Mk1 Escort DYNO day! Rolling road fun.
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- In this video I put the Mk1 crossflow ( kent ) engine back together and take it for a dyno rolling road session! Lots of fun was had by all....
Special thanks to Dave at MEC MOTORSPORT for a great day out!
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Never seen anyone do a dyno video this informative and interesting. Great video and series in general. Keep it up guys, the subscribers will multiply in no time!
Cheers Simen, glad you understood it all ok. I always love watching the tuning side, find it very interesting 👍
Great video loved step through explanation ❤
That is one of the best rolling Road tests I've seen, great explanation
Brilliant, wanted to explain it as I find it all really interesting. Glad it came across ok and you understood it buddy. The noise in there was great!
Like your "gentle" test drive. Caned like a true Essex lad, drive it like you stole it. (I'm from Essex by the way so no need to call the County Police)
You guys are awesome every vid is full of progress and no bs. Great work!
Great video gents. 👍 I agree with the other comments, best dyno video shown thus far. Yeah, like you said 9.7 something is way to low, almost suitable for some forced induction. I but need not tell you guys that. I would stick a set of 1300 or 1100 pistons in there. Top men.👌 From S.A
Ha ha that white board section at the beginning was friggin hilarious I was belly laughing 😂 , glad that engine has come together dudes thank goodness for that and so exciting to see it being driven and tuned it’s been a fabulous journey this car and what a beautiful specimen it now is well done to you both ….I’m still respectfully jealous in a nice way of course 😜👏👏
Good vid', got a soft spot for the old FORDs, even though I'm a Chevette chap.
minor correction, it's (swept volume + unswept)/unswept, so the swept would be 8.75 times the combustion chamber volume with a 9.75 : 1 compression ratio.
It gets confusing with the Heron/bowl in piston design, and even worse if you do the milled LOTUS piston conversion where the piston top is flat and the "combustion chamber" is formed by having the piston deck clearance much higher than normal, but the equation is still the same. I don't know if this is still done as, while it gives excellent breathing for power, the lack of quench means the fuel-air mixing is terrible at part throttle and/or lower rpm. Least ways, with carbies is is, with the improved atomisation of injection, it may be less of an issue.
For the engine spec', that's a very good output - reminds me of the old thing with every 'modified' Kend having "135 hp".
What's the treadwear rating on those tyres? I have a stock 1600 and can't even spin my 205/60 R13 AR-1's in the wet haha. They are 80 TW though, so super soft. I've got a rebuilt 1660 with loads of goodies, a cam between a 234 and 244 and twin 40s to go in that'll solve that
It’s perfect love it more than the RS2000 badge I put on my 1100 oh yeah l had too pull away slowly it was mint in Daytona yellow & gave the £15 badge away when I sold the car
Lovely work on the Dyno. Power is spot on for the spec, defo go for the new pistons, would be great to see it up around 150BHP.... Then you will need some work on the Axle to prevent the tramping....😀
That’ll be the next thing, I could see the axle moving a bit on the wheel spin slow-mo 👍
@@ODDAutos Nice one... it's been some journey, always nice to see it continue a little longer....makes me want to tune my Mk1 RS2! CheeRS, Andy
@@keithoddautos5044 Thanks Keith😀
Shows how sensitive Kents are to carby settings. Also, note how much your rear axle moves under acceleration! Top links maybe?
That sounds absolutely awesome lads. I just love that car!!!
Loved watching the build of this car and would be great to see another Escort done, where could I get those custom Bonnet hinges from? Thanks guys, take care.
Lovely job,E10 definatly sucks power,love the Mk1 Escorts.subed :0)
That E10 fuel is utter bullshit. Looks like the car needs lowering a few inches. But lovely car.
Great work lads ,glad to see the engine was ok in the end ,she sounds lovely, can't wait for the next video, take care
Thanks Stephen, I know I was glad when it fired up. Even happier when it didn’t blow up on the rolling road 🤣.
It's scary in the dyno cell. I was half expecting the engine in my mini to go bang!! Drove so much better after though.
1300 pistons in a 1600 block is a (relatively) cheap way to increase the compression ratio.
If you think that was loud, go and listen to a bike on a dyno screaming at 15k, great video, nice to see you got the head sorted, can't wait for the next challenge
Great informative video…
Defo go for it with the engine and see what you can get out of it…will make great viewing content
Love an Escort!
Excellent video and great info 👍
Another quality video guys. Really enjoyed. Car looking and sounding amazing. Loved the dyno runs. Top bloke. Here's to extracting more power. Keep up the good work. Thank you both. Brilliant.
Great Video... She sounds the Bollox.. Yeah, keep tinkering.. After all this work she deserves to be all singing and dancing at 150-160bhp at the expense of some pistons,,, I am certain you will enjoy the rewards and be given a huge smile factor for your efforts.. Keep up the good work chaps. Great Channel.
Car looks amazing with the paint job and it sounds brilliant and looks the dogs do doors here
Hi lads new to the channel amazing job on the escort she's a beauty and a credit to you 👌 sounds amazing keep up the good work 👍
Cheers Lee, glad you like it mate. Next up is a focus 5 cylinder turbo in the mk2 escort. Should be fun 😬
@ODD Autos can't wait for that I'm a sucker for a mk2 bought one when i was 17 sold it couple years later 47 now regretting every minute of getting rid of it cheers lads
@@keithoddautos5044 subcribed 👍
Cool to see .never seen such. and didn't know how much went in to getting it right. I must off wasted lots of horses no setting it right lol
Hope to see yous soon
👍👍👍😜🏴🦕🦄😁🤞✌
Thanks buddy, yes is interesting to watch Dave do his magic 👍
super little engine, I really did build hundreds of those, my favourite.
Great video, very informative seeing the rolling road set up process. Great inspiration for me as I had literally just pulled the 1.3 out my 73 4 door ready to drop in a 1.6. 👌
Keep the rear diff. It'll be a right giggle up to about 90 and then you'll run out of steam :) Oh, and find a spare gearbox or two. I went through quite a few in my time, the 4 speed is not the strongest. I hope you have great fun with your Escort, they're a great little car :)
Master craftsmen both of you absolutely fantastic lads
You both knock out some great cars on your channel 👍
Looking forward to next one 👍
Cheers Mike 👍👍
Lovely Escort! in the 70s my dad had a special Mk. 1 Escort Mexico that was specially prepared by FOrd RS(fitted with a factory Roll cage, and some other bits). My Dad had at one point in time fitted the Tecalemit Jackson Mechanical Fuel Injection Kit on it! I wish he still had that car today!
Good power that for spec. Glad engine turned out good in end. Intresting bit on rolling road and how they run in and set up.ect👌
Another great video Paul & Keith,
great explanation about the rolling road process,
at 15.30……..it’s like watching a loved one have open heart surgery 😬
remember it well with one of my Escorts many years ago. 😂
When you look at the garage, you don't believe that such a great job can be done. You can really see that the man knows what he is doing with dedication and love. It needs more of such good people. 160 hp are guaranteed to feel better in the light "small" Escort than 500 in a new GT3 ;-)
Dave is a master at tuning 👍
Another great video, very informative, great to see dyno went well, good luck with improving power in future
Great video. Like others have mentioned, love the detailed explanations.
Very informative guys, showing the issues and how they were rectified, twin 40s always sound amazing.
Ohh it does sound brill on full throttle, was soo loud when it was on the dyno 👍
Great result lads, I hope you carry on with it and get those few extra ponies. 👍👍👍
So chuffed for you guys! Great to see it running right. I was amazed the first time I had carbs set up on a rolling road. I used to take my Mini to Sam Griffiths (very sadly RIP) who was just down the road from you guys in Suckley; he got +15-20bhp out of something that had already been set up by a very decent mechanic with a gas analyser. Cheers for another great video
Twin 40s one of the best sounds going . brilliant job
It does roar nice!
Put the proper fuel in it then you’ll get more power out of it that’s good
gorgeous car, but arches and spoiler need to come off.
Incredible amazing job 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴
Great video very informative, I use the rule of 9 on ohv tappets 1 down do 8, 3 down do 6 etc, when I bought my mk1 it was rattling and no power some idiot had set the inlet tappets in the 30s and exhaust in the 50s.
Another mint video lads keep up the good work
well, the seats stayed in...
when i was a lad, mk2 escorts used the rule-of-nine for their tappets [kent], + fiesta [valencia] used the on-the rock . tappets were set 4 thou loose for their first startup, + after half hour running, [stationary, with frequent gentle rev-ups], heads re-torqued, tappets set properly, then gentle run out. it wasnt till stretch head bolts came out that retorquing was put away [cvh]
that car does look nice...
Cheers Paul, yes I’ll probably still re-check all the torques now it’s been run in, plus a oil change. Nice easy engines to work on these are 👍
back in 70 s 80s 1600 used to get 125 - 130 bhp and doing tappets almost all cars was rule of 9 ie 1 down do 8 2 down do 7 except hillman avenger tiger loving the videos boys
Cheers Jackie 👍
Fantastic!! first time ive ever seen a full explanation of how a dyno run works and what is needed to improve numbers, thanks for the lesson fella's , I'm sure there are 15 more horses to go after, engine sounded sweet. Cheers
Even before the tune you can see the rear brake caliper changing position under load because the torque load through the axle is twisting the leaf springs, more power will mean you'll need to tune the suspension too.
Tarmac escorts had single leaves so the axle would roll under power to help eliminate wheelspin :) Clever boffins at Ford back in the day :)
Hope to see it again making even more power Cheers
Sound the absolute Mutts Nuts. Hope to see more videos as you improve on the cars performance. Been a brilliant series on this car from Rust bucket to total Gem. Well done on the work so far.
Thanks Digger, glad you enjoyed this build I know me and Keith’s had fun doing it. More to come with this soon hopefully 👍👍
Very interesting to watch, love the car, you did a great job on it.
No iffs n butt's I'm coming over to buy the car.. I know where you are mate.. Its mine.. Lol
Ha ha, I think it’s a keeper 👍👍
Change the Cam , Thats to small for Hp and New Pistons , 1600 gt was about 97 HP standard .
1600gt was 84bhp I think
Very nice and informative vid👍🏽
Name and shame the engine/head builder!
Done well boys absolutely brilliant 👏 👌
An engine on a dyno at full revs sounds scary and extreme and so different to when you driving at full chat on say a track day when it's going just as hard lap after lap.
I know, it’s soo loud! That’s why I left the audio up full volume so people can hear what it’s like. Hope you enjoyed the vid bud.
I was actually grinning on that second power run 🚙💨….Go on escort. Nice one chaps 👍🏻
Thanks Jason, I’m just glad it didn’t blow up lol. Sounds proper mint!
100% need to see more of this esky and more POWER !!! ;-)
Even at this bhp your gonna have a massive smile 😃 on your face great work gents
Nice been on Dave's dyno sooo many times. He's knows his stuff for sure. 👍🏻👍🏻
I hope you took some biscuits 👍🏻😂
Ha ha, he had a pack of cookies 🍪
On a serious note Dave is a great tuner who can do anything old skool my first time was back in 96
Great to see the engine rework cleared the problems and you got your rolling road day. What a massive jump in BHP from that 1600 X flow (now (1700 ish). To think that 130 + is possible with better pistons, its already a pocket rocket! Great vid guys, loving the Escort.
Thanks Paul, yes was spinning the wheels before the rolling road day so will go even better now. I just don’t want to push the power too high incase I end up backwards in a hedge lol.
Hello my dear friends very nice work. I really enjoy your videos! Greetings from the beautiful Greece!
@@keithoddautos5044 Keep up the good work!😀
the engine builder mugged you off
Nice to meet you guys today in Colwall, I used the same guy to set my Westfield up, great video👍
Cheers Chris, great to meet you too buddy 👍👍
Ah lads it's so beautiful, Paul Walker 🙏 would be proud of you guys,
Cheers Kevin 👍👍👍
Been waiting for this. I did have a checky vid off dad that I kept to myself aha so happy for you now its all running mate 😃💙
I think your dad enjoyed the day 👍
Hello both, I had a very similar set up back in 1974 using an eight valve cross flow head but with only a twin-choke down draft Weber and a fast road “yellow” Piper Cam. (I think we only got about 95bhp at the flywheel back then but it was still fun to drive on the road!) I’ve really enjoyed this Mk1 Escort build, many thanks and well done lads!👍
Cheers Phil, 95 is great too. Can’t wait to give it some up the road now 👍
Great job love to which you both
Great vid lads, car is stunning
Love to see you put it on the dyno after tweeking the motor
Look forward to the next vehicle you apply your magic to 👍😊👍
Starting the mk2 escort tomorrow, should be a good build. Hope your good buddy, hoo Roo 👍
@@ODDAutos Sounds great. The Focus motor I presume?
Would love to see you do a VR6 or 6 build.
Doing ok mate, thanks for asking.
HOO ROO 😊
@@keithoddautos5044 Thank Keith, appreciate you guys always commenting back 👍
Brilliant overview of a dyno run. Well done boys, sounds awesome!
Cool thanks Stephen, had loads of fun at the dyno. I always find it interesting watching Dave do his magic 👍👍
that is a real beauty. I want it.
Mind blowing what you have done guys. There are no words to describe what you have done with this.
Ahh thanks John, yes it’s turned out mint now. At least I can drive it about now.
Great job on sorting out the engine leaks. thanks for explaining to us what's going on whilst at the tuning shop. Pity it did not end up with the required boost. Thanks again.👍
Thanks Gerald, yes hopefully get much more out of it 👍
Great stuff. Dyno sessions are the worst but always nice when things go well!
E10 though - 🙄 🤦♂️
I know! Could believe how rubbish that E10 is, detonation non stop.
You have made an absolutely fabulous job of the old girl, the sound of the Webers reminded me of the Escort Twin Cam I used to own years ago. Really enjoyed the Dyno session - Great Job all round 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👏🏻
Thanks Paul, dyno days are great fun and the noise is amazing. Nothing better 🙂
Nice result guys, agree with more compression, 11:1 or higher is a must for big gains. Here in Aust a friend used Gemini pistons (Chevette) with good results. Great to see it finally on the Dyno 👍👍
Yes think I’ll look properly into it now, be a shame if just some pistons are holding back on potential bigger power. Also put better fuel in it next time 🙄 lol
Can that bedding in method be done on axle stands or does it need load. Do a bit of racing so can’t bed in engines on the road.
I’d probably say it needs the resistance of the dyno to do it properly. Kind of simulated driving on the road then.
Looks great sounded awesome enjoy your time driving it around love it 👍🏻
Great job guys.
The dogs.
Thumbs up.
Love this car and it’s a “F” reg how many are those are left 👍
Not many I’d expect, back in the day I suppose they rusted out or went into a hedge lol.
That was really interesting that Dave fella sure knows his stuff well done..in much better place than last week .. cheers lads look forward to t the mk2 getting finished…….yo both got a be pleased with the result 🏴👍🔩😎
Thanks Dru, yes Dave’s magic at the engine tuning, she sounds sweet now 👍
Outstanding! A friend of mine changed carb jets on his 1978 ferrari 308 to cope with the modern fuel last year. Which made it run sweet. Very informative, especially running the piston rings in! Any more vlogs of the escort or is it move to a new project?
Moving back onto the escort mk2, putting a focus 5clyinder engine in it.
@@ODDAutos 😲 brilliant! Look forward to that!
Really enjoyed your video ... Super explaination
Thanks David, glad you understood it ok. Goes much better now 👍
Brilliant guys, not been feeling well, so you guys have cheered me up ❤👍thank you and cracking job! X
Get well soon big Phil.
Brilliant work guy's car looks great sounds awesome. Next project 1300E lol . looking forward to next what ever it is
Ha ha, wonder how much power I could get out of a 1300? Glad you liked it Paul 👍👍
1300 rev more could be a challenge for you ?
I had a 1974 celica with the t2 engine, bored to 1750 with high comp pistons , cam and head work. On bike carbs. Made 130 bhp. I was well pleased
Another great video and all the information about what was found and what was done about it is really educational. The car is a credit to you both. Good to see you rubbing one out on the whiteboard, too.
Cheers, didn’t know if I explained it well enough. Glad you got what I meant lol, it was a fun day there.
Those valve seat were cut Badly going on the valve after you Lapped then The Lap Joint should be Central and a little thinner , Lift the Lapper up and down a few times also when you are Lapping them in , You will feel the Diff and understand Why .
Yes did that, cheers for the comment buddy 👍
@@keithoddautos5044 So why isn,t he doing the heads They are the most basic you can come By .
That power output is way too optimistic . LOL ..Standard head with standard valves you say . 1700cc. ? Compression is rather low at 110 psi ish (?) .Ok Two x 40`s needs 45`s Webers Kent camshaft (??) What distributor setting? I would say 120 bhp is more like it
Estimated 160 bhp is top circuit racer output .at 9000 rpm
Rolling road must be very lightly loaded.
Been looking forward to this fellas 👍🏻🤞
Hope you enjoy it buddy 👍👍
@@ODDAutos brilliant so chuffed for you sounds epic ! Can’t wait for the next build keep up the banter don’t change a thing cheers fellas 👍🏻👏👏👏
With the pistons you really need to use the pistons for a 1,300cc Kent. This will get the CR where you need it to be.
Lovely car-old school on carbs.Good strong cross flow.Not too lumpy on tick over.Ignition system?Aiming for 160 hp-what are the internals?Think getting to about the limit without starting to go steel and throttle bodies with engine management at that point?
Just stubbled across your channel, and oddly I thought I recognised the farm yard, I live up the track in Kingshill 😂 small world, if your open to visitors I'll stick my head one of these days. Great video, subscribed 👍
Looks awesome! Love the cornish number plate too 🤷🏻♂️🤣
Ha ha cheers Ray
Brilliant boys just in time for my night shift
Ha ha enjoy it Jambo 👍👍
Worth every penny to get it set up right - the engine will last much longer set up correctly. That was a nice torque curve on that, enjoy the car!!
I couldn’t believe that the difference between 120 jets and 130’s is about 0.2mm wider hole. Amazing the difference it gives.
Excellent.