Guys

need help to shut someone up

The Ka engine, 1.3 and 1.6 8valvers are (losely) based on the oldkent engine?, just recently rebranded as a duratec and endura before that?

Please confirm or not?

 

i think the endura e engine was loosly based on the old
kent engine but not to sure about the new engines now

 

think thay where based on the x-flow engine not the kent

 

the kent engine is the x-flow just sum people call it that

 

yep its a kent (x-flow) basically.

 

i thought thay was different o well learn sumthing new and all that lol

 

anyone confirm it for sure?

 

btt

 

As far as i know the endura e used in the earlier Ka is based on the old kent/crossflow unit first seen when Anglias and the like roamed the streets. It just evolved with fuel injection and better head design etc. The main thing is though that the 1.3 endura-e is an 8 valve ohv engine. The later 1.3 and 1.6 duratecs are 8 valve sohc (completely different engine).

I could be wrong but i think this is pretty accurate,

Cheers

Alan

 

i think youll find it is based on the ford hcs engine

 

GUS

They are correct 100% the earlier Kas are DEFO a kent engine

newer ones ie last couple of years arent

Nige

 

It started life as the bobcat engine in the mark 1 & 2 fiesta's and the ford altered the valve layout and renamed it the valencia engine (built spainish factory) for the mark 3 fiesta and 4&5 escorts which ford improved it again and changed the name to the HCS unit and now ford have put a different rocker cover on it and multipoint injection and called it endura. But the block is basically the same

 

thank you they are NOT kent crosflow engines they are a totaly different animal the kent engine is about a inch or so longer than the valencia/hcs engine so NIGE

 

GUS back to ya

Overview
Fords legendary Kent Engine first appeared in 1959 in the equally new Anglia 105E. The Kent engine was completely new and finally allowed Ford to break away from its old sidevalve unit which powered the previous 100E small car range. Over the years Ford have continued to develop the Kent engine and have produced it in a huge range of sizes.

Other models to enjoy the Kent engine have included the Classic, Cortina (MkI to MkV), Capri, Escort (MkI to MkV), Fiesta (MkI to current) , KA, and small versions of the Sierra. The current versions of the Kent can be found in 1300cc form in the current Fiesta and KA, both types having Electronic Fuel Injection and catalyst converters.

http://www.motorbase.com/engine/by-id/20/