hi all,

will be convertin my cabby soon and have been wonderin wot engine to use,

cvh turbo
zetec
zvh
zetec turbo

wots ur opinions and any pros and cons to them

cheeRS,Scott

 

stick with ur ol 3i lump,thats about all ur man enough for
anything more powerful and ull break it










































































































and who"ll end up fixing it

 

What about a nice 1.3 l crossflow from a 1987 escort??Easy to fit,plus very reliable as no turbo or management to worry about,plus the extra advantage of good fuel economy!!

 

zetec turbo

 

all the way

 

A nicely built ZT or CVH turbo with about 230/240hp

 

CVH turbs

 

CVH turbo built right.

Not a fan of the ZVH conversions although they deliver the goods.

Zetec turbo is only really viable if your minted. I would say 8 out of 10 Zetec turbo conversions never see the road as people underestimate the cost involved in doing them.

 

well built cvh

 

1.9 cvh turbo

 

a well built cvh should be good. going to do a zvh myself though

 

Why would anyone want half a good engine? (ZVH)

 

it depends upon your budget.. if its reasonable I would do a CVH as you can get reasonable performance out of them at reasonable costs, if you have a decent budget I would go with a zetec turbo as ultimately its a more modern and better performing engine providing that you do a quality build.. Do not keep the standard pistions and rods or use a decomp plate or skim the pistons you because when you start upping the boost the engine will not be able to cope.

The whole ZVH thing misses me completely as the standard 16 valve zetec head is good for flowing to 300+ bhp from standard while the porting required to obtain the same level of flow from a restrictive CVH head makes it costly... when you take this in consideration with the additional work required to block oil ways etc and the fact that this conversion has no real advantage over a full zetec I really really do not understand why it is done so often

 

if u have the money then ZT if not then CVH

bassboy

 

ZT or CVH

 

if u've got the money or means, or both then its gotta be the ZT, if not the cvh will still be a very good motor if built right

 

duratec

 

Got to be honest... considered it.

 

Im going zvh as i buying a zetec bottom end that is welded up and i cant be arsed to strip it down, drill out the welds(assuming thats what needs doing) fit a standard zetec head and then efi manangement.would rather get a good cvh head and just keep it mfi for the moment till funds allow then full blown zetec with something like omex.

 

i have a 2 door 1.3 1987 ohv estate and luv the simple mechanics of if, but ive been told my engine is the valencia and not a true xflow because ford never fitted the true xflow to a mk4 even my early e-reg . there is a number on the block 86BM6015BA IF ANYONE WANTS TO UPDATE ME TO ITS FUTURE POTENTIAL. just a hobbie car not my everyday runner and would like a little more poke without to much complications.

 

1.6 derv

 

standard mk1 frs zetec turbo

 

You have to ask what you using the car for? Track slag!? Show bitch? Concorse? Daily driver?

For a daily drive I would go for a plain zetec... Will run forever!

 

It's not even half a good engine Dave! It's the shit part of a CVH fitted to the shit part of a Zetec!

 

Just dropped in a Zetec-se into the engine bay of my Mk3, a lot easier than I though!

 

7 Year old Poll!