Mk2 Escort ST170 install! 😃 *FAIL!!!* 🙁

I FINALLY got the ST170 engine fitted to 'Maude' my moredoor Mk2 Escort BUT theres a problem!!! 🙁
Will this bike carb setup ever actually work?????
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[@Z50j1]

Small piece of advice, Japanese stuff often use JIS screws. While they look like phillips screws they're slightly different and phillips screwdrivers chew them up. Grab a #2 JIS screwdriver or bit to eliminate chewed screw heads.

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for the advice mate! 👍 I actually got my new carb 'screws' through the post today and theyr all allen head bolts! 😃

[@hoonaticbloggs5402]

I’m a bike mechanic of 20 years, and have done hundreds of sets of them on bikes You’ll struggle to get enough fuel for over 130 bhp on a car. I had some on a heavily built 1750 cc Toyota celica engine from 1974. It made 130 bhp and was on maximum size jets and slimmest needles and couldn’t flow over 6k Bike cylinders are much smaller and Rev much higher so fuel used per stroke is less. Yes they can work on a 1300 polo but

[@ettoredomini3189]

Marcus Videos never let me down!!

[@marcushayesford]

Glad you enjoy the content mate! 👍

[@DanstengineeringCoUk]

Thanks for the plug 👍😊 a nice surprise.

[@mellowr1]

You need JIS screwdriver for those bike carbs. They are not Phillips screws. That's why so many people chew them up👍advice from a Japanese bike owner👍😎

[@carlchapman9385]

Hi Marcus,hope all is well. I had the same problem with my bike carbs on my cvh Ford Bantam pickup where the fuel came out the vent tube. What i did was i got a small external tank that i mounted against the firewall close to the windshield wipers,in other words higher than the carbs and it was then gravity fed from that small tank and then i had a normal electronic fuel pump that was mounted close to the fuel tank that pumped the external tank with fuel and then obviously gravity fed from there down to the carbs. Just a tip if u want to try that maby,if not, i also heard u can use a fuel pump from a bike. Strongs on getting them to work,i cant wait to see your result and thanks for the great content. Lotsa love and support from Cape Town South Africa

[@JB-np4lp]

Brilliant video! Loved your detailed breakdown of your exploits with the bike carbs. Cannot wait to see Maude up & running again with her new engine!

[@retiredtruckersgarage.7606]

unless a carb was new out of the box i would strip and rebuild with new service parts ie a kit,i bought a weber 32/36 a few months ago on ebay and the float chamber had an hairline crack in it and the seller claimed he didnt notice it,stay safe mate and always inspect carbs fully as they can burn your car out if damaged or faulty.

[@JB-np4lp]

BTW, those bike carbs use “Japanese Industry Standard” screws (not Philips) which is why you’re having trouble. Order yourself some JIS bits mate. 👍

[@Jasonhughes258]

You’ll get it sorted Marcus. By the way your old zetec engine would look good as a coffee table or a foot stool. 😂

[@marcushayesford]

I'll get there in the end mate! 👍 Maude's old lump (altho tired) went very well for such a high mileage engine. Maybe I'll end up chucking it in another car one day! 😃

[@thomasmcglinchey2024]

fit the fiesta with a tow bar load her up with all the parts and the more door. Head for the boat . take her to Donegal (ireland) ill give you a hand we will have her sorted in a long week end job done SIR.

[@danielokeefe2957]

Early Fireblades used a fuel pump and later 96-99 blades were gravity feed, not sure if this is your problem?

[@christophernugent620]

hi bro i had many escorts when i was younger ive being whatching your vids from the start i fell your pain in the early 1990, thinks were so much easer,with 2lts pinto like a lightened flywheel balensed crank ported head ,in fitted a 5 speed gear box,this was the time when the sri came out,i blow them all away my escort done 130mph plus.i hope every day you learn more,just being like at school every day you learn more chris fae scotland,

[@marcushayesford]

Everyday is a school day for me mate! 👍 I used to have a Vulcan Engineering built Pinto in 'Esther' and altho it was only 145 bhp I LOVED IT! 😃 I just wish Pintos weren't so expensive to get decent power from.

[@peterwright3283]

Come on Marcus, spill the beans, what’s the new project? Great vid as always, two steps foreword and one back as most of us out here. All the best.

[@SB-vb8ch]

The float valve seats have O rings into the carb bodies so it's worth changing those as they all shrink. Ideally you should be using Viton O rings as the generic jobs can be anything which could well be attacked by the fuel.

[@guygreengrass3963]

Yet another great vid Markus, I am still amazed at your enthusiasm! Can't wait for the next installment, hope it's just as long & you get all the gremlins sorted👍🤞

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍 Ill defo get there in the end.

[@ady_mather_66]

Great video Marcus...bike carbs can be a faff but ultimately look and sound epic whilst producing some good power...might take some time to get the jetting right but all good fun !!! Roll on to the next video and fingers crossed buddy 👍👍👍

[@johnpells5992]

Excellent video Marcus good luck 👍can’t wait to here it running and see the new project

[@maxcooper-windscheffel6122]

Great video as always Marcus

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍

[@ianhoyle8459]

Your making all this work look easy, inspiring as usual 👍

[@alanlarkin9920]

Hi Marcus , I noticed that the inlet manifold on the zetec engine you were taking out in you latest video had a twin choke webber and manifold fitted , what. car was that setup fitted to as o/e . Love your vids .

[@disc0marti]

My R1 carbs on my pinto were also flooding so ended up buying a universal electric fuel pump for bikes from DANST and it worked perfect. Unfortunately you are experiencing all the gremlins at once with the set up but once you fit the new bits and check the float heights you should be good. Good work mate 👍

[@stephengreatbatch1269]

Another great video mate can’t wait to see tthat st170 running and to see the new project keep up all your hard work on these videos as well as the work on your cars say hi to cat 👍

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍 Maudes new lump will be making noise soon! 😃

[@darrenjones9504]

Great video 👍👍👍 Feel like I have been left on the edge of a cliff 😂😂😂 Can’t wait for the next episode 🙏🙏

[@yvindninakorneliussen2217]

I'm looking forward to listening to the sound of those carbs 😜🙂🇸🇯 great video Marcus 👍

[@saraspitefull32]

Excellent thank you for sharing quality vid, maude will soon be on the road sounding awsome on bike carbs .can't wait to see the new project soon take it easy.👍

[@brianreid3990]

Hi you selling the carb from the blacktop ? Cheers

[@jeffshaw4553]

Brilliant do love that engine now you smartened it up looking forward to new project pls tell me it’s something old school 😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣 sounds like your having a right headache with bike carbs but you will sort it 👊🏻👊🏻👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@mikeyoakes180]

Very insightful video that mate! Looking forward to to seeing her fire up! I would have happily sat there for an hour watching buddy!

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍 Fingers crossed 🤞 Maude's ST170 lump will be making some noise soon!

[@scottymk2303]

Great video mate, once you get them bike carbs sorted your be well happy with them. I’ve had mine on my blacktop and now my st170 lump and it’s been sweet for years 👍🏻

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍 This is my first experience with bike carbs and despite the little issues I'm enjoying trying something new.

[@rikka010]

Great vid marcus had me at the edge of my seat waiting for you to start maude up lol :-( ,,maybe next vid :-),,,, ps,,,looking forward to see what your next projects gonna be :-)

[@waynehammerton5698]

Fingers crossed that you get the engine running Marcus

[@clivebannister7016]

Cant wait for the new project reveal!!!!

[@andy_v4443]

Good stuff Marcus 👍👍👍 she soon be up and running blasting round Mexico 😂😂👍👍

[@m0ogy]

Great video Mate, I'm into bikes and have experience with carbs, it sounds to me your running too much pressure and the bike pump is a good idea......but my best advice to save you lots of swearing and wrecking screws is NOT to use philips or posi drive screw drivers, you need to buy Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) ones, the only way to take Japanese bikes (and parts) to bits.......money well spent

[@francozeolla1139]

Have you checked the floats to make sure they don't have holes in the float bodies and that they actually float?

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Why would they have holes in them? They are plastic.

[@francozeolla1139]

@@JazzFunkNobby1964 the floats are often plastic and so they can deteriorate with age. The plastic can crack or can get small perforations which allow fuel into the float, then the floats won't float with the result that the fuel valves won't close.

[@waynegavin5874]

Good video, cant wait to see your new project

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍 I'll defo show the new project very soon.

[@johnwilliams-um8rw]

Awsome once again.

[@marksturrock6238]

You may want find out what the float height for the carbs is supposed to be. They all need to be the same height, I suspect that is why you are having fuel leakage as all 4 carbs are not in sync.

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for the advice mate! 👍 Luckily the float height on these carbs isn't adustable but once I get them running I'll defo be getting my carb syncroniser tool on them and adjusting the screws to make sure theyr all sucking evenly.

[@scottdavenport1106]

When my c20xe engine had bike carbs on it I had one of the float valves become sticky . So I was told to remove them and boil them in a pan in boiling water. They released and worked fine . Maybe worth a try mate

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for the advice mate! 👍

[@paulbailey6344]

Really enjoy your videos marcus keep up the good work 👍

[@marcushayesford]

Glad you'r enjoying the content mate! 👍

[@robertpowell7672]

Doesn't fuel attack generic o-rings. EPDM ones I think should be used. Correct me ig I'm wrong.

[@robertpowell7672]

No, Jumped the gun there. I see they do not fare well with fuel.

[@marcgould8922]

Oh mate getting so close can t wait till its up and running . At least you know why the carbs were free 😆 lol easier getting another set

[@marcushayesford]

She'll be running very soon! . . . . Hopefully! 😃 . . . . Jonny actually very kindly rebuilt the carbs before he gave them to me. He may have just re-used the valves etc tho but to be fair theres no groove in the end of them so they 'look' ok. I'll get them sorted eventually.

[@raywalsh5822]

measure the float height in each carb set them to hondas specs

[@stephenbradley5805]

Marcus was your black top a 2.0 and what are you for doing with it

[@anotherdayinparadise7443]

Very educational video Marcus 👍🏻 , my guess for the next project ,Kat could not live without Winston the plastic fiesta you have got him backand you are ST170 him 😆 can’t wait for the reveal 🤔

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍 I'll defo reveal the new project soon. . . . . But its defo not a plastic Fiesta! 😃

[@jbmckean]

Needle jets and butterfly valves.in bike carbs.

[@billywhizz98]

Another great video Marcus

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍

[@Rick-sl7iw]

Thanks for sharing fella 👍🏻

[@RS20O0]

Enjoyed this video a lot mate, bit more under bonnet time!

[@richardbowen-jones3045]

Good lad can't wait for next 1

[@marcushayesford]

👍

[@SB-vb8ch]

Have never seen bike carbs work properly on car installs (I've seen a few people spend a fair bit of time trying to make them work too), the throttle progression is always off, the manifolds don't isolate them properly from vibration so they are prone to flooding & they are tricky to get the fuel pressure low enough as they are generally designed for gravity fuel feed...all of this is before you get into the actual jetting, needles, slide cutaway, llw speed progression drillings plus whatever hacking has been done if the carbs have been respaced. As you're running an ecu anyway then throttle bodies (even bike derived) would have been the natural step if you want individual throttles? I hope you can get it sorted though 👍

[@wdboweryengineers]

Another great video mate. Don’t suppose you want to sell the old nodiz?

[@ns9917]

How much bhp did the old blacktop with the Brisca manifold and weber make ?

[@marcushayesford]

159 mate! 👍

[@lyndonwebber1389]

You can run a fuel return line to lower pressure

[@marcushayesford]

From the breather pipe??? Its almost as if that pipe is SUPPOSED to be a return BUT I know that DanST knows his stuff and he is adamant that its just a breather. 👍

[@lyndonwebber1389]

@@marcushayesford no to lower fuel pressure them bike carbs don’t like the pressure 👍gravity or a real low pressure pump on the bikes. Good luck

[@mikego18753]

Temp wireing?looked alright to me.(lol))cheers. ps.Those bloody carbs,is nothing easy.

[@leebryant1973]

Let’s talk bearings on the side of every bearings they is a number if u get in touch with a bearings company they will be able to sell u the exact same 1 or more importantly a upgraded 1 to a heavy duty 1 as well this apply to all bearings and it is cheaper as well good luck with the new project Markus

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for the advice about the bearings mate! 👍

[@eamonmchugh701]

Very interesting video Marcus

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍

[@astonrichardson4309]

Awesome

[@deopersad2915]

👍🏻👍🏽😀

[@steven907]

Nice 1 Marcus

[@marcushayesford]

👍

[@RetroRob4]

Good Video, Thanks for recommending Chris clumpfab , just got my opel manta gte back from him awesome work 👍

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍 You can't go wrong with Chris @ Clumpfab! Iv already booked my new project in with him and I cant wait for him to work his magic! 👍