stuart wrote:Peanuts Dan, peanuts. Like Maff says compared to other cars Ford prices come into their own at times like this.
Get in there
Brill- I'll get that lot ordered then! I'm aiming to start stripping the interior asap to ensure there's nothing else to patch-up before I can start fitting the engine.
Ahh... the engine- the next hurdle.
First a quick Ford lesson. Escort RS' ran Bosch K-jet management (known as MFI) and injectors which fired into the inlet manifold slightly upstream from the head (which had nice round ports). Later XR's (like mine) and Fiesta RS' ran Ford's EFI management and 'normal' injectors. The problem comes in the changes Ford made- the EFI injectors sit right next to the manifold flange, which means the ports in the EFI heads were enlarged to accomodate them, as you can see-
MFI head like Christian's-
EFI head like mine-
As you can see, bolting my EFI inlet manifold onto the MFI head leads to the injectors firing at a block of ally.
There's two options that allow me to still utilize my manifold:
1. Modify the head ports to match- problems are weakening the head and removing the mating face for the gasket, and the fact that the engine is already built which makes opening up the ports without getting filings down the bores tricky.
2. Buying/creating an adaptor plate- the conversion has been done before and adaptors exist, it's that they want
)- anyone got any recommendations for suppliers of replacement body/repair panels?
