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It's do as I say, not as I do Very hypocritical

I had a similar issue with air cleaner clearance on a slant 6 Valiant. One of the things I did to gain a bit of clearance was to shorten the passenger side engine mount bracket by 3/4", which gained more than an inch at the carburettor, I also raised the back of the bonnet about 3/4".

Gday The 250 in my 89 XF ute is dying (low compression on #2 and heaps of blowby) I have a super fuel XF Fairmont parts car that I am going to swap the engine out of as a stopgap until I get around to building a better engine (compression, cam, 4 barrel, etc.) Am I better off sticking with the EST set up as original in the ute, or change to the electronic distributor with it's built in advance mechanism? All points of view appreciated

I tried to post a photo of my first MKI, also my first car (on the road) Can't seem to work out how.

I am not a More door MK1 fan, but that car just looks right

I agree, they are a bit odd looking. That said, I would also like to have one.

Early BW35 XP-XW ish were shorter than the later (XA onwards)

Bring it in minus engine, gearbox, and brakes? Or with those bits in the back, but disassembled and clean?

That seems like good value, add about $3K to get it here.

Yeah, I think repairing a rusty import is going to be cheaper/easier/better than trying to build one from a sedan/coupe/van.

I think a van would be easier, no, just less difficult. It"s not going to be easy.

GS Escorts have them as well, the switch panel that is.

Classic trim in the UK have a really nice one, a bit pricey though.

Thanks anyway. Good to see you have it going well.

Where do you buy the repro centre panel?

Sounds like it is definitely going better

Yes, they would have lots of lawyers [emoji16] Sent from my G8141 using Tapatalk

AA series is one headlight above the other, AB is on an angle

There will be one big thing holding back the fully autonomous car... lawyers

A 120Y would never have kept up with you. A MK1 Escort out handles and out brakes a 120Y stock for stock. Your modified suspension may have contributed to you running out of brakes as your corner speeds would have been quicker.

A 120Y will do something similar, however the handling and braking are not in the same league.

Even 120Y's can cruise at 110

Yes, I may not have made it clear, but my comments were all towards forced induction of one sort or another.

I am not sure on this, so others in the know may shoot me down. That said, I have a little LPG knowledge. I have experience with gas, but not in a forced induction situation. ( Impco systems mostly) My thoughts would be to convert from the complex converter/simple mixer system fitted factory, and change to a simple converter/complex mixer system. A B2 converter and Gasresearch mixer is a known quantity with blow through LPG systems. It can be made work very well. Other people have had great results with Impco mixer and converter systems with forced induction. I have not done either, but I know a lot of people have with great results.

Zetec is the same bellhousing bolt pattern as the Kent. 2.0 blacktop with a C3, cheap as That said, if performance isn't an issue, 1600 Kent with the C3, no hassles