The ideal engine for an escort, (in my opinion) is the holbay warrior! I’ve got copies of the original marketing garb somewhere, with dyno graphs in comparison to N/A cossie and pinto.
The warrior wiped the floor with both of them, 2.4 with either 48’s or 50’s.

These days a itb set up would see some really big numbers, around 340 hp if I remember right.

Did the clutch bleed up? I probably would’ve put the bleeder at the top with the pipe at the bottom if possible, but I’m just some guy on the internet!

You work on some proper nice cars, with really nice parts, I’m envious! 👌

Who would you recommend to do a cosworth head for N/A

take a look for jerseytim100 he as a white mk2 escort with a cosworth engine in it which is dry sumped and he rallys it