OK Guys
 
Here is the dilemma you all would like to have.
 
My escort is setup with 2L brakes, sierra 5 speed.
I have a 1.6l with a ported head, unknown compression, twin webber manifold, lightened flywheel to suit. This motor is in good order only removed to paint the engine bay.
I have twin 45 webbers matched set, 38mm chokes, jetted for a 2l pinto. To fit these to the 1.6L will likely reqire rejetting.
 
Also i have a 2l, with ported head 40thou over and only 100,000ks. i have a full rebuild kit to suit this engine, with piston rings and bearings. To fit this engine will require an engineers certificate and modifiy the radiator support panel. This will require a repaint of the radiator panel, not keen on that either.
 
So im asking What would you do.
 
 

pinto.
 
sell all the 1600 stuff before your spend any more money on it, and put it toward the pinto
 

No brainer - Pinto. It'll be worth the extra hassle.
 
Sounds like you have a Mk1 then? Depending on where you are, it's debatable as to whether you need an engineer's report to fit a Pinto in a Mk1.

yes it is a Mk1 4 door, im in NSW. i had one a few years ago. Prior to all the blue slip laws. i let it run out of rego and when i went to blue slip it. i was told it needed engineering. So i didnt bother doing anything with it.
 The old shell is still sitting at  my fathers. All the components now sitting in this shell.