New Member Gillingham

[Dick]

My Name is Richard but i have been called Dick from birth im very old 6'2" and over 19 stone and thats not fat ill add. Well i'v joined at last, Im in Gillingham and im getting to old to keep telling my boys how to do things. So now im going to show them . I have worked in all levals of motor sport both in the usa and hear in the uk. I now own a modest size garage /mot center and car sales. This now gives me the time to play.I brought a Tiger cat E1 in dec 2009 and it was used most of 2010 I changed the engine from the 2.0 pinto into a 2.1 with as much as i could do to it. It was fun but i wanted more, as dont we all .The fun begain when i asked what others had running in the E1 and got the usual replies, i then asked has no one ever fitted a Cosworth Turbo The replies i recived well not in print . Its mad / to much / cant be done / That was it! cant be done red rag to a bull. Within 2 months the old was out and a new cosworth was ready to fit with a T5 gearbox. It has taken a time but now its in and running im awaiting the bonnet and nose then im out playing. Befor you ask yes my son's did help and no my wife wont go in it but the Grand kids love cars and cant wait for a spin. Hope to catch a few of you around before the summer ends

[Nash]

Hi Dick and welcome. A couple of us met your son at Headcorn weekend before last and we were chatting about how long before your car was ready.

Good to see you have joined and look forward to catching up with you on a run at some point.

BTW speak to DAXMATT on here as he has a Rush with said cossie turbo engine in.

........Neil

[daxmatt]

ah,at last, a fellow cossie owner,welcome dick,

[Dick]

Yep min output of 320bhp thats what burton say, cant wait to light it up in anger

[daxmatt]

would like to have a look,be interesting to see how you fitted it all in.The one drawback with the cossies are the sleepless nights Whats your spec

[Dick]

you are more than welcome to see it, drop me a line if you are in the meday towns and ill give you our address

[daxmatt]

will do,quite offen in the area,maybe even see you on a run within a few weeks,keep at it

[greenwoo]

best give the guy who's making the new bonnet a chase up, am sure a fair few folks here would like to see yours out and about!

[Dick]

Well the man came last night to sart work on the nose and bonnet my sons said we want it by this week end, the reply is not for print. We all live in hope.
In reply to the spec of my car well hear goes. Its is a yellow and black Cat E1 with no extras no carpet heater screen ect
i have cosworth rear axle with solid disc has lsd and all poly bushes. Camber shims fitted
T5 cosworth gearbox with stage 1 clutch fitted, quick shift and gear stick exstension.
Front brakes are hi spec billet 4 285mm vented, they are just up the road from me fitted lots of them. Balance pedal box floor mounted
The engine is a 4x4 converted to 2wd. 200 block apr bolts new mahle forged pistons new bearings an a good crank all the rods checked new oil pump on a ali winged sump with swing baffels fitted very cheap. The head is the 4x4 head and has a clean up with new guides / valve / springs / ect / wrx head gasket / studded block.
Stage 3 sue collins ecu / green injectors / hibrid turbo / special manifold made by friend / exhust system to die for.
Cooling is tiger ali race radiator new but still had a small leak now repaired, have turbo cooler radiator, and a small brass raditor for the cyl head this has electric pump sytem , 25 row oil cooler.
Inter cooler is over size and on bulk head as is most of the other bits
Fire saftey sytem
Lots of parts have been made to fit but then its a kit car
cant wait

[Mike S]

Hi Dick

Just browsing through the forum and came across your post.

Interesting that you have your own facilities in Gillingham and that you do MOT's.

Presumably since you understand kit cars, your MOT centre would be kit car friendly, so might be worth letting us know where you are.

Cheers

Mike

Oh, and by the way, welcome.