Hello one and all, just a bit of a testing the water style thread as I'm sure I'm not the only one who's short of a bob or two at the moment and trying to make the most of the parts sat in my garage.
Due to afore mentioned financial shortcomings I'm looking to move on my 1100 to zetec mk1 Fiesta project, and that leaves me with a rebuilt and modified 1600 cvh with no home. Originally it was due to be the stop gap between 1100 kent power and 2L Zetec, but I can’t justify the Fiesta build at the moment so have been looking towards something a little less involved to justify keeping the engine whilst I get a bit more money together and get on the search for a bigger project.
Initial thoughts are a
build with a weekends work for getting it up and running. I’ve got a full xr2 front end as well as the engine, and thoughts had turned to a base spec mk3 escort keeping most things in line with your average 80’s shopping shed. My mate’s got an A plate 1.3 champagne gold affair with tax and test that’s sat not doing a lot, so what do people think? How complex a job and something worth bothering with? It’s just a something to cheaply pass the time and I think it should satisfy the project urge until I can afford something bigger.
Having had a look at the two engines, as far as I can make out, it should be a straight enough swap. But what I haven’t really been too concerned with at the moment is the suspension, driveshafts and gearbox. What am I going to need to be particularly careful with this conversion? What can I get away with keeping standard mechanically, and what am I going to need to upgrade / swap for later parts. Any clues?
So if there’s anyone out there with knowledge of this swap, or similar builds, please let me know the results, and if there’s some Ford heads out there who could be of help then please let yourself be known but be warned that I will be hitting you up for information and knowledge as I go along.
Have some examples of mk3 escorts for your perusal and to get the creative juices flowing.
Ta all,
Morgs