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Old 29-05-2006, 07:54 PM
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As my fiesta rst engine gave up the other day ,i am now looking for a new unit.
can anyone tell me whether there is any other car i can use the engine from, like the erst or the xr2i.
Old 29-05-2006, 11:55 PM
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I wish I could tell you but Im in the situation
Old 30-05-2006, 09:43 AM
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frst engine only as the xr2i ius of a diffrent compression ratio and the erst bottom end doesn't haver the crank position sensor
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got a 48000 mile frst engine there mate if its any good make me an offer
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How did it give up as it may be fine to rebuild. Just rebuilt mine and run her in and she's good
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As Oranoco says, its probably more cost effective and easier to have yours re-built, aswell as doing a few light mods for when you start upping the power
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my mate has had a look at the block and says it should be ok
but the head is defo no good so i am picking one up tomorrow.
as i will have to build the head up anyway, is the piper 285t2(think thats right) any good. would i have to do any thing alse to the engine if i fitted the cam??????
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I think the Kent CVH35 is meant to be the better cam compared to the 285T2.
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oh i see, and its the kit i need not just the cam. is that right?
so would i need to do anything else? like a chip?

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Kent CVH 34 or 35. Wouldn't use Piper's 285T2 as a paperweight
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i put my engine back together and it is still no good.
i guess the block wasnt ok after all.
now i need a new one and i have to undo all the work i did putting it together
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The best cam on the market at the moment for a cvh is a newman, i'm on my 3rd kent cam in 15 months - cvh34 = 500miles - cvh35 = 100ish miles and current cvh36 = 2000 miles and going strong when i contacted kent they were deeply apologetic and they offered full refunds, but as i have said at the top the newman shaft is the best and runs solid lifters.
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