Well today is a big day for the azura, After its (long term) conversion into a Ghia Spec 2.0 with Mondeo Alloys, which took 3 years I finally clocked up 700 miles on the road (since September 9th) and earlier this month, it passed its MOT, needing just a bulb and a banjo tightening to go through its annual medical.
Since we are considering moving to somewhere it is a tad more hilly, and where the average annual snow fall is counted in inches and not mm’s like where we live now, I decided the car should be 4×4 (Not a problem as the parts are all standard Sierra), but the 2.0 4×4 I used to own was underpowered for the drivetrain – so I needed more power….
After a long deliberation, I decided it is best If I sell the TT kit and go for a 2.3 8v Hybrid engine.
The 2.3 8v Hybrid is a mixup of the Standard Ford 2.0 8v N9 Sierra engine, and the Standard Ford 2.3 16v engine from a scorpio. The hybrid is the fact you are mixng the 8v Cylinder Head and Sierra Sump with the 2.3 Cylinder Block.
Over the past few weeks I have been collecting all the gaskets, head bolts, Cylinder heads and the relevent engine block needed to make this mashup of engine parts into a fire breathing ~170bhp engine which is driven by low down torque over outright power.
Now onto a couple pictures of the relevent engines and parts I have photo’d before the relative stripdowns have begun – I will put a full how to guide up on here.
2.0 DOHC
2.3 DOHC
2.3 Victor Reinz Head Gasket
