Lotusmark2
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| posted on 24/1/05 at 03:07 PM |
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essex engines
Hi
anyone any thoughts on the essex 3.0 v6 engine for an oversized chassis?
cheers
mark
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 24/1/05 at 03:13 PM |
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Burton's have a tuning guide for this engine...
clicky here
Not quite what you asked, but may be useful... 
David
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nick205
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| posted on 24/1/05 at 03:20 PM |
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stephen_gusterson is using a V6 (2.8 I think) so he may be able to give you some thoughts.
Nick
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Lotusmark2
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| posted on 24/1/05 at 03:22 PM |
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just having a read of that burton site (thanks), looks like it is a very very heavy unit hmmmmm
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britishtrident
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| posted on 24/1/05 at 04:19 PM |
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heavy, rough and unreliable
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 24/1/05 at 04:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Lotusmark2
just having a read of that burton site (thanks), looks like it is a very very heavy unit hmmmmm
Very heavy, and also not a lot of power or tuning potential. The real plus sides are the availability of both engines and RWD gearboxes and of
course cheapness.
The Duratec V6 would be a better choice. Still kicking myself for not bothering with a Duratec that was offered to me for free, albeit a seriously
overheated one with a blown head gasket.
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gazza285
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| posted on 24/1/05 at 05:57 PM |
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Big, heavy, expensive to tune, thirsty to run, quite rare nowadays, sounds nice. Stephen Gusterson is using a Cologne, all the above apply except
rarety. In terms of power to weight just about every other (European) Ford engine beats it.
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tractorboy
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| posted on 25/1/05 at 09:07 PM |
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the v6 duratec is a very nice engine ,very powerful ,id have one myself but the misses would only get the hump if i whipped it out of the family
cougar!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/1/05 at 09:39 PM |
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The v6 duratec is fine as long as it hasn't been over heated or blown up ---
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JoelP
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| posted on 25/1/05 at 11:58 PM |
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gusters is using the 2.3 (2.4?)v6, not the 2.8.
[Edited on 25/1/05 by JoelP]
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TL
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| posted on 26/1/05 at 01:18 PM |
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You will be stuck for gearbox choice with the Essex: 4spd 3.0 MKI/II Capri or MKI 3.0 Granada, or 4spd + overdrive from Scimitar. If you manage to
bolt on an MT75, let me know how!!!!
Can use type9 with correct bellhousing from 72-75 2.5 Granada. Again, if you manage to find one of those, get one for me too!!
Cheers,
Terry
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