1978 esky

[kcaillin666]

hey guys just lookin for some help on finding some flat top pistons for a 1.6 litre escort

i dont wanna do a 2.0 litre conversion because everything that is in my block is good, just going to but a new camshaft and springs/rockers/rods
and just looking for a couple of suppliers for a standard 1.6 escort

Reason for not wanting to do a conversion is that i would like to keep the car origonal with everything that it came out with

thanks

caillin

[INJECTED_250]

mate .. if u pull the head of the escort u wil se that its surface is flat, the pistons have a massive dish in them , i flat top piston wont work.. I mean it would run on diesel ok....

[kcaillin666]

i want higher compression though and im gonna be running a lumpy cam

[filoil]

Hi M8
as injected 250 said the compression bowl is in the piston on Xflows fitting flat tops will smash the valves to bits with std cam never mind a Big cam.JP engineering in south aus (0882617222) do a piston @ 83.5mm (part no Q202087) which will give 10.5cr & 1700cc the valve cutouts are something like 50thou deeper & wider, for Big cams and overlaps,this is used with std head gasket.I have used this piston for quite some time now with no worries about water jacket leaks etc.

[356mal]

put 1300 pistons in it they are the same diameter just have a smaller bowl and therefore raise the compression to approx 10:1

[whooligan]

As 356mal suggests the common mod is to put in 1300 pistons but economically you are better off just putting in a 2lt from a later model escort or cortina. There are a few local x-flow specialists who are capable of wringing every last horse out of the old kent lump but my $600 pinto would wipe the floor with most of them. If you are determined to keep it "looking" original but want a "bit" of extra performance give Twin Cam Services a call (03) 9786 4711 in Seaford.