Morris Minor Owners Club

Has anyone fitted a Ford 1600 crossflow engine and gearbox to their Minor,if so are there any tips to pass on and what is the performance like?

I've not done it but I would imagine the extra weight of the engine would outweigh the small power increase you would gain over fitting something like an A series 1275. You can get 80 bhp out of a 1275 without too much effort......

One of our customers has done this swap to great effect. A few Burton add ons and its producing 120bhp, with excellent torque. Don't worry about the weight difference.

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I had "assumed" the original question was based around a standard engine - not one with many hundreds of pounds spent on it Of course if you have an open cheque book things are very different

Only a few add on's

Its still a X flow, fits easily and in std form will beat any A series lump on cost as it fits straight onto the type 9, 5 speed.
What are yo lot like ahh !!!

Does it need bulkhead mods?

I don't think it did Dan. The customer is willing to share the drawings for all mounts etc.

I'm getting ideas for the new car....

Thought you were going Zetec

My old pickup ran a 1600 cross flow no probs.

Well the only issues I had with it was from the exhaust.





HTH