Ford engine in a +2? Please help!

[karlos]

I fond this car in a barn with a Ford Engine on it.

is it possible? I thought all +2 had lotos engine.

Car Plate: Typr50
Unit n.? 7001.030029M
Engine n.? F/21905

Could some one check, please?

Tks,

[RogerFrench]

Easy to put a Ford engine in. Maybe the Lotus engine broke.

[theelanman]

a Zetec or Duratec or crossflow will fit.......

aswell as the original twincam......


the twincam has a ford block

[Sea Ranch]

The Lotus Twin Cam IS a Ford engine, with a Lotus alloy dual overhead cam head on it. Plus Ford bell housing, gearbox, differential.

Is that what you're seeing?

[nigelrbfurness]

It was not uncommon to find Elans with ordinary Ford engines back in the early 70s - I had several, usually with 1500GT Cortina engines - as at that time it was expensive to repair a twin-cam properly and lots got bodged. I remember buying an Anglia van (which was a death trap) someone had put a smoky TC in, swapping it out for a 1500 from an Elan S1 and selling both for far more than I paid for them. That would have been around 1973, I think. Heady days. Too old now for such shenanigans. Yawn, where's my teeth?

Nigel F.

[jono]

....ah ah!

The Lotus twincam is actually a Lotus designed and built engine which happened to use a Ford bottom end mated to a Lotus twin cam head and bespoke front cover/water pump assembly

...just being provocative

[elansprint71]

Yes, but.... can anyone help our new friend with the numbers he has supplied? I have no info on the +2.

[TroonSprint]

Could Karlos post a photo of the engine?