ford essex 3.0 v6, from a 3.0s capri

@@odysseusdrakos2008 with a standard mk2 2.0pinto engine, can it do this speed or how much can it do???

@@Alim_usta the pinto was not standard in the mk1, it came in the mk2, but in a mk2 with a 2.0 pinto and the right gearing a transit could do 100mph but the pinto would be working harder than the essex, the essex does it easy.

thanks, it's the same bike you'll see in others of my videos here, but now with the v11 sport motor :-)

thanks

if you can find a good pair, do it.

they should do, if they are quiet it means the rocker to pushrod gaps are too close, there should be tappet noise.

they are some second hand ones that came from an aprilia rsv1000 and work just right with the Guzzi on points, giving around 3.4 ohms

yes still have it, use it regularly, swapped the exhaust system for stainless and fitted stainless conti replica silencers, also fitted and tuned mk1 lemans carbs and manifolds, dellorto phf36s, and a quick action single cable twist grip with a splitter under the tank. goes very well now. though i have a v11 sport motor lined up for it which should make it go even better!

I know, my boy told me what they were as soon as i showed him 🙂 and yes very beautiful. I hadn't a clue, for all i knew they could have been vipers!

@@odysseusdrakos2008 clever boy. they don't even have teeth, I think. but they have a habit of emptying their bowels on you if handled - and losing their tails if frightened, so gently gently (o:

The most powerful standard transits were supplied by ford with the essex V6 for use as ambulances here in the uk. We do not have "register extracts" here in the uk. All our reg docs have is engine and chassis numbers

mine was not original, started as 2.0 v4, the v6 in there now is from a Capri 3.0s with a weber carb & tubular exhaust manifolds.

thanks, me too 🙂

not quite, the standard 4160 (8007) has vacuum secondaries and only accelerator pump on primaries, this is a genuine double pumper with mechanical secondaries.

if you can find one, the double pumper version is pretty rare, the regular 4160 with vacuum secondaries is still a good carb.

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Yes, my boy knows quite a bit about reptiles, a lot more than me anyway, and looked up slow worms to show me, had never seen one before, beautiful things.

was a capri 3.0s motor with skimmed heads and a weber 38dgas carb with all choke parts removed for better flow and a pair of 3 into 1 header pipes going into a short home made side exit exhaust system.

yes

hi, the bike has been 100% reliable in the years i have had it except for normal wear, from use, i had to change the clutch friction plates which only cost about £70 and took about 2 minutes to swap over. and i had to put new brushes in the starter motor, the new brush kit was only about £25 but it was a hell of a job to get the starter motor off, a hell of a job to get it back together again with the new brushes installed and a hell of a job to refit the starter motor, horrible job but hopefully that will be it now for another 60,000 miles. absolutely love the bike.

yes i took the float bowls from a more modern street avenger 570 carb

it wouldn't have mattered what the music was at 5am, it could have been elvis, or led zep or red hot chilli peppers or white stripes or muddy waters or johnny cash or tom grennan or reef... could have been absolutely anyone i like and it would have had me fuming at 5am!

cheers, looking forward to getting settled so i can continue where i left off.

got most of what i need to build a nice bike around the motor, only thing i don't have is a really good swing arm, i'd like something that can take a wide tyre, at least 160/60x17, and preferably a floating drive box, so magni, radical or home made, but that will be slow and expensive, i might try a cali 1100ev one for the short term .

good luck. you just know some Guzzisti has what you need in their hoard, but ehhh giving stuff away from that hoard is a bit painful for Guzzisti!

hahahaha :-)

was twin k&n filters but now running open bell mouths on bigger dellorto phf36mm pumper carbs. the jetting i used on the vhb30s was 51 idle/130 main.