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Hey guys,where would i find the engine number on a 91 eb V8 302 windsor?

Hi guys i thought i might put my build thread up of my old escort. Hey guys most of you may not know that i was building a V8 escort,and a small amount of you will know i was building one lol. Well i thought i may open a thread and explain alittle bit of what i went through and how it goes. It took me roughly 4 months of weekends and 2 months of late evenings to a completed V8 escort sedan.I did alot of research and also got in contact with mark from MD conversions (not a big help lol).Also my greatest thanks to our forum member and friends PRO250 (David),who helped me through some of the ins and outs,the bloke who had some answers i could not find.So a big thanks to David. Im so proud of myself as i built almost the entire car myself,the only 2 things i didnt make were the tailshaft adapter plate and shorten the tailshaft but the rest i did all myself in my shed. Ok all started with a 1976 mk2 ford escort sedan 2L worked pinto,4spd manual and a ferrera diff with 4.11's. I removed every thing from the inside of the car and engine bay,engine box and diff were sold.I cut out the entire firewall and front gearbox tunnel.Mounted the dirty old clevo into the engine bay and mounted up the C10 auto and refabricated the firewall and tunnel.Solid mounted the engine with a engine plate.Fabricated a gearbox crossmember,heavilly modified and moved the steering column,heavilly modified the standard escort pedal box to accomodate the original escort master cylinder (minus booster). Fitted after market seats welded in new rails,rewired up the dash to suit gauges and ignition,fans,fuel pump etc.Fitted rear commodore springs into the front struts to help lift the front up dew to the weight of the clevo. Mounted the motor all under the bonnet to have that sleeper original look.Also cut out the entire radiator support panel to mount in a 3 core V8 ZK fairlane radiator with AU thermo fans and a tranny cooler,reinforced a new radiator support panel and recessed the lower inner front apron. Fitted a tailshaft loop,fabricated the drivers side extractor and modified the passenger extractor and made up a twin 2.5inch exhaust dumping before the diff with 2 2.5inch sports glass packed muffles.Made up new brake lines for the front and made up a new rear brake line and also fitted a inline ball tap for a hand brake and line lock tap. Motor is a near stock 302 cleveland i sourced from a fairlane i wrecked,only fitted a 2inch spacer and 700 holley and extractors.Gearbox is just a stock C10 with a hurst shifter and kick down disconnected. For the rear end i was lucky enough to get onto a B1800 diff which fitted straight under the rear end,i ran 15x6.5 ranger wheels with 205/65 15 tyres (just rubb under the gaurds under heavy cornering).When i picked the diff up i didnt get wheel cylinders so i bought a pair of nissan/datsun 200b cylinders from supercheap for $5 each,made up a new rear brake line to suit the wheel cylinders and also modified the mount holes on the rear drum back plates.Ran the standard B1800 drums which were 14inch finned drums.Diff ratio was 4.444 and i welded the centre up. I mounted the battery in the boot and retained the standard 34L escort fuel tanke but also ran a electric fuel pump as i didnt have enough room at the motor for a mechanical one.I started with a holley blue but it decided to keep leaking so i just bought a cheap solid state electric fuel pump 4.5psi to 6psi rated and duz the job. I also weled in rhs into where the rear firewall would have been as it needed to be sealed up so i reinforced the rear of where the seats use to be and i also refabricated a new crossmember just in front of the front seats as i cut out the original one. Ok so in my build i decided i would have it finished for performance car mania 2011 september 16th to 18th.Which i made it by the way lol. So i hooked in and did it.I had dramas couple days before winton as i had a major oil leak from the rear main,so 2 days before the start of performance car mania i did the rear main and sump gasket in car.Pulled it off replaced the seal and resealed the sump and havent got an oil leak So i was very happy that i made it to winton race way for performance car mania.The escort went very well,handled well for what it was and also was pretty fast along the straights couple of times i was pushing 140kmph-150kmph.Up at those speeds it felt real good no vibrations and it held the track and wante3d to go straight. Did alittle skid on the friday but all was good except for very low oil pressure but i still drove it hard. Saturday morning i broke the accelertor cable when i went to start it and i only had just under and hour to repair it for the first cruise session,so i hooked in and bodged it up and made the cruise session. Didd a burnout in it for around 2 minutes on saturday and was very good but only could stay in 2nd gear as when i went to D the carby decied to play up for some reason. Also durring the saturday sessions i did couple skids and drag raced. On the sunday i did a burnout for almost 5 mins i think and didnt get hot too much and i also hit the wall in the skid pad only alittle graise. Sunday lunch time the accelerator cable broke and it was time to pack up and go home.Best 3 days, build a car that got heaps of looks and attention and people coming over and asking me about the car,just awsum. Wasnt the fastest thing there but i built it and enjoyed it.sat just below 80degrees before the burnouts and then got up to just over 100degrees during and after the burnouts. Also run it on avgas and went abit harder. So from now i can start with upgrading the front brakes and 5 stud conversion,also start building a cranky clevo for it,tidy up inside and the body work. So yeah thats alittle bit about my escort.....Hope you guys enjoy it,here are some pics. The beginning..........Started life with a 2L,4spd and a farrera v6 diff out of a capri.

Can this be seen from the top or from underneath?

If your worried about the heads.Checkout the boys in the US they run some quick turboed mustangs still running the E7 heads.Honestly if your trying to pay off a loan,leave the motor and just cruise around in it and the loan will get paid off quicker then the forged motor will be here sooner.

Just leave it and save up for the forged motor.Use this engine as the mock up one and test mule.The E7 heads handle boost ok.Chuck a decent size turbo on it and exhaust and will easilly make 250rwkw.

I got a complete BF motor sent to me on a crate and the docket on the crate mentioned it was 100kg....mmmmmm

Does the engine light come on or flash when this is happening???If so it's possible the pedal position sensor is at fault.

Sorry mate its been done to death.Do a search bud.

cut and weld it,brace it too.

No bro,will be in the front.

Hey guys,i mounted the motor there because i wasnt going to mod the sump and other aspects.I used a 7L sump as a dummy on my dummy motor and trans.I made it so i could work on the motor in the car.You look at Mark's escorts and they are a cunt to work on in car.I can change all my sprakplugs and do compression checks in car.I also made clearance for heat as being a small engine bay and no vents in the bonnet it would cook.But this thing did not get hot at all.It would handle 160-180kmph down the main straights at Winton raceway.It was alittle hairy when you see the corner coming up and you needed to brake hahahahaa. I also had abit of help from a good friend PRO250 David.He use to work with Mark years ago and was involved in a few conversions. My escort steered and handled not bad.I halso had a tailshaft that was short so i wouldnt loose much power to the wheels.I'm a big bloke and i fit in there no worries. It was a rushed job,like i said if i could get another turn i would do it well.I've still got parts for another build,i wouldnt mind a escort van or 2 dr.

I done mine on the ground (on jack stands),flared the sump and tapped a thread sealed my fitting in there and done.

I done mine in car with bugger all room.

Actually guys i sold the scort almost 2 years ago.A bloke in Ringwood Vic has it now.I havent seen it or heard anything about it.

The ZL isnt identical,ZJ is leaf sprung rear end. I also heard that on xf's they need welding in the engine bay for strengthening....I'm not 100 percent sure on this would need to clarify with an engineer. As mentioned before i would drop in an efi windsor and an auto,best of both worlds,V8 sound and great economy.

Will need engineering as no xf vehicle came out with a v8.Your best tip would be to talk to an engineer in your local area.

A couple of mates of mine,runs 2V closed chamber heads on there 351's.One is in a XT falcon 351 compression is around 11.1 mild port job,i think standard valves heads milled etc makes roughly 400+hp at flywheel.Other is in an XC sedan 351 makes 475hp at the flywheel,but the 2V's on this have had abit of work with 4V valves rollers,port job etc. But when going bigger you need better.

I did this conversion to my xe which was a efi 4.1,i had trouble with the wiring being badly corroded.I fitted a xf intake and weber carb,and fitted a solid state low pressure fuel pump.Didnt change dizzy as its an early xe.

Hey guys.Im after the oxidise/rust look. I have a HJ panel van sitting in my backyard which has been sitting there for 6yrs now.I am rolling it into my shed in the next couple of weeks.I want to repair the main rust holes by cutting out the old sections and welding in new metal.But I would like to keep the rough rat look,i will only fix the major bits of rust and leave and treat the rest,im going to redo the interior back to its era but the outside will look ratty.As for the running gear nothing too special it has a 3spd manual 253 and Salisbury diff. My idea here is to just bomb up the 253,nothing over the top just 4bbl intake 600dp,high comp,big cam and big stall and just run a trimatic and run a vn diff under the rear with 4.11's.The suspension will be going airbag and maybe some 17's -19's. Just going to be a cool oldy cruiser. So if anyone has gotten the look im after without leaving the car out in the weather for many years,let us know.Post up pics too.

Nah hahahahaaa,when i bought it a many years ago it didnt have a RH headlight,no upper tailgate,no rear shocks.So im on the hunt for a headlight.I'm going to make a upper tailgate out of rhs and plywood.

Hey guys,i've been slowly pieceing back together the HJ this is how it looks.I'm happy with the look so will just tidy up some of the panels and it will be dropped a couple of inches and sitting on a set of VY SS wheels painted Black.How it is weathered took 6 yrs of sitting in my back yard out in the elements.^ yrs ago i started to bare metal strip and removed all front panels,then let it sit as i had other projects.Was running and driveable back then lol.

I wouldnt bother with it,can buy a cheap good running 302 with a auto and will drop straight in with v8 engine plates and can use the orignal tailshaft and diff. just need to run either a twin or single exhaust (single exhaust to keep costs down single 2/ 1/4).External tranny cooler and go a bigger radiator as you will need one even if you were to hot up the old 4.1.

No it wont,an external bosch 070 will run it and will run a turbo one.But if you are chasing power in the future the 2x 044 would be the go and a 2.5-5L sureg would be the go.

Thanks for the info.I have already sent it.Sold it for $220.I'm not too worries I got what I needed from it.I honestly don't know if it has everything there in the kit,so goodluck to the fellow who bought it.I swapped it for some gear like I mentioned,so im not too worried but for future reference i'll keep that info in mind lol.

Hey guys,just wondering what sort of money is one of these ecu setups worth???The reason why I ask is im not going to use it anymore.Have decided to go another way. The is the kit.Also comes with paper work to wire it up and get it working.