Replacement engine for Ford 2.0 OHC Pinto
Malcolm White
I'm not sure whether there is a more appropriate newsgroup but here goes!
I have a 1990 Mk3 County Transit 4x4 LWB fitted with a 2.0 OHC Pinto
Engine and MT75 5 speed manual gearbox. Due to the weight of the load I
have to carry around, this engine is seriously underpowered and I need a
replacement. Ideally, I would plump for the Rover V8 due to its light
weight and abundant parts. The problem is how I mate this to my existing
gearbox. The MT75 doesn't have a separate bellhousing so finding an
adapter is proving difficult (although there is a thin adapter plate
between the existing engine and box). I don't really want to change the
gearbox as this will entail prop / floor / crossmember modifications.
The only thing that would tempt me down this route would be to replace
the box with an auto. If so, would the Ford auto box be up to the
increased torque of the Rover engine?
Is there a better engine that I can bolt directly to the MT75 ( I really
don't want to go fuel injection, however). Ford do an adapter plate that
allows a 2.9 V6 to be fitted but they want over 400 quid just for the
plate!!!
Anyone have any other ideas?
Regards, Malcolm
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Andrew W. Macfadyen
Do you need the plate ? Isn't the bolt pattern the same on all Ford Europe
engines, certainly on older Transits the Essex V6 would fit staight in.
Malcolm White
>Do you need the plate ? Isn't the bolt pattern the same on all Ford Europe
>engines, certainly on older Transits the Essex V6 would fit staight in.
>
>Malcolm White wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure whether there is a more appropriate newsgroup but here goes!
>>
>> I have a 1990 Mk3 County Transit 4x4 LWB fitted with a 2.0 OHC Pinto
>> Engine and MT75 5 speed manual gearbox. Due to the weight of the load I
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The earlier Ford gearboxes (pre-MT75) had changeable bellhousings and the V6
Essex 3.0 Transits (Ambulances and Police) had a different bellhousing to the
2.0 petrol and 2.5 diesel AFAIAA. Certainly my Pinto engine has a plate between
the engine and box. I do have an Essex engine that I could check the bolt
pattern vs the MT75 but I'm sure that they are different. I do know that the 2.9
V6 (Cologne?) requires an adapter plate to fit the MT75 (available from Ford for
402UKP plus VAT!)
I spoke with a chap at a company called Magnum Engineering in Warwick who make
adapter bellhousings but he is unaware of anything to match the Rover V8 / MT75.
He suggested maybe using the BW T5 box although I'll then need to modify the
crossmember and prop (and possible gearlever hole in floor). It's hassle I don't
need! I remember an article in an old Performance Car (I think) that featured
two Rover converted Escort Cosworth lookalikes. I wonder what boxes these used
as the Escort Cossie uses the MT75 (I believe).
Robert Billing
In article <354fb848...@news.demon.co.uk>
mal...@white.ie "Malcolm White" writes:
> I have a 1990 Mk3 County Transit 4x4 LWB fitted with a 2.0 OHC Pinto
> Engine and MT75 5 speed manual gearbox. Due to the weight of the load I
Ah, the engine of blessed memory, that I used to do head jobs on when
I was a student...
If your insurers will wear it, somebody (Tickfords?) used to do a DIY
turbo kit for this loveable hunk of iron.
BTW have you ever managed to get the bolt in the end of the crankshaft
out without Serious Use Of Rude Words? Every time I did it I ended up
giving vent to a major burst of unparliamentary language.
The problem is that you are trying to shift the bolt, which is covered
in road muck & has corroded in place, and all that is stopping the
crankshaft rotating is the handbrake. Then you think it's coming, and
realise that you are in fact winding the car along by turning the
engine over, and that both axle stands are now on the point of
toppling, and your unprotected skull is under the car...
Well, we were all young and inexperienced once.
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