as above were from and what price , its for a 1.8 zt. some one off here used to do him pm'ed him and never got a reply lol

thanks

 

Ferriday Engineering

http://ferriday.co.uk/copper/copper.shtml

 

RichM sells them (or at least did). As do Mad For(d?) It down in Cornwall

 

ill try richM agen as Ferriday Engineering are well exspensive thanks for the link , mad for(d) do u have a link if its a company ?

thanks

 

http://www.mad-for-it.com/

 

any other places? mad for it i have to call bt cant atm no credit

 

no one NEEDS a decompression plate

 

what a strange thing to say, if you need one you need one!

 

but i do or my pistions will go a funny shap and melt or just end up in the sump

 

its not strnage at all,, a decomperssion plate is a bodge,,,,, do it once,,, do it right

 

GARETH T need to get it running and i dnt have 500+ for pistions and 500+ for rods ATM , i will be building a 2.1 ZT next year when i had the money to fund it

 

 

Gareth, how many times have you build an engine with a decomp plate?

and how many times has it gone pop??

not may i bet!!

also, just how many people have had probs with de-comp plates??

you always hear of people saying they are shit etc, but thats cos no one has actually done it themselves!

they arent as bad as you think if its done right, and a much cheaper option than going for a low comp bottom end.

not ideal i know, but fair play for trying!

 

why does it have to go POP to be a bodge

 

as i said, not ideal, but cheap and can be very effective!!

 

far from ideal i would say,,, just because it will have a lower compression ratio,, does mean it will be right

 

Alright so it buggers up any squish you may of had.

Does this effect your resistance to detonation??? I don't know. I have not noticed any un reasnable results.

Is squish needed at all on the sort of engines we want to build? Not sure.

I have seen some very impressive results using very thick headgaskets.

I have a solution that i use on a zetec engine that is very reliable, but you won't see much change from £100.

For a budget ZT wanting up to 250 bhp, i think they are a viable option.