picked up the 2.9i transit today

[bj928]

the guy bought it almost new from ford, he was told it was used to haul F1 engines about, he bought it when it was about 8 months old and has had it ever since, its now got its original reg number back on it.

i'm not sure whats wrong with it but it drives like a wet fart, i've had more powerful pintos, it struggles to get past 70 and gets there about as slow as a diesel so the engine is coming out sooner than i expected, 24v already lined up, will take the engine out tomorrow and get the adapter plate copied, all being well 24v should be in by the weekend. got a friend going to make me some stainless manifolds to connect to the original exhaust. its got a steal bulkhead so thats coming out as well tomorrow, the reason for that is in my name, BIG JOHN, i can't get the seat far enough back to get me belly in!!!!!

will post some pictures tomorrow when its daylight.

[FredTransit]

Atl last! Somthing I can beat with a Di!

[Luke]

back to get me belly in!!!!! will post some pictures tomorrow when its daylight.

nah its ok but you can post some of the transit ..............ok that was poor

but seriously im interested in pics of these manifolds too, im thinking of a twin side exiting system for mine

[FredTransit]

back to get me belly in!!!!! will post some pictures tomorrow when its daylight.

nah its ok but you can post some of the transit ..............ok that was poor

but seriously im interested in pics of these manifolds too, im thinking of a twin side exiting system for mine

Sidepipes?

[Luke]

Sidepipes?

got to be done fred

[FredTransit]

On what? Your Mk3 or your Mk2ish?

[Luke]

On what? Your Mk3 or your Mk2ish?

im putting 24v cossy in the mk1.2 the mk4 is Di and staying that way

[FredTransit]

Yes, side pipe would suit your earlier one, whatever you call it!

[100ps_drw_hicube]

hi john do ya reckon it's got a limiter on it

[bj928]

the guy said it had a limiter but at 90, i did get it to it once and it does seem to have, i think it just needs a good service but its a good exuse to put the 24v in, as you can imagine i don't need much of an exuse

[MrMPuk]

Marks 2.9 drove like a wet fart to.

[madvanman]

my 2.9 was s**t with the transit ecu, it seemed to have a rev limiter set to prevent going over 70 in top gear. was a lot more fun with a granada ecu plugged in

[bj928]

i'll have to try it with a 24v ecu and see what it goes like, before i take the engine out that is

[madmark]

my 2.9 had some strange limiter on it 62in 4th and 71in 5th but it kept the engine perfect and it had done 170k but was the sweetest 2.9 i had ever herd! most 2.9 were limited to 89mph!

[rover]

Try telling this lot to UK_Andy His goes like its ass is on fire

Might have something to do with the engine coming from a Granada Scorpio rather than it being a Transit one

Rover.