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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:59 pm 
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I'm wanting to put a el motor and box into my td cortina as I blew the old 4 up,any thoughts would be nice :roll:
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:02 pm 
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From the little research I did its not a direct fit.

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:15 pm 
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its not the same. It is possible. xfalcon.com has a few corty's with 4.0's
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:26 pm 
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Nigel wrote:
its not the same. It is possible. xfalcon.com has a few corty's with 4.0's


Yeah it's not a direct bolt on but it looks possible

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:36 pm 
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worked crossflow :twisted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZagcOjmITNg
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:11 pm 
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FordFairmont wrote:
worked crossflow :twisted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZagcOjmITNg

Worked cross flows are apparently much better then worked sohcs.

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:48 am 
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this may assist you in making descion or not to drop a 4.0L in a TD.

http://spyderbyte.com.au/index3.htm

 

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bry40l
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Nigel wrote:
its not the same. It is possible. xfalcon.com has a few corty's with 4.0's

Theres a few cortys with turbos and sohc 4.0ls :)

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:55 pm 
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bry40l wrote:
FordFairmont wrote:
worked crossflow :twisted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZagcOjmITNg

Worked cross flows are apparently much better then worked sohcs.


That's only because people that 'work' SOHC's have little to no balls, and people that 'work' crossflows and big respectable man sized aggots.

seriously, if a crossflow can do 7000rpm with it's weak rods and s**t semi counter weighted crank, then there is no reason a SOHC can't do it.
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