Escort motor for my festy

[Tommy]

Hey guys I found a 95 escort with a 1.9 in it, what do I need to do to make it fit my 93 festy with an automatic? Basically what I want to know is will it bolt up to my tranny like a plug and play? And what all do I need to be expecting to have to do to the car and or motor?

[devon527]

I dont think the 1.9 will fit in a festy? Thats what I've heard

[Tommy]

Thats what I was afraid of, I got the guy talked down to $350 for the entire car, I knew the deal was to good.

[stefan]

The 1.9 is a ford motor and isnt even remotely compatible. You want the escort gt 1.8 motor

[devon527]

Yeah I know the 1.8's are the common motor to get out of a escort GT, but the 1.9's dont fit or else i'd hav one in my car right now lol

[festyfreak39]

not even remotley compatible and for 350 you can get a better motor for you festiva!

[bhazard]

Why? They're turds compared to say...a B8...

[stefan]

Yeah I know the 1.8's are the common motor to get out of a escort GT, but the 1.9's dont fit or else i'd hav one in my car right now lol

Those 1.9s are prolly the worst motor ever built lol

[devon527]

Those 1.9s are prolly the worst motor ever built lol

Haha it was a joke... I've done my research, I forgot to put NOT at the end of that post

[Zanzer]

Hahaha! The dreaded 1.9! I used to cringe whenever one would pull into the shop. They make great boat anchors :mrgreen:

[getnpsi]

The 1.9 is a relative of the 1.6 cvh, a high revving oem turbocharged engine. With a focus 2.0 head with gone over valves they have proved to be a good junkyard turbo powerplant. But this is into fords where the motor mounts are already there to line up for you. Put only mazda engines into your festiva and youll always get it right

[festyfreak39]

man you guys have no hope!!!! just because its not a bp or a b8 or a b6T doesnt mean its garbage, you guys gotta open your minds:

http://www.homemadeturbo.com/showthread.php?t=89134&highlight=ford+escort+turbo

[festyfreak39]

http://www.homemadeturbo.com/showthread.php?t=72864&highlight=ford+escort+turbo&page=5

there is another bulid, ive heard of guys making silly HP on stock 1.9L blocks,, so yah they arent garbage.. if someone was crazy enough to swap a 1.9L into a festiva + add boost and do a 12 second 1/4, i would applaude them for being different and doing something B.A..

[getnpsi]

focus wagon with 280hp+ uber sleeper

[getnpsi]

See and there's festyfreak backing me up yet again with the same thought train. If i had never owned any aspires or festivas but stumbled on a 1.9 escort deal, copying those guys woulda been something to try.