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    Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/02/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent

    Official engine of the Anadol, Turkey's first mass-production car. #1960s
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/02/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    Some of these things had a stroke barely long enough to qualify for the name, 48mm. I mean, I think I've seem some bigass aftermarket camshafts with more lift than that. #1960s
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    Image of velocecrat velocecrat
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    Also powered the sexylighthotness that was the DeTomaso Vallelunga. #1960s
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    My first car, a '71 Pinto, had a 1.6L with FOB (Ford of Britain) cast on it. POS burned #4 piston after a year of abuse. I did a quickie rebuild on it. A year later it burned #4 piston. I rebuilt it again by the book. Bored, new pistons, new valves and surfaced every gasket surface I could including the manifolds. A year and a HALF later it puked reverse and burned #4 piston within a week of each other. Tossed that hateful beast in the weeds and installed an FOG (Ford of Germany) marked 2.0 engine and trans and never had a single problem after that.

    Is it because I didn't use Whitworth wrenches? Or did the non-paraffin oil I used damage the British alyoominium in the pistons?
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by joneez wants the clunkers he paid for at 11/01/09 8:04 PM joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of bozoerrebbe bozoerrebbe
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    Ford Racing recently announced that they would be selling a reengineered Kent crate engine to meet the needs of the thousands of Formula Ford racers who are starting to have trouble finding replacement parts. #1960s
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent

    Oh, Ford. If only you'd shared this with the US. (I believe this Capri also packed the Kent.) #1960s
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    Image of ssrock64 ssrock64
    11/01/09


    @Novaload: Or as seen here in later production form. #1960s
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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    11/01/09

    @Novaload: I think the Landies are circling this toad in preparation to beat it to death with pitchforks. #1960s
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    @Ralph Wiley Is Poised: Indeed. They have scented "not-us." #1960s
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/01/09

    @Novaload: The Consul Capri was actually sold by Ford in the US in the early '60s. The scarcity today reflects what Americans thought of it then. After all, for the price of this thing, you could buy a Falcon Sprint. Oh, and it did 0-60 mph in 22.6 seconds according to Motor magazine. That alone made the Sprint more compelling of a buy.

    The twin fender mirrors on this car were not normal fittings. They look more like the mirrors once seen on Japanese home-market cars. Wonder if this Capri lived in Japan?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    @tonyola: Rare indeed. I never, ever saw one. Then again, I wasn't in a major city/urban area. #1960s
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    Image of Scaramanga Scaramanga
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ
    It's amazing to think that variants of this engine was in service for close to 17 years. In Japan, it was used in Mark IIs until they updated the car to the Mark X in 2007.

    The 2.5L 1JZ even served to be part of the Toyota's 5.0L V-12 (the 1GZ & 2GZ). Toyota combined two JZs at the crank to make the V-12 and stuck it in its Century Limousine.

    The V-12 was famously used in Top Secret's 222mph 1000hp+ Supra.

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ
    I want a Lexus SC with a 2JZ swap...sigh... #i6engine
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    Image of stoke stoke
    10/26/09

    @FrankGrimes: Go build it! #i6engine
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    10/27/09

    @stoke: Ok you send me a check and I will clear a space in the garage. #i6engine
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    10/27/09


    @FrankGrimes: Can't believe I found this old video. #i6engine
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    Image of brc is never late, because of his v8 brc is never late, because of his v8
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ
    The I6 is a victim of a world obsessed with FWD packaging. As the volume car platforms progress inexorably towards complete FWD domination, so goes the I6 blocks. Even the mighty GTR has to make do with a bent-6. Pretty soon the BMW I6 will be the lone soldier battling on, bravely resisting the need to turn engines around and destroy driving dynamics and pure, inline-6 smoothness. Next time you see a 130i burbling past on the street, raise a little salute for the last small car with a big 'ol straight six pointing forwards, just the way the car gods intended. #i6engine
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    Image of Black_Betty Black_Betty
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ
    Metal head gasket and a bunch of bolt ons and your JZ will reliably deliver 600+ at the rears with a good tune.

    I had a G series as well, the 1GGTE. Put a whole in the radiator and didn't realise until the engine had burnt all the oil overheating. BUT no gasket gone or anything like what happened with my Nissan RB engine, just a plug popped out of the manifold. Bit of tar and a new plug and away we went.

    They say that hooked up to an engine dino the G series will take 50,000 rpm before shooting pistons out. For how long who knows... #i6engine
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ
    Sigh... The modern V6s, like in the Camry just don't stir the soul anymore.

    In its more famous applications, the engine makes one JZ. #i6engine
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    Image of IronicalBalls IronicalBalls
    10/25/09


    @Mobius: Camry V6 engines are borderline supercar engines. el oh el.

    Lotus has great sense of humor imo they could have always get a partnership for Audi/BMW crate engines, but instead they went with Toyota years ago for the cup cars. #i6engine
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    Image of bzr bzr
    10/26/09

    @IronicalBalls: It increases the reliability by half. #i6engine
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    Image of koolykool44 koolykool44
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ
    My love for the 2JZ cannot be put in words, and my respect for it is yet greater. #i6engine
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ

    Ih, I always dreamed of a Toyota Chaser with the Twin Turbo'd JZ. Just so cool and Q-shippy, especially in white. #i6engine
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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    10/25/09

    @Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: Yes! #i6engine
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    Image of homeslice60148 homeslice60148
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ
    I was literally blown off the interstate yesterday by a Lexus IS300 Wagon, twin turbo'd. I know that the best sleeper cars are the uber-wagons and a potential 800 hp has GOT to be sweetest family hauler imaginable. #i6engine
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    10/25/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ

    2JZ swaps are still very popular. #i6engine
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    Image of subscript subscript
    10/25/09

    @LTDScott's work is getting in the way of Jaloptime: Don't forget the Nas! #i6engine
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/25/09

    @LTDScott's work is getting in the way of Jaloptime: LOLZ. It's a hard knock engine! #i6engine
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