Strong engines, love the RS turbo cross over pipe lol

I had planns a few years ago to use one of these in a sierra, 2.3 bottom end, scorpio 2.3 head with rs2000 cams, ecu ect. Good for 180bhp probably..... Taken a few I4's apart and they are incredibly beefy, much more so than the zetec.

After speaking to a guy who had some connections to ford, he said the I4 was fords 'inbetween' engine, they were actually developing the zetec at the time of lauch but needed something to replace the aged pinto. As a result the well over engineered it to reduce the testing/development times needed to cost cut etc safely.

Rob,