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Old 07-28-2009, 07:40 PM   #1
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So I picked up a Performance Ford magazine while in the UK to read on the plane trip back. Ford has produced a lot of turbo 4 banger cars over there since the 80's. Sierra Cosworth, Escort Cosworth, Mondeo's, Fiesta's and now the Brits have had the kick ass Focus RS over there for several years.

My question is,
Will any of the older cosworth parts work on the SVO's or Turbocoupes that we had here during the same era? Was the Merkur Xr4ti a rwd platform too? For some reason I always thought it was FWD but in an article I was just flipping through, I noticed the Sierra Cosworth (Merkur's 300hp brother in the UK) was RWD. Also noticed that it has a DOHC motor. 2.5L I believe.

Anyways it seems there are a ton of suppliers in this book for all of the above mentioned cars. Be nice if some of this stuff would offer improvements on the US 2.3 turbo cars
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Old 07-28-2009, 07:43 PM   #2
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Yes,the XR4Ti was in fact RWD. Same engine as the SVO as well.
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Yes,the XR4Ti was in fact RWD. Same engine as the SVO as well.
I know where a modded one is for sale
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i dont think the 4 valve parts will work on our motors. i heard u can get a whole Cosworth 4 valve motor for 4500 then the shipping what ever that would be.
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i dont think the 4 valve parts will work on our motors. i heard u can get a whole Cosworth 4 valve motor for 4500 then the shipping what ever that would be.
The head and all should swap out. On a side note,Bob/Saturn5 on the corral and SGW has a badass SVO with the Volvo head swap.
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The head and all should swap out. On a side note,Bob/Saturn5 on the corral and SGW has a badass SVO with the Volvo head swap.
have u seen any dyno numbers from it? it looks like everyone has got away from that swap.
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have u seen any dyno numbers from it? it looks like everyone has got away from that swap.
I don't know his current dyno #'s,but I know that thing is a hoss! He just broke the 7.5 locker in it,and is going with an 8.8 finally. He does nice,clean work.
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I'm not sure about direct motor part swaps, but I do know that a number of people have taken the Escort Cosworth drivetrains and put them in US Escort bodies.
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I don't know his current dyno #'s,but I know that thing is a hoss! He just broke the 7.5 locker in it,and is going with an 8.8 finally. He does nice,clean work.
the Cosworth is a 2.0. so the heads will not swap out. and the flow rate of the volvo head it not that great and alot of work.
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Yes,the XR4Ti was in fact RWD. Same engine as the SVO as well.
Same size yes. But I believe there were some differences.

Yes I knew it was a 2.3 liter. For some reason I thought it was FWD. Don't know why
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