now ive got some webspace sorted thought id pop in ere n show ya what my spare time is occupied with

trying to convert the original 1.8 zetec into a turbo, so far we have the lump done, spec is 1.8, rebored with accralite pistons, lightened and balanced crank, L+B flywheel etc, stage 1 head, 130 spec cams, T3 turbo on S2 manifold and fez turbo EFI inlet.

going for OFAB managemnent as we felt it wud be easiest to do, not sure now lol

not got too far but heres a few pics of where we r at starting from the beginning

enjoy







the old lump coming out



initial build after engineering work



the lump back in ready to start the joys of wiring

 

looking good.

why are you turboing the 1.8, instead of a 2?

 

dunno really lol

jus thought easier to stick with what i had, also as its kinda an everyday car so still has to be fairly practical

 

Nice work

 

coming along a treat matey

 

nice 1,the 1.8 revs better than the 2.0 anyway

 

looks good mate good luck with the wireing

 

very nice. keep up the good work.

 

cheers chaps,

few more pics...

mid wiring


dash back in and gauge pods... cheers pete@racespec







modded inlet manifold... cheers rich_frst





and a few dodgy camera pics manifold on and fully wired in, now to fit the cooler n boost hoses n a rad fan

 

noticed you drilled the exhaust side of the head to allow the cvh manifold to bolt to the zetec head, did you also drill the head for the frst inlet manifold or use a spacer plate?

looking good by the way keep us posted

 

looks good mate top work best of luck getting it running proper

 

 

nah, used a spacer plate on the inlet.... but thats another story

 

looking good matey

nice to see the dash back in

 

Dont fancy doing one for me do u

 

Chrissy_bwoy,

quality pic's chris

the manifold looks the dogs fitted..... well pleased with how it turned out

let me know if you want any other "homework done"

 

cheers rich, looks better in the flesh... shonky nokia camera

hopefully get it to the exhaust place for the downpipe and charge carrier very soon then off for mapping...if i ever get my damn cooler back

 

 

 

a few pics today, rolled her off and gave her a clean

hopefully have the cooler this week and then shes pretty much done!

 

looking good cb!!! Can see some real time effort and dosh has gone into this!!! (a decent mk5 register car at last!! )

 

 

Will you have it done for essex rs

 

february hopefully dave

 

looking very good mate

 

 

 

looking good! what sort of boost is it going to run?

 

 

mattbibs, somewhere between 14-18psi

no idea atm ill leave that up to the mapper

 

 

Chrissy_bwoy, where you getting it mapped mate!!! i'll have to meet up with you and frayz and have a butchers

I'm soon to be building a zetec turbo.....

whats the spec of your engine matey!?!?

 

Rich, hopefully Ahmed and grove will be doing the mapping fuelling etc

spec is...

1.8 zetec,
8:1 comp using accralite pistons
stress relieved rods,
lightened and balanced crank and flywheel
arp bolts throughout
stg1 head
s2 manifold with stg1 T3
130 spec cams
ofab management

thast about it

yeah, need to get frayz out and about eh? i aint spoke to him since last week

 

sweet

I'm still sourcing parts for mine, got the engine, management, tubular manifold, brakes and wheels,hopefully have the rods and pistons soon, just need the cooler, rad, turbo, gearbox, clutch, cams....

where did you get your pistons from... armed recommend me to use the calibra turbo pistons, but i've been put off by the price, been looking at the focus central pistons and rods.. they look guide..

 

yeah we get frayz out...

 

i heard u got a pretty sweet block lined up

got mine from burtons via CTM who did the engineering

bout £400 minus rods tho

 

Alot of people are using stress relieved rods but where do you get it done and how much do they cost???
Also so who re-maps the fezzy management and how much does that cost ??
problem is up here in the north east, theres no one doing anything remotely like this ......................... i mean you get the odd knacker that breaks the odd rs but thats about it, theres a few rolling roads but no one that can re-program your chip at the drop of a hat the closest one i can think of is well-lane turbo - centre but there still not that close really.

p.s. your inlet looks the dogs knackers mista, very individual

 

for the stress relieving it was done with all the engineering so ive no idea on cist but id imagine any competent engine builder/engineer should be able to do it

no idea on cost for the management as it depends exactly what you want, i guess motorsport developments is nearest to you for that stuff in blackpool.

cheers for the inlet comment, cant really take credit for it, one mate sed... 'i know what will look the tits... ill get it done' then his mate (rich_frst) did it well chuffed with it

 

Lookin sweeter than ever CB, knew it was gonna be good, but this is 100 times better than that!!

 

ooh yes

how long has it taken you to build it up to this chris?!