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South African Ford/GM/BMW muscle cars

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    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    my Mk4 Cortina came from Basil Green of the Perana


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    ianobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 2,756 ✭✭✭ianobrien


    Wasn't there a Cortina XR6 in SA? IIRC, it was a mk4/5 Cortina fitted with the SA 3.4 Essex? Boreham rallied one when the RS1800 stopped rallying in late '79.


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    corktina
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    theres alink there for the XR6...that was the Mk5 version.

    the Rally one has re-surfaced recently I'm told.


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    salysol
    Registered Users Posts: 378 ✭✭salysol


    corktina wrote: »
    my Mk4 Cortina came from Basil Green of the Perana
    Basil Green , a long time since i heard that name.
    my first Capri perana v8 was in 77 it was fantastic,my second perana v8 was auto and i thought it a far nicer more managable car.
    as i used to live very close to where he built the peranas ,i would often see a few outside,never did get a look inside though.
    in 1980 i bought an orangy mk3 2 door cortina ,when i bought it i thought it was a basic v6 mk3 but on closer inspection it had the perana basil green plaque in the engine bay.
    funny thing most of the cops back then had mk3 cortina v6 and they could shift.
    after the peranas i had i never had any interest in capris as i knew i would be dissapointed in trying to compare them.
    those were the days.


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    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Bought a green 2.0S Mk4 and put a 2.8 into it using 2.3 engine mounts - great acceleration but no top speed due to 3.08(?) diff:cool:


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    corktina
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    the Mk4 S models are about the rarest surviving Cortinas. 2 2.3Ss and less than a dozen 2.0Ss survive in the UK OTR.

    Mine is a 3.0S, as far as I know the only one in the British Isles, and ,yes , it does shift a bit :)


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    shagman
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    Anyone know of any SA produced fuel injected Essex engines (fords earlier 3L V6) in the country? The FI version was another SA only option.


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    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    shagman wrote: »
    Anyone know of any SA produced fuel injected Essex engines (fords earlier 3L V6) in the country? The FI version was another SA only option.

    Haven't time to check but I Think the US Ford V6 is based on the Essex, and that one has injection.


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