Ford V4 from the 1960's
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Ran a V4 in a 1966 Transit for 18 months. Warped heads & block, rattly old thing & under powered. Hated it aside from the fact it nearly bankrupted me! Admittedly earning bugger all at the time. Was pretty thirsty as well. I'd probably use a 2L pinto in car spec with its gearbox as the V4 only shares the bellhousing with the V6. Other option would be a modern diesel & box. But would need electrics sorted out & would be further from the original.
Thanks for all inputs. The transit in question is a 1972 camper van, it's in great condition but is running the original engine. On one hand it would be a shame to change the engine and ruin originality, on the other the engines likely to be a right pain.
Maybe best I look at alternative camper van.
Maybe best I look at alternative camper van.
I worked at a Ford Main Dealer on these V4's in Transits back in the day, hard to imagine now but even loads of the big twin rear wheel Transits ran petrol engines back then!
Maybe not Fords finest ever engine but solid and reliable, if anything is going to go wrong it will most likely be the inlet manifold gasket failing should it for whatever reason get a bit too hot. only other common issue I can think of is the hexagonal oil pump/distributor drive, it wears, replace as a precaution.
Happy motoring
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