swaping 1.9 for 1.8?

[swamack]

Please help me.
I'm planning on buying a 1.8 for parts for my 1.9.
Is there anyway to take the DOHC off of the 1.8 and put it on the 1.9?
Isn't that the only big difference in the two engines?
Is it possible to make a cold air intake with a 93?
Do you that $250 for a 1.8 HO with 120K miles is worth it?

Before I got my escort, someone told me that the manuals will do 80 in second. I said, maybe 40 or 45. But I was wrong. The other day I did 67mph in second gear. She was still going, but she was reving hard, so I shifted to 3rd, then 4th, and finally 5th. That night, I got her to do about 110 or 115. In my opinion, that is flying for a little four cylender. I can't beleive I thought my couger was fast.http://

[dgs]

I think the 1.8 was a Mazda motor and the 1.9 is a Ford. There is not much, if anyhting, in common. For example, the 1.8 has a distributer, the 1.9 does not.

[whig-it]

it is possible, and not very hard. I think you will need the ecu, engine, trany, axles, and some more

also look around these forums



Escort Racing Forum

Ford Escort Owners Association

[Scott 02]

steve, your escort should get up to 70 MAX in second. I wouldn't do it though. You don't want problems in your engine like the timing chain failure and valves,lifter, ext. she must have been buzzzzing.

[richyh]

we must be spoilt in the uk, i have an escort 1.6 turbo that can do 150mph, it will spin its wheels in all 5 gears in the wet, and the first 3 in the dry!

i wonder how much different the uk/usa cars are?

cheers

rich

[whig-it]

the us and uk cars are very different, they don't share much in common except the name

[Scott 02]

How much HP are those "1.6" turbos making and if it spins the tires in 5th then it should have an 7 speed transmission.

[richyh]

spec as follows

standard bottom end except for cosworth big end bolts
ported and polished head
piper 285t2 cam
pace charge cooler
pace alloy intrecooler
upgraded ecu
group a actuator
hybrid turbo with 360 bearings and reverse shaft
5th injector
k and n air filter
magnex stainless steel exhaust
turbo timer
lightened and balanced flywheel
ap paddle clutch
standard box with lsd and shot peened gears

and all that gives a nice reliable 238bhp, probably doesnt sound that much to you guys with big horse power cars a plenty out there, but when the car is only 780kg it goes quiet well (but not as well as my gsxr750!)

we dont have the silly regulations that you guys have on what you can and cant do, so its anything goes, there is a guy in the north of england that has got near on 400bhp out of his 1.9 turbo, they sell the 1.9 over here as a conversion, cos the american block is stronger, but you cant pull the revs with those engines, mine revs to 7700rpm.

cheers

Rich

[Heep]

The US and UK Escorts are totally different, all they share is the name and basic body style. The US Escort is the same as the Japanese/Australasian Ford Laser from the early 90's (just without the 4WD turbo model )

The engine must have been screaming at 67 mph, I think 58 or so is the highest I went in my car in 2nd...sucks not having a tach

[swamack]

I know

[Scott 02]

screaming??? it was doing more than screaming. keep telling him that the timming belt will not last long in it and is posible to have all cylendars go down doing that. Or in other words, just plane blow up.

[450HPviper]

Hey, she didn't blow this last Saturday Night, but it did give me a scare.

[Scott 02]

me too, because you were not supposed to be driving. I was...lol

[450HPviper]

Who gives a Shit, we went 70MPH once and never even reached 50MPH after that.

[Scott 02]

Yep.