Mk2 escort carby question

[maca_404]

Hey

I have a 1980 MK2 Escort with the 1.6 kent motor, I would like to keep the original motor and do a few upgrades. I havent even look at which carbie is fitted stock mabye someone can tell me ?. But I do have a cortina gt manifold with the weber DFM carb and I wanted to confirm this would fit the esky as I believe they both had 1600 kent engines and also would it have a significant enough performance increase to warrant changing over from stock.

Thanks for any help

[Puzzlescort]

your car will already have a dual throat weber carbie on it (complete with pollution gear)

the GT manifold & DFM carbie will fit, performance gain is very hard to judge as you will also be removing the polution gear which will change the performance but it is not a good thing if you get caught....

[peterw]

Changing a carbie just by itself shouldn't give you any increased performance unless there is a problem with the original carb. To get some gain you need to change the engine's ability to burn more air/fuel. Extractors, head mods or hotter cams are traditional ways to increase the flow in the combustion chamber and combined with a bigger carb should give performance gains.

Pete
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