who has the best bhp with a 2.8 v6 engine and how they did it i would be very intrested in this.

 

mines errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr very tied id like to know how many mines lost

 

I've saw one with 260@wheels, was janspeed turbo converted...nothing special really!

 

nothing special??? id like 260

 

best way for power is to turbo them.

 

Swaymar did a 3.2 Litre that did 350 BHP,TT use to offer a 200 & 220 BHP conversions.

 

a standard 2.8 will not produce more than 130 bhp no matter what ford says

 

mines in double figures then

 

isit a big job to get them turbo converted

 

lol no wha I meant was it had nothing special other than the single janspeed turbo conversion and a modified cossie exhaust to make it fit!

 

I had a 2.8 ghia x granny back in the day which had 180bhp, 3.1 conversion with the american 3 port cylinder heads coupled up with a 4 barrelled holley carb


Luciano

 

The 2.8 engine was a bag of wank, chuck a russain t4 on it and they will be round 200bhp, but you may as well chuck a 24v in for the cost.

 

i was gonna say about fitting the cossie v6.

 

they fit in with no moding, do they fit up with the standard 2.8 gearbox??

 

They fit in ok , just need mods for radiator and wiring , you need to bypass the speed sensor on the wiring loom too. BOA set up is preferred over the later BOB, I'm led to believe that its easier to fit

It will bolt up to a type 9 gearbox but the power will kill it in time , better with a MT75 hybrid box.

There is a few threads on Capri power about this conversion

 

but how long if you didnt thrash it every time tho

 

Thats the 10 million dollar question ? the type 9 is known for not being the strongest box , that said a good condition gearbox may last ok ,

In my 2.8 TT I destroyed 3 type 9 boxes then got one rebuilt and that broke within 8 months , I ended up going back to the earlier 2.8i box which is a 4 speed.

 

thanks for your ans, im seriously thinking of doing something this yr

 

back in 1991 i had an xr4i that i converted to 4x4 with an mt75 box (very posh in 1991) with a tt turbo kit....i got pissed off with it melting no5 piston.....went like fook back in the day tho running 10psi and standard comp!

 

Most powerful iv ever seen is swaymars 3.2 turbo xpack capri that had 340hp on a t4 turbo,sadly caught fire and was destroyed. The david brimble zakspeed capri was around 260hp at the wheels,thats still around,again with a swaymar engine. Be nice to see someone building a decent power one,would make a change.

 

no one with any sense would waste their time on one of thes old engines now trying to extract decent power.

 

Kev's right, if they had any sense they'd go Jap with an SR20 or an RB26/RB30

 

my monster truck runs an essex lump dosent feal that quick but sounds good

 

my old mk1 escort supposidly had the 3.1 savage engine with a rotten boxes its sounded the bollocks lol

 

Dude, you really need to go 24v if you are after power per £ and its really that simple. Theres no need to go the Swaymar route these days as i done that in the 80's to my Tina, and as good as it was it was no match for what is available these days.
Just think, 200 horses just by a simple engine swap.
Over what you have already, i'd say its a no brainer dude
Get it done already

 

my mate has a duratec 2.5 v6 24v dohc engine for sale £175 are these any good if so will it be a easy to fit engine mounts wiring loom ect