Originally Posted by
Northants Ford Fan
Ive had a few ideas of motors eg focus rs or the focus st 5 pot engine as they give good power to start off with, and dont worry I know that ive got other things to sort along with the engine, ie handling (coilovers and adustable tca's and rollbar) and brakes which ive got (saph cossy)
I thought you wanted something different, the focus lump is not different I know three escorts running this and ones a cabby.
Having driven my cabby and a focus rs powered cabby, It is not a conversion I would personally do, I really do not like the way the engine produces power and they are slow
I know of cabbys with the following engines if you want to be really different, cvh, zetec, duratec, v6, v8, yb, vtec
On a cabby I would not suggesting running coilovers unless you really really need to as they give a poor ride quality for a road car and do create further issues with the shell which then need to be resolved. Im now forced to run coilovers based on my new suspension setup but would choose not to if I could.