FORD Escort mk2 1600 SPORT project #1

[@georgecaspira]

Manliest man English thing you will ever see.. cars, tea, biscuits, HP talk.. dropping his biccy, picking it up and eating it.. LEGEND

[@ODDAutos]

Ha ha did the 5 second rule on that one

[@gothicpagan.666]

@@ODDAutos On that floor your probably safe for 10 secs.

[@martinb5325]

Good to see you back Paul, great video as always. Hopefully you can do some more videos and get Keith back as you guys had a lot of fun building cars. Anyone not subscribed please do so as this will help this channel grow to where it should be.

[@chopperhehehe]

I second this comment 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁✌️🤞

[@benjohnson7170]

Yew! Great to see some Escort action again. And yourself...... It's warming up in Oz coming into spring, so good timing to get me excited for my Mk1 2door..... 2.1L.. original body.😆

[@mddaly6082]

Refreshing to watch a video where someone doesn't subscribe to the "no replacement for displacement" mentality. This was an interesting one; keen to see the next one.

[@ODDAutos]

Thanks MD, yes want to keep it a “standardish” as I can 🤣 but still have the fun factor.

[@Paulman50]

I built a 1600 crossflow up in the late 70s, used forged high com pistons, ported, balanced, big cam, tuned exaust and ballanced. Pulled in more hp than the 2ltr Mk2 I built after that. Have great memories of that Mexico Mk1 replica.

[@paulscarrepairs]

The advert trick works a treat on the mobile !! Brilliant video BTW. 👍👍👍

[@justin3131ify]

Well done 👍

[@EmDeeCee6147]

Re-bore to 1700cc, twin 40’s, fast road cam, big valve head, lightened flywheel etc should up the bhp nicely 👌🏻

[@ODDAutos]

Wouldn’t mind at least 130bhp if I can 👍

[@andyhopkinson2708]

I'd go 1760

[@janewooding4859]

That sounds about right, just don't forget the strength and reliability mods like double chain maybe adjustable vernier. And maybe double valve springs. All expensive😅

[@UltimateAccuracy]

It's the 711M block so squeeze all you can out of it. Getting a genuine 140 HP gets expensive, but 120 ish should be doable with a rebore, ported head, cam and twin 40s. Your red Mk2 on the Dreamcars stand at the recent Bicester show was exquisite... even the paint was good!😛

[@martybelfastsri]

Look forward to next one gotta love simplicity of the mk2 ad trick worked too👌

[@richardellis5587]

Best channel on KZbin

[@ODDAutos]

Thank you Richard, means a lot mate 😀

[@davidyates748]

Nice to see you adhering to the 5 second rule - chocolate hobnobs aren't for wasting! Nice idea on skipping the adverts, I'd also add that the Brave web browser skips all KZbin ads as standard, so that's a good choice for those using a pc, Mac or Android or ios tablet or phone.

[@tigermoth3194]

Love your channel, Paul - so its great to see you back on the Tooob. Advert tip worked a treat, too👍

[@Ian-Hall]

I bought a £50 draw ticket on this car to win it in your raffle, So pleased I didn't win it and you withdrew the draw, You've saved so much heartache and money for raffle buyers. Thanks.

[@scoobgirl]

Why ? can you go and buy me a mk2 1600 sport mint no problems for 50 nicker be lucky if you got one for another 20k added

[@coreywingrove458]

Great video .... make it a 1660 I would love to see more videos from you. The effort you put in really shows Thanks

[@ODDAutos]

Cheers Corey, means a lot mate. Glad you like them 👍

[@hoggmotorsport]

Cheers for the ad skip tip Paul 👍 I wouldn't worry about a slight overbore, wont make that much difference on displacement. Not sure if you can still get rimflow valves.. Would be ideal replacement with a port of the head.. Along with a cam and duplex chain 👌 look forward to seeing the next installment 👍

[@ODDAutos]

Glad the skip works 👍. Yes I remember rimflow valves they had a back cut for better air flow I think. Will look into it 👍

[@SANDSCORCHER]

Not normally a fan of red for Escorts, but TRJ looks absolutely fantastic, especially with that unusual wheel choice😎👍🏻 The conventional resto car is a little gem too. Lovely work Sir😎👍🏻

[@stevemcilroy9518]

Nice. I can see this in my garage, with the rest of my projects.

[@Saxon_TAG]

Top bloke - skipped my first unskippable advert ❤ thanks!

[@Nathanmorganmk1escort]

Nice see you back at it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@petecurran3995]

Good show, Sir and thanks for the Ad tip!

[@JWxUK]

Great to see you back, good tip on the ads too! I’m all over this! Gutter I missed the comp for the DC mk2

[@ravenmaster6364]

superbly informative as ever and down to earth delivery❤

[@grayfool]

Back again! Good. Not sure you should be getting your hobnobs out on KZbin though. Were they plain chocolate!? Oohhhh, lovely.

[@kieronearnshaw9521]

Top content of a top bloke

[@markhinde6187]

Great post, looking forward to the next one

[@perryl3476]

Escort 1600 Sport... I remember seeing an orange model in tbe showroom. Brand new approx $10,000 in New Zealand...

[@davyboy888]

I'd probably have put a breathed on Zetec in there, kept the original crossflow for when you sell it and allow the new owner the option of reverting it back if they want to drive the original numbers matching car [e.g. for shows or something].

[@garytedds141]

great dancing Paul

[@shaunwhite2081]

Love your content just need more of it. Down to earth sound

[@ODDAutos]

I’ll try to pull my finger out more now and get some vids done 👍👍

[@DmCastilho]

Great video.

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

The biscuit drop was brilliant that’s me all over I’d never waste a hobnob not even if I dropped it in dog shite 🤣 I can’t believe these were only 85 HP ! Blimey my cheap ass toy of choice is a ford streetka 1.6 and that is supposed to have 95 lol ..how things changed so quickly! Brilliant vid Paul stick a big turbo on it mate that’ll make it jump into life 👍that’s what the kids do now 🤣

[@geraldmeli7696]

Welcome back.. And an Escort what else...😊

[@ianmangham4570]

Another vid 😮, i got the whole back catalogue to view 😅

[@PatrickHawthorne]

wow. it worked. i mean, skipping ads... brilliant.

[@michaelroberts4923]

More on this one please Paul!

[@littlewanderlust176]

You can do the 1300 pistons for more compression, racing valves, ported head, balance pistons conrod weight and balance the crank shaft, lighten the fly wheel, a 6 cam, twin 40s or 45s, double chain electric ignition good exaust snd you will be hitting 140 plus hp

[@mariosnikolaou5212]

Really nice, enjoying it, greetings from Greece.

[@Tugs-W]

Bloody love your channel and good to see you back. As always love the solid engineering and no BS. I'd not get too stuck on being a 1600cc if a set of cheaper oversized pistons comes up then use them esp if its an AX block. Give the ol'gal a tickle with some engine tuning that don't cost the earth and is reliable. I've got a Golf GTI Clubsport but my Mk2 Escort and MK1 MX5 are more fun for a road blast even if the Golf is a 'Better car' . And no one had a standard Escort back in the day did they...its was part of the fun.

[@fabokavrs]

Love the ad tip. Also love this video. Great content.

[@ryandennehy2400]

Yes that skip ad worked! They are getting cheeky with them now!

[@CArias000]

Paul, just discovered your channel, and so happy I did. Thoroughly enjoyable presentation backed by loads of experience! From a new fan from Mexico! Keep producing such great videos.

[@ODDAutos]

Thank you mate! Welcome to the channel 👍👍

[@neiljarvis8911]

1100 pistons will give even more compression, to be honest they are probably what is used in the 1300 HC (GT Sport and 1300E). 0.030" rebore will take bore out to 81.75mm and wont have much affect on displacement, you'd have to bore to 0.100" or 2.5mm rebore from standard to get to 83.5mm which would give 1700cc or out to 85mm to get to 1760cc. If bores and valves are so bad it would be well worth a minimal crank grind and new shells and thrust washers, and a nice new HP/ high capacity oil pump, lightened flywheel, rebuilt distributor and 270 degree cam with some decent lift. While doing the head, would be worth new hard valve seat inserts and some bigger stainless race profiled valves 1.625" inlets and 1.340" exhausts, prperly blended vave throats and some nice new waisted bronze guides. As you said, with a pair of dcoe's and a 2" sports exhaust system, would make a lovely driving car, albeit a bit lacking in handling and brakes.

[@ODDAutos]

I’ve bought the 3 angle valve cutter to do that, going to look into it a little more to get good power but want to keep it under the 1700cc really 👍

[@neiljarvis8911]

Looking forward to seeing the detail!@@ODDAutos

[@pr06ctr]

Glad to see another video from you. Keep up the good work

[@rickydub6950]

1700 sport sounds good to me 😎 but i get why you dont want to do that.... look forward to your next vid as always 🍻👍

[@pauldixon3677]

Great to see you back Paul. 75 of the 85 horses is poor mate. Great to see you investigating and remedying to get the old girl back up to speed (no pun intended). Shame I didn't know about the Mk 1 at auction would deffo have bought a couple of tickets and for the Mk 2 too.

[@ODDAutos]

Cheers Paul, yes the mk2 finished on Sunday and someone won it. More than likely this 1600 sport will be going to dream car for someone to win 🤞

[@timpeat286]

Great video as usual mate and a good tip on the advert I didn’t know about that 👍🏻 don’t worry about the rebore at all the main thing is it will still have its matching numbers engine , look forward to the next video Paul

[@NicoBakkernes-m4h]

Ford escort 1600. Prachtig auto ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@neill4133]

Love a 1600 Sport, I had the same scenario with my 1600 Ghia, was going to tune the xflow, but went with a pinto and high torque cam, pulls like a train without being too lumpy in traffic

[@ODDAutos]

My parents had a 1600 ghia, I’d love to have one. 😍

[@GoWstingray]

Great to see you back!

[@ODDAutos]

Good to be back mate 👍

[@billywhizz98]

Another enjoyable video

[@ODDAutos]

Cheers billy 👍👍

[@davetevens5080]

Nice dancing Paul lmao😂. As it’s the original block a little more power won’t hurt and if it’s becomes a 1700 well that what it is 😊😊

[@ODDAutos]

Ha ha I’ll try to get as much out as I can 👍

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

Nice one Paul , I was diggin the dancing man 🤣 I can’t believe we used to think we had something special with 1.6 sport and it only had 75 HP lol you’d get that in a golf trolly now how things have changed huh? That’s a lovely car dude be a shame to modify to much everything’s modified now it’s nice to see um normal ish 😜👍

[@ODDAutos]

Cheers buddy, yes I want it to look like a slightly modified sport rather than all out race look 👍

[@chopperhehehe]

Love the humor lol you have been missed 😊 Hope all is good 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁✌️🤞 Ps cracking car . 😊 very clean .

[@nickwhitney1534]

Missed you.❤

[@topforce5298]

That is the same kind of tank engine what i have in my 95´1300 Fiesta. With tappet, this engine would be perfect.

[@johnrowell942]

Great video and look forward to seeing how you work out the Vol on cylinders to match new pistons and what the values are like when you strip the head down.

[@Simcadepro]

Had mine resleeved and fitted 1300 pistons with a stage 1 ported had and upgrade steel rockers kept the standard cam with 3236carb for daily driving has a noooice torque ban for mountain pass driving. Running type 9 with 3.9 final gears 1 and second is quick pull away with 3rd and forth being the mid long and 5th long so cruising 140-160km giving noooice power to chop some modern cars on the pass or twisty bends and short straights. Might in stall a uprated cam with bike carbs for future works. Base in cpt south Africa

[@ODDAutos]

Sounds about the same as what I’m doing, should be enough power I think 👍

[@shaunpearce1166]

👍 yes it works 😊

[@mrhillclimber]

63 at the wheels is actually around 83 at the flywheel...you loose alot more than 12hp through the transmission, so dont be too hard on yrself. Be interesting to see the upgrades, cool car.

[@johnbobyk1857]

I always removed the engine and gearbox as a unit much quicker refitting yes wellseal was a big thing back in the 70s used to work very well red Hermatight was another.

[@marty3469]

Great to see you're back, 1100 Pistons are higher compression than 1300, but then they start getting heavy. Jus do what you did to the blue mk1 engine 👍

[@ODDAutos]

Think that was over 1700 last time, I’ll have to have a look. 👍

[@jimspeed1388]

As the 1600 sport standard bore is actually slightly less than 1600 a plus 30 rebore won't take it much past 1600. I have plus 30 standard type pistons with a gas flowed head larger tube manifold and exhaust plus a K&N in my 1600 Sport.Had it rolling roaded and the twin choke re jetted so as not to melt another piston. Still drives nice and still gets up and go when I need it to and if I behave myself isn't to bad on fuel, until the second choke opens up.

[@ODDAutos]

Nice mate! Yes should be ok with a little +30 or 60. Have to work it out 👍👍

[@GPH2474]

Great vid, my pal had a uk 1600 sport back in the day, had a tuned vulcan engineering engine, used to beat my pinto rs2000. Great vid.

[@ODDAutos]

Brilliant, sounds quick. Glad you liked the vid mate 👍

[@mpe6678]

Great video Paul, I am simply in love with all your Escorts you had/have on this channel. This one is no exception. It's absoliutely stunning and enjoyed watching the build as well. She is all show, give her some descent go sir. Maybe i missed out on your videos, but i doubt it, what ever happened to that Mk1 Escort Camper van you guys dug out of that field and Keith, where is he. Love it.👌👌To man. From S.A.

[@chrisblay]

Is that an ex South Africa car? A lot of those imports seem to be 1600 Sport models. This reminds me of my old Mk2 Escort. Was same colour and even more gutless than that one. 🤣 Good memories though and fun to drive.

[@tessbushell5489]

Like the dust pan mask,it was funny when you got hit in the face before though,sorry bud 🤣🤣

[@ODDAutos]

Ha ha that hurt last time, I even crossed my legs incase I took one to the plums 🤣

[@glennmorrell8964]

Nice Video Paul, I had a yellow mk2 sport back in the day but sadly rust got a hold of it badly, question how you putting on twin 40's sidedraft on with the brake booster arm being too high for the carbs to get over, I have that problem with my mk2 cortina gt with brake booster arm, still using 32/32 downdraft, cheers.

[@vintage4941]

Very interested to see what you do with this engine as I’ve got one I’m deliberating over! Different Shed?!

[@keithdow709]

Nice car mate but needs the proper wheels. Those look more like fwd ones as theres not enough of a dish on them. Luv the chanel and keep up the great work.

[@savostanivukovic9801]

Lovely car mate 👍

[@ODDAutos]

Thanks you matey 👍👍

[@kevtherev891]

nice to see you paul and back with a mk2 ,im still working on the rs2000 does it ever end mate

[@virtualobject]

Absolute treat ! pt2 tomorrow?

[@stecozz4907]

Just about to put some bike carbs on mine from danst. Need more xflow tuning vids on YT 🤟

[@ODDAutos]

Yours will sound awesome after 😍

[@bigtooon]

I could work on escorts all day long. Love a crossflow. Never miss your videos mate keep them coming.

[@ODDAutos]

Glad you liked it mate, will try to do a few more 👍

[@bigtooon]

@@ODDAutoswas born in 74. Served my time working at Land Rover but I was always working on and buying blue ovals. Good times.

[@debarra136]

Looking forward to seeing this progress. Did you consider Jenvey Heritage Throttle Bodies, the ones that look like weber carbs? It'd likely be an easier engine to live with if it has EFI instead of carbs.

[@andydawson2101]

Go 1660 electronic ignition and fuel injection decent torque cam, lightened flywheel etc. I think you can get a single port injection for that manifold If memory serves me right or use a Ka injection manifold if it can be fitted will be allot more refined and user friendly and peppy. There is a MK1 1300 being built on you tube with fuel injection and a turbo standard cam and bottom end made 110bhp on Dyno. They are great engines I had a MK1 with a holbay built 1300 cc which was totaled during a rally stage by my late farther, put the engine and running gear into out MK2 escort service van it was fun lol. I understand the original qualities of keeping everything original but don't be scared to modernize the engine it's the same engine after all Webber carbs are great but not so much if the car sits for long periods of time they can and will be a pain especially with the shit fuel now days efi makes it user friendly just my opinion take care.

[@davidwebb8877]

Give it to the Harris boys

[@ODDAutos]

I’ll have a go myself, more fun that way 👍

[@Scotts23]

I honestly believe he's pretty capable of getting more power on his own no need to send it to Harris even though i agree Harris are absolutely brilliant

[@paulcruse]

So much to say! Firstly, I had one of these in that colour, but without the full decals and just straight black seats. Secondly, I lived in a red Mk 1 1300 van for 8 1/2 months. (UTM 364 K) also, I later had a blue Mk2 with a 1600 sport engine in it (BUR 858 T) 😀 that Kent engine is iconic 😀 even made it into the MK1 XR2! Although this one is low on power, it seems to be getting a high percentage to the wheels. I’d expect more like 72%, but then that would mean well over 80 hp at the flywheel. I guess there’s a bigger loss of torque than power, with that cylinder issue, but that’s still a bit high. Finally, if you are going for twin 40s and a cam change, why not 1700, or at least 1650? Get as close to your MK1’s torque as possible 😁 by the way, is it still Kent cams and Burton heads? It’s been a long time… 😅 great video, please crack on, I wanna see it done 😂😂 🍿

[@ODDAutos]

I’ll try to squeeze as much out as I can 👍. Would like minimum 130 🤞

[@paulcruse]

@@ODDAutos great 😄

[@admiraldirtbag4336]

TURBO!

[@ODDAutos]

Ha ha that would be nice!!

[@admiraldirtbag4336]

It would make for some good content! @@ODDAutos

[@brianmarsh7623]

nice hack oddy, cheers

[@alanpatterson2759]

Think from memory the 1100 pistons had an even smaller dish than the 13s.

[@ODDAutos]

Yes makes the compression ratio 11.6-1 though so a bit too high. Will start eating up stater motors then 😬. Got some 1.3 pistons coming.

[@MegaReddevil71]

Is it a ax block as some of the sa 1600 sports had these and are a thicker casting than a 711m block.

[@garydunn3037]

Back in the 70's my late Father sold these, especially the 1.1 Pop and they had all the styling of a "Brick" They were "Aweful" with their blacked out Bumpers, and Nasty Plastic Front Grille. But, Hey, Stick a couple of Fog Lamps Up Front, and Lads would come in "Wetting the Knickers" over owning one. I Never saw their appeal, apart from the Rallye Lights", with a "Cossy" engine up front. Style wise, I would rather of had the "Toyota Celica" a kind of scaled down "Mustang" These old Escorts were a design disaster to the discerning eye. I Hated Them! Yet, my late Father sold hundreds of them.

[@garydunn3037]

Its "lacking in something."....Style?

[@tigermoth3194]

Paul, I'm sure I've just seen you on an old Fifth Gear show working on a Puma with Jimmy DeVille??

[@ODDAutos]

Yes mate, that was back in 2018 in my garage at home. Was my mates Puma. Good times 👍

[@Rickst3r101]

This makes me wanna get a garge and learn how to restore a car like mk1 mexico for my dada nd for me a nissan 2000 gtr for me

[@stevenhorne2667]

Good to see you getting your hands dirty again Paul! Love that mk2

[@ODDAutos]

Cheers Steven, good to be doing it again 👍

[@Toby_the_Glen]

Massive horsepower isn't always the aim. Keep it standard and original.

[@Drew.Pugh.Barney.Mcgrew]

5 second rule 😉

[@tricksmoke]

Just put a millington Diamond in it, should up the power enough 😂

[@philtucker1224]

Why isn’t anyone talking about a turbo? Much quicker way to find power surely?

[@ODDAutos]

I’d love to but maybe on the next one. Would be fun though and sound awesome 👍

[@TheoXydias_PerlaCoffeeTrailer]

we see a mark2 escort we like from a mini mk1 owner

[@enemyfruitloop5858]

Five second rule on the biscuit?

[@lestercranmer2631]

depends on what side up it landed 😃

[@davidweston4007]

More power yes ,but what about STOPPING ?🇬🇧

[@ODDAutos]

Got a rear disc brake conversion coming 👍

[@davidweston4007]

@@ODDAutos that’s the one ,what pads will you be using on the front and the rear?🇬🇧

[@BaldBloke]

Aren't those the mk1 fiesta supersport alloys ?

[@geofffletcher5739]

Similar, theyre the same size and offset but use flat seat rs nuts. They're the ronal rs accessory ones.

[@geofffletcher5739]

Wrong offset for a mk2 really

[@ODDAutos]

I always thought the were super sport wheels but yes they have the collar type wheel nuts.

[@geofffletcher5739]

@@ODDAutos same design and size but made by ronal and use flat seat nuts. Quite a rare wheel now.

[@RichardSage-l8l]

What happened to the Corsa Turbo?

[@ODDAutos]

Still in paint but should be ready start of September 🤞

[@leer798]

Born in 1980 ? Give over man 😜😜 Nice to see a video out matey 😁

[@ODDAutos]

Ha ha honestly I’m an 80’s child….just

[@deanwebb4809]

Where was, the advert

[@paulriggers1558]

that looks like water damage, where have you stored your car, in a shallow duckpond... in 1980, i was learning if you didn't get a shine on a pinto block, you weren't getting all the gasket off, which deserved a clip... do the maths with us excellent work, shit dancing, puddins fab shop is the home of the dance diva keep it up young man

[@ODDAutos]

Cheers Paul, yes the bores look awful. Will work the maths out so hopefully still the 1600 😀.

[@micktuck5377]

Yes it worked 😂

[@micktuck5377]

If you what 130bhp you’re got to go 1760 stage 3 head, fast road cam and 40’s / 45’s

[@ODDAutos]

Nice nice 👍👍