Sourcing a 2 litre twin cam (8 valve + weber) unit

Sourcing a 2 litre twin cam (8 valve + weber) unit

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edmason

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69 posts

193 months

Monday 17th March 2008
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Can someone who knows their way around Ford Engines help me out please?

I’ve got an MGB Roadster with a Ford 2 litre Twin Cam engine in it, which is an excellent & straightforward conversion. It’s the 8 valve engine with a twin choke weber, dual mass flywheel, and 5 speed manual box. I’m after another one to put in a BGT.

The guy who did the conversion tells me that this set up came from a late Sierra, but every 2 litre Sierra I’ve looked at has the Injected engine. Was he mistaken? Is this a version of the 'Pinto' engine, or something else?

Which Fords had the 8 valve carburated engine?

Many thanks

dickkark

747 posts

221 months

Tuesday 18th March 2008
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the carb version,the first version of this engine only came out for 1990,
after that they were all fuel injection,excactly the same apart from the head as you probably know,
I can tell you that they were extremely hard to find when they were only 2-3 years old
so I would guess that now they are even harder to find,why not use the fuel injection engine or rebuild yours?