friend of a friend has an escort van with the above engine in and is selling it at an alright price. it use to run but the guy redone the wiring or loom or ecu (not a clue bout that kinda stuff) cuase sumone had fucked sumthin up, and now he cant get a spark. my mate reckons it could be the ecu but another reckons they r better run on cozy management?

was goin to put the engine in my erst if me n my dad could solve the problem. or could i put the engine in and use whats on my car?

any suggestions/help or tips appreciated

 

Is it running a turbo in the van or naturally aspirated? I've never come across a Zetec without a spark so the ecu could be at fault - i'm really not sure but i'd imagine it'd have to be a Zetec turbo to run Cossie management?? Need a bit more info methinks

If you are lookin to go zvh, i've got a really good 1800 zetec engine sittin here for sale, nice and cheap and i'm not even that far away from you

 

I'd be a little suspect about the management it's running. If it's on the original stuff, it shouldn't be really. Apparently late model Unichips can cope with turbo work, but other than that it should be on FRST management at least to me.

To be honest, if it's a good price, and the engine itself is a good spec, it may be worth buying and then you can sort your own management out for it, then you know it's good.

Then sell some of the other bits and pieces on to make some money back