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[Rangie]

I remember in the early seventies a lad that lived local to us put a V8 lump into a MK1 Escort & that was it , no upgrades to the braking system it obviously didn't end well.

[Viral_Jim]

If you want crazy, then this has to be up there (with Opti's favourite Signum engine featuring  )

https://youtu.be/xWCRuovk210?si=x_tmnAitIcNtQ4tT

Was thinking about this on the way home tonight. I reckon it'd be better doing this swap into a meriva, proper OAP spec. You could certainly bait a few folk with that!

[YZ250]

I remember in the early seventies a lad that lived local to us put a V8 lump into a MK1 Escort & that was it , no upgrades to the braking system it obviously didn't end well.

Many years back, a Ford Escort MK3 pulled out of a side turn in front of us. He gunned it down the road and suddenly the front end slammed to the ground and both front wheels went rolling down the road on their own.  We stopped and retrieved his missing wheels for him.
I knew what he’d done as soon as I glanced at his car.    He’d fitted wheel spacers but had kept the original length bolts in place. 

[YZ250]

there are some very clever/skilled people out there! 

Yes, massive respect to the engineering behind those projects. 

My toolmaker apprentice master had a Jaguar engine and running gear in his MK2 Cortina. He’d cut and re-rolled the arches so that the wheels fitted, and chopped various other parts as well to make it all fit.
My mate fitted a 4.7 litre Nissan diesel engine in to his brand new Land Rover 90. Plenty of mods required on that as the exhaust manifold is on the opposite side to a Land Rover, and the original drive shafts were too long. It got some shocked expressions from people as we overtook them whilst towing the hot rod.   

On a lesser scale, I fitted an Escort RS2000 engine in to my MK3 Cortina, but apart from fabricating a new exhaust to meet up with the tubular 4-2-1 manifold, it was relatively straightforward. The exhaust was gratis, courtesy of my MOD employers stainless steel from stores. If questioned, my apprentice master said it was ‘training’ on a mandrel bender, sheet metal bender training for the silencers and Tig welding training for welding it all up. Just reminded me how much I miss that place and their tools and machinery. Oh, and their stores. 

[Andy B]

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 The exhaust was gratis, courtesy of my MOD employers stainless steel from stores. If questioned, my apprentice master said it was ‘training’ on a mandrel bender, sheet metal bender training for the silencers and Tig welding training for welding it all up. Just reminded me how much I miss that place and their tools and machinery. Oh, and their stores. 

the cats back stainless exhaust on my Senator was courtesy of Hallls Mentholyptus .... the bends were either sections of 90 deg bends or the gentle bends were achieved using a hydraulic pipe bender & 'toffee' inside the thin walled 2" DPL stainless pipe to stop it from collapsing 

[YZ250]

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 The exhaust was gratis, courtesy of my MOD employers stainless steel from stores. If questioned, my apprentice master said it was ‘training’ on a mandrel bender, sheet metal bender training for the silencers and Tig welding training for welding it all up. Just reminded me how much I miss that place and their tools and machinery. Oh, and their stores. 

the cats back stainless exhaust on my Senator was courtesy of Hallls Mentholyptus .... the bends were either sections of 90 deg bends or the gentle bends were achieved using a hydraulic pipe bender & 'toffee' inside the thin walled 2" DPL stainless pipe to stop it from collapsing 

We were years ahead of the likes of Powerflow Andy.   

[Andy B]

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 The exhaust was gratis, courtesy of my MOD employers stainless steel from stores. If questioned, my apprentice master said it was ‘training’ on a mandrel bender, sheet metal bender training for the silencers and Tig welding training for welding it all up. Just reminded me how much I miss that place and their tools and machinery. Oh, and their stores. 

the cats back stainless exhaust on my Senator was courtesy of Hallls Mentholyptus .... the bends were either sections of 90 deg bends or the gentle bends were achieved using a hydraulic pipe bender & 'toffee' inside the thin walled 2" DPL stainless pipe to stop it from collapsing 

We were years ahead of the likes of Powerflow Andy.