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Which donor cars should i find X flow 1600's in?
Gremlin - 26/7/02 at 11:22 PM

Which donor cars should i be able to find 1600 X Flow engines in and what ages? What sort of money should i be parting with?

theconrodkid - 27/7/02 at 12:15 PM

You will find these engines in cortina mk 2 and early mk3,escort mk1,2 capri mk1 and some early transits,some people think they are worth loads,so find someone with a rusty wreck and kick tyres to wear them down.

johnston - 27/7/02 at 06:36 PM

is the fwd x-flow(valencia) not slightly different shorter crank or somethin

have rread that rwd xfloww wont bol to the fwd gbox due to the diff crank i assume that it wont work the other way either or am i wrong!!!!!!!!!

johnston - 27/7/02 at 06:38 PM

sorry disrequard last statement

i should go bac to school. didnt see the comma btween mk3 and escort dduuuuuuuuuuhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






yes i am thick

theconrodkid - 27/7/02 at 07:52 PM

I forgive you,you owe me breakfast!

johnston - 28/7/02 at 09:47 AM

well come over to belfast and i'll get ye a proper one

and bring a locost i'm fed up lookin at pics


I WANNA SEE ONE AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

theconrodkid - 28/7/02 at 04:17 PM

If you come to donnington you can see plenty,ill have sausage,bacon,eggs,toms,mush,fried slice and a large tea,no sugar thanks

johnston - 28/7/02 at 06:09 PM

a donnington isnt exactly a drive away over here (water gets in the way)



you missed the soda bread and patatoe bread it aint a fry witout the soda

marcjagman - 1/8/02 at 12:53 PM

Mk1 Fiesta XR2 will fit.

David Jenkins - 1/8/02 at 01:56 PM

quote:

you missed the soda bread and patatoe bread it aint a fry witout the soda


Is that the infamous "Ulster Fry"?



David

johnston - 1/8/02 at 05:03 PM

OH YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

u english dont no how to do it.

the best is a filled soda though

bacon, sausage, egg loadsa red sauce between two slices of soda bread

theconrodkid - 1/8/02 at 05:33 PM

Come over here and prove it to us,see ya at donny,im the one with the tea cup welded to my hand!

ChrisW - 1/8/02 at 06:10 PM

I've got a valencia (that's the FWD X-flow) in the garage which I was going to use (until Conrod talked me out of it). It's certainly shorter than a "real" x-flow and the clutch won't fit the spline on the mk2 Escort 'box I had to use.

Happy to offer the bell housings up to see if it all lines up if it would help?

Cheers, Chris.

johnston - 1/8/02 at 08:35 PM

well its either go to donni or buy the steel for the chassis mmmmmmmm which u reckon

theconrodkid - 1/8/02 at 08:44 PM

How much is the steel gona cost you?some of the guys here get it cheap for some reason?
check it out ,may be worth getting steel of one of the boys here and picking it up at donny and you can buy me brecky!result.

johnston - 1/8/02 at 09:16 PM

talkin 60 for the wages wkend away probs double that

johnston - 1/8/02 at 09:19 PM

sorry that shoulda said 60 for the steel thinkin bout the crap wages i get and typin not a good idea

theconrodkid - 2/8/02 at 04:04 PM

put a post on chassis see if anyone wants to do you a deal

ChrisW - 5/8/02 at 10:30 AM

quote:
Happy to offer the bell housings up to see if it all lines up if it would help?


Just to complete my post incase anyone is interested, yes, it looks like it'd fit. (that's the Valencia x-flow to Escort mk2 box). Clutch issue is still there though but should just be a case of changing the middle plate.

Chris

johnston - 5/8/02 at 09:40 PM

i was told once that the face on the crank where the fly wheel bolts to is shorter moving the flw wheel and clutch away from the release fork there fore no clutch