What he said......

So, here is what is going on with the Cosmos.

The White car is going to get the engine and trans from the Silver car.

The Silver car is getting an S4 engine, retaining the FI, with hopefully an SA/FB trans (for easier mounting).

My FC is being unceremoniously being evicted from its hiding place at the beginning of the year, so I'm pulling the drivetrain, and parting it out, or selling the shell. I am keeping the wheels on it though, since they are GSL-SE pattern, and I am switching to GSL-SE spindles/rear end on the Silver car.

kewl kewl..... other one NEEDS MOAR POWA! I know a guy up north that can help with that :suspect:

Also, I have the trans that you desire should you need 1

Thanks Bri. Charles has some kicking around. A stock S4 NA engine, fuel injected will work well in the silver car. And this one needs the 13B 4 port with the carb. As it should be.

Now I'm just hoping that time, and funds hold up. I'd like to have both there, but that might not be possible. If I bring one, it'll be this one.

Cheers man!

S4 n/a power it does not equal..... needs large turbo.... like suck small farm animals in big.

Maybe down the road. I'd love to do the 13B-RE with a single turbo, or BNR twins. But that is some serious $$$.

I'm still in recovery mode from being unemployed for so long. Makes me gun shy buying parts!!

I hear ya man, believe me, I understand....

Cosmo with a cosmo, imagine that :rofl:

Well, there seems to be an issue. I still haven't received the title from the auction company I bought it from. And, due to the 11 digit VIN, it is proving difficult to get anywhere on a title search.

If I don't have the title by the end of the month, this one is (unfortunately) going to be stripped down to the shell, and used for parts for the other car. I really don't want to do that, but I might have to. If would like to still keep it, and put parts from the silver car back on it to keep it a complete 'parts car', but that requires a place to store it.

Grrrrrrr

Santa was good to me.

Got the title and car registered!! Woo hoo!! (they got tags for it too, but not Antique Tags, so that will change)

Now I can actually do something with this car, and not just cut it up or part it out!!!

Great news!

Appendages would be lost if that was cut up or parted out. Just saying

Luckily, it wasn't too hard to get a title transferred from a dead guy. Morbid. But since the middle man was being a fucking slack ass, we had to improvise.

:)

Update. Car was running using a borrowed engine, but it a bad coolant seal. We also discovered the MC was leaking into the booster.

I have procured an SA booster and MC. Will swap at least the MC for now, and clean out the booster.

Also, the engine from the Silver Cosmo (brand spanking new rebuild), along with the 5spd trans is going into this Cosmo. Then I can drive it more and shake things down, and work on some cosmetics before DGRR 2017.

:biggthumpup: Sweet man!

Took apart the 12A that was in this Cosmo when I bought it. As stated before, this car was a 13B 5speed, that was converted to a 12A and automatic sometime in the past. Well, take a look at these pics. And remember when I bought it, the car had not been on the road for at least 2 years, and the engine bay was partially assembled.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Xm...h=w366-h649-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fB...j=w366-h649-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2Y...A=w366-h649-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZU...n=w366-h649-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qt...n=w366-h649-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/M9...F=w366-h649-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/H5...Z=w366-h649-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pC...s=w366-h649-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/c5...z=w366-h649-no

Everything came apart easy as hell. No broken anything, and no stucks seals!