the needle on the speedo hitting the 'M' of the MPH at the bottom of the speedo. As the cars had a 170 MPH speedometer fitted to them, even accounting for a 10% inaccuracy the car must've been doing somewhere around the 185 MPH mark. I don't care what anyone says, that is BLOODY FAST!!!! Even at today's standard it's seriously fast. But back in the late 80's it was altogether entirely something else to behold. The owner of the car was lucky enough to have one of the mast amazing car collections at that time. Including a 'one of one' special build 3.2 litre Capri that was commissioned and built at Ford's 'Cologne' department and was a genuine Zakspeed shell. The engine was built by Swaymar with turbos from a Williams ex F1 car and far too many other mods to list. Best job I ever had when I was younger. Loved every minute of working there!!!!
WHAT A CAR! Absolute beast and respect to the guy for winding back the power too many lads would just say 700 is not enough yet spins in 4th and 5th just pointless but 500 usable is just so much better!
I used to work opposite a tuning company that specialised in Cosworths, and the guys show car was similar to this. 526 bhp, sounded mental with the turbos, and went like lightning.
HAHA, that brings back memories of taking a ride in a mates RS500 Sierra Cossy back in the 90's. That wasn't awd either, boost cranked up on the turbo It was just completely undrivable... Strangest thing about the car was it had been fitted with replacement hand controls in place of pedals! It was owned by a chap who was involved in an industrial accident that had left him in a wheelchair. Think the guy just sent the payout cheque straight to Cosworth, scared the crap outta himself the first time he drove it and just straight up flogged it!
Beautiful car ……. My teens was in the 80s and these bad boys where are are still a dream to me. …. Look after it buddy … you’ve got a bloody gem there !! 👍🏽👍🏽😁😁
The Sierra Cosworth is voted the best Ford of all time by enthusiasts for a good reason - when this car first came out, it was the first time a "normal" family car competed with supercars like Ferrari and Porsche... at a fraction of the cost. This car is simply legendary. 13:58 best sales pitch ever lol
Love it. When you go to the trouble of tracking down a left hand drive motorsport shell to import and convert as your start point, quality. And that sequential shift add on mentioned.., is it a mechanical to solenoid operation type of deal? I'm struggling to picture how linear movement would get changed to suit withould solenoids. Seeing the familiar ease of difting it in the footage answered why it doesn't wear Michelin rubber ...guessing the tyres don't stay around too long,
I like this one more than the bigger white coswerth video you did, this car just hits different, love the paint color etc too, exhaust sounds fantastic !
That was a wicked video 👌👌, and the owners a nice bloke, when you told him how easily it could be sequential his eyes just lit up man 🤣 , bet he went straight home and went online. It’s probably sequential allready. Lovely build and plenty power.👍
What a sexy machine! Those wheels are so slick. Just pure raw power. Hearing you two speak English I am reminded of two Guy Ritchie movies. Lock, Stock 'cause when I watched that I couldn't understand a single word they were saying even though I have loved and studied English all my life. And Snatch when Cousin Avi says: I thought this country was supposed to have spawned the language. So far no one seems to speak it....But when I focus I can get most of it. Anyway great car, great video. More power to you.
09:28 Bloody hell that's fast, the blue car is probably doing the speed limit, which shows how quickly you were going, stay safe mate and remember other people use the road as well
I live in a small village with a tiny main road with cars parked on it and people drive like that through it every night. I hope for things to happen that I'm not allowed to express on youtube. But the thought of it happening makes me smile.
Cosworths are so legendary that these days many of them can be a bit of a let down due to changing times. Not this one. This car impresses even today every bit as much as the standard ones did when they were first built. It’s performance once again matches it’s looks 🚗💨💨
Its been a hot minute since i have seen one of these i love this car as it brings nostalgia. My dad had a white cossy and a Sierra P100 with a cossy build but he wrapped that up one icy christmas when i was a kid.
He really didn’t want to answer how much his gearbox cost him. He knows that caused him a headache (ricks mrs here) 😂😂😂
Go easy on him 😂
🤣🤣🤣class
Quim before Quaife in our house, I wouldn't dare!
I think he's into that Gearbox deeper than 4k! 😅
He definitely is ^ 😂🤣
I absolutely love this car. This is what car ownership is all about in my opinion. Fair play to the fella sounds like a great person.
Best thing you can do with these old performance cars is drive them hard and make memories, nothing worse than been 90 years old and crapping in your kegs whilst reminiscing about polishing them lol
What an absolute legend the driver is. I dont get people who upgrade their cars with loads of horse power but drive everywhere at 40mph. This bloke has done it right, more bhp and drives it like its meant to be driven! Love those wheels aswell!
It's hard to judge how fast it's actually going watching on my fone. Watching Adam go white and his arse falling out is a good indicator this thing moves lol.🤣
Believe me. This thing is FAST!!! 😂
Lol
@@rjcoles2719 very jealous mate. Love the look of it too. Nice to see something a bit different.
I know 9.24 😂
500bhp in a 1250kg car makes this an absolute weapon! Seriously badass cossie.
True but it's an old car. This won't be as fast as a new M4 (even a manual one) despite it being half the weight and similar power.
@@unrealeck sure but I think it's not all about maximum performance. This Cossie has character and soul that new cars can only dream about.
@@unrealeck M4 is dull
Who the fuck cares about some gimpy M4? Lol just saying..
Modern cars are numb. Minimal driver effort to keep it on the road. Boring auto boxes, not drivers cars at all
what a legend not keeping it as a garage queen like most do
That has to be the nicest Cossie builds I’ve seen. As it’s not original I think I’d put the front seats in storage and put some race recaro’s in. Love that he even chose smoked rear lights, they really suit the paint. Top marks 👌🏻
The seats are actually designed by Recaro. I had the North American Merkur XR4ti, some had much nicer seats, some were with ugly upholstery, they were also heated. I'm sure he will continue to refine and upgrade. A nicer matching interior would be available for few dollars. These cars really fly when expertly driven. One of the most impressive cars, bar none. So many options... Cosworth V8's, big blocks, turbo 2.3 boosted to 3 liters ( not expensive) A fun car if you have expertise... Like this gentleman. Many modified automatic transmission are cheaper and perhaps provide better performance. Even GMs. It did come with a V8 in South Africa. Lots of space everywhere, no clutter. The wide bodies looked insane.
Cheers 🍻
9:28 there’s something about seeing this that takes me back to when I was a young kid, it’s what made me love cars. Seeing and hearing them fly past me in this manner in the early 90’s.
That's a great shot, especially with a little smoke thrown into the mix.
I agree mate ! I wish I could go back to them days, back then it was baileys dump valve can’t beat it
You can't say he hasn't done this build right, really nicely done.
Reckon that is one of if not the sweetest modified 3 dr out there a quality street car with the guts of a race car take a bow Ricky you done good !
I ran a Saphire for 2 years. It was the 1988 Brands hatch pace car, bought through a closed Ford sale. With 310 BHP. Some scroat stole it & burnt it out. Probably the best car i have ever owned. Since then i had a M3, Skyline R33 GTR Vpec, 911 Carreara. Plus lots more. At present a 575BHP Ftype Jag. But there was always something about the Cossy that was great.
Regards.
Steve.
Adam tapping out hahaha 😳🤣🚗🚗🚗🚓🚓🚓
WOT in 3rd gear then into 4th with 500bhp, he’d have been well over 100mph before shifting up, cant blame adam for that
😂😂😂
Something you don't see so much anymore....a Cossie having the shite thrashed out of it.👍 .....reminds me of the good old days.....what a car
yeah man, i miss the old days of seeing slightly battered looking saphire cossies getting ragged to death round the local retail park
A man who builds his car, can fix his car and therefore can drive the wheels off his car. Love it mate very nice build
That thing looks mad quick. He’s a talented guy. Thanks for sharing.👍
That is a stunning car.
I rolled my XR4 (so the 2.0 4x4 5 door hatch) about 20 years ago - still gutted. It was obviously nothing like this car but was so comfortable, capable and a future classic.
Luckily, you weren't rolling a GM/Vauxhall product. These were built with some crash protection. Better than '80s BMW, but just under Saab. My family saw this time after time in our smash repairs business.
These are worth positively nutty-Snickers amounts of folding cash on my end in Oz. Only the one R500 in the classifieds at the moment and the guy wants $250,000 Aussie big ones for it. Phew...
Your Cossy is an absolute beut! Brilliant build. Sounds incredible. I love people that keep it old school.
Thats mint, nice to see one built properly and people still modding them rather than all this standard boring crap.
Nothing boring about a cosworth,not even a standard one,which is my preference to be honest,and no colour beats moonstone blue.just like the 1 me dad had back in 1988.takes me back,what a car they are.
@Jack O'Bean I've owned standard cossies, stage 3 ones and a 500+hp escos, They are boring standard to drive
Allways had a soft spot for these cossies, stunning! Plus the driver aint afraid to drive it proper! Top man.
A thing of beauty, they don’t make em like that anymore, raw performance.
I happened to be lucky enough when I was younger to work at a Cosworth Specialist garage. As a result I got to drive some awesome cars, including a mint RS500 that was seriously modified. Including a group A side exit exhaust. The secondary fuel rail connected and running motorsport injectors with some seriously big amounts of boost.
Yes, it had massive lag, as did pretty much all big turbo cars back then. But once it began to spool up it was an absolute beast.
On a test drive around the M25 whilst fine tuning the fuel map for the Zetac 'piggy back' ECU for the secondary fuel rail my boss of the company (who was a fantastic driver and also used to be the technical editor for 'Car and Car Conversions' magazine) actually had the needle on the speedo hitting the 'M' of the MPH at the bottom of the speedo. As the cars had a 170 MPH speedometer fitted to them, even accounting for a 10% inaccuracy the car must've been doing somewhere around the 185 MPH mark. I don't care what anyone says, that is BLOODY FAST!!!! Even at today's standard it's seriously fast. But back in the late 80's it was altogether entirely something else to behold.
The owner of the car was lucky enough to have one of the mast amazing car collections at that time. Including a 'one of one' special build 3.2 litre Capri that was commissioned and built at Ford's 'Cologne' department and was a genuine Zakspeed shell. The engine was built by Swaymar with turbos from a Williams ex F1 car and far too many other mods to list.
Best job I ever had when I was younger. Loved every minute of working there!!!!
My spelling mistake. The piggy back ecu was from Zytec, not Zetec. My bad!!!!
Wow what a story those Swaymars were mighty impressive!! I think there were only two ever made!
WHAT A CAR! Absolute beast and respect to the guy for winding back the power too many lads would just say 700 is not enough yet spins in 4th and 5th just pointless but 500 usable is just so much better!
Gotta respect the time money and effort gone into that old skool beast, used to love this as a kid. Nice job mate.
@11:20 “d’ya bring uwa lass n the bairns ewt innit?”
“what’s that?”
😂😂😂😂
nice to see someone do something different with a cossy,looks the business 👍
I used to work opposite a tuning company that specialised in Cosworths, and the guys show car was similar to this. 526 bhp, sounded mental with the turbos, and went like lightning.
Pure madness. Great fun!! Nice to see the old school cars with a semi modern touch.
Best video yet. Absolute legend
Absolute weapon! Loved both vids Adam! Keep up the great work mate..
HAHA, that brings back memories of taking a ride in a mates RS500 Sierra Cossy back in the 90's.
That wasn't awd either, boost cranked up on the turbo It was just completely undrivable... Strangest thing about the car was it had been fitted with replacement hand controls in place of pedals!
It was owned by a chap who was involved in an industrial accident that had left him in a wheelchair.
Think the guy just sent the payout cheque straight to Cosworth, scared the crap outta himself the first time he drove it and just straight up flogged it!
Beautiful car , mechanically seems to be a drivers dream, absolutely love the color and wheels , what a pearl !
First time i have seen Adam say hold on hold on 9:24: 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
My favourite road car you have featured to date 😎
I liked the owners' attitude to Maca wrappers everywhere, cars have to be enjoyed. If the family is not involved it takes some of the fun out of it.
9:20 he sh*t himself told the driver to pull back on the speed 😂
8.43. “If ya drive it sensible “😂😂👊🏼
Wow 😲 what a machine, it's always been my dream car ever since I can remember, what a mean looking beast, great vid m8
I had those car 1997 .. with 650hp .. always have been my dream car .. its so badass 🙏❤👍🏻
The colour of this car is fabulous! It kinda modernises it. Looks lovely.
Couldn't imagine us here in the US with the Cossie, we got the XR4Ti with a 2.3 SOHC Turbo from the SVO of the day. This is just bonkers, I love it.
Read about those in the early 2000s, I thought I remembered it being in the US, but then thought, nah I’ve never seen a sierra in the US!
Love the way this man drives his vehicle!
Cracking Vid, Rik always puts 💯 percent in to his builds. Such a talented guy. Car is awesome. 😎😎🔥🔥👍👌
The grin on the man’s face says it all ❤
This car and this bloke both sound and look NASTY xdddd pure fire breathing anger all round haha they deserve each other
Beautiful car ……. My teens was in the 80s and these bad boys where are are still a dream to me. …. Look after it buddy … you’ve got a bloody gem there !! 👍🏽👍🏽😁😁
The Sierra Cosworth is voted the best Ford of all time by enthusiasts for a good reason - when this car first came out, it was the first time a "normal" family car competed with supercars like Ferrari and Porsche... at a fraction of the cost. This car is simply legendary.
13:58 best sales pitch ever lol
Brilliant to see how these cars still look unreal, some work been out into that, I’m from Sunderland my pal rebuilding an escort rs cosworth
Thats mint, my uncle had a Cosworth and i was around 6 years old and made me love cars!! 33 now with 2 kids but id love to own one! great video
Omg Adam u r so brave mate that's a beast of a car well done he deffo knows his stuff 👍 👏
Love it. When you go to the trouble of tracking down a left hand drive motorsport shell to import and convert as your start point, quality.
And that sequential shift add on mentioned.., is it a mechanical to solenoid operation type of deal? I'm struggling to picture how linear movement would get changed to suit withould solenoids.
Seeing the familiar ease of difting it in the footage answered why it doesn't wear Michelin rubber ...guessing the tyres don't stay around too long,
I like this one more than the bigger white coswerth video you did, this car just hits different, love the paint color etc too, exhaust sounds fantastic !
That was a wicked video 👌👌, and the owners a nice bloke, when you told him how easily it could be sequential his eyes just lit up man 🤣 , bet he went straight home and went online. It’s probably sequential allready. Lovely build and plenty power.👍
What a sexy machine! Those wheels are so slick. Just pure raw power. Hearing you two speak English I am reminded of two Guy Ritchie movies. Lock, Stock 'cause when I watched that I couldn't understand a single word they were saying even though I have loved and studied English all my life. And Snatch when Cousin Avi says: I thought this country was supposed to have spawned the language. So far no one seems to speak it....But when I focus I can get most of it. Anyway great car, great video. More power to you.
09:28 Bloody hell that's fast, the blue car is probably doing the speed limit, which shows how quickly you were going, stay safe mate and remember other people use the road as well
what a decent lad, coolest sierra i´ve seen
Nice to see it being used right and great spec. Love it.
Love it, absolute beast sounds beautiful, great machine nicely done.
@14:52 what’s that about a shifter being close ratio? 🤨
Such a sick car! I wish we got these and and the rs200 in the states. Also the escort 1800. Ford killed it with the rally cars back in the day! 👌🔥🔥
When cars were cars and men were men, no abs, traction control etc. absolutely beautiful
savage video Adam. good to see it being driven hard!
top fella what a build car looks so good in that colour one of a kind for sure
I looooove that car! It was in a grand Turismo video game lol
😂😂😂😂 Him tapping him to slow down got me
I live in a small village with a tiny main road with cars parked on it and people drive like that through it every night. I hope for things to happen that I'm not allowed to express on youtube. But the thought of it happening makes me smile.
Stunning build, great job Rick
What a beautiful looking motor, with the balls behind it ti back it up, live it, ❤❤
Goodness that opening conversion sounded like an alien language couldn't understand much lmao
Beast of car!
Lovely cossie being driven how it should be! sound owner!
Cosworths are so legendary that these days many of them can be a bit of a let down due to changing times. Not this one. This car impresses even today every bit as much as the standard ones did when they were first built. It’s performance once again matches it’s looks 🚗💨💨
any reason to upgrade those old cars. they are rusty just painted fresh
The name COSWORTH is such an awesome sounding name for a car. Love it
Stunning car Adam!!! I love the colour too 👍
Great vid. That car is mustard!!!! The owner using it as much as he can too. Fair play. 👍🏻
Ricky is pure 90s nostalgia what a guy !)
now thats what thesse cars need. no sitting being turned back tae stock for investment portfoio
100% cars need to be used and abused
Agree
At 9.24 you really started to poop it 😄
Its been a hot minute since i have seen one of these i love this car as it brings nostalgia. My dad had a white cossy and a Sierra P100 with a cossy build but he wrapped that up one icy christmas when i was a kid.
This is the best video I have watched in ages.
Still can't get the grin off my face 😂
Going to paint my Bf XR6 Turbo Ute that colour. What wheels are they
I need a set
My grandad had a 500hp sierra many moons ago used to put sandbags in the back😂😂
Who doesn't love a three door cossie....and that gear box at the end...
"speed camera there mind" next clip hes booting it haha that had me dead
Absolutly love this car ❤ great video Adam 👍🏾
Man the 90s and the 80s cars is the best .
Where are you shopping his pieces ? I need It
"Track slag" is now my go to for describing track cars
That’s a nice build, sounds awesome
Love it, favourite colour, lovely wheels and classic cozzie shape
Simple is good not flashing original love it Ur a legend mate
That color is awesome! I want to paint my Sierra that color now!
Holy mother!! \ 🚘 \ she's fast! 9:28
Absolutely stunning Cossie !! Nice to see such a beautiful car thats not a Garage Queen and gets driven and enjoyed like it should be.
Colour looks amazing
Adam where is the link for the gearbox shifter
Car is awesome love the colour. You can see him really interested in the shifter aswell
He is shiftin!!! That car is mental top vid Adam mate 👍
I love this car❤ but it needs the Texaco painting 😊