hello all

i'm new to the forum

i have a 1976 escort ghia[;^)] without engine & driveline

Am looking at putting a gen 3 Holden LS1 V8 into it - wondering whether anyone has gone this path before - or anyone done a V8 into an Escort???

You'll be able to fit one in with a lot of messing around but you'll never be able to get it road registered. Biggest engine they'll approve is 3.5 litres.

I know a mate squeezed in a alloy head2 XF 4.1(supercharged) + auto in a mk2 2dr, heaps of mods..heaps of fun but not road worthy so became a drag car doing low 11s !

thanks for the help guys - i can redirect my thinking then!!

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Originally posted by fordsy

You'll be able to fit one in with a lot of messing around but you'll never be able to get it road registered. Biggest engine they'll approve is 3.5 litres.

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3L Essex V6 would be ok then fordsy ?

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Originally posted by fordsy

You'll be able to fit one in with a lot of messing around but you'll never be able to get it road registered. Biggest engine they'll approve is 3.5 litres.

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Really ???? Maybee that Rover V8 is a goer then. Don't they do that for a lot of the classic rallies in the UK ? I've heard that the Rover V8 (being all alloy) is lighter than a pinto[:x)]

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Originally posted by harrier

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Originally posted by fordsy

You'll be able to fit one in with a lot of messing around but you'll never be able to get it road registered. Biggest engine they'll approve is 3.5 litres.

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Really ???? Maybee that Rover V8 is a goer then. Don't they do that for a lot of the classic rallies in the UK ? I've heard that the Rover V8 (being all alloy) is lighter than a pinto[:x)]

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yeh i have heard this as well been told they are a lot lighter than a pinto and not much heiver than to crossflow

Don't take my word for it. Ask your engineer. 3.5 litres is the figure I was given a couple of years ago for a 2 litre Escort.

Here's a nugget for you. It's easier to have a factory spec 2.3 litre Duratec approved in an Escort than it is to have twin webers or a mild cam approved on the original Pinto engine (if you car was built after June 1976).

or you buy a v8 escort with rego and engineers report from some one that has one,everything is for sale if the right type of money is offered

The thing is with engine changes, more cubes or killowasps are not always (rarely) the best way to go. A couple of years ago I saw a Mk1 Escort at an autocross with a huge turbo bolted on the side of pinto. Off boost it was a dog, it would spool up and the car would light up the wheels uncontrollably with the driver fighting to keep the car straight..... Very entertaining to watch[88][88][88], didn't look like the driver was having too much fun though.