Ford Anglia/Consul/Cortina engine & gearbox numbers
Discussion
I am restoring an old 1959 TVR Grantura original fitted with a Ford Anglia engine. I bought this project totally dismantled incl. dismanteled gearbox and engine.
I think the engine or the cilinderhead is replaced many years ago because the cilinderhead says 105E and the engine says 109E.
To make it more difficult, the gearbox says 113E.
Is this OK? Does this fit to each other ? Isn't it so that castingnumber of cilinderhead and engine have to be the same ?
please advise
kind regards
William Waardenburg
The Nethelands
I think the engine or the cilinderhead is replaced many years ago because the cilinderhead says 105E and the engine says 109E.
To make it more difficult, the gearbox says 113E.
Is this OK? Does this fit to each other ? Isn't it so that castingnumber of cilinderhead and engine have to be the same ?
please advise
kind regards
William Waardenburg
The Nethelands
This http://www.burtonpower.com/technical_1/ford_date_c... will enable you to work out the age of the engine from the engine number
hope it helps
hope it helps
If your engine is OHV then I believe the precrossflow blocks and heads were interchangeable, even with the lotus cortina block. Some van engines ran a low compression - slightly larger comb.chamber?
However with crossflows ( obviously later than 1959! ) they were all interchangeable - early mexicos and vixens heads had small comb.chamber, otherwise they all had flat heads and same dia. pistons, 1300 or 1600 depending on crank.
However some blocks and heads are better than others, eg later crossflows are stronger than early ones.
With gearboxes the bellhousing bolt patterns were all the same, right up to the recent Duratec engine ( Mazda ). I would try and fit a Bullit box as I thought mine was great and certainly strong enough.
Burtons are the people to ask, or Nick Stagg ( Wiltshire ) specialises in racing precrossflows or Lotus Cortinas and is very knowledgeable.
Good luck with the restoration.
However with crossflows ( obviously later than 1959! ) they were all interchangeable - early mexicos and vixens heads had small comb.chamber, otherwise they all had flat heads and same dia. pistons, 1300 or 1600 depending on crank.
However some blocks and heads are better than others, eg later crossflows are stronger than early ones.
With gearboxes the bellhousing bolt patterns were all the same, right up to the recent Duratec engine ( Mazda ). I would try and fit a Bullit box as I thought mine was great and certainly strong enough.
Burtons are the people to ask, or Nick Stagg ( Wiltshire ) specialises in racing precrossflows or Lotus Cortinas and is very knowledgeable.
Good luck with the restoration.
OK 105E is 997, the 109E is the 997 stroked & bored & is 1340cc. The heads will be the same, rods & pistons will be different. The 113E was the standard 1500cc gearbox.
105E is Anglia although same engine used in 107E which is Ford Pop with the OHV lump.
109E is the Consul shaped car,the 1340 is not a good lump, it's only three bearing & is fairly weak.
113E is the early 1500 Cortina
All this is from memory!
105E is Anglia although same engine used in 107E which is Ford Pop with the OHV lump.
109E is the Consul shaped car,the 1340 is not a good lump, it's only three bearing & is fairly weak.
113E is the early 1500 Cortina
All this is from memory!
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