duratec conversion

[Aaron P.]

has anyone done one of these yet? is it cheaper than doing a cossie conversion

[Banishit]

lots cheaper

2.3 with throttle bodies for the Engine about 200+ BHP £2500

[John Hall]

Hi I have been lurking on this site for about a year, but I can now post something of interest.

I am putting a 2.3 Duratec into a Mk2 Escort, the engine is a Raceline 250 bhp spec engine. So far the engine has cost me about £5k to build and install in to a Mk2 Escort and I have not got it running yet. So I think cost vs bhp, the Cossie option is cheaper.

I am going for the Duratec installation because I want an all aluminium engine in a Mk2 without the cost of a BDA.

Great site by the way.

John

[Frosticles]

Welcome to the site John

[lathamescortmk2]

you can buy a brand new duratec lump from cosworth for 10k

thats brand spanking new, built and engineered by cosworth

http://www.cosworth.com/shop_item.php?productid=103

[james cruise]

I presume thats the engine classic ford are puttin in there cortina

[John Hall]

My engine is new for half the money of a Cosworth Duratec engine, plus it has a modified wet sump to fit over a world Cup Cross Member. Were as the Cosworth is a crate supplied engine which will have to be modified to fit in the Mk2.

[Mr Hoarder]

Hello John,

Glad you decided to post at last, it's nice to have another Essex boy on the site

Good to see you on Sunday too

[Banishit]

Hello John and welcome

[Aaron P.]

i was thinking of this conversion for my van, but the costs of having to put grp 4 rear end to the van is just MADNESS, as id never get my money back, but the van would be very different & nice

[John Hall]

Thanks for the warm welcome.
I want to post some picures of the instalation but I can not workout how do upload them

[Banishit]

click this http://www.redslate.co.uk/upload/

put in your username from here, then the email address the link will be sent to, and click the browse button and select the file you want to upload

this will only accept 1 file per browse eg a .jpg .gif .png then click upload, then check your email and a link like this

[img]http://www.redslate.co.uk/upload/duratec.jpg[/img]

will be in the mail just copy and paste it into your new message and submit

you can upload one after another then wait a few seconds for all the links to appear and paste them into one message

[John Hall]

Pictures in a new topic post in the Basket Case / On going projects section.

John

[Banishit]

Heres a 2.3 Granny theres also a Cortina 2.3 1977-85

where you would get the badges ? granada club ? http://www.granada-and-scorpio-online.com/gec/

or http://www.uk-classic-cars.com/ford-mk2-granada.htm

Granada Enthusiasts’ Club
116 Whitmore Road
Hanchurch Crossroads
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffs ST5 4DG
Tel: 01782 657697

Granada
Mk1 & Mk2 Drivers’ Guild
Terry Head, 13 Scarsbrook Road
Kidbrook
London SE3 8AF
Tel: 020 8856 2406

203 Granada Owners’ Club
John Hall
62 Oakney Close,
Nuneaton
Warks CV10 7LT
Tel: 01203 342269

Granada Owners South West
The Treasurer
GOSW
36 Trenovissick Road
St. Blazey Gate
Par, PL24 2DY
Tel: 01726 812 325

[Deepest Blue]

Talking to Dave College AKA Retro Ford @ the weekend ref my Zetec Project & he is now spending a lot of time on Duratec conversions.