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hmmm, I appear to be the butt of all jokes! :)

Damn that fence, costing me my cred :woot:

Oh and BTW Mr Pres, have waited a long time for this, it is "pp" in "Sapphire" :woot:

Easier to explain where my name comes from now, Sapphire Cosworth abbreviated is saff cossie and I just added a _ between them for good measure as one forum wouldnt allow spaces.

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Goran is THE MAN (archie knows)

RS500 on these forums... he is gonna blow a load when he sees it :P

Ash,

by your avatar, it seems that you'll be the one blowing your load ;-)

Cossie Aaron,

fyi, i am Gorjan and i own a Sierra Cosworth RS500. Who's doing the compliancing for the RS500?

if you need someone, i can give you a number.

Nice cars btw, the RS500 looks very toight.

what's done to both cars?

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Ash,

by your avatar, it seems that you'll be the one blowing your load ;-)

Cossie Aaron,

fyi, i am Gorjan and i own a Sierra Cosworth RS500. Who's doing the compliancing for the RS500?

if you need someone, i can give you a number.

Nice cars btw, the RS500 looks very toight.

what's done to both cars?

hi mate, im aaron :miner:

iv got paul doing the compliance- from aps

compliance is a pain in the ass ;)

the saph is only at stage 1 running 265 bhp

thr rs500 is runing stage 2/3- 334 bhp on all 8 injectors...

where about in melbourne you from?

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hi mate, im aaron :)

iv got paul doing the compliance- from aps

compliance is a pain in the ass :P

the saph is only at stage 1 running 265 bhp

thr rs500 is runing stage 2/3- 334 bhp on all 8 injectors...

where about in melbourne you from?

Gday aaron,

welcome to SAU, and finally another cossie owner i can mingle with and talk about 'REAL' cars :huh:

fyi, Paul was the guy i was gonna recommend to you. how are you finding his work?

it sounds like both cars have mild setups, with plenty of potential for more especially the RS500.

i'm in the northern suburbs of melbourne, we should catch up some time.

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