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Paul Miles

Bristol England, Escort Mk2, 2.1L


Finlake

Wiscombe

Wiscombe

Engine Specifications:

  • 2100cc pinto
  • 155 bhp at wheels
  • +2.25 mm overbore and short skirt pistons,balanced, with extra oil grooves
  • Conrods hand ground to lighten and relieve stress points
  • 3 stage balancing, bead blasted and heavy duty cap bolts
  • Crankshaft ground -0.25 and balanced good for 8000+
  • Flywheel lightened to 12lbs drilled dowelled and balanced
  • Block 205 honed to eliminate ovality and give correct piston to bore clearance
  • Cylinder head machined flat and equal valve seat area height on all 4 inlet and exhaust valves
  • Reworked combustion chambers
  • Inlet valve guides polished and 4 deg taper added
  • Valve seats cut at 45 and 60 degrees
  • Combustion area measured at 54.5 cm 3
  • Taking into consideration 1mm thickness of head gasket this gives a compression ratio of 11.4 - 1
  • Inlet valves have 30 degree cut to reduce seat contact area and polished 45.5mm
  • Exhaust valves polished 38mm
  • Valve stems shortened and matched to attain correct camshaft sweep and increase lift
  • Approx 3mm shortening
  • Camshaft emerald phase 5 full race timed at 108 degrees with emerald inserted pad followers modded to eliminate contact with spring cap
  • Heavy duty single springs and clearances of 8 inlet and 10 exhaust
  • Carburation is twin dellorto 48s with 40mm chokes and facet red top pump
  • Distributor is piper and timed at 30 degrees advance at 4000 rpm driven by a lumenition system with a high power balasted coil, spark plug gap 0.85mm

Other specificatons:

  • Works exhaust manifold ( huge ) with single box big bore system
  • Custom radiator with kenlow fan
  • Valvoline 20-50 racing oil with stock filter
  • 5 speed gearbox and steel lsd
  • Leda struts with 195 - 1 in coils and single leaf springs with adjustable shocks
  • 2 in lowering blocks
  • Mostly polyurethane type bushes
  • Anti tramp bars
  • Panhard rod
  • 2.25 turn rack

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Ford Escort RS & Mexico 1970-1979 Limited Edition

Ford Escort Rally Preparation

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