Hi guys, my brother has a 1.4 zetec for sale and he would sell it to me very cheap. However I was looking at getting a ford fiesta ST, can any one tell me if it would be easy to do a engine conversion from a 1.4 to a 2.0L st engine for a ford fiesta? I was told as long as it had ABS you could swap the engines over very easy. It would turn out cheaper as well, I have seen a few fiesta ST engines for sale for around £1100 and + £x amount of money to swap the engine, and yes this engines does come with the gear box, car suspension, ect.... all the parts needed for a full conversion. And on paper it will be cheaper as I can get this 2004 fiesta for next to nothing from m brother and the engine and work should come to around £1500, far cheaper then the min cost of ST starting arond £4000, ofc I would need to buy the extra stuff such as body work and all. Has any one done a engine conversion on a fiesta for a ST? any tips or help any one can give me? On paper it would work but will it really? Any help would be great thanks.

 

Help any one, any one done it....?

 

It's not hard. Pretty sure u need the whole car loom. And the clocks are matched to the ecu. Ull also want a rear disc beam.

 

To completely convert a 1.4 to an ST replica will cost you more than a cheap ST.

It is likely that it will also cost more to insure than a ST too.

 

Just by an ST. The insurance would more than likely be way more on a 1.4 converted to an ST than a real ST.