Ford I4 twin cam in Westy

[Brandy Barrel]

Ok so has anyone any experience with this engine. I picked it up for a song and it's gotta be better than my crossflow?

[SPAXIMUS]

That engine was only fitted for a short time and as such the tuning and spares is not that good. As always you can make anything fit and work but to me I would go Zetec as they are cheap, plentiful, have loads of info on how to tune and fit easily onto your exsisting box.
I also seem to recall they were very heavy

[Brandy Barrel]

Hmm I certainly knew there wasn't any tuning bits. Yes it was essentially the for runner to the Zetec almost a middle of the road between cosworth and Zetec while they decided what to do. But £70 for a 150bhp engine on 40s seemed a cheap way to have a standard reasonably high revving twin cam while I save up.
I didn't look at weights, is it that heavy?
Thanks for the input though, some feedback is better than none 👍👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😊

[SPAXIMUS]

It is worth £70 for the carbs.

[benchmark51]

Well, you have it now so why not give it a go? The carbs are worth a lot more than £70. Depends on what more you have to spend to make it fit clutch/fly, mounts, gearbox ect. Also whether it's going to poke out the bonnet and needing extra cooling.

[Brandy Barrel]

No, no carbs. Just the manifold.
Yeah we'll get it stripped and checked then give it a go.

[Brandy Barrel]

Well more research on this engine has revealed that this can easily increase BHP with a cam change and carbs. It's a really strong engine apparently, the N6e version can Rev to 9000 revs as standard. Although most top standard power at 6250revs.
Delivery last week showed it to be quite a big engine.
We also procured a type 9 five speed gearbox which we will probably fit to the crossflow first!

[benchmark51]

There is a Ford event at Silverstone on the 7th, might be a good source of info on this subject. Could be a good day out also.

Saw it on locostbuilders here

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=205235