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Starter Motor
Join Date: May 2012
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Anyone know the actual original colour / colour code of the blue rocker cover for an RS2000?
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Mine was black. Not sure of the Mk1 RS2000 or the '76 german imports, but the 79 and 80 RS's I had all had black rocker covers. Blue was common on the TC/D 2L cortinas, and used in many a 2L escort conversion.
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Black on a German assembled MKII RS2000
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Starter Motor
Join Date: May 2012
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Thanks for your replies. It's a 1979 4 door RS. Cover is currently blue, so maybe Cortina engine has been fitted.
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Should look like this, not the air cleaner, that's factory for twin downdraughs, I mean the colour of the rocker cover
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Starter Motor
Join Date: May 2012
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Thanks Easyboss. Problem solved. Cheers.
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Should have mentioned that's a German assembled 1979 RS2000, not sure what the Aussie assembled ones were
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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The Aussie Rs 2000 were no differant to the stock 2.0L escort Black rocker cover same specifacations as any GL or Ghia 2.0L
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Bugger, I painted my whole engine ford blue, oh well it looks good
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My 77 2dr GL 2L 4speed was originally completely blue motor from new. I thought all Cortinas & Escorts were blue except the RS having black motors. I could be wrong though.
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Aussie RS2000s had Blue cam covers and air cleaners, NOT black.
The engine block should be black. In every other way, the RS2000 engine is the same as the 2.0 Ghia and GL. Even carby jetting. The cortina a had blue blocks and blue (plastic) air cleaners, which you sometimes see on early 2.0lt Escorts like rally packs. |
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My RS2000 new in 79 was Black not blue.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I recall that my silver RS (1979) did have a black cam cover but that had been recoed before I bought it. The other 3 were matching number 1980 models, all with blue cam covers from factory.
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And so did my rs2000 midnight blue two door with black engine and cam cover from factory and I have to say it.... The carby jets were a differant size compared to a stock cortina engine I bought to rebuild to suit a turbo. That was a long time ago but I still have a few marbles left.
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The Carby jets on the single downdraft weber, varied between auto, manual and year model, as did the distributor advance curve, by now you would be flat out finding one with original jets.
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Starter Motor
Join Date: May 2012
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Made the decision to coat it in close to original rs2000 sno white. Right or wrong??? I don't know yet - we'll see how it turns out!
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As a matter of interest the RS 2000 head had slightly higher compression and these heads wore a black cam cover.
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2014
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Definitely black. I still own my RS2000 since new in May 1980.
Thanks, Peter. |
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