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Old 27-06-2013, 06:21 PM   #1
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Default RS2000 rocker cover original colour

Anyone know the actual original colour / colour code of the blue rocker cover for an RS2000?

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Old 27-06-2013, 06:58 PM   #2
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Mine was black. Not sure of the Mk1 RS2000 or the '76 german imports, but the 79 and 80 RS's I had all had black rocker covers. Blue was common on the TC/D 2L cortinas, and used in many a 2L escort conversion.
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Old 27-06-2013, 10:25 PM   #3
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Old 28-06-2013, 06:33 AM   #4
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Black on a German assembled MKII RS2000
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Old 28-06-2013, 07:44 AM   #5
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Thanks for your replies. It's a 1979 4 door RS. Cover is currently blue, so maybe Cortina engine has been fitted.
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Old 28-06-2013, 01:54 PM   #6
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Should look like this, not the air cleaner, that's factory for twin downdraughs, I mean the colour of the rocker cover

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Old 28-06-2013, 03:11 PM   #7
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Thanks Easyboss. Problem solved. Cheers.
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Old 28-06-2013, 04:12 PM   #8
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Should have mentioned that's a German assembled 1979 RS2000, not sure what the Aussie assembled ones were
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Old 28-06-2013, 09:02 PM   #9
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The Aussie Rs 2000 were no differant to the stock 2.0L escort Black rocker cover same specifacations as any GL or Ghia 2.0L
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Old 28-06-2013, 09:36 PM   #10
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Bugger, I painted my whole engine ford blue, oh well it looks good
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Old 01-07-2013, 06:19 PM   #11
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My 77 2dr GL 2L 4speed was originally completely blue motor from new. I thought all Cortinas & Escorts were blue except the RS having black motors. I could be wrong though.
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Old 04-07-2013, 05:04 PM   #12
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The Aussie Rs 2000 were no differant to the stock 2.0L escort Black rocker cover same specifacations as any GL or Ghia 2.0L
Except... the weber carb was jetted differently on RS2000's
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Old 20-07-2013, 02:14 AM   #13
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Aussie RS2000s had Blue cam covers and air cleaners, NOT black.
The engine block should be black.
In every other way, the RS2000 engine is the same as the 2.0 Ghia and GL. Even carby jetting.

The cortina a had blue blocks and blue (plastic) air cleaners, which you sometimes see on early 2.0lt Escorts like rally packs.
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Old 24-07-2013, 03:20 PM   #14
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My RS2000 new in 79 was Black not blue.
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Old 24-07-2013, 09:16 PM   #15
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I recall that my silver RS (1979) did have a black cam cover but that had been recoed before I bought it. The other 3 were matching number 1980 models, all with blue cam covers from factory.
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Old 24-07-2013, 10:27 PM   #16
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My RS2000 new in 79 was Black not blue.
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And so did my rs2000 midnight blue two door with black engine and cam cover from factory and I have to say it.... The carby jets were a differant size compared to a stock cortina engine I bought to rebuild to suit a turbo. That was a long time ago but I still have a few marbles left.
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Old 27-07-2013, 09:28 PM   #17
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The Carby jets on the single downdraft weber, varied between auto, manual and year model, as did the distributor advance curve, by now you would be flat out finding one with original jets.
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Old 28-07-2013, 09:26 PM   #18
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Made the decision to coat it in close to original rs2000 sno white. Right or wrong??? I don't know yet - we'll see how it turns out!
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Old 07-06-2014, 08:30 PM   #19
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As a matter of interest the RS 2000 head had slightly higher compression and these heads wore a black cam cover.
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Old 14-06-2014, 07:21 AM   #20
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As a matter of interest the RS 2000 head had slightly higher compression and these heads wore a black cam cover.
Ooops my bad. It is higher compression pistons not the head. Thirty years is a long time to remember this stuff.
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Old 19-06-2014, 01:50 PM   #21
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Ooops my bad. It is higher compression pistons not the head. Thirty years is a long time to remember this stuff.
I am an old Escort & RS2000 owner so I am going from memory here as well. My recollection also is black covers equals high compression engine and blue cover was low compression. I think all auto's had the low compression engine - 64kw as opposed to 70kw. Just going from memory - don't shoot me
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Definitely black. I still own my RS2000 since new in May 1980.

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