Toly wants to drive his Morgan 4/4. Anyone have a lead on an auto box that will mate to a Ford 116E engine?
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April 5, 2011 8:42 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
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April 5, 2011 9:09 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
EDIT: Removed post. You said Cortina in the title, I just can't read.
I speculated on very early Capris or Pintos.
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April 5, 2011 9:12 p.m. integraguy Dork
The "Pinto" engined Capris used a Ford C-4 automatic, the 4 cylinder Capri II's used a C-3, but the Kent engined Capris (and Cortinas?) used a Borg-Warner automatic, if I remember correctly. I just know the Kent engined Fords did NOT use a Ford U.S. sourced automatic.
Actually, that was one reason why I bought an automatic Capri. The transmission is easier to find parts/get serviced, compared to a 4 speed manual.
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April 5, 2011 9:36 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
Yeah, sounds like he needs the BorgWarner box. Somewhere there's one holding up a workbench.
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April 5, 2011 9:56 p.m. fast_eddie_72 HalfDork
If a Capri transmission will work, shoot an email to Norm at Team Blitz.
He would have one, for sure.
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April 5, 2011 11:24 p.m. Streetwiseguy Dork
I'd bet real money its a BW35 trans. It was bolted behind a billion or so Volvo with B18 or B20 engines, so even if a guy could just find a bellhousing, the rest of the trans can't be too hard to find. Its only been 35 years since Volvo quit using them...
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April 6, 2011 6:26 a.m. aeronca65t Dork
Another idea:
He might try contacting my old pal, ~Phil Hunt~
Phil is a long time racer and is wheelchair-bound these days. But he runs a manual trans Golf in local track events these days. A neat guy!
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April 6, 2011 6:54 a.m. pres589 Dork
I thought some early Federal Capri's used BW35's. Capri List on Yahoo (assuming it is still active) or Norm @ Team Blitz would be how I'd start searching for one.
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April 6, 2011 7:24 a.m. John Brown SuperDork
I thought there was a C3 bellhousing for the Kent as well... maybe I am thinking T9.
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April 6, 2011 10:08 a.m. RossD Dork
Might as well drop in a SVT Zetec while you're at it...
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April 6, 2011 10:19 a.m. fast_eddie_72 HalfDork
pres589 wrote:
Capri List on Yahoo (assuming it is still active)
Quite active, actually!
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April 6, 2011 10:32 a.m. pres589 Dork
In reply to fast_eddie_72:
I figured it was, I dropped off of it a few years ago when it started to look like I'll never have a decent shop/garage to rebuild my '73 or to work over a "new" one. And it still looks like that will be the case for a long time...
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April 6, 2011 8:32 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
RossD wrote:
Might as well drop in a SVT Zetec while you're at it...
You know, that's not too crazy, is it?
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April 6, 2011 9:35 p.m. alfadriver SuperDork
David S. Wallens wrote:
RossD wrote:
Might as well drop in a SVT Zetec while you're at it...
You know, that's not too crazy, is it?
BUT... a well tuned auto that would fit onto that engine is a FWD box...
A more reasonable swap would be a 4 cyl ranger w/auto. Still quite stout engine, well tuned auto. (or S-10, Tacoma, etc).
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April 7, 2011 7:07 a.m. RossD Dork
In reply to alfadriver:
The zetec in my garage bolts up nicely to my '72 2.0 liter Pinto 4 speed; why wouldn't an automatic work too?
I even have an automatic flywheel if you need it.
*From all of my research, the Kent, Xflow, Pinto, CVH, Zetec, SPI, and the earily Lima share a common bolt pattern.
