bigal1978

been told that there is a better engine in the later cars and easyer to wire up is that right i was led to belive they were the same

col cos1

iTrader: (5)

i heard the early bov is the better engine out the 2

Jim Galbally

the later engine (BOB) is a c*nt to wire up, so noboy bothers.

the early one (BOA) drops straight in, get one of these

JohnnyB

you can run a BOB on a BOA ECU

robrs2

BOB is the best and a lot of parts can still be got from Ford. I had the the BOA until the big end went and changed it for the BOB. The only problem is the BOB ecu and loom can not be used as its a pats system. I used the BOA lom and ECU. It runs fine and put out a good 220bhp and 200ft/lb

Jim Galbally

both engines have totally different inlets and VE, i assume youre also talking about having the ECU/chip remapped, right?

jonnyboy

the bob has more power,(215 bhp) v boa (195bhp)
the boa is easier to wire in(5 or 6 wires iirc)
and as johnny states above you can run the bob on the boa ecu and loom.
best of both really

robrs2

Works fine and A/F was ok. Only thing that is hard to sort is the VIS inlet. Mine is just piped up to open of the inlet vac

dojj

iTrader: (3)

the bob can be run on the boa loom but you don't get the inlet manifold fancy variable stuff
the a makes 195 the b makes 208 brake

bigal1978

its to go in a hot rod on a banger track just blown 2 2.8s at 2 meetins looking for engine options no point going down to a pinto and need to sort summin out by the 14th

could i put it on carbs ?
looking for a engine that is easy quick to fit and abuse

bigal1978

There is a 1994 granada cos on ebay,would that be the early engine or the bob engine

cossie04

iTrader: (1)

Thats the BOA, the earlier one

bigal1978

can carbs be fitted ? how far off are the 2.8 mainfolds and 2.9 cos ones ?

Jim Galbally

2.8 is well off, it only has 2 exhaust ports per head

you use the BOA manifolds, one of them needs a bit of bending to fit a standard 2.9 exhaust system, no drama

robrs2

There is no manifold for carbs on a 24V, you would need to make one.

bigal1978

my bad i ment inlet mainfolds

thanks all

blammy

Why carbs? Why not throttle body fuel injection, such as a Jenvey setup?

If you do wish to run carbs, then perhaps you can use the Jenvey BOA/BOB inlet manifold (which can be purchased separately) and modify this to run bike carbs (i.e. with custom adaptor flanges). Not sure how easy this would be though, nor if there is sufficient space (between the ports and engine valley) to mount six bike carbs.

bigal1978

to late another 2.8 went in car is now long gone and dead

why becus it was a banger car on an oval track