Cortina 2.3 V6 in 1972 Escort Panel van

[streety48p]

My 14 year old son has just brought himself a 1972 Escort Panel van. He is wanting to repower the van with a 2.3 v6 he was given. Im just interested to know how difficult (or easy) this may be, as I will have to do majority of the work. Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[JG66ME]

Mate

This is an Australian forum, 99.99% of people would not know that the 2.3 Cologne V6 ever existed let alone what they are like. Also you need to post in the Escort/Capri section.

To answer your question from my limited knowledge (I do own a Mk 3 Capri 2.8i so I know a bit about the German V6s) I would not bother as that engine has no torque. You would be better of hotting up a good Pinto 2 litre and that would be a straight bolt in.

Post this on the Escort page and try to get the advice of "whooligan". He is the Escort guru.

Steve

[peachey80]

Originally Posted by JG66ME

Mate

This is an Australian forum, 99.99% of people would not know that the 2.3 Cologne V6 ever existed let alone what they are like. Also you need to post in the Escort/Capri section.

To answer your question from my limited knowledge (I do own a Mk 3 Capri 2.8i so I know a bit about the German V6s) I would not bother as that engine has no torque. You would be better of hotting up a good Pinto 2 litre and that would be a straight bolt in.

Post this on the Escort page and try to get the advice of "whooligan". He is the Escort guru.

Steve

Agree,
Give the V6 to somebody else and get a 2 litre in there, great little engine, lighter, and loads more parts available for it.

Cheers.

[Roy Rogers]

Where abouts are you? As your son may not be able to drive the car if you do it, as it would be too modified for a P plater.

[Sterling]

wow 14 thats good to see

im almost 16 lol

[whooligan]

Well, I wouldn't call myself a guru, but I'm going to go against the flow and say go for it.
The beauty of the Escort van, is their lack of weight. They weigh less than a coupe, so whatever you put in it its probably going to out-strip you bog-standard 1100/1300. I guessing you're posting from NZ as we never got any 2.3lt colognes in Australia, so if you can still get bits for it, I think you should give it a go....Might have a few probablems with the sump, I'm guessing.
Personally, I'd love to stick a 2.0lt V4 in a mk 1 van. Sure the pinto would cream it for performance, but just have that V-shaped engine rumble and something a little different under the bonnet would be great.