2.3 Ford block with Volvo DOHC 16V Head

[XR4BILL]

Heres a little vid of a project I have been working on over the past few years.
As the title says.
I got it running Oct last year and I have had it on the road, but the weather (snow) is slowing me down testing it.
I have to set up the MS2 to get a decent tune before I can open it up a bit.
Its installed in my 1986 Merkur XR4Ti.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia_EATQhUww

cheers,

Bill. :)

[twinturbo]

you should post up on www.fordpower.org.uk

there has been talk of the volvo head conversion before but I don't think anyone has seen one!

I think peeps were wondering if it would work on the 2.0 Pinto and not just the Lima..

So information would be fantastic.

Nice Ti by the way, hope it's not the donor one!

TT

[XR4BILL]

Thanks, no way is it the donor, thats my baby so to speak. But the parts that have been removed to upgrade the XR will be used for the kitcar. As well as the other parts I have from an old wrecked/rusted out XR that my son used for a while, which has gone to XR heaven.
There is a site at Yahoo Groups listed as 2300-16V which has lots of info and other guys doing or done this swap.
The Pinto is the Cossie 2.0L engine, yes?
I was in the UK a number of years ago and I picked up a used Cossie head gasket from a guy in Blyth, Northumberland.
I put it on the 2.3L Ford block over here and its much shorter. The pots, Head bolt holes dont line up at all.
The Volvo head bolts, line up to the 2.3L Ford block and the pots are almost identicle. #2 and #3 pots are off a smidgin in the centre.
There are two ways to attempt this conversion.
1- Weld a block along the back of the Volvo head, to cover the exposed water galleries. (I did this) More expensive.
2- As the rear of the head is a little bit shorter than the block, put core plugs in the block to blank off the rear water gallery. This has been done and is quite succesful. Not so expensive.
Of course there is more to this conversion as there is lots of other fabbing to be done.
There is more info on the web also. I have lots of piccies that I took during the build of the motor. When I get a chance I will try to put some links up to some pics

[monsterob]

Sounds similar to the bmw k100 motorcycle head on the good old a series mini engine lots of faff but good results