Chippy
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| posted on 27/4/06 at 11:14 PM |
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Engine age.
Hi all, there is a lot of talk regarding contacting Ford to age your engine. Is this still needed if you have the original cars V5, stating the engine
number etc. I have used the engine number, after the chassis number, on my vin, as per the original. atb Chippy
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stevebubs
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| posted on 27/4/06 at 11:39 PM |
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Probably depends on your tester but strictly speaking - yes. The powers that be are slowly becoming aware of 2.3L Duratec Powered Mk II Escorts are
not powered by 1970's engines...
Note - I have not been through an SVA test so could be talking b@ll@cks
[Edited on 27/4/06 by stevebubs]
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irvined
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| posted on 28/4/06 at 07:45 AM |
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Hijack!
Urm, i was looking for my v5 last night and couldnt find it, assuming it doesnt magically appear from the ether before SVA date, what will the
consequences be?
Can I point the tester at the block and he'll go wow, thats an old crossflow, which wasnt manufactured after X date, or will he not care and
make me pass all sorts of emmisions wierdness?
If so, what are my options?
cheers
David
http://irvined.blogspot.com
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/4/06 at 07:53 AM |
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Write a nice polite letter to Ford (someone here must have the address, or I could find it tonight) and they'll send you a letter in return. I
got mine about a week after writing.
All you need to tell them is the engine number, which is stamped on a lug at the top of the block.
My tester did look at the letter, although he did recognise that it was an old X-flow. Theoretically though, you could still make a new X-flow, as
Burton Power will sell you almost all of the parts - if you've got £10,000 or so...
David
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02GF74
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| posted on 28/4/06 at 08:10 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Theoretically though, you could still make a new X-flow, as Burton Power will sell you almost all of the parts - if you've got £10,000 or
so...
David
Technical Information Centre
Ford Motor Company
PO BOX 300
Walsall
WS5 4QH
do they make the block? I know they sell aluminium x-flow cylinder heads.; the rest you can buy new.
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Marcus
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| posted on 28/4/06 at 08:17 AM |
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If the engine on the V5 is of the same era as the vehicle on the V5, that will suffice for SVA engine age. As has been stated, a V5 for an Escort with
a Zetec etc in will not.
If yours is a Sierra donor with pretty much any Ford Pinto / V6, the V5 will do.
Marcus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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andyharding
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| posted on 28/4/06 at 10:32 AM |
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Just take a copy of the Burtons catalogue and show him the engine age table in there. He'll mutter something about the engine number being
difficault to see and everything will be fine. 
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/4/06 at 11:25 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
do they make the block? I know they sell aluminium x-flow cylinder heads.; the rest you can buy new.
Yep - just had a look - yours for £3055 inc. VAT. It is cast in aluminium, mind...
Then you'll need their replacement aluminium cylinder head: £550 inc. VAT, then all the add-on bits such as crank, rods, pistons, pumps, and so
on.
Would be a very interesting engine when finished, though.
David
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coozer
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| posted on 29/4/06 at 04:13 PM |
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Why build an old crossflow when Ford sell short zetec motors brand new for under a grand?? Cant understand it. Easy route to a new current reg
surely??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Marcus
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| posted on 29/4/06 at 04:26 PM |
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For me, the crossflow is a traditionalist thing, as is the size of a book chassis. They're simple to build and maintain, parts are all still
available, and they produce enough power for me.
If I were building a track car, it wouldn't be a Locost, but a Fury / Phoenix etc with a Zetec on throttle bodies.
There's something about the sound of a crossflow too.
Marcus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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