Fordcorsiar.

[Gez00r]

What other motor will fit into a Ford Corsiar? I would like to change the motor as it is too difficult for us to work on.

[russellw]

You've not really given us much information.

At a guess, I'd say you are referring to the mid to late 60's Ford UK model which shared a lot of components with the Mk II Cortina. There were a number of engine options available (mostly from the Cortina) - a 1498cc OHV Kent I4; the 1663cc OHV Essex V4 or the 1996cc Essex OHV V4 in the later models.

There was a unique to Australia Corsair produced between 1989-92 which was a rebadged Nissan Pintara (another part of the Button Plan that saw Nissan selling rebadged Falcon Utes) and it had a choice of two Nissan I4 engines: the 1974cc SOHC CA20E or the 2389cc SOHC KA24E.

We could always go back in history to the extremely rare 1958 Edsel Corsair which came with either a 410 CID (6.7 L) MEL OHV V8 (1958) or the 332 CID (5.4L) FE V8.

[russellw]

Some brave souls have shoehorned the 3.0L Essex V6 in (used in the Capri GT) and it's apparently a fairly easy change as it can retain the same gearbox and bellhousing but does need a change of sump (available in the after-market). There was also a company in the UK (Crayford) that did the V6 conversions but looking at the pics, there's even less working space.

There's a Corsair in the UK running around with a 2L Pinto engine although I'm not sure why anyone would want that asthmatic lump.