Originally Posted by
Serbs
I've seen someone using a 1.8 Sierra sump and pick up with this engine and he had no fitting problems with the starter motor. would this be a good choice? Fuel, exhaust and ignition are sorted out 80%, but what about the water rail, what does that have to connect to and from?
I can only tell you of my own personal experience. Started out by trying to fit the Sierra sump then had an Escort sump converted, finally purchased the alloy one from Retroford which is what I should have done from the start!! again in my experience the Sierra and Escort sumps only fit on a silver top zetec
Same with the water rail, tried to make one, bought a cheap one from eBay and have now got one from Ike engineering. Note you do have a choice of going down either side of the engine which could make it easier to connect with the radiator. The Retroford rail goes down the exhaust side and the one I have goes down the inlet side