anyone ever seen one of these before?

[Arched Escy]

 

240bhp,just wondering if anyone else knows what it is cos i never seen one till today

 

[sambo]

Mmmmm, thats a BD engine, not sure which one though!?

[ratfink]

Could be from a Cosworth Chevy Vega?

[Arched Escy]

Pinto block with a Chevy Cosworth head

 

Very unique Dave Abraham built Pinto engine,

Dry sumped with Steel crankshaft, Steel rods, Steel flywheel, Twin paddle clutch,

16 valve Chevy Cosworth Head (originally designed by Cosworth for Delorean).

Running on Twin 50 webers with ulimate Tony Law exhaust manifold.

240 BHP with 200 Ft Lbs Torque. (Cams available to bring to 270BHP)

Very little rallies done since rebuild.

Ready to bolt into a Mk1 or Mk2 Escort

 

Some motor!

[cossieglen]

How much are they after for that then?

[Arched Escy]

dunno...hes findin out for me..megabucks id say,but would be nice and different at the same time

[cossieglen]

Yeah damn right, would be awesome to have, bet it screams too

[johnny_h]

I thought it was something you had lying around in your shed that you wanted identifying!!!

[Arched Escy]

I thought it was something you had lying around in your shed that you wanted identifying!!!

i fookin wish!if i did have it,wouldnt be in the shed!

[cossieglen]

Just noticed it's all dry-sumped too

[jimbo]

Dry-Sumped. What's that then?

[GJUK]

Dry-Sumped. What's that then?

 

Its where minimum oil is kept in the engine, the sump is very shallow and oils stored outside of the engine area and pumped through the engine, and cooled outside of the block.

 

Keeps the oil cool and stops oil surges if I recall the article I read!

[cossieglen]

Yeah, that's absolutely right, generally the pressure is kept constant too, as it's pumped directly into the engine rather than being sucked from the sump. Basically, it's pumped into the top normally, and then scavenged from the bottom back into the catch tank, where it's easier to keep cool.

[GT_Jim]

ill give you a penny and a boild sweet for it

[sambo]

You sure its a pinto block?? What about the dizzy location? its on the wrong side??

[Arched Escy]

You sure its a pinto block?? What about the dizzy location? its on the wrong side??

only goin by what im told

[Fiesta Steve]

Could be from a Cosworth Chevy Vega?

 

Yes its a Cosworth Vega, not pinto blocked

[cossieglen]

It could still be a pinto block, if you notice the dizzie is a remote item powered from the cam pulley, the original position for the dizzie is being utilised by the dry sump pump, which is also where the standard pump is driven from in the pinto originally as it's all driven off the auxiliary pulley there.

[aden]

WTF?? does look like a pinto block i must admit, but the exhaust and carbs are on opposite sides to a pinto, looks hard as nails though would like to know what its out of??

[cossieglen]

Yeah, they are the wrong sides effectively, but with twin cam engines you can actually time them to draw from left to right, or vice versa.

[Guest MK1gaz]

Looks like a B.D.A to me with a dry-sump + some dodgey dizzy mods

[twincarb]

Have been staring at pic for too long, WANT ONE.

[sambo]

Looks like a B.D.A to me with a dry-sump + some dodgey dizzy mods

 

Im with you on this one Gaz.

[over_head_cam]

I think the words "CHEVY COSWORTH" written on the cam cover are a bit of a giveaway

 

Developed in the early 80's by Cosworth for the Chevrolet Vega

 

Saying that though, the logo on the Vega's usually has the bow-tie badge too.

This one is pretty cool

 

http://www.cosworthvega.com/images/camcover1000_750.jpg

[xpackken]

WTF?? does look like a pinto block i must admit, but the exhaust and carbs are on opposite sides to a pinto, looks hard as nails though would like to know what its out of??

 

 

heads been changed thou from what i gather .

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