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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #25 on: April 20, 2016, 06:02:12 PM »
British engine ?
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #26 on: April 20, 2016, 06:24:20 PM »
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #27 on: April 21, 2016, 01:57:51 AM »
Ford engine ?
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #28 on: April 21, 2016, 05:27:26 AM »
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #29 on: April 21, 2016, 10:41:34 AM »
What's left to find to score a point ?
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #30 on: April 21, 2016, 11:05:32 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on April 21, 2016, 10:41:34 AM
What's left to find to score a point ?

I was hoping to get something a bit more specific about which Ford engine (there must be hundreds of different ones down the years!).
The clue was in the 'Yes and No' answer I gave before; which Ford engine was made in Britain but was fitted to American cars?

This puzzle is now locked for oko94!
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #31 on: April 21, 2016, 11:24:18 AM »
CVH ?
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #32 on: April 21, 2016, 11:55:00 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on April 21, 2016, 11:24:18 AM
CVH ?

No, that was made in both the UK and the USA for their respective Fords.
The engine in this car was built in the UK but exported to the USA for a car of the same name as the engine..
It's easy - there's only one engine it could be!
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #33 on: April 22, 2016, 07:27:21 AM »
From 1971 to 1973, base Pintos were powered by a British-built Kent (aka Crossflow) 1600 cc straight four.
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #34 on: April 22, 2016, 07:56:20 AM »
It is a Ford Pinto engine, yes, but in its 2.3 litre OHC version.
It seems this particular version was also known as the Lima engine after the plant in Lima, Ohio, where it was also built.
So only the smaller-engined Pintos used engines made in the UK; the larger engine seems to have been made in the US.  You live and learn.
The car had a BW T5 gearbox.

Let's call it solved!
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Re: NEH 4520
« Reply #35 on: April 22, 2016, 08:28:25 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on April 22, 2016, 07:56:20 AM
So only the smaller-engined Pintos used engines made in the UK; the larger engine seems to have been made in the US.  You live and learn.

It's even more complicated than that :
- 1971-1974 2-liter Pintos used a German-built engine
- 1975-1979 V6 Pintos used a Cologne V6, but I don't know if it was German-built or US-built.
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