Customising a 105e

[stagamini]

In the past I've restored a couple of Triumphs and have now just bought a basket case of a 105e. I intend to customise it as it came with a Ford 2.0 litre dohc and T75 gearbox from a Sierra XR4i. Being new to Ford I don't know whether the installation would be a good one?  i'm open to suggestions. 

Cheers

[Vista]

It depends which DOHC engine you mean. The 8v DOHC engine from 90's Sierras is a bit of a dog. There isn't much in the way of tuning parts available for it and popular wisdom is that it's best avoided.

[The Transplanter]

If its mated to an MT75 then chances are that its the engine Vista mentioned, and is better off in the scrap unfortunately

[over_head_cam]

The 8 valve is reasonably torquey in an Anglia and quite reliable if looked after, but as mentioned above there's not a lot of tuning stuff available, or stamdard stuff for that matter. The 16 valve version from the Escort os a little perkier but has similar failings.

[HotRodMatt]

Or you could drop in the bigger version of the 16v from a Scorpio. 2.3 litres, 147bhp standard and the MT75 will fit fine.

[stagamini]

Thank you all for your comments, it's much appreciated. As you are probably all aware, every car nut goes through a kind of apprenticeship where they get to learn the do's and don'ts and whose a good supplier and whose not. Having played around with Triumphs for 15+ years and Lambrettas/Vespas even longer I would like to think I know them insideout. So mistake number 1 down to me. Hopefully I can sell on the engine and gearbox. I bought the Anglia for my wife as we both saw a slighty cutomised one at a local car show. The car I've bought came from e-bay as a rolling shell with everything with it (all in boxes) but no engine or gearbox. I'll be spending the next few months welding various panels to the car so I have a blank canverse, so to speak, to start with. I've joined the Anglia Owners club in the meantime but don't be surprised that I'll be back bending your ears.

Cheers

Steve 

[piekey]

You ought to have a squint at www.105speed.com for all things anglia 105e

 

The chap who runs it has a wealth of knowledge and spares part numbers.

[Vista]

Plenty of knowledge worth sticking around on here for top

[aardvark101]

Hi Steve, welcome along, how do you feel about cutting the shell about to get an engine in ?  If you have the tools, skills and time you can fit pretty much any engine, the simplest thing would be to put Crossflow

lump in, old school like the car, easily tuned and pretty simple to fix if it stops working (normally something has fell off )

 

If you want modern you can go for a Zetec, cheap to buy, easy power upgrade, and you can get off the shelf parts to help you fit it, both of these can be fitted without cutting the bulkhead.

 

Your going to need a gearbox to go with your engine, 2000e 4 speed will fit both without body mods, if you want 5 in the box then Type 9 is a good bet, but you will need to mod the tunnel (by cutting the top out of it )

 

Orrrrrrrr.....cut it about and stick a Cossy and T5 in it

 

Cheers Paul

 

 

Look up Milton for good quality 105 parts, and Retro ford for Zetec and Duratec parts  Hth

[stagamini]

Thanks for the input everyone, I think I'm going to like being around the Blue Oval family. Shsss much better than the Triumph boys, but don't tell anyone. Reference to Aardvark's interesting input. In reply, the Anglia is 10 years older, and due to the good steel used in production, the condition is far better than the Russian Steel used in the Stag. When I restored that, it required new floors, suspension rail, front wings, front light assembly, Boot lid and upper and lower front Valance. So what I've seen on the Anglia doesn't frighten me. As for the engine I haven't decided yet. I'll get the body shell sorted first then decide. As for the Cossie, if I had 2-3 thousand pounds rattling around I could be tempted. The shell is stripped, all baring wheels and Steering and partially sandblasted. Once I have had the lower part of the shell blasted then I will be able to be in a better position to assess what needs to be done. I'll keep you all posted when I start which will be mid October.

Cheers

Steve

[jamie956]

Hi Steve

 

Where in Suffolk are you i'm in Lowestoft.

[Tom E Cropp]

Always good to hear of another anglia coming back to life! Welcome to the forum! As said before the x flow engine is an easy one to fit and goes well! Depends on budget and what your using the car for that will help you decide on the best engine choice for you, I'd say zetecs and x flows are the most common choices but there's some pretty mean cossie powered ones too!