what mod's,escort engine bay

[lee_capri]

what and ware to mod a escort to take pinto and the best way of doing it

[Rick]

doesnt it just fit with the right engine mounts

 

exhaust opposite side and bigger gearbox?

[lee_capri]

does it dont you need to mod ware the rad go's

[Vista]

the rad mounting area & slam panel certainly saw some mods to get the pinto into the mk1 RS2. Assuming you're fitting it to a mk1, you'll also need to switch to an electric rad fan rather than a viscous one as there's just not enough space.

[Tom]

I don't know about a mk1 but it'll fall in a mk2 mate. I reshaped my lower rad panel slightly with a hammer but the normal thing to do is cut a section out of the lower rad panel turn it over and weld it back it to get a recess oh and cut the centre out of the upper panel so the rad sits further forward

[emu]

If you cut out the raised section of the upper fan panel then the rad sits forward enough to clear the engine nicely. If you mount the rad at a slight angle then you dont need to touch the lower support panel at all.

[escortmad79]

The bulkhead will need a bit of gentle massaging with a hammer just below the heater on the lip plus the radiator needs to sit further forward

[Twinkle]

you can just see at the bottom where i have modded the rad crossmember to take a bigger rad, rather than just put the recess in i have taken it back down the whole face to give me more scope for trying different radiators

 

 

here you can see how much of the top rad shroud i have removed, again i have taken out a little more than you can get away with so i can use a big header rad

[H.P.E harry]

The bulkhead will need a bit of gentle massaging with a hammer just below the heater on the lip plus the radiator needs to sit further forward

Had that bit taken out when mine went into the sprayers, always thinking ahead!

[lee_capri]

right boy's have a genral idea now,beat the bulk head with a sleg hammer and cut the rad suround right back as going to use a capri rad if not to tall

[Twinkle]

i havent modded the bulkhead lip in either of mine m8

[lee_capri]

twinkle i want to use the sleg hammer as if in dout give it a clouet

[emu]

I didnt mod my bulkhead lip, and the only adjustment to the bulkhead itself was with a tyre lever to give a bit more clearance for the bellhousing once the 'box was in. Surprisingly little brute force was required

[Twinkle]

I didnt mod my bulkhead lip, and the only adjustment to the bulkhead itself was with a tyre lever to give a bit more clearance for the bellhousing once the 'box was in. Surprisingly little brute force was required

 

did mine with a scissor jack to get the 5 speed to sit a bit higher, went a lot easier than we thought too so thanks to andygfc and jis bright idea my manual tunnel now loks like an auto one!!

 

put the sledge away lee you really wont need it

[lee_capri]

ive got hammer's in all sizer's one fit's all

 

im use a externial 3 rail 4-speed box so will i need to make any-outerration's to the tunnel,

 

how do you change the end of the prop's over