"maximillious" (maximillious)
08/30/2013 at 11:36 • Filed to: None
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"maximillious" (maximillious)
08/30/2013 at 11:36 • Filed to: None | 0
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Because today I get to be reunited with the car i learned to drive manual on. Also one of the rarest Chevy's on the road today! If you are in the Madison Wi. area come to lake mills cars and coffee on Sunday and say hi and check out the 1975 Cosworth Vega :)
Chairman Kaga
> maximillious
08/30/2013 at 11:49 |
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I've just recently become aware of these. Awesome, although the engine sounds like a nightmare to repair. Still, who am I to talk...
Also my birth year, so extra points. Awesome car. Truly.
Brian Tschiegg
> maximillious
08/30/2013 at 11:53 |
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Oh man, the Cosworth Vega is a forgotten gem. Can we, as Americans, just make engine blocks and cool looking cars then give them to the British to tune and then give them to the Japanese to manufacture?
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Brian Tschiegg
> maximillious
08/30/2013 at 11:54 |
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Also, I don't know enough about how these things should be priced, but NPoCP on this one near me?
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/399356…
hangus77
> maximillious
08/30/2013 at 12:02 |
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Cool ride!
Too bad it got stuck with the 110HP version of that 2.0 cozzy instead of the 185HP motor its prototype had. Went from 12.5 to 1 compression down to an abysmal 8.5 to 1. Let's all thank GM again for castrating a potentially entertaining car with carbs the size of toothpicks.
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maximillious
> Brian Tschiegg
08/30/2013 at 12:09 |
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I mean its in great condition. The issues it has is that its not bone stock. and the guy put those awful speakers in the doors and the head unit. True Cossy purist would shutter at that. I wouldnt pay that much either. You can get one bone stock with a few more miles for under 10k. Most of the parts are pretty rare now, so keeping them stock is an investment with little return other than self satisfaction. If you are actually considering picking one up I would check out the Cosworth Vega Owners Association site as they post ones up for sale from members and respectable owners. I would say CP on this specific listing. Good luck in your hunt! There is a trusted Cossy mechanic in Tennessee that we take ours to..(we drive it from wisconsin, that is how hard it is to find the parts) you might find something good with him
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maximillious
> hangus77
08/30/2013 at 12:12 |
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Yeah it really is a shame. It was partly the emissions standards, the fuel crisis and other politics along with Chevy who castrated the poor thing. However, there is alot that can be done to the engine, while keeping it stock, to give it a dramatic increase in HP. Its so much fun to drive, mostly because of all the questions and comments and thumbs up, and even with the low HP you can get a chirp from the tires going into 3rd :)
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Brian Tschiegg
> maximillious
08/30/2013 at 12:12 |
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Yeah that's what I had a problem with too. This was never a real option for me, but I like the car and I love the idea of owning something tuned by Cosworth. It's a cool car so it just drew my attention. If I was his daughter, I would just want to drive that car instead of ending up with like a Nissan Micra.
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maximillious
> Chairman Kaga
08/30/2013 at 12:14 |
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It is really hard to come by the parts for this car. especially cosmetic. Minor engine issues can be done at any shop but when you strive to keep it bone stock you have to travel a bit. For major work we take ours down to this guy in Tennessee who specializes in the cars (a drive from wisconsin) There he has many of the parts that are impossible to find. And the CVOA is a great network of dedicated enthusiasts who buy and sell parts inside the group. 5000 engine were made and ~3500 cars came off the production line so some extra parts are floating around.
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Chairman Kaga
> maximillious
08/30/2013 at 12:33 |
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Man, and I thought Alfa ownership was a labor of love!
I don't suppose you're lucky enough to share parts with other Cossie 2 liters?
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maximillious
> Chairman Kaga
08/30/2013 at 12:48 |
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Nope, we are unfortunate in the sense that, what was made is what we have to work with. Even some standard Vega parts wont do. There will come a time that original parts will no longer exist. It is really only a matter of time. Some day when im old and it becomes too much for me to source parts I may turn to cosworth for an updated engine. But that is currently in the "pipe dream" stage of development.
JasonStern911
> maximillious
08/31/2013 at 01:20 |
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Fascinating car. An underrated precursor to the Mercedes 190E-2.5L Cosworth.
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maximillious
> Brian Tschiegg
08/31/2013 at 11:59 |
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I totally agree! I think that's what they need to make... a 2015 Vega rwd to compete with the incoming rwd sports cars like frs/brz, the rumored 240sx remake, and whatever mazda has up its sleeve for the RX-? Have the Vega Gt as the base and for some extra clams you can get...you guessed it...a 2015 Cosworth Vega.....total wet dream...the Gt could be the 200hp standard... the the Cosworth could be based, loosely of course, on the original 265 hp racing engine from the 1970s that inspired the Cossy Vega.
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maximillious
> JasonStern911
08/31/2013 at 12:02 |
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Haha you dug deep into oppo this morning! The cossy vega really opened the door to cosworth doing the performance production engines for major automotive companies...I'm not saying its the first...I'm also not saying it isn't...cuz I have no idea... but it is one of the most notable early examples.