Decided to change the black top for a st170 engine as this seems to be the best tuning option in the long run, start off using the std cams and vvt hopefully a change of cams to make 200bhp later on.
Going to transfer the Retro ford sump and engine mounts which only use 3 bolts on the st170 engine, the Raceline water rail and water pump pulley will all swap over along with the engine management.
I'll be watching this bud just what I gona be doing with my car once the garage is done.
I'll be fitting a standard motor and building a hi spec motor as and when the money allowes.
Been thinking of getting a CNC head they say there good for 300bhp!!!
Ps nice workshop you got there
Last edited by trig; 30-08-2010 at 20:09.
A CNC head is on the wish list, if I can get 180 to 190bhp to start with that should keep me happy for a while
Taken some time off work to get the engine finished one more and day should be all done.
Some 3 hours later Inlets matched to the head
Nice matey cant wait to get started on mine
are both those engines new? very very shiny for something that uses oil, water and petrol!!! nice workshop too.
Bit more done,
Finally finished the engine after sorting out the inlet manifold, used vht crackle paint on the cam cover to finish the engine off.
Stripped the engine bay to sort out the damage to the bulkhead and to weld in a chassis tube kit to get rid of the heli coils in the chassis rails.
Both used engines from ebayOriginally Posted by oldskoolrools
Yum yum. Lovely looking bay. The 180 figure is nice. Any ideas what it costs to get the 300 odd figure? Keep up the good work and loads more photos please.
good swap there are most parts like engine mounts water rail alt brkt change over from zetec thxs Neil
Heads and cams from http://www.cncheads.co.uk/ford_st170.html are £1450+vat plus cam verners and uprated bottom end, you need deep pockets to get to 300bhp.
220 to 240bhp with the above head is a more relistic figure, lets face it 240bhp in a escort is more than enough to scare the shit out of yourself
Ive been doing some more research I recon 5K would get you the 300bhp mark but you would probaly get 250 for not much more thaan half that...
Next job is to sort out the chassis tube kit bought from Rally Design, removed the old captive nuts useing a old unf bolt a few taps of the hammer they came away surprisingy easily.
Marked and drilled out just need to shorten the tubes and weld flush and finish off with some top plates.
Hopefully finish this asap and start on the engine bay
Last edited by eric; 02-10-2010 at 15:27.
Nice job there bud I got to do this as well but im going the chassis mount the engine this time...
Got some more work done on the escort, finished the chassis tubes this will make getting the gearbox out so much easier next time should make a change not to beat up the bulkhead.
Started to prep the engine bay for painting the only area which needs some tidying is the lip under the heater bubble apart from that this is one solid shell, not bad for 38 years old.
Any updates
Yep the bare metal on the bulkhead and chassis rails have been etched primed and are now in primer filler, need to flatten back ready for the top coat. Used my mates primer gun with a 1.8 cap did catch me out with the amount of paint it applies.
I forgot the camera today I'll get post some pics tomorrow.
Finished rubbing down today and painted and it's all blue againone paint run to sort out on the bulkhead and it's done
Nice Escort you've got there Eric! Olympic blue is really beautiful colour on the mk1's.
I let my son flat and polish to get rid of the imperfections in the paint.
Nice
Nice work flat n polish allways comes up like glass ,my first self built spray area/booth allways had the odd bit of dirt and dust in the paint so i had to flat and polish everything ..
Didn't realise you'd decided to change engines Eric - let me know how you get on.
Changed to the ST170 as this is the better zetec engine, stronger bottom end just a change of cams could see nearly 195bhp, with a cnc head 245 is possible.
The only downside is not being able to use my bda style cam cover to hide a modern engine
looking good
Some more progress fitted the TTV Racing flywheel quality piece of engineering shame it's hidden
With help from my son the engine is now in place managed this time not to beat up the engine bay.
Not much to do now before it's up and running
Last edited by eric; 07-11-2010 at 19:43.
Hold on tight that should go well,
Looks great, well done on the progress so far
http://escort.accelerator.org
1968 MK1 Escort 1300GT
1969 'Big Wing' MK1 Escort
1972 MK3 Cortina 1600XL
1984 Sierra XR4i
And other junk I don't like to talk about!
looks so right in that bay im jealous well done
Finished the engine over the weekend the engine was run up to temp for the 1st time, the top end sounded like a bag of spanners until the oil filled the vvt, engine seems to be ok
Changed the the black top injectors for a higher flow rate the new injectors will cope up to a possible 245bhp.
Still using the black top map until I get the escort on the rollers but that's still a way off.
Sounds and looks great in the bay, well done
http://escort.accelerator.org
1968 MK1 Escort 1300GT
1969 'Big Wing' MK1 Escort
1972 MK3 Cortina 1600XL
1984 Sierra XR4i
And other junk I don't like to talk about!
Very very nice mate
Gorgeous, just gorgeous
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Nice job,,
Big Wing sold and gone to be a film star
Cracking job bud loving it
Very, very impressed with that...............love it.
Thanks for the nice comments guys
Looking great Eric - have you considered the vernier for the exhaust cam? According to Retro Dave, tweaking it can release up to 10bhp...
Not to keen on the vernier just on the exhaust as 10bhp is not enough, I will be hopefully using the vvt delete cams in the new year to get 200bhp+ Catcams are the way to go but are very pricey need to find out if Kent Cams or Piper do any for st.
On Catcams web site this the result for there st delete cams
Cat Cams adjustable pulleys required due to VVT deletion
Designed to work with carburettors or independent throttle bodies
Dyno proven to produce 207 bhp / 177 lb.ft of torque
Piper do reginds and you can get the inlet cam machined to fit a vernier instead of the vvt that should give you over 200... and if you get the head gas flowed you could see 240
The cat cams are silly money try talking to some other companys and having cams made Dunnel do there owen cams with race winning resolts...
Im looking at getting a CNC head (not shore where from yet maybe US) as I want 250+++
I have to give Piper a call next week find out more on their cams and if you can re-shim the followers
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