Buying an old style ford KA what to look for?
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Buying an old style ford KA what to look for?
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yes but this pushrod engine is from this
Nothing wrong with that either... quite a tunable little lump the Kent engine... responds well to blueprinting, porting & polishing, new re-profiled cam with twin 40 DCOE's etc... and a cynch to re-build... yea they get noisy but they go on & on & on.... if looked after!
i understand it's the base of the lotus cortina engine so there's definitly tuning available
but coupled with SPI, a catalyst and detuning for emissions regulations. by the late 90s the engine was past its best!
but coupled with SPI, a catalyst and detuning for emissions regulations. by the late 90s the engine was past its best!
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Ah yes... emmissions regaltions....
The lotus Cortina, if my memory serves me, had a 1500cc block with a Twin-cam BDA head? That may have been later examples of course, been a long time now. The old push-rod Ford unit in the Angle-Box was either a 997 or 1200 unit, the latter being a much better examle of pretty much the same thing, 997 was a bit wheezy in standard form with the tiny little Solex feeding it.... neither was particularly economical though.
the front wishbones only last 30k miles, my gfs both went together at 31k miles 3 months ago. also her track rod ends went a month ago, whcih was replaced. apart from its a fairly reliable little car. only about 35ish to the gallon though i think.
my mums got 1 and its crap cos then dnt hav temp gauge or rev counter, also her and another girl i know got 1 and they both get throw loads of tyres on the front like a new set every year for mot and she not do a lot of mileage 
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they both get throw loads of tyres on the front like a new set every year for mot and she not do a lot of mileage
how often do they check their tyre presures?
fords are fairly heavy on front tyres though aswell tbh compared to say a vauxhall or fiat, it's the suspension geometry they use to improve steering feel
that and garages love to say tyres are illegal when theres a few hundred miles left
my dad check it for my mum like every other time he fills up petrol for her
Still after one of these dave?
A nice red one in the classifieds (NOT MINE so not plugging)
https://www.fiatforum.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=21198&cat=21
A nice red one in the classifieds (NOT MINE so not plugging)
https://www.fiatforum.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=21198&cat=21
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she hasnt got that much money
188 punto?
just thought i'd add this my mum was changeing gear today and the plastic bit on to of the gearknob came off lol, so i tigersealed it back on for her lol
