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12-10-2006, 04:08 PM | #1 | ||
71 Mk2 Cortina owner
Join Date: Oct 2006
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does anyone know wether a 289 windsor would fit straight into 1975 escort mk2 with out any modifications to the engine bay.
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12-10-2006, 05:12 PM | #2 | ||
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Um, no.
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12-10-2006, 10:18 PM | #3 | ||
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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there would be a fair bit of modding to do if u wanted to put any v8 in an eski, getting rid or the brake booster and master cylinder and moving it, engine mounts and moving the radiator forward and maybe cutting a chunk out of the firewall, getting a bigger gearbox tunnel, then u haveto move into the diff and tailshaft, a hwole lot of mucking around really
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12-10-2006, 10:22 PM | #4 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: ACT
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a 3.5 leyland V8 would be a better fit, and wouldn't affect the handling too much.
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28-10-2006, 04:48 PM | #5 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Melbourne SE Suburbs
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considering a 302 into a mk1 for our next build
to go up against an sr20det mk1 should be interesting if it goes though
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28-10-2006, 11:10 PM | #6 | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: perth
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using bronco mounts and bronco sump helped me out when i did this to a cortina but it was a clevo 51 and if you want to go manual then you also gotta mod the clutch system plus brake mods and the other mods that were sugested
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