Project Sciroc60

Hello again, ok i bought this car in August. She started out as a 1.8 8v carb, which was sparkly and nice, but coming down from a 300zx Twin Turbo, Alfa GTV 3.0 V6 and a 6.6 V8 TransAm 79'.....she wasnt the nippiest! So winter sets in, and i decided to do an engine change, supercharged sprung to mind and shes nearly there!

Just got back from a full stainless steel exhaust, courtesy of Dynoflow.co.uk Top man, Finlay.

Heres how she looked 3 years ago


Then the owner got bored, had big ideas for an engine transplant, and bought a race quad, neglected it and sold it to me, with the BBS RMs for £1500....





The rear was completely stripped out, and looked a mess. So whilst the engine was getting put in, I got a lad to box in the rear section ready for carpetting, which looks smart. He cut around my rear strut and FAUX roll cage and made it nice and neat.

As it looks now with the new exhaust (you can just see the boxing in!)

Theres a couple of weekends tinkering to do with the Rocco as it stands, carpetting, cleaning inside, front splitter to put on etc....but itl be worth it in the end!

Lovely looking machine.

What did you do with the 1.8 8v carb unit...? Just out of curiosity...

looks nice lookin foraward to seein it

Its in bits in my garage, chrome bits salvaged from it

What were the miles on it? Head, block with carb and inlet still in one piece???

Looking for temporary engine replacement for my 1.8 8v carb Jetta...

really like it buddy.

not sure mate, the clock had stuck at 90k when i bought it. It ran fine when i had it in. The weber carb (sold) leaked through the gasket, but bar that. its fine. You are welcome to it by all means

Hmmm... no weber carb = no weber carb... lol

Mine's poo. It's okay on the move, runs at 80-100mph without a problem, just when it's cold the carb sticks.

Need more power anyway, so I think I'll give it a miss.

But, back on topic... the rocco is great. Loving the nice clean lines. Credit to you. Looking forward to seeing it in the metal.

all credit to previous owner! But i did do a good job at cleaning her up after the neglect!

All credit to me obviously, spending far too much on it!

LOVE IT!

Love that, quite fancy a white one now, looks very clean!

Looks cool!

Very nice motor,looks cool in white

sweet!

the more i look at this the more i think i can remember in being in a mag a few years back could be wrong its just that rear window without the spoiler really sticks in your mind and i can remember a Rocco without one a few years back

Hardwork wrote:the more i look at this the more i think i can remember in being in a mag a few years back could be wrong its just that rear window without the spoiler really sticks in your mind and i can remember a Rocco without one a few years back

i think your right mate it was, but what a car this rocco could be special

It is an ex magazine car, owner who had it prev was bloke called phil aka rocco jocco on various forums.

hello dunk, glad youve got the rocco back at last.

That looks a uber clean Rocco. Love to see tidy ones as so many are neglected.

Looks coooool

looking good dunk get that front plate on straight though

that looks great mate really like rocco`s in white

A good chap over on LincsTorque, Rob. Is taking a look next week at finishing the G60 swap over!!!!


Going to have a bash at making a list of pipe/lines and bits i need to order from GSF tomo! Ill keep you updated!

update... Ive sourced everything i need to finish the car off! A guy breaking a G60 corrado! Woo. Tagged and labelled wiring loom, radiator, all the relevant pipework and even the G60 badge...£190 delivered!

Still waiting on him to courier it though , even though i paid him 1 1/2 weeks ago! Lets just hope this is the last of the crap...!

nice one so does that mean that it'll be out and about at the meets and shows this year???