croakey

good morning ladies and gentleman.... i have until recently been driving a fiesta 1400cc zetec, that was untill the engine did this...





spun the big end bearing shells and munched the motor, bent the crank etc...this is all guesswork as we havent stripped it.... excess crank pressure was forcing oil out the k&n plus loads of smoke.

so the decision was made to retire the fiesta from regular usage and to start building it a new engine...having been reading fast ford & perfomance ford for a good time now i figured i might as well go a bit mental on it, and using the guide on fiesta turbo decided on a zetec turbo.

to start with i wanted to sort out the body work...slight corrosion on drivers side rear arch needed investigating...

so off the wheel went, and the car went up..




while i was at it i figured i should bolt up on the new wheels i have for it...




still not to sure on these...i fancied 16's really...

and thats as far as i've got this week so far.

also i picked up the lump this week, a 70k old 2.0 zetec silvertop out of a mondeo auto...£100

also ordered a rover 820 turbo inlet manifold to use on it, just trying to source an adaptor plate for it, any ideas where to speak to??

hope to gain some knowledge through this post etc, and would like a few questions answered....

1. whats the difference internally from a silver top to a black top zetec- i see pistions advertised as black top only?
2.what exhaust manifold is best to use?
3.i have been offered a turbotechnics gt28 roller bearing turbo off a s14 200sx, will this mount on the manifold flange, and what power should it produce??

cheers boys and girls

222tomb

plate for ur rover inlet try http://www.streetracersgd.co.uk/http://<br /> <br /> he has them a... quid not sure

croakey

been quoted the same by ian @ area six...next months wages appear to be already spent

sexr3i

hey mate, might wana upgrade those drums too interesting project.

Munch

andymaac

why not use a duratec much better engine than zetec

croakey

..because i have a zetec engine ready to go

gunna put new brakes on all round, and coilovers...but wanna sort my motor out first.

been looking at forged pistons etc and a lot of them state for a phase 3 engine, now mines a phase 1...why cant i use them??

sexr3i

think the series 3 zetec didnt have the flat topped pistons of the others?

croakey

so in theory the pistons and rods will be the same fitment etc??

croakey

**update**

my inlet manifold set up arrived this morning...got it for a bargain price just need to mount it upto the block later so my fabricator friend can get working on the sandwich plate needed...

my lovely "turbo" plenum



random picture i found of my block!

rich_frst

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esc_jay

hello mr crocombe! fancy seeing you here.
project looking good fella.
if i remember rightly....didnt the silver top have chain driven cams and black had belt driven??!!??
or vice versa?!
or am i jus talking shit like i always do!
(mite be confusing myself with duratec and zetec)
cheers
Jay

118118

Hi, slightly O/T but is there a resource for all the different variants of Zetec engine as I'm a bit lost as to which is which.
Ta.

Mike C

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good stuff

croakey

rs2000 had a chain, zetec doesnt....maybe the duratec does??@S

jay your a cooont