Going to start this thread for members to post up what they did each day to there zed. I will start with getting my MOT this morning. So what did you do today on your 300?:cool3:

Just to clarify there, the first one is 2 wheel drive, the second one the Sapphire is 4 wheel drive, both are RS Cosworths, both are making huge money these days, not sure why but that is the market at the moment, both have the same DNA in their structure, always preferred the slightly less lairy looking sapphire so I could take the family out in it as well as the wife used it to go to work.

 

Now a genuine three door RS500 now that is a whole different angle on the Cosworth spin, as is the Escort Cosworth, not that they did it for me to be honest.

 

Jeff

 

Cheers for the clarification there Jeff.

There is another as well isn't there, the Sierra XR 4x4 which had a Cologne v6 that cosworth had had thier way with which was known as the 2.9 BOA. It had that little extra window at the back.

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Yum;

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All correct, but to add the sapphire in the picture is 4 wheel drive based on age, the vented bonnet and the 4x4 badge on the front wing !! the Escort Cosworth used the 4 x 4 Sierra platform but shortened over the diff area.

 

Jeff

 

Agreed . My 2wd sapphire was F reg.. Like you I bought it for its practicality as I had a wife,child and Samoyed all to take to our holiday home at Scarborough.:biggrin:

Time you old farts started a Ford appreciation thread all of your own! :lol: ;)

Time you old farts started a Ford appreciation thread all of your own! :lol: ;)

 

Nah get Jim on here Si, you know how he loves his Ford`s !!

 

Jeff

Cheers for the clarification there Jeff.

There is another as well isn't there, the Sierra XR 4x4 which had a Cologne v6 that cosworth had had thier way with which was known as the 2.9 BOA. It had that little extra window at the back.

 

Back in the mid to late 90,s i had a new one of these Steve in estate form and loved every second of its ownership:cool3:

Cheers for the clarification there Jeff.

There is another as well isn't there, the Sierra XR 4x4 which had a Cologne v6 that cosworth had had thier way with which was known as the 2.9 BOA. It had that little extra window at the back.

 

I thought the "Cosworth" version of the Cologne v6 was only installed in the Scorpio....? Sierra xr4i and xr4x4 only had the 12 valve engines - albeit of both 2.8 and later 2.9 litre / 150bhp capacity. The Cosworth re-worked version had a 24v head, around 190bhp, and arrived much later....??

 

Time you old farts started a Ford appreciation thread all of your own! :lol: ;)

 

LOL - yeah, this is a "what did you do to your ZED thread....." :lol:

 

Pin stripe now on. :)

 

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Looking good Si....:thumbup:

I thought the "Cosworth" version of the Cologne v6 was only installed in the Scorpio....? Sierra xr4i and xr4x4 only had the 12 valve engines - albeit of both 2.8 and later 2.9 litre / 150bhp capacity. The Cosworth re-worked version had a 24v head, around 190bhp, and arrived much later....??

 

 

 

LOL - yeah, this is a "what did you do to your ZED thread....." :lol:

 

 

 

Looking good Si....:thumbup:

 

Il get my Sierra coat and bugger off... :lol:

Il get my Sierra coat and bugger off... :lol:

 

PMSL. Me too Steve...:lol::wink:

What a terrible car day my welder died 10mins after my mate turned up to weld my rear sill

What a terrible car day my welder died 10mins after my mate turned up to weld my rear sill

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Can it be fixed mate or is it scrape?

its still under warranty so just mailed em about it, the arc is very intermitent no idea whats wrong with it just so annoyed, was gonna put it in for its test next week :mad:

its still under warranty so just mailed em about it, the arc is very intermitent no idea whats wrong with it just so annoyed, was gonna put it in for its test next week :mad:

 

Set backs is part of life. You will get there mate.

my welder died 10mins after my mate turned up to weld my rear sill

 

What terrible news, what did he die of :D.

What terrible news, what did he die of :D.

In the picture you can see him stuck on the floor with the car on its side on top of him :scared:

In the picture you can see him stuck on the floor with the car on its side on top of him :scared:

 

Oh yeah, silly me, haha - well the installation of axle stands should of been his first job :oops:.

At Jimmer's again today for a FUCA rebuild with updated and uprated bushes. Feels fantastic now! I'm still going to replace them eventually with whiteline adaptors and stock links, but this will do for the road trip!

 

Looking great Si. :thumbup1: Hope the ride is not to hard for the road trip mate.

Thanks mate. Ride is fine, the FUCAs I have are the Z1 Street control arms with the bushings rather than the bearings. Unfortunately I had a very early set and they had the old bushings in which Energy Suspension cocked up on the design. Needless to say they weren't up to the job. Z1 sent me a bush upgrade kit FoC and today it was fitted. I still intend on going over the stock arms with the Whiteline cam adjuster as I want a maintenance-free solution, but Jim did a great job today on getting everything swapped out. Feels so much better.

Painted a jdm nose panel and the stillen lip yesterday so had to fit them today. Color was of course much shinier than my car so had to polish it. Spent the whole day detailing it [emoji14]

 

 

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Looking great Spiff and nice Datsun pick up

Thanks. Went to a classic car show today. Only z32 there, two z31's

 

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Got my hands on The Nissan 300zx Enthusiasts Companion and the workshop manual on cd:clap:

 

its still under warranty so just mailed em about it, the arc is very intermitent no idea whats wrong with it just so annoyed, was gonna put it in for its test next week :mad:

 

Sounds like the wire feed rollers are slipping, check the grip on the roller by feeding the wire pinched between finger and thumb, should feel resistance before slipping.

Also, check you have the feed roller to match the wire diameter, there will be markings on the roller matching the groove size in relation to the wire size.