To get 1440 cc you need to use a 1275 block. Twin side drafts can be fitted but are split wasting one choke . I have a MG Metro sitting in my workshop if anyone wants it...1275 A + engine vented discs and 4 pot AP calipers it's driveable , no rego or wof and it needs a CV joint . I planned to use the bits in a Mini shell for my oldest boy but he's gone off Mini's now. But back to the originalsubject I would still build a Datto over an Escort or for that matter a Mini.....