Originally Posted by Rick
cant be montune, it has liners.... must be a cosworth one...
Guess there is nothing to stop you from machining the CGI block and fitting liners.
It all seems a little OTT, has anyone even damaged a STANDARD zetec block?!!
More to the point how many road cars are there in the counry that have big power or huge amounts of torque? (I can count on one hand)
I know of only 2 dyno proven engines around the 500bhp mark and only one of them has actually seen any sustained abuse in the car (Paul J).
Under high torque loads experienced by the Focus WRC the standard block fails around the main bearing cap webs as they are poorly designed from Ford in the first place. This has been proven by Mountune when developing the engine on the dyno hence the use of the CGI block to improve block strength
Just my perception of the situation IMHO