After sandblasting and spray painting Ford blue...

 

pretty sharp!

What is that?
1/2 of a 351 Windsor???

 

THat couldn't be a 2.3l, could it?

 

what is it?

 

I'm posting the 'before' pics in here just for my convenience, so I can reference the image URLs...

 

Uhhh...

Aren't those Mil-Spec part number placards on the valve cover?

 

Zoe, you have a good eye! But not that good... It's a 1.1-liter industrial engine. There was a 1.3- and 1.5- and 1.6-liter model which was used in the '60s and '70s Cortinas, Capris, and Festiva/Fiesta. It was nothing more than a bore/stroke deal. The 2.3 was the same block, but had the same-side (intake/exhaust) head and sideways-mount distributor.

 

Mocky, that's the engine going in our golf kart.

 

Very cool, Alex. Don't hurt yourself, bud!

 

What do you mean Mil-spec? Military?

The engine is out of a mid-'80s Jacobsen ride-on mower with hydrostatic drive.