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Don't have net at home, but its definatly a 1600 as it says 711M on the side. cant remember how to tell if its a sport or not? will get full engine number 2night.

Got a giha gearbox also which is supossed to be a good ratio box?

711M just means it's the later Kent found in Escorts.

The BA and the deck height over the watter pump are the quickest ways to tell.

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Are the 711 BAs stronger also? heard this

No not really, you want an AX block for that - it was designed for really crap african petrol and is much heavier. It's the block the original rally escorts bored 1840ccs out of.

71 is the year the block was designed I think - the previous being the 68(1F), and then next mod was to put it into a fwd fiasco, which is a 77(1M) block ( and the engine mounts are wrong amongst other things ).

So what you're after is a 711M6015BA block for 1600, AA for 11/1300. Not the easy to read wrong 771M6051BA!

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will a 5 speed sierra bolt up to a 1600?

Yes, there is a couple of clutch options to do it, either get the stock Kent flywheel redrilled to take a Cortina/Sierra clutch, or use a Hillman Hunter clutch plate with the stock Escort pressure plate.

You also need to take a couple of mm off the input shaft or it puts load onto your thrust washers.

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