The Festiva's old arthritic brother.

[blkfordsedan]

200 HP NA? That's pretty awesome for a 1.6. In that car, you would never need more! You'd be the fastest thing on four wheels until you hit that 4th gear's limit. What's the top speed listed on that thing anyway?

They pretty much build the snot out of it to get that much. That motor was the "small block Chevy" of auto racing in Europe in the '60s & '70s. There are tons of performance parts available. Ford even offered a factory DOHC Lotus version of the Cortina back in the 60's. I have a ton of old "Classic Ford- Pushrod Power" magazines from England, maybe I can scan some pages and post them as a pdf. My old '79 Fiesta was rated at 84hp (IIRC) and weighed 1920Lbs. I added a Pacesetter header, richened up the carb secondary by using the primary metering rod from a spare carb and added a Supertrapp muffler. It was a blast to drive and surprised many people. My guess is it was comparable to a good running B6 swapped Festy. I think the final gearing was around 4.10:1.........with 12" wheels, it could really have used a 5th gear!

[Zanzer]

Back when I was doing research on porting an polishing I ran across an old book written by one of the headwork Gods David Vizard from back in the day. The whole book pretty much covered 2.3's and 1.6's and had a whole section on just head modifications. One of the quotes I remember from chapter one is "220hp is considered the norm" :shock:

I think I still have a PDF of the book somewhere if anyone is interested

[ChrisDrives121DA]

did you find that .pdf? IŽd be interested since my buddy runs a perfect MK1 and wants to prepare a 1600ccm Engine.

[DriverOne]

I'd like to see it as well, Zanzer.

[juryrigger007]

Fiestas are awesome! I had one, back in the '90s... got it really cheap, and ran the crap out of it. The body rusted away, before the engine ever became an issue. Lots of fun!

[PoonRacing]

Fiestas are awesome!

^ they are awesome, I'll probably bring my out to the next Ohiostiva meet next year too!