20B Cosmo

JamesFD3 · May 15, 2004, 09:21:31 PM

Thought I\'d post up some fresh pictures of my 20B JC Cosmo.This is one hell of a car!! Luxury cruiser and fantastic performance when you need it,just ask the chap in the M3 that tried to overtake:D

JamesFD3 · May 15, 2004, 09:25:41 PM

and another....

JamesFD3 · May 15, 2004, 09:27:56 PM

and another......

JamesFD3 · May 15, 2004, 09:30:33 PM

and another...

20B_boy · May 15, 2004, 10:32:37 PM

Gorgeous.

scooby_si · May 15, 2004, 10:48:09 PM

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cant wait to see it in the flesh er metal er u no wot i mean.......
Si

Glenn Butcher · May 15, 2004, 11:13:59 PM

G\'Day James,

That is one hell of a nice looking car.

How do you find the brakes on yours? I remember with Steve\'s (bro\'s) they were a bit of a weak point - faded pretty quickly.

20B_boy · May 15, 2004, 11:25:43 PM

Steve still have his, Butch?

JamesFD3 · May 16, 2004, 09:31:38 AM

Hi all,

The pictures were taken out near Bruntingthorpe,we tried to go and have a play on the 2 mile straight but somehow I think there were\'nt going to let us:(
Funny you should mention the brakes Glen as it\'s the first thing I picked up on,there rather weak are\'nt they,I was out having a play last night and was getting some juddering and fade after only a few high speed stops.Hmmmm, will have to find a solution to that one.

Overall though the car is a real gem,drives beautifully and is easily as fast as a stock 255BHP RX-7 in a straight line.Also if you keep the car in D3 and just cruise the fuel is not as bad as I was expecting.

Cheers

James

scooby_si · May 16, 2004, 09:40:35 AM

James were you after a proper play round Bruntingthorpe, no promsises but i maybe able to wangle (or should that be wankle ) sumin as i defo wana play & a friend reckoned he could get me on cheaper than usual. As i say not 100% of that but i\'ll ask the next time i see him......
Si

JamesFD3 · May 16, 2004, 09:57:06 AM

G\'day Si,

Thanks for the offer but I was half joking about Brunters:)

I\'ve been there twice with my RX-7 and it was really bad for stone chips.The Cosmo is a show and touring car really I guess,would\'nt want to risk damaging such a rare car.

Cheers

James

Glenn Butcher · May 16, 2004, 10:01:16 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by 20B_boy
Steve still have his, Butch?

Yep - "MAD 20B" is on the road! Quite a few Cosmo\'s around Sydney now, they are starting to play quite a bit with them also. There is a PP single turbo one up in Queensland - what a sleeper!

Glenn Butcher · May 16, 2004, 10:04:16 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by JamesFD3
Hi all,

The pictures were taken out near Bruntingthorpe,we tried to go and have a play on the 2 mile straight but somehow I think there were\'nt going to let us:(
Funny you should mention the brakes Glen as it\'s the first thing I picked up on,there rather weak are\'nt they,I was out having a play last night and was getting some juddering and fade after only a few high speed stops.Hmmmm, will have to find a solution to that one.

Overall though the car is a real gem,drives beautifully and is easily as fast as a stock 255BHP RX-7 in a straight line.Also if you keep the car in D3 and just cruise the fuel is not as bad as I was expecting.

Cheers

James

Yeah, I remember Steve\'s not liking a few hard stops. I believe a few guys here have upgraded the brakes to the Series 8 RX-7\'s on the front. Not sure how much is involved but I know a guy who knows how to do it. It is a difficult one as it will never really go around corners quickly because of its weight - be a bloody good drift car though.

JamesFD3 · May 16, 2004, 10:30:23 AM

G\'day Glen,

Yeah,the car is a real sleeper even in standard trim,a real Q\' car.
The engine is like silk,super smooth and pulls hard from very low revs.
The engine has flooded a couple of times though,I\'m told this is common with 20B JC Cosmo\'s,the car is fitted with an R-Magic spinner switch which allows you to spin the rotors without the ignition on to wash all the excess fuel from the housings.You then turn the ignition on and press the button again and it always catches first time.
Thanks for the tip on the RX-7 brakes,I\'ll have a close look at the Cosmo\'s front brakes and see whats needed to mount the RX-7 calipers up front.It does feel a bit underbraked with 1640kg\'s to haul up.

Regards

James

Glenn Butcher · May 16, 2004, 10:55:13 AM

What plugs are in it James? should have 6\'s in the leading (I think 7\'s in the trailing - can\'t remember exactly).