Hemi Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 well so i got a 1600 and pulled it apart and the rings are screwed (how surprising) anyway i rang a guy up from acl and he seemed to know a shitload about escorts and suggested a 1300 piston conversion (his name was henry if anyone wants to know). anyhow he siad that itd be good to get new pistons id need a reground cam and headers and a bigger carb(or jet the one i have) at any rate ive now decided to basically replace everything thats not the block itself in there bearings etc ...has anyone does this conversion and whats the outcome?? any help appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 i have heard of it, it gives you the mean compression... i think mk1 esky has done it in his mark one.. i don't know if he comes on here much though... CRAIG you there?...he told me it goes hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 yea compression is 10:1 or sumfing the grindis a bsc2 for the cam or something the likes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOWMK2 Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 yea i done the 1300 piston conversion in my 1600 got it bored to 1700 so had to get custom pistons got franklin cams race cam port and polished head, hardened valve seats lightened flywheel, extractors.....blah.......blah.....blah Sounds choice and goes hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 yea thats what i was told by the guy too umm how much did it cost you roughly? i got all the prices for the pistons new bearings and the cam is gonna cost 90-130 depending on wether my cam is suitable but like for the boring and headwork how much ? oh i also got the price for the seats and re-surfacing the head but never bothered asking about the port and polish >are u able to do this by yourself or is it preferable to get it done professionally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kornstar Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 unless you no what your doing or you have a mate that can help you, its probly better to get it done pofessionally, cos you dont wanna fuck it up with it being all uneven and shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidian Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 for the port n polish definately do it prof, bro. i had mine done by Leading Edge heads, theyre quite onto it, look them up. theyre in e.t.. as for all my block work... u can look up Glendene rebuilders, i think the guys name is john simpson(?). quite good and hes gotta mean race capri in there. also the guy workin next doors gotta mk1 escy on 17 evo Rs haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted October 22, 2004 Author Share Posted October 22, 2004 k thanks guys lowmk2 ur piston what spec re they ...just the 060 oversize or are they custom built ones? had a guy come into work today ..hsa a mk1 esky that has a 2ltr in it ....a grand worth of headwork ...he siad he's been through so many sets of tyres in 3 months its not funny ..lol gotta get a 2ltr!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted October 24, 2004 Author Share Posted October 24, 2004 ok my head is cracked in the 1600 is the 1300 one the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bistro Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 Nah man, 1600s have bigger valves. but you could get the 1300 and put the 1600 valves in it. i think the 1300 head is higher comp too but im not too sure on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W8NSEE Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 hey wat sort of power do you expect to get from it if you do wat u said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LukeNukem Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 With the amount of money you can spend doing that, why not go the 2.0L route? Hell, v6 even... I dont see the point in doing a fuckload of work on a small engine when it can easily be replaced with something bigger, better (most of the time), more powerful, and cheaper.... Doing the works on a 2.0L in a corty would be alright (english model), because its not easy to put a bigger engine in to it, unless you find a cosworth of some sort, say, the V6 Essex built one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W8NSEE Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 the reason why im not goin the 2L route is that i already have another car with 2L in it so now i want to try out the 1600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted October 24, 2004 Author Share Posted October 24, 2004 well im looking at the 100hp figure as a starting point as i dont wanna go out and say "aww yea work my 1600 make 200hp bro eat ur evo ow" the reason i aint going 2litre is i am a newb to engines and i can safley say that the x-flow has to one fo the most simple engines out ....and its easier to put in etc if the 1600 works out ..then the 2litre will get dropped in but 1600 is 2hr to put in 2ltr takes a weekend and i dont have that patience ...i only have one car and need to use it daily, there my whole life story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 What exactly is cross flow? What does it do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 gas goes in one side and fumes come out the other, across flowing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 look in the trade and exchange website.. you can pick up a 1600 head for liek nothing i think... crossflow as above means the inlet is on one side and the exhaust onthe other side of the engine... alot of old engines are not crossflow like the k series toyota engines where the exhaust and inlet are on the same side of the engine...i'm pretty sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 So its nothing special by todays standrds? Sounds pretty basic really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted October 24, 2004 Author Share Posted October 24, 2004 yea preeettty much lol , ok what the trade and exchage website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 Aint it gutting when ya find your head is cracked!!! Same thing happened to me. It was cheaper to go the 2L because I had it all here already, pretty lucky! I found it hard as hell to find anything for 1600's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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