Just
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 12:12 PM |
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A 1600 x-flow with Kent BCF2 cam - good engine still?
In another thread I am looking to find a complete, running car and have seen a Striker with a 1600 x-flow with a Kent BCF3 cam already fitted. The
engine was (re)built by Vulcan 10k miles ago and is quoted at 120bhp originally.
Is this still a good engine or should I be looking for a 2.0l pinto instead?
[Edited on 19/5/06 by Just]
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Marcus
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 12:14 PM |
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Still a very good engine, lighter than a pinto, and at 120bhp, it'll be pretty quick.
It sounds like a similar engine to mine and I'm more than happy with the power.
Marcus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Just
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 12:20 PM |
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Actually I think it has a BCF2. Are parts still available for tuning these days to push the 120bhp up or would that be it's natural limits. I
think it has 2 x 40s on at the moment.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 12:24 PM |
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120BHP is probably a good target figure - you can get more, but the cost rises exponentially and the power band gets narrower and narrower. You can
end up having to rev the nuts off it just to go to the shops!
Crossflows are old technology, but you can still get spares from places like Burton Power. They are like Meccanno to work on.
I have a 1660 xflow with a BCF2 and a weber down-draft carb, which gives me just under 100BHP. The car still shifts fast enough for me! 
David
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Marcus
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 12:25 PM |
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It's probably about THE most tuned engine ever - after the Beetle - parts are still available including new blocks / heads in aluminium (if
you've got the cash). All parts to buld available from Burton Power among others.
You can tune up to about 180bhp given a few grand and a fair wind!
Don't forget the Caterham super sprint was 135bhp crossflow for years (and pretty reliable with it).
Marcus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Just
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 posted on 19/5/06 at 12:29 PM |
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So if it still has all the 120 horses in the stable it will raise a smile then
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 12:30 PM |
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[Churchill dog voice]
Oh yes!
[\Churchill dog voice]
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 12:37 PM |
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I'd suggest you;d go for it. If you ant more power in the futury, bypass the ponto and go zetec - exhasut is on same side!
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mookaloid
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 01:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
I'd suggest you;d go for it. If you ant more power in the futury, bypass the ponto and go zetec - exhasut is on same side!
Ypou need to trype moree slowly mate
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Alan_Thomas
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 01:29 PM |
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Another good thing about the Kent crossflow engine is its so easy to rebuild. I took off the head in under 20 mins and that included removing Inlet
and exhaust manifolds and draining the system.
Try doing that in your Zetec!
Also no cam timing for a head job and no cam belt snapping.
- Alan
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 01:35 PM |
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Although I'm a big x-flow fan, it has to be said that it is an old engine - probably >30 years old - and if major work is required then
it's better and cheaper to upgrade to a zetec (or even a duratec). You can get this sort of power from a stock engine, before tuning!
Some folk have also used a Toyota 4-AGE 1600 engine with great success, and there's always bike engines...
David
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Pezza
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| posted on 19/5/06 at 01:49 PM |
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Had a vulcan tuned xflow in my old westfield, was a great little engine, put out about 130bhp with a 234 cam and twin 40's with mild head
work.
In the year I owned it, it ran faultlessly and never used a drop of oil, sounded delish with a straight through system at 7k rpm too
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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