What was the best engine ford ever used in there cars ?

[Wessie]

was it the ?

pinto

crossflow

pre-crosflow

sidevalve

essex

YB

lotus twin cam

CVH

valencia

duratec

taunus

385 v8

cologne

kent

boss 302

and all the others i forgot

so what are your reasons . . . ?

[Jelly]

Depends on your definition of "best" mate..

 

Did you mean durability, power, tunability, reliability, or weight?

 

 

I like the crossflow as a combination of those four

[Smudger105e]

I think an easier question would be...

 

"what is the worst engine Ford ever built for their cars?"

 

V4 2 litre, three bearing crank, shit balancing, just pants.

 

1340cc pre crossflow, three bearing crank...

 

See the pattern here?

[Wessie]

its all up to you ! pros/cons of engines etc , im just trying to make a bit of banter

[tim]

1 you missed out

 

bda or the 2ltr bdg

 

 

dont really need to say any thing else

 

 

or i know its lazy and heavy but i like a pinto and if your talkin standard spec then its got 2 be in series x spec

[bobmk1]

u gotta love xflow

[john_3.0s]

for a balance between power, economy and reliability its go to be the 130 duratorque as fitted to the TDCi mondes im afraid. Not sure what the newer 2.2 version is like that runs 155 though....

 

sorry guys not old skool i know but i know what id prefer under the bonet to hack up the motorway with every day.

[Daggle]

X-flow look how long it has lasted

[Wessie]

how did i foget the bda,bdg and bdt's

[Cookie]

Without a shadow of a doubt it's gotta be the CVH, god dam those 3i's used to shift, had tappets that made a stonking rattle and valve stems that could be done with the head on, the ultimate powerplant and the original hot hatch but is it an Old sk.............???

 

[Retromotorsport]

3.4 COSWORTH GAA

[john_3.0s]

yeah to be fair those old CVHs may have sounded like crap but the 1600i ones went well and were reasonably reliable for their age.

 

On a pure reliability front the old sierra 1800 diesel (endura) was pretty bullet proof, mine lasted 270k (170k of which was with me thrashing it!).....go on the oil burners!!!!

[4parajon]

YB for me

[sambo]

I would have to say the pinto. Definatley reliable, definatley tuneable, and just bloody hardcore. It's old but still going strong and gives really good power for an 8 valve, if you have the cash. Sound awesome on sidedraughts too!!!

[escort21]

Xflow, used in everything, boats, forklifts etc

[Stu_B]

I say pinto cos my capri was awesome, and my x-flow is wheezy and crap, not to mention oily!

[Doc]

I love a big turbo CVH ! In years to come they will be the engine you turbo nutters hunt out when the cosworths have all been blown up or are too expensive .

 

I like a crossflow and an essex but you knew that lol

[Vista]

I'm with Tim and Sambo on the BD series and the Pinto, though IMHO the Lotus twin cam mentioned in the first post was only really a Ford bottom end not a Ford engine. Now you could argue that if you look at it that way then the Cosworth YB isn't a Ford engine either, I don't subscribe to that for the following reason: - the difference is that Cosworth are an engine builder commisioned by Ford to build the YB, whereas Lotus are a car manufacturer in their own right and the Lotus twin cam engine existed in their own vehicles too.

 

So my favourite Ford engines are the BD series for the hi technology and horsepower they could produce (this was the late 60's and early 70's) and the pinto for it's strength and tuneability. With the right money, big power is available with out losing too much driveability.

 

I will make a cursory nod to the X-flow too as I know it has it's fans. but IMHO despite being heavier the pinto edges it because it doesn't need to be on the redline to produce big power outputs like the X-flow does.

[Rick]

bda roar!

 

crossflow cus its ard

[Mr Sam]

X'flow/valencia

[luz008]

7 ltr v8 used in the GT40?

[Morley]

The C20XE was the best engine that they should have built

 

Whilst the BD makes a lovely noise, in its day it was notorious for being unreliable, expensive and tempramental.

You can't argue with the power figures kicked out by a tuned Cosworth YB but you have to throw money at them to get huge power figures

The crossflow has stood the test of time

The pinto is a heavy old lump of iron but is a torquey son beetch

I've never been a fan of the CVH or the Zetec

The duratec is probably the best engine by default as it's newest and therefore by design a better engine. But isn't it mazda based?

They all have their pro's and con's but at the end of the day, its horses for courses.

[john_3.0s]

Zetec is a mazda engine too m8 as i recall.

 

I think the original question was what was the best engine ford had fitted to their cars, i.e. not necissiarly a ford lump.

 

2.3 pugeot diesel gets my vote

[V8ian]

Cosworth DFV, got as much ford in it as my BMW, apart from the badge,thats about it,

But install a detuned DFV/DFX in a road car, mk1 or 2 Cortina or a Mk2 escort, on TBs, a real big boys engine, drop the rev limit to 9k, softer cams 350 hp no sweat, would sound soooooo sweet Mmmmmmmmm Ive just started dribbiling, now where can I find one

Ian

[over_head_cam]

Despite my name I fancy a DFV

 

http://www.atspeedimages.com/classic_te ... th_dfv.jpg

 

I'll stick with a Kent for now untill my numbers come up