1975 cosworth vega

[Andrew C.]

Re: 1975 cosworth vega

That looks awesome Frank! Great Work!

[the_invisible]

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That is some serious sanding, Franky!!! I never had the energy to do sanding at such degree! You covered all the area completely!

I Luv You Man!!! lol

[SHYNEMAN123]

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Back from MAACO

A lot of dirt,A lot of peel But they put plenty on, and for $ 259.00 the price was right. Nothing a shave and a hair cut can't fix.





















still a few issues on the lift gate but we can live with them.

[the other pc]

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.... Like all motors built by Cosworth, it is bullet proof and has a very aggressive mid-range powerband.

Unfortunately, only the head was a Cosworth design. The Block was GM.

Rather than being designed to hold up to the abuses racing, like say a DFV block, it was designed to be mass-produced cheap.

Hi-po, built-up Vega motors were renowned for blowing apart bottom ends. Docile street motors were renowned for burning oil, blow-by, leaking, ...


pc

[Andy M.]

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Looks like someone has been very busy!!!!


Keep us posted Frank.


Andy

[TimG]

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Cool project indeed. Its kinda funny looking at inline 4 compared to them big V8 though. Keep us update man!

[Eddie6th]

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Great Work Frank. A big project. It's a shame about all the rust spots. It's going to be nice to see the outcome.

[Eddie6th]

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How can you not know the Cosworth Vega?

It is a 2000cc i4 DOHC engine. What's amazing about this motor is that it is fuel-injected. Like all motors built by Cosworth, it is bullet proof and has a very aggressive mid-range powerband.

Different in europe. Ford Cosworth DOHC Turbo. Typically found in a Ford Sierra. Not bullet proof.

[SHYNEMAN123]

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SANDING COMPLETE

[KC's]

Re: 1975 cosworth vega

How can you not know the Cosworth Vega?

It is a 2000cc i4 DOHC engine. What's amazing about this motor is that it is fuel-injected. Like all motors built by Cosworth, it is bullet proof and has a very aggressive mid-range powerband.

wow
U know yr rides well,

BTW Mr shyneman, i took my hats off, saluting your expertise

You're the man

[new2detailing]

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The Vega was like alot of cars of GM in the Seventies. Great idea, very poor execution. The standard Vega had an all aluminum engine that ( due to GM's inexperience with all aluminum engines) warped and cracked heads easily. It was such a commonplace problem that the car's residual trade-in values dropped instantly. Owners were left with a car that was going to fail and basically unable to sell in the used market.
Cosworth is a world renown engine fabricator (F1, Indy, WRC, et al) that also makes special edition engines in production cars. Typcally the engines are very well designed and have a loyal and dedicated following. This car will sell due to the Cosworth heritage.

[cnfowler]

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How can you not know the Cosworth Vega?

Maybe cause I wasn't born then. Never heard of it. I did some research online about it and now I know why I had never heard of it. Very rare, but very unimpressive to me. It was plagued from the start and went from a pocket rocket in concept form to a slug in production form. It never reached collector status like it was expected to, either. Oh well, it is still a rare car.

Colin

[SHYNEMAN123]

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cant wait for the updates... is it going to be painted black again?

Oh Yea Single Stage Urethane.

[Ganesa]

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cant wait for the updates... is it going to be painted black again?

[InfiniteDetail]

Re: 1975 cosworth vega

Cool project, keep the updates coming