Does anyone know the buildyear of the youngest XFlow engine? Is it pre-1995? Is there also some way of IDing the buildyear with the enginenumber?
yes.
look here.
http://www.burtonpower.com/technical_1/ford_date_chart.aspx
Nice site thanks. I do not have the enginenumber yet, but can you tell if the XFlow is pre-1995? It doesn't say on the site.
AFAIK, the crossflow ceased production in 1980 with the demise of the MKll Escort. There are similar engines used in the Fiesta and Ka, but they share very few components.
^^^^ OHV Fiesta used crossflow; shallower timing cover and different thrmostat housing are the only difference I know of but then I am not expert.
Mk1 Fiesta 1600 (Xr2) used a variant of the Xflo but it had some significant differences.
It also continued for a year or two after the Escort in the Transit 75.
[Edited on 12/2/08 by britishtrident]
Actually, ford south africa kept building the crossflow well into the nineties, possibly even past 2000, that's where caterham got them from for the sprint.
I'm pretty sure it was produced until recently in Marine form...
I thought production stopped in the Nineties and Caterham bought a huge container load of them. When they ran out they stopped selling them.
(although i have absolutely no proof of this except i've got an AX block in the garage).
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Originally posted by UncleFista
I'm pretty sure it was produced until recently in Marine form...