Belkits Mk. I Escort Engine Question

[Straightliner59]

Has anyone considered and/or tried one of the engines from one of the Monogram IMSA Mustang kits? I would look for myself, but I don't have any of the Mustangs, on hand. I was thinking of maybe a privateer, or a weekend racer/badass street car. Any input would be appreciated, before I spring for a Mustang--although, I have been keeping an eye on them, anyway.

[Ulf]

Not a lot of space but;

http://www.v8church.co.uk/your_cars/supercharged_ford_351w_v8_ford__escort_mk1_ID_32/
 

[Straightliner59]

2 hours ago, Ulf said:

Not a lot of space but;

http://www.v8church.co.uk/your_cars/supercharged_ford_351w_v8_ford__escort_mk1_ID_32/
 

That's cool! But, I was thinking of the earlier GT Mustangs (Ford, Miller). I think they had Zakspeed fours, in them.

[stitchdup]

in theory they should fit as the zackspeed 4 would be a crossflow or pinto based engine and both were available in the escorts. You would need to fabricate a complete engine bay as the belkits chassis has no relation to an escort bay (or buy one of the excellent scale production bays) but italeri/revell did most of that on their mk2 escorts already if you fancied some kit bashing. The mustang imsa was just a rebodied zackspeed capri under the skin anyway and they were evolutions of the zackspeed escorts so i'd say go for it. incidentally zackspeed were getting 6 and 700 bhp out of 1.4 engines during this time

[Straightliner59]

49 minutes ago, stitchdup said:

in theory they should fit as the zackspeed 4 would be a crossflow or pinto based engine and both were available in the escorts. You would need to fabricate a complete engine bay as the belkits chassis has no relation to an escort bay (or buy one of the excellent scale production bays) but italeri/revell did most of that on their mk2 escorts already if you fancied some kit bashing. The mustang imsa was just a rebodied zackspeed capri under the skin anyway and they were evolutions of the zackspeed escorts so i'd say go for it. incidentally zackspeed were getting 6 and 700 bhp out of 1.4 engines during this time

Thanks, Les! I kind of thought there might be some shared lineage, along the line. Kit bashing isn't a deal-breaker, at all! I'll be looking for the Revell/Italeri Escort, too, then. No idea when I would get around to it, but, since the idea crossed my mind, I figured somebody here would know! Revell USA did a JPS car, back in the late '80s-early '90s. I don't recall if that was a Mustang or a Capri. I knew they were making crazy horsepower, with those things. To think it was almost 40 years ago!

[stitchdup]

On 7/2/2024 at 10:53 AM, Straightliner59 said:

Thanks, Les! I kind of thought there might be some shared lineage, along the line. Kit bashing isn't a deal-breaker, at all! I'll be looking for the Revell/Italeri Escort, too, then. No idea when I would get around to it, but, since the idea crossed my mind, I figured somebody here would know! Revell USA did a JPS car, back in the late '80s-early '90s. I don't recall if that was a Mustang or a Capri. I knew they were making crazy horsepower, with those things. To think it was almost 40 years ago!

also, there are 2 versions of the mk2 kits. one is a rally car but the other is a zackspeed(ish) track car. i've got a long stalled zackspeed with one of the uscp cosworth engines in it that i really should get back to

[Straightliner59]

17 hours ago, stitchdup said:

also, there are 2 versions of the mk2 kits. one is a rally car but the other is a zackspeed(ish) track car. i've got a long stalled zackspeed with one of the uscp cosworth engines in it that i really should get back to

I'm watching all of these, on Ebay, now! I just missed one of the first Monogram Mustangs (Ford Motorsports) that went for $15. I'm not in any hurry, so, I'll wait until I find another at a good price. I originally bought the Escort, because I was interested in the Minilites. It's such a pretty kit, I just couldn't. I could never find the engine upgrade kit, available/in-stock. I think one of those DOHC four-bangers would be a nice option. If I do a street/road car, I may even see if I can get the turbo setup, in it.