Evening all.
Now that the weathers decided too pick up, I'm going to get cracking with my mk3 escort.
At the moment it's sitting waiting for some welding & primer.
Also an engine. :/

Question is, would my 1.6 head fit & work with a 1.8 block?
I've got my entire engine waiting on a re build but a very clean 1.8 is available for pennies.

If not, where could I get all bottom end bearing & bolts from?


Thanks,
Tom.

 

A 1.8 cvh block from a sierra?? Wouldnt have thought it would have any significant gain if it possibly fitted. They are shit slow in a sierra and like to burn oil like i drink beer

 

Oh okay cool.
What about the other way round?
1800 head on a 1600 block?

 

if you use a sierra 1800 block you need to modify the sump to clear the downpipe or fit the 1.6 cvh sump with a bit of fiddling. you put the 1.6 head on and if you fit 1800 zetec pistons you can get some good power out of one. ferriday engineering used to do these conversions and with a 34 dmtr carb, kent 22 cam and a bit of porting 140bhp can be had and with twin 40s anything from 150 to 160bhp then even more with a more aggressive cam and larger valves etc

 

Just go for a zetec pal. Can be had for pennys and make such a difference. Bog standard 1800 is good for 115 and rev like a dream