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Sept 19, 2006 13:45:27 GMT
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Wanted 2.0 engine for one of those minging bug eyed Scorpios. Will take complete car, engine must run A1, don`t care about the rest as it`ll be weighed in once engine removed. If you have one in a car but want the rest of the car that`s cool but it must be able to be heard running. Close as possible to Chester/Ellesmere Port/Wirral/N.Wales etc please, cash and collect for right car at right money.
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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Sept 19, 2006 15:24:45 GMT
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The sierra DOHC engine is the same I believe Adam
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Sept 19, 2006 15:42:29 GMT
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As is the earlier granada DOHC lump.
Whats this for then Cav?
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Sept 19, 2006 16:12:13 GMT
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A mate who swears blind other engines are different! He found an engine (complete car actually) from a Probe but says they`re different too (I think he said they are Mazda engines?). He only wants the motor for a Scorpio he has and I get the weigh in from the old shell PLUS he`s going to take the mint engine from my rotten Nova TD and put it into my tidy Corsa with u/s engine so I`m trying to help him! I`ll mention what you have said gents, thanks for the info.
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Sept 19, 2006 16:14:05 GMT
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Yeah why is it scorpio specific request cavmad? just for ease of fixing? did they do these 2.0's in Granada flavour too?
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Sept 19, 2006 16:34:11 GMT
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I thought they did Mark but the owner says they didn`t. Beats the hell out of me, but up to him I suppose. It`s a 16V engine apparantly.
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Sept 19, 2006 21:58:16 GMT
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Surely it'd be cheaper to just yog a Zetec in therE?
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Sept 20, 2006 10:32:36 GMT
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'cos bugeyed scorpios are fugging ugly so deserve to be srapped but the engines are cossie?
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Sept 20, 2006 19:51:11 GMT
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Not all engines were Cossie ones, I think it was only the 2.9? You`re dead right about binning the pig ugly things though!
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Sept 20, 2006 20:36:05 GMT
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I dunno...I've got quite a soft spot for them...
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Sept 21, 2006 2:49:10 GMT
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I love em cos they're a bit of cheap flash.
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Sept 21, 2006 8:13:34 GMT
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I think those engines are a 2.0 16v, and the granada/sierra twink is an 8v so not the same. Here is a scorpio one:
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Sept 21, 2006 8:18:49 GMT
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I'd have a squint at the Sierra Owner's Club forum, there's plenty of talk of the various I4 DOHC lumps! I *think* the bug-eye Scorpios do use a different version with coil pack ignition, and therefore without the distributor stuck on the end of a camshaft. Pretty sure it doesn't have the balancer shafts etc, so conversion from one to t'other may be possible... The Crust over on FSOC may be the man to speak to, he's currently building an 8v 2.3 DOHC and is well clued up on these things. Edit: Beaten to it by Monsieur B! That confirms some of what I said... Edit (again): I'm reliably informed that they ARE 16v.
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