I'm stripping down a dilapidated Westfield which I am rebuilding from the chassis up. The car came to me minus the engine which was previously a large valve 1300 crossflow with twin 40's. To fill the available space I've acquired a 2.0 dohc Ford i4 engine ( which everyone tells me to replace with a zetec) complete with the very tall induction manifold set up which these engines have. I understand that some owners have, in the past, 'cut down' and reconstructed the plenum chamber to lower it's height to fit under the bonnet of their Locost/Westy/Haynes or whatever.

I am now, for health reasons, not able to use welding equipment to do the modification and wonder if the manifold from a 16 valve dohc version of my engine could resolve the problem. Can anyone give me an answer to this please???

Burton performance's view of this engine.

Available in two basic versions - 8-valve Sierra / Scorpio and 16-valve Escort RS2000 Mk5 / Scorpio, the I4 has chain driven cams, a cast iron block and an alloy head with hydraulic tappets. It’s a pretty robust unit where every component is built nice and chunky - the cams look like they’re on steroids, whilst the flywheel is a whopping, heavy component.

Basically the engine is meant as a cruiser, especially in 8-valve format although it can be tuned to give reasonable power. The RS2000 engine came with 150bhp and it has seen as much as 230bhp wrung from its bores.

Not a particularly popular choice then, there is little available in the way of performance parts apart from complete induction swaps on RS2000 engines to the likes of throttle bodies and twin DCOEs. Good gains can be made but the engine is harder to tune especially when more straightforward engines are available.

PM your email add as i have a pic of the pinto injection manifold which is a similar shape as yours.

I might have some twin 45 Weber with inlet to suit this engine for sale soon if your interested??

I would Use a Zetec it will be cheaper in the long run add a lot more value to the car.

Second hand Westfield / kitcar parts for zetec installation are readily available so it makes it more cost effective to use a zetec engine.

A zetec install in a Westfield will attract £1000 plus in resale value compared to using the Ford 2.0 dohc efi engine.