in which fords can i find the kent 1600cc crossflow engine especially escort (yera)?

The 1600cc Kent was fitted to the Mark 1&2 Escort until 1980 (?) It was also fitted to the Mark 1 Fiesta XR2. It was fitted to early Cortinas and (I think) Crapi's too.
Oh yeah, Mark 1 Transits had 'em too

HTH

And very very early MK 3 cortinas too.

and mk4's

Ignore the Fiesta ones, too many changes were made to make them FWD.

Ach, no

I've just spent about 4 weekends getting a xflow out of a MK1 XR2, what are the differences? Also, to fit twin weber 40s, will I need to a) change the distributor, it's a blue top breakerless one, b) chop holes in the side of my car?

Kingr

I think the mounting point for the FWD is positioned badly if you are going to have a RWD car.

That's a bit weird since what you might call the longitudinal mounting points (4 threaded lugs in a square pattern on either side of the engine) are unused when the engine is fitted to an XR2. The engine is mounted with a block at the top of the alternator end and is supported by a plate between the gearbox and engine at the base which bolts to a joist at the middle of the engine bay.

I'm still confused!

Kingr

kingr, I took this from a posting some time ago rather than 1st hand experience. Sounds like it's not a problem after all

mk1 xr2 had a kent,looks similar to the later valencia engines,so you struck lucky.

the xr2 also has a different crank which makes the overall length 1.25 inches shorter

Hmmm, I spoke to Burton Power this afternoon and was told that all xflows are the same, in pretty much those exact words. I would have thought they'd know what they're talking about, or do they have a reputation that I haven't heard about yet? The guy I spoke to did sound a little confused when I mentioned mating it to an MT75 box ("an MT75X surely?"), but quickly got around to the idea of using it longitudinally, and couldn't see any problems.

I'm still confused, am I being incredibly dense? Can someone please explain to me where the problems are going to occur by using a xflow from an XR2 rather than anything else?

Kingr

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Can someone please explain to me where the problems are going to occur by using a xflow from an XR2 rather than anything else?

Kingr

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Hehehe, lucky I've got a mate who likes MK1 XR2s and drives like a mental. He took it into a wall in the early hours due to some rather over zealous use of the accelerator, took out the offside wing (yes he did slide right across the road), suspension, drive shaft and damaged the chassis. It wasn't economical to get it repaired, we looked into doing it ourselves, but it was in too much of a bad way. So, he let me have the engine to put in my locost, so the spirit of the XR2 will live on (complete with twin 40s, hehehe). If I can get the thing to mate to an MT75 that is.

Kingr

The Mk1 XR2 Crossflow block is not the same as the RWD models use. The "4 threaded lugs in a square pattern" are not on both sides of the block, only one side. Fitting one in a Locost wouldn't be too difficult but not as easy as say the Escort unit.

Certainly the timing chain cover is different to save room but I'm certain that the crankshafts are identical. Next time I have one out I'll double check.