What engine is this?
Apr 18, 2012 | 02:08 PM
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What engine is this?
Vehicle is a 1978 transit mk2, seller reckons it's a 2.8, but it looks like a kent engine to me ?
Apr 18, 2012 | 02:45 PM
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Essex 3.0? 2.8 had the dizzy at the back
Apr 18, 2012 | 02:46 PM
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looks like a essex v6 to me
Apr 18, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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2.0 V4 mate by the looks of that in a transit, should have a good three rail box on it too.
Apr 18, 2012 | 04:19 PM
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2.0 V4 mate by the looks of that in a transit, should have a good three rail box on it too.
I would go with that if its in a Transit
Apr 19, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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2.0 v4? never heard of that before, are they any good ? what sort of power?
Apr 19, 2012 | 10:51 AM
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Apr 19, 2012 | 10:58 AM
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I can see a nice battery
Steve
Apr 19, 2012 | 11:01 AM
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I can see a nice battery
Steve
Apr 19, 2012 | 11:07 AM
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I think the engine might be to the left of the battery ?
Steve
Apr 19, 2012 | 11:11 AM
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Yep, looks like a 2.0l Essex V4.
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Apr 19, 2012 | 01:16 PM
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From: whitstable, kent
the mk2 transit didn't come with a v4, just a v6, pinto, might have had the crossflow in the baby weight transit, v4, v6 and crossflow in the mk1
my mk1 2.0 v4 engine bay as a reference
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Apr 19, 2012 | 01:39 PM
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It may not have one as standard but it certainly doesnt mean it hasnt got one in it now.LOL
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