bloke i work with has a mk1 escort with cossie lump in ... mucho fun 8)

bloke at top of my street races a yellow mk2 festa wide arch with a XE in the back

I bought a load of C20XE parts off a guy that converted Mk2 'scorts with the red top for motorsport customers.

He preferred it to the Pinto because of the cost of parts to support the conversion!

By the hassle of converting a cossie to N/A you can buy a bellhousing adapter and modify an XE to fit a mk1.

The engine mountings actually arent too difficult to make as theyre almost in the same location if youve just removed a pinto or 1600x/flow. Just need extending up the way to mate up to the holes in the XE Block.

If converting a non type 49 shell i.e not RS1600, Mexico or RS2000

Youll need a worldcup crossmember at least...also a manta 2.0 CIH RWD Sump and a XE RWD Manifold to suit.. both of which SBD Sell.

yes but if you notice, "most" mk1/mk 2 owners that are running cossie lumps are running n/a with tb.s, becasue of boost cutting it mid corner, which is undesirable on a rwd car

so putting a LET in would only lead you to have exactley the same problem

You get C20XE's in loads of non-vauxhall cars. You also get loads of rear wheel drive C20XE's, it's a very versetile engine. So the LET could be used in the same way, as it's basically the same engine-ish...

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Originally posted by mike_1.2LS96
Aren't the old escorts rwd?

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Yes.

Aren't the old escorts rwd?

Nice idea, but surely the MkII is a far better car to do the project on? :)

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Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
and a better engine

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isnt the cossie lump a ball ache to fit in a mk1:boggle:

and a better engine

..and different. :)

Cheaper.

why put a vauxhall engine in a ford? stick a cossie lump in it.

Would a LET fit into an Escort MKI lads?

I've seen a fe c20xe's in these so would of thought so?

Think this would make one mean project.. :thumbs: