johan wagener

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I have a ford escort sport 1.6 16V. is it possible to remove the carbs and
replace it with fuel injectors?

If so is it worth the trouble?

jim

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No, too much trouble, you gonna need a new manifold and the entire setup
to do this, and what about the electronics for it?? and alot of other
stuff.. the engineers that designed the car for carb. were probably more
informed on what they were doing than the car owner who wants to change
it to something else.. if you want the car to run then leave it alone...

duncan wood

Yes & no , not for the price of one Ford have already done it to.

meatballturbo

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Yes it is possible. But no, I doubt it is worth it, cost wise it will
probably be on pare with the value of the car, if not greater.
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As its a valver one would assume its already on FI?

What year and engine?

Converting to TB's with suitable management is a piece of cake but not
cheap, £2000 to do it properly. You will get more power and more MPG from it
though.

dervman

Okay.

Well, you either have a CVH 1.6, which is an eight valve donk, running on a
single carb, until 1992.

Or you may have a fuel injected CVH 1.6 with 108 PS.

/Nerdy/ You may even have an early mark four 1.6S, which came with the CVH
1.6i litre donk, the only mark four Escort with that engine, otherwise it
was a mark three XR3i.

Or you'll have a 1.6 16v Zetec (or Zetec-E for the pedants) on 1992-onwards
1.6 Escorts, which come with fuel injection


I think we need to establish what you have first!

But if it's a CVH carb model, probably not, although it'll depend what you
want from the vehicle.

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homer

Didn't the Mk4 XR3i also have a CVH? I think earlier ones had the same FI
setup as the mk3 then the later ones got a new EFI system but I'm sure it
was still a CVH.
Don't know what engine the original poster has but he claims to have "carbs"
as in more than one.

Homer.

homer

Just noticed he's in Africa so it might be something that was never sold in
the UK.

derrick dman hudson

Do take note of such things. A few days ago I was discussing Escort
options with steve, and we couldn't agree on what did or did not
exist. Eventually we realized he was talking about the UK market but
I had a US Escort. Quite a different beast, it turns out.

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