NotoriousREV

I know traditionally it's been possible to pretty much mate any Ford engine to any Ford gearbox but I had a thought. I wonder if a Ford V8 (5.0 or 4.6) would mate to an MTX75 and give a nice mid-engined, transverse installation...

I know the 4.6 engine is often mated to the T5 (same as Cossie)

logiclee

Even if it did mate then you would need a very wide body and I would imagine the V8 torque would soon kill an MTX75.

Cheers
Lee

dazc2

The MTX75 has been mated to a Cosworth YB before so in theory, it could be possible.

NotoriousREV

You wouldn't need a body wider than any 4 cylinder tranverse application and the MTX seems to cope with tuned Focus ST motors

It was only a thought, anyway

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Bear in mind WHICH MTX75 your on about

The MTX75 equipped MK5 Escort XR3 struggled to cope with 130bhp I should know, I killed it enough times.

But then, why you'd want a front wheel drive V8 is beyond me

dazc2

He doesn't!!

CrisPDuk

Theoretically possible, but you'd end up with a magnified version of the weight distribution problems peugeot had with the T16 - the engine being offset to one side of the car. This was a major development headache for Todt's engineers with an alloy blocked 4cyl motor, I dread to think of the problems an iron block V8 would cause
Also as Ali-B points out I can't imagine the 'box lasting for very long anyway, Ford Europe are hardly known for sufficiently engineering their transmissions, let alone over engineering them

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

The MTX75 in my mate's coogar V6 (revised version to the Escort's with much wider ratios too - boring ) has started making the familar rattling of idling gear whilst in neutral....."they all do that sir"