V4 engine stud patten!!

[Luke]

Can anyone answer this question:-

Is the english V4 bellhousing bolt patten the same as V6 2.8 and 2.9 engines
its the same as the V6 3.0 im told!!!

[madmark]

luke no no mate they are not ,completly difrent ! v4-v6 essex one type cologne v4-v6 other type! my gearbox in the mk1 will take 2.3-2.8-2.9 but not essex ! thats why i cant just through in a 2ltr essex v4,without the gearbox belhouseing clutch fork etc! so i would need a engine and gearbox and probly prop as well!

[Luke]

thought you might know mark
Its just me and Bob S were pondering today i have an adapterplate from pinto to what i thought was mt75 but i thought all mt75s including petrol ones were Di stud patten - am i wrong???

are all mt75's the same bellhousing pattern

if so what's this adapter plate off??

[madmark]

mate same patern i belive there is a slight difrence in the boxes from di to petrol not shure what way round??? transit geoff might know ! was the plate off of a pinto?????

[Luke]

yeah mate plate was off a pinto!!!

[madmark]

have you got a mt75 kicking around anywere? one thing i have always wonderd could the add plate be drilled to take another engine ie 2.8? fords do use a add plate for the 2.9 to mt75 but getting one of those down the scrappy is like rocking dung!

[bortaf]

seen a 2.9 ambulance with an MT75 box but no idea weither it had a plate or not, my di recovery has no plate but my 2.0 pinto Mk3 does so assume they are all di bell housing pattern and need an adaptor to fit a pinto/DOHC.

[madmark]

i am rackking my small brain ,shure i have seen a add plate on a pinto but on another type gearbox cant remember!

[bortaf]

My Mk2 has an adapter with a type 9

[madmark]

bortaf you are write mate! the 2.9 uses a plate i think ford sort of tried keeping the boxes mostly the same just used plates,its strange how they never fitted a mt75 to a essex v6 they used overdrive!

[Luke]

yep ive got a mt75 in the shed, ive also got pinto bellhousing and v6 2.8/2.9 bellhousing- threw a V4 one away!! Doh!!! though bobs bringing one round next week hopefully to try!!

the mt75 i have is a Di one though!!!
this adapter plate may be we think to V4!!!
I dont think it will adapt to V6 2.8 cos the bolts look too close!!

what i need is a petrol Mt75 to check!!!

[madmark]

are maybe if thetop bolt holes are close at the top it will be the same as 2.8? but you said it did come from a pinto didnt you????

[Luke]

yep its still on the pinto now - but its not to Di or V6 2.8!!!

[madmark]

bortaf well done mate you have joged my memory , the add plate was fitted to type 9 pinto wile the non heavey duty box f type had a bellhoseing that went direct to the engine! so luke there is a good chance that plate is for pinto to type 9 or g type 4 speed maybe!

[madmark]

any idear were the engine came from ????