gavintwopies

as above i'm thinking of putting a rs turbo lump in to a mk5 shell but was wondering about the rev counter i know that if you put efi mk4 clocks in to rs turbo they double read because they only run off half the coil pack.

so i was wondering if ford ever made a mk5 escort that run with a dizzy and had a rev counter so's when i put the rs turbo engine in the rev counter will run right or is there some kind of capacitor or such like that i can put in to the wiring that would suppress the signal down so the mk5 efi clocks will run some where near right.

Chrissy_bwoy

why not use a fez turbo lump or at least management then this wouldnt be an issue?

gavintwopies

coz i already have the 2.1 engine and everything fitted in my mk4 xr3i and its pulling the shell to pieces , have been advised that the mk5/6 shells are stronger however i will have to suffer a bit in handling as there not ment to be as good as the mk4 this is not my opinion so please dont bite my head off

i dont have an opinion on this as i have never driven a high powerd mk5/6 to compare it too??

Chrissy_bwoy

so ur running a 2.1 on mfi management? or cossie?

gavintwopies

Sorry i should have been a bit more specific.

i've got hold of a mk5 escort estate that i'm going to re-wiring with a mk4 rs turbo loom and dropping a 2.1 zvh lump in running the mfi set up but i'm trying to retain the original clocks / replace them with another set of mk5 ones that would run with a dizzy , however since my last post i have been informed that all mk5 escort run with edis so i will not beable to find a std set of clocks that run with a dizzy so ive either now got to fit mk4 clocks into the estate or devise a method so that the rev counter will only 1/2 read the signal that the coil is sending it.

Chrissy_bwoy

to be honest mate, i think ur best off junking the mfi for efi and going with that setup, gives you a lot more potential from the engine and takes the clock worry out of the equation