Originally Posted by bradsescort
Well, what I can say about that if you guys imported a spi head, you would also need the intake and tb setup, which would then force you to reroute the intake as well as the throttle cable. You could probably use it on a 2.0zetec block. I would say it would be worth it tho. What type of electronic stuff do you guys have on your engine harness for the tb? tps, iac.. etc? How about yoru fuel rail? FPR? 1/2" fuel line in and 3/8" ish fuel line out to the tank?
Yes, there would be far more complicated issues than a rocker cover!!!
The reason why your SPI heads probably won't be used here, or at least not unless our heads become thin on the ground, is because once our heads have been ported they flow a serious amount of air and I believe no one has reached the limit of the heads.
Originally Posted by bradsescort
Man that's some impressive stuff. Thing about it with me and countless other spi owners, we're going to be looking for upgraded internals. They pretty streetable?
We have some pretty trick stuff over here for the CVH. Including a reduced stroke/conrod combination. It reduces the capacity from 1600cc to about 1450cc but allows the engine to rev and rev. This mainly for competition uses though as it is designed to be reved.
My own engine currently uses the standard crank, steel forged H section conrods, Cosworth forged pistons, stainless steel big valve ported head, Kent CVH36 cam.....
I'll post some pictures of the rods and pistons later...