72mk1escort Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 How Much HP is a standard 1977 1.3GL MK2 Escort Engine?????? Anyone know???
antz Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 think its about 53bhp. i know the 1300gt is 57bhp... add a k&n, retune it with some bigger jets and a nice free flowing exhaust and you could see around 64bhp. mine measured 62bhp @5000rpm with only a k&n and a good old retune by bogg brothers
72mk1escort Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Posted March 9, 2008 think its about 53bhp. i know the 1300gt is 57bhp 53 my mk1 1100 is 55BHP not worth me changing to that then
antz Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 think its about 53bhp. i know the 1300gt is 57bhp 53 my mk1 1100 is 55BHP not worth me changing to that then 55bhp?...seriously!??? mk14dr measured a healthy 44bhp from his 1100 mk1
72mk1escort Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Posted March 9, 2008 add a k&n, retune it with some bigger jets and a nice free flowing exhaust and you could see around 64bhp. mine measured 62bhp @5000rpm with only a k&n and a good old retune by bogg brothers Sounds good to me might be worth getting the engine and getting it all built up to how i want it then drop it in Cheers for the info Antz P.S: Loving the aviator
72mk1escort Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Posted March 9, 2008 55bhp?...seriously!??? mk14dr measured a healthy 44bhp from his 1100 mk1 Yep its in black and white in the escort owners manual Mines done 40,000 genuine so shouldn't have lost that much over the years Well hopefully anyway
shaun1.6ghia Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 sorry to take you off the subject a bit but whats the 1977 mk2 ghia 1.6 771m hp?? thanks shaun, any simple mods to kick it up??
bmxdave Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 sorry to take you off the subject a bit but whats the 1977 mk2 ghia 1.6 771m hp?? thanks shaun, any simple mods to kick it up?? It should be about 78bhp? I think a GT is about 87bhp. Dont qoute me to that though. A filter and a 4 branch manifold should add a few horse powas. Get a twin choke on it or 40's. Take your fan off and fit an elecky one. After that you have to start taking stuff apart like heads and cams etc.
72mk1escort Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Posted March 9, 2008 sorry to take you off the subject a bit but whats the 1977 mk2 ghia 1.6 771m hp?? thanks shaun, any simple mods to kick it up?? Its 84BHP @ 5500RPM standard mate looked it up on a disc my dad uses for work. it will have a twin choke weber as standard you can put a KnN filter on it and maybe a nice set of 40's to get the power up a bit and a nice straight through system which would free up some horses you could also get it ported and polished there are so many options to be honest mate
bronze4door Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 at uni they have formula ford racing cars running 1600 cross flows that are gt spec and are lightened slightly and balanced running a standard twin choke carb and they are producing 110 horse power where the fook have the extra 20 odd ponies come from compared to what they are standard
bmxdave Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 Youd be surprised what you can make from a 'standard' engine. With the engines being produced to low standards due to high numbers, you only have to change a few things to 'tighten it up a bit'. Especially if you can add more fuel and air. Ive heard of Toyota 4age's making 170bhp on an engine rated 130bhp using standard parts.
shaun1.6ghia Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 sorry to take you off the subject a bit but whats the 1977 mk2 ghia 1.6 771m hp?? thanks shaun, any simple mods to kick it up?? Its 84BHP @ 5500RPM standard mate looked it up on a disc my dad uses for work. it will have a twin choke weber as standard you can put a KnN filter on it and maybe a nice set of 40's to get the power up a bit and a nice straight through system which would free up some horses you could also get it ported and polished there are so many options to be honest mate yeah it's got twin choke webber, an think its had some port an polish action.. shouldn't the ghia's have 1-4 too, pretty sure mine is.. with a KnN whats that all together??? any ideas???
72mk1escort Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Posted March 9, 2008 Probably nearing the 100BHP mark mate
Toby Posted March 10, 2008 Report Posted March 10, 2008 You could find it's got less power if it's not set up, I had a twin choke on an a 1600 CF which I swapped to twin 40's (it had a cam and mild head work). To a marker it was over 10mph down with the 40's. Once it was re-jetted correctly it was 5 mph faster. You'll be suprised what a decent set up can gain you.
antz Posted March 10, 2008 Report Posted March 10, 2008 a good RR tune will do wonders for even a standard engine. i took mine to bogg brothers for setting up and it was crap running. slower than standard and ran like shit. new jets and a good tuning later and it was a lot lot better!!!! shaun the 1.6 ghia had a gt head, twin choke weber, better cam and a 4-2-1 manifold. not bad but the exhausts a bugger to get a replacement for when it goes. i found it easier to replace the manifold with a PLR one and it was cheaper
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