I have a near mint my95 wrx import and have been offered a swap with a h reg cossie with rebuilt engine with 360 bhp i know that you lot are probably biased but i love my cossies what do u think?

 

No chace......

you wont get a better motor than your scooby for acceleration, adenelin etc...


if you get the cossie within 3 months you will be scooby hunting again wondering why you bothered doubting your mint previous scooby....

DONT DO IT!

 

Don't do it mate, cossies are way past it.

The build quality is crap on them an very poor reliability.

Also I didn't know "H" reg ones were available, I thought the came out in "K" registrations onwards

Either way I wouldn't bother with it.

 

I'm talking sierra mate not escort (i wish)

 

Do it m8 you won't regret it.

 

Personally i wouldn't do it if it was the 2wd version. but would have to think hard of it was a 4wd cossie .

 

Ah right, thought you were talking Escort mate.

Sierra Cossies, don't know much about them really. I had a mate who had an Escort Cossie for a short while and he had many problems with it. He ended up getting rid of it and bought himself a Lancer Evo 6.

I suspect Sierra's would have the same problems as the Escort's.

Stick to the Scoob.

 

it is a true classic, but with classic cars come classic problems. If it is rear wheel drive it will be great fun but a little dangerous. Give it a good hours drive if you can and avoid getting sucked in by the obvious power advantage. Get a feel for the everyday car underneath because thats what you have to live with. They are a good car though!

 

The cossie as is my scoob is only my weekend toy i have a 310 bhp volvo T5 for everything else (kids, dog etc.) It is a 2wd version ( more fun if a bit dangerous) in '99 i rolled a 420 bhp m. a developments cossie and smashed my leg up (still fooked) but still i find myself drawn to them?

 

Iv never personally likes the sierra Cossie, probably because its a sierra, The escort is a classic car now days, but if you fancy a change go for it.

But make sure its what you really want!!

Monki.

 

A 360 bhp rear drive cossie is easy a match for any scooby.

 

its funny 'cos i think that a sierra is a bloody ugly motor and wouldn't consider any other model it just a thing i have for the cosworth and nothing looks better than one on full aceleration when the rear end squats ( maybe i'm a cossie perv

 

hi m8 fortunately i own a cos and a scooby ! have a 2wd cos which i have owned for 10 years its running 360 bhp. and just recently bought a wrx classic import roughly 300 bhp ! i think head 2 head scooby prob edge it but would be very close but my cos has more top end power. for me now scooby has better looks and the engine noise sounds amazing but reliability running costs still have 2 be proved 2 me as i said only just recently bought a scooby ! i would say until you have owned both you wouldnt really know and they would both keep you smiling and wasting most cars on the road ! scooby lot easier 2 handle 2wd cossies need respect if running decent bhp 4wd cossies not sure most prob no diff 2 a scooby ! but if i want real power i get my zx7r ninja out 2 play !

 

thats going to be a sapphire I presume on an H?
I'll take a three door in black

 

Thanks for your input mate i have only had my scoob for 4 months and only driven it a handful of times maybe i should use it more maybe i would if i didnt have my 310 bhp volvo T5 to use lol maybe i should of kept my cbr 600rr?

 

Twice the price nearly if thats the case i want a moonstone 3dr with 18" azev's beautiful

 

yeah m8 2wd magenta saff blew engine couple years ago ! new engine cost loads more than my new scooby !

 

Whats gonna be the best in another 10 years i wonder?

 

3k minimum aint it for a rebuild and you cant get new cylinder heads for them anymore so you gotta be real careful not to blow the head gasket

 

Yes mate mine was a flint grey on polished escort rims gorgeous till i rolled it at 80

 

i presonally dont know much about them but am8 of mine had one from new and owned it for 8yrs and spent near 50k on it, lost count how many engine build/engines he went through, imo i dont think the engines on them are very strong as ive seen a few running good bhp and they,ve not lasted long. If it was the escort then i would think fack it, ill ave it anyway lol.

 

yes but escorts are worth at least 10k twice as much as mine you would have to be a right do-nut to do that swap lol

 

I wouldn't.

 

i know, i wouldnt never own a cossie, never like them and prob never will and look very out dated but thats my opinion, if you think its right then go for it or at least take it for a test drive and get it well checked over and you might have a better idea of what to do.

 

This is a quick pic of intended motor http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...kienat/cos.jpg

 

link dont work

 

it does now

 

looks clean and its got the bonnet vents

 

another pic http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...ienat/cos2.jpg

 

Car looks nice in Piccie.

Hate to say this, Neil Kinnock had a Sierra and, I think "Phoney Tony."

Escort Cossie was brilliant, my mate had one.

Don't know what it is about the Sierra??

Good luck anyway.

Scoob is best.

Alan MaC