Thread: ZETEC INTO A KA
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Old Mar 2, 2016 | 06:32 PM
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im new to this and have been reading through all your thtead, now i just need a bit of help

here goes, my 2001 focus was recently written off by an uninsured driver (with me in it) needless to say it didn't make sense to go through my insurance and lose my NCB.
Anyway, the car still starts and runs but has structural damage.

Iv bought a stop gap ford ka 1.3 just to keep me on the road. iv been reading on some forums that it isn't much work to put the 1.8 zetec into the ka as it bolts straight onto the IB5 box.

I guess what I'm asking is some advice on what exactly I need to do to do the conversion. iv read that I need to modify the engine mount or weld a bracket to the ka to make it work, also I will be using parts of the wiring loom and ECU but I don't want nor need the aircon. Some questions I do have are; how do I connect up the heater/blower, the power steering and the brakes?

I will be using the focus discs calipers and carriers so the ka should stop a bit better, am I able to use the ABS on the ka or not?? and I will be trying to salvage parts of the focus exhaust.

Please if anyone has any help or advice it would be greatly appreciated, thanks
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