Yet another '66 Cortina GT
Picked this one up after about 18 months of looking for a good one (had 3 in the past, one GT, two Lotus, all MK1s).
Previous owner had completely redone the body and gave me the photos of the build and he had installed a Fiat 1.8 TC/5 speed in the car which meant it drove a bit like a Lotus Cortina 'cept at the top end.
I wanted more power - who doesn't - so I looked at going for twins in place of the single Weber , gasping away under the hood, plus decent headers/exhaust which would have helped a little but probably not enough so I then looked at adding a turbo but I don't especially like turbos because when I have one I tend to blow things up...
...so, I had a 'distressed' Mazda Miata to hand, pulled the drivetrain out of that but then I looked at all the plastic on the top of the engine, I thought, nah.
Then I looked at the Zetec which came with the Cortina (in addition to the Fiat motor and the 'built' Pinto motor - which was way too heavy in my estimation) so I tootled around with the Fiat motor until I had had enough, flirting along the way with SR20Dets and the like.
Yes, there is a theme here, I like 4 cylinder engines but couldn't find one I really thought would fit the bill until I drove an S2000 and thought hmm.
Picked up an S2000/6speed from a nice gent and proceeded to remove the Fiat drivetrain, sold it, sold the Zetec, sold the Pinto engine and all the bits that came with all these engines and tehn stuffed the S2000 engine in place.
It didn't quite fit so
post edited by Frod Cortina - 2015/04/26 08:37:56