A co worker appears to have somehow gotten a boat with a Ford V4. AFAIK, that's the Cologne (German Ford) V6 with 2 cylinders whacked off and was the same motor used in the Saab Sonnet. Anyone know of parts sources for these things?
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Dec. 31, 2008 4:08 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork
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Dec. 31, 2008 4:32 p.m. JFX001 HalfDork
Also used in the Saab 95-96's.
Do a google for Jack Ashcraft, or PM subrew here....or maybe miatapowar can help as well.
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John
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Dec. 31, 2008 4:33 p.m. Carson HalfDork
I used to have the link, for Ford Industrial.
It is the same link that is now disabled on this page: http://www.vintagesaab.com/sonett/ss/ssmain.htm
I'm still searching my computer for it.
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Dec. 31, 2008 4:43 p.m. randyvr6 New Reader
Here is a German parts supplier I have used for my 1973 Capri. Their site is in English, and I have called them before and spoke with someone whose English was very good so the language is not really an issue. Parts took a couple weeks to arrive and the shipping wasn't really as bad as I had expected.
Unfortunately, they do not list by engine type, so you would need to page through the Capri catalog for instance until you found the page for the V4 engine. The V4 was an optional engine for the early Capri in Europe.
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Dec. 31, 2008 4:58 p.m. jimbbski New Reader
This engine was also used in the Saab Sonnet. Do a search for that and you will find some info.
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Dec. 31, 2008 5:02 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
Also google "BOAT ANCHOR"
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Dec. 31, 2008 5:08 p.m. Schmidlap New Reader
Carson wrote:
I used to have the link, for Ford Industrial.
Is this the site you meant? http://www.fordpowerproducts.com/FordPowerProducts/index.htm
Bob
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Dec. 31, 2008 9:23 p.m. canzus New Reader
John Brown wrote:
Also google "BOAT ANCHOR"
He's not looking for SB Chevy parts...
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Dec. 31, 2008 9:49 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork
canzus wrote:
John Brown wrote:
Also google "BOAT ANCHOR"
He's not looking for SB Chevy parts...
...or 9xx Lotus parts.
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Jan. 1, 2009 7:21 a.m. ddavidv SuperDork
Or pretty much any engine ever made in England.
Did I say that out loud? The A -series is actually a pillar of earth shattering technology...
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Jan. 1, 2009 9:13 a.m. 914Driver Dork
half of a 289.
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Jan. 1, 2009 10:03 a.m. aussiesmg HalfDork
They were "powering" the full sized Ford Transit vans in Oz in the late 70's early 80's.
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Jan. 1, 2009 8:06 p.m. dan_efi New Reader
914Driver wrote:
half of a 289.
Mechanical lifters with lash adjusters on the rockers, rear mounted dizzy, balance shaft, and IEEI valve arrangement. What 289 was this?
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Jan. 1, 2009 11:18 p.m. subrew New Reader
At one point, we bought a large pallet of brand spankin new Industrial engines. Five or six in total. The last one ended up in Fast Freddy, Jack's little '68 autocross/hillclimb Sonett, after some hot rodding.
Not too difficult to source the basics, like bearings, gaskets, pistons etc.
What's your intention with the engine?
And it's Sonett, not Sonnet.
Chris H.
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Jan. 2, 2009 6:22 a.m. Jensenman SuperDork
I dunno what his intentions are, but my intention is to avoid getting roped into working on it.
I ain't no boat wrench.
