I know its a long shot, but in my opinion theres no better place to ask!

Does anyone know where/if the engine in the sport/street ka can be tuned, AT ALL ?

Ive got a filter and exhaust, but i really want to make the car faster, preferably without changing the engine ?

Superchips dont do a bluefin for it, van aken dont make a turbo, ive seen random places ive never heard of advertising *16bhp* from a remap for like £250 and that seems WAY to good to be true....

Can someone shed any light? ive done so much searching and asking, this engine must be the most unmoddable ford lump ever

Thanks in advance peeps

 

Contact Guzzler from Power Engineering in Middlesex, they will remap anything

I'd have thought you could get Kent or Pipercross to make up a lumpier Camshaft for you, try ringing them Then one of these fabrications places could do a better exhaust manifold? AFAIK the duratec isn;t a great deal different from the zetecs or even the early ohv engine, so throttle bodies/carburettor conversion could also be a possibility?

As for turbo'ing, by the time you spent out money getting the engine capable of running the correct CR, management etc etc it'd work out hell of a lot cheaper to do a cvh conversion as you have a 1.6 8v anyway and the bits are far easier to get hold of

 

Cheers for that paddy! Ill let y'all know of my findings!

 

16bhp sounds optimistic but i can believe it... do superchips not do a chip for it?

as paddy said if you fancy a turbo fitting an RST lump would be the easiest way.. although thats not for the faint hearted on a KA...

the 1.6 8v duratec is just a bored out 1300... van aarken do one for the 1300 - unless thats only for the old pushrod one and not the 1.3 duratec i don't know...

the sportKA is a class little car to drive - great gearbox, do you get frustrated with it topping out at 110?

 

Superchips dont do anything...

I had a rover 220 turbo before the sportka so i reckon i could handle an rst lump in this car

van aken do a turbo for the old endura engine, not the duratec

hits limiter in 5th at 127mph (indicated), but poop on motorways, but i love the close ratios!

 

my birds standard one hits a gps 110 in 5th but banging throught the gears off the lights is fun - can upset much better cars

 

yeh they aint too bad, just need faster.....!

 

as a duratec fits maybe a 2.0 ztec would - that would give you much faster to begin with, with plenty of scope for tuning

 

my engine is "properly" a duratec... its called a Zetec Rocam, and its 8v cos its a tight squeeze in my engine bay, 2.0 zetec can be done, i just have no idea of prices. Puma 1.7 zetec se lump costs £3000 to be put in, to take me from 109bhp (currently) to 120bhp ish, thats 11bhp for 3 grand. Yes the newer engine will have lots more potential, but ill be skint after the conversion......... hmmmmmmmmmmmm ! ideas

 

2.0 zetecs can be bought from £50 upwards - you can get a complete taxed and tested mondeo for a few hundred quid - then theres a bit of work to fit it - the 2.0s more powerful than the 1.7 more torquey - and only a tiny bit heavier, plus theres bags of tuning potential - fitting a 1.7 unless it was an FRP engine would be a waste and an FRP engine's gonna cost you a fortune

 

FRP lumps dont fit because their inlet manifold fouls on the frontof the car

 

ahh right... a ordinary 1.7 would be a waste of cash..

2.0 zetec (cheap)

or FRST lump

 

if i get any rst lump ill lose my powersteering and aircon

How tunable are the 2.0zetecs ?

 

very... 160's the limit on standard management... its all dependant on your budget and ultimate goal

 

just emailed pumaspeed to see how much they will stick one in for... 160bhp in a ka alone would be nice!

 

230.. is realistcally achieveable N/A - but we're talking big spec

 

... oh feel free to check out ford-force.com

 

yeh, the engine just with a filter/zorst would be a big improvment for the time being anyway!

 

the silver top (pre 97) is the one you want... 136ps as standard

 

mmm need proper engine as the 1.6 is a girly one as in my streetka,
ONLY JOKING JAMEZ

 

women...

 

Visit Steve Wyndham website (www.stevewyndhamracing.com). He does camshafts and exhaust manifolds for Rocam 1.6 (Duratec 8V).
I reach 153hp in my Rocam 1.6 naturally aspirated with: SWR stage 2 camshaft + reworked header + 13,0:1 compression ration (100% ethanol)... Gear cut at 7500rpm. Excelent car for track days!!!

 

did you really reach 127mph on a standard engine!? id never of thought that! ive got a sportka to, but ive never tried top end, i know its doin bang on 4000rpm at about 80 - 85mph which i wasnt very impressed with!

 

join the kaklub forum while ur looking around online a couple of guys and gals have modded theirs. turbo'd etc

 

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i was 15 back then lol