OK, what kind of money does it take for something like this?

Obviously it would be better to buy a brand new block and head from ford but lets just say you was trying to stick to a budget, what would the damage be.

this is starting from scratch so no turbo, loom or anything.

Can anyone put a list up of what would be needed for a running conversion ie: pistons and stuff.

Ta

 

i have a site at home which talks you thr stage by stage in building it yourself

 

http://www.jimhearne.co.uk/zvh.htm is a good site.

Obvoisly the spec of the engine will depend on how much it would cost.

I'd say anything from £2000 up to £7000 (depending on spec and how much work you do yourself).

I think mine has stuck me in about £6500 including All new parts, accralite pistons, copper head gasket, T34 turbo etc (however i've done most of the work myself).
My management was about another £1800 on top of that.

Matt.

 

would it be better to go the whole 16v hog then?

 

just depends on the spec you could get the cost down as low as £300 if you wanted to stick with a standard zetec bottom end with a plate to lower the compression all you would need is

1.8 zetec bottom end £150
water pump conversion plate £30
plate to lower compression £30
cheap simple way to block off oil ways £10
arp head bolts £40
felpro comp head gasket £40
some one to make a hole in the sump and mount the breather pipe £10

 

Wouldn't want to run more than about 180hp on Crabby's method to ne honest, its worth using decent pistons, even if its just Calibra Turbo ones.

 

can the above method be used with standard managment?

 

Yep, my mates got a 1.8 ZVH running about 230bhp with standard management