The Roaring Season

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:03 pm**

Grant Ellwood wrote:Hey Bob, thanks for that info. I read somewhere that the north American Anglia Supers ran disc brakes too but the several I know about have all got drums. The Ford info lists the 112E engine but I've only seen 109Es, mine included. But if there are Hom papers available that will be a clincher. Thanks again for that great news and cheers for New Year! Grant

Hi Grant, near the end of their life Ford evolved the use of the stronger 109E block as the production unit for not only the 1340cc engine but also to the 997cc 105E and the 1198cc 112E engine.

Thinking back about it, just about every 1966/67 Anglia that I worked on had a 109E block fitted.

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:02 pm**

Carlo wrote:Hi Grant, near the end of their life Ford evolved the use of the stronger 109E block as the production unit for not only the 1340cc engine but also to the 997cc 105E and the 1198cc 112E engine.

Thinking back about it, just about every 1966/67 Anglia that I worked on had a 109E block fitted.

Thanks Carlo, I guess I should measure the stroke, hopefully find its has the 1198 crank! Do you know if the 109E main bearing caps are stronger than the 105E caps? Cheers,Grant

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:34 am**

Bob will be able to answer, but didn't some run VW pistons as they were a bit stronger.
Can not remember who, but can remember this discussion way back in early 70s with Anglia boys.

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:10 am**

Grant Ellwood wrote:Thanks Carlo, I guess I should measure the stroke, hopefully find its has the 1198 crank! Do you know if the 109E main bearing caps are stronger than the 105E caps? Cheers,Grant

We used to fit a steel centre main bearing cap as they did fracture when you stacked some numbers on as the crank could whip a wee bit with the std cap.

If you have the sump off you may just find crank identification marking indication it as a 105E, 112E or 109E unit

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:56 am**

[color="#0000FF"]Mazda 1500 DOHC pistons & Isuzu Piazza Rods are just a couple of more modern alternatives for playing with these motors to stretch the capacity....that is if your class/association will not get their noses out of joint when you think outside the square. With the benefit of hindsight & progress a girdle would be more help for the main caps these days..[/color]

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:50 am**

Carlo wrote:We used to fit a steel centre main bearing cap as they did fracture when you stacked some numbers on as the crank could whip a wee bit with the std cap.

If you have the sump off you may just find crank identification marking indication it as a 105E, 112E or 109E unit

Thanks again Carlo, I'll take a look when the temperature in the workshop gets above freezing.........

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:54 am**

Jac Mac wrote:[color="#0000FF"]Mazda 1500 DOHC pistons & Isuzu Piazza Rods are just a couple of more modern alternatives for playing with these motors to stretch the capacity....that is if your class/association will not get their noses out of joint when you think outside the square. With the benefit of hindsight & progress a girdle would be more help for the main caps these days..[/color]

SVRA are good with engine regs recognising the difficulty of locating period parts. The internals are free so no problems using any of the bits you mentioned. They are more concerned about guys telling porkies about their engine capacity.

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Trevor McLean

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The John McCormack Australian Charger, as described in the first post.

That is one awesome Charger!

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I wonder what happened to that Monaro Ron Sylvester built?

Posted: **Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:19 pm**

[color="#0000FF"]IIRC at the time there were going to be two SPCS Monaros built, the other as a drag car?, got a feeling Brent Thorpe might have been involved, might be wrong though...[/color]