Originally Posted by RWD_cossie_wil
how much is the 170 kit without the ECU then?
Is it worth getting the head ported and polished while you are at it?? The prices they are charging for a lightended flywheel is shocking?!!
Any Ideas on what the torque is like? Does it make it erally revvy and peaky, or does it keep the midrange? And do you need to change the clutch for that power?
standard head will flow nearly 200bhp n/a on normal valves so no need for anything other than aquick polish
dan has covered most of it
the zetec-se revision has more float on the crank end bearing and a slightly different valvetrain arrangement, there aren't shim stacks anymore, just top hat washers ground to size. And a few other minor diffs like a second lambda sensor etc
Very underated engine by the ford crowd as they all think its the 1.6 zetec-e usually which IS shit
However the kit car makers know better and have all started using these instead of the k series
pretty shit base for turboing on the cheap tho