Cosworth or red top

[richard wilson]

go for the honda s 2000 its shorter and lighter then a cossy or redtop asnd will rev its nuts of allday long and very easy tunned

[Banishit]

if cost is the option the red top, cossies cost a fortune to tune right if N/A

S2000 engines are not cheap either or very plentiful

[richard wilson]

if cost is the option the red top, cossies cost a fortune to tune right if N/A

S2000 engines are not cheap either or very plentiful

£2.000 for engine and box i wud say its not to bad brian when u think of the prices to tune a cossy.

[vinny]

does it matter, u cant drive for shit anyway

[PFX_will_return]

I'm with Richard Wilson on this. In terms of bhp per £ you can't beat the Honda. The prices vary but you will get a 6 speed gearbox and a good low mileage engine for around the £2k mark. It doesn't need to be touched and gives 240bhp. You will need to spend money in other places though. You need an ecu, something like an emerald, a new rev counter and probably speedo. It will have to be dry sumped to get the engine low enough.

Plus you will have to cut the shell up quite a bit to make the gearbox fit. That might be enough to put a lot of people off.

[wozzy]

just to throw something else into the poll
why not use a redtop but the earlier ones with the coscast head

[lee bishop]

cossie all day long, N/A too in a mk2

i bet aled is the only one who voted vauxhall.............

[Aaron P.]

both common as bloody muck...get yourself something totally different

[Chesney]

sell it mate, stonky probably thinks it's worth 2k anyway

[Andyc]

sell it mate, stonky probably thinks it's worth 2k anyway

a thats good i would of make £1500

[plentysideways]

why bother with either? Stick with the Pinto and spend the money on that instead. Should be able to get a decent amount of torque with 2k spent on a pinto, and keeps the car as Mr Ford intended it to be

[Aled]

just to throw something else into the poll
why not use a redtop but the earlier ones with the coscast head

Yup

cossie all day long, N/A too in a mk2

i bet aled is the only one who voted vauxhall.............

Yup

[mk1gaz]

Atmo cossie (16v pinto) is the best for the money . It fits in easy using standard secondhand ford parts , it's a proper Ford engine , they look and sound the best , Steel crank and rods as STANDARD and they have a nice fat torquey power band that will **** past any "peaky with no torque" Honda dog poo .

[paul andrews]

cosworth all day long m8,ive done a red top mk1 which was decent power for not a lot of outlay and no cutting,the cosworth will cost more money in either aspirated or turbo form imo(turbo's are ****ing great fun tho ).the honda converstion aint cheap either,i have just sold my mk2 s2000 project as i was running out of money,have you tryed lifting one of these **** me they are heavy and aint got a lot of tourque either imo although they rev like ****.try a duretec if you have the money to mod one properly but again they wont fit easy

[oldskooljoe]

I would say cosworth