Hi everyone, I'm looking for a shell to build a cossie looks, 3 door sierra and a possible engine that I can buy is a duratec v6 from a mondeo, does anybody knows this engine?? is it possible to fit in a sierra? thanks..

 

It'd be easier to use a cossy v6 boa/bob - engine mounts/subframes already exist, it's already design for RWD, and has better output and economy.

Chris

 

thanks, but around here all I can get are pintos engines (1.6, 2.0, 2.3) , and zetec or duratec v6 or 4 cyl...

 

surely you can find a granada cosworth??
but that would be a better option, problem with the duratec is its mounts are for FWD and a sierra is as im sure u know Rwd, so u would need to make weird engine mounts and a custom bellhousing.
built a pinto turbo, or import a BOA/YB cosworth motor

 

Duratec 2.5 V6 engines are pretty bulletproof. aslong as you keep the oil filled up to max, or just over, as they do like to spin shells at high revs, when cornering and the oil isnt full. also they have been known to pop headgaskets, and the plastic impellar water pump on the earlier engines was known to fail, not so much a problem on the later engines. bar that, they go on forever

 

have you got any idea of the shipment cost of a cylinder head, because, it may be an option, to get a 2.0 from a taunus and try to build a cosworth.
Any cosworth at all are impossible to get around here (v6 or 4 cyl)
Thanks a lot averyone for your help..

 

the pinto has same block as YB but pretty much everything is different.
not a clue on price for shipment but they are a heavy lump

 

is there any store, where can ask? someone who usually sales cosworth engine parts? thanks again, all the help is really usefull to me

 

Duratec is a reliable engine.Will not regret it.

 

thanks everyone, I think I'll be installing the duratec v6

 

there is a guy stateside who has put one of these into a merkur xr4ti - worth searching for

 

Not a bad engine.

 

The ST220 Duratec engine is half of the Aston Martin V12. They are identical in design apart from one is twice as long! Bit of useless info for you!

 

get one from a mk3 mondeo, the old mk1 and mk2 mondeo 2.5 v6's weren't that good tbh. fairly low power for a very heavy engine, very few aftermarket performance parts available, dodgy water pumps, head gaskets and bottom end.

barge and pole springs to mind!

i've been on the mondeo forums for 8 years and seen literally hundreds of threads about them knacking up.

a top end rebuild done DIY costs over Ł800 with all the right bits, a guy on our forum done one recently.

"bulletproof" pmsl!

 

mine wasn't bullet proof in my st200, the timing chain tensioners failed and grenaded the engine

steve

 

haha nothing is useless, anyway, I hope to find the last v6, if not, I'll start import of cossie engine parts, It'll be expesive

 

what about the volvo 2.5 turbo engine, the one that comes on the last mondeo?? is it good, reliable, i would install it standard..

 

The T5 is a fantastic engine - get an actual volvo one, rather than the mondy-spec version and it's cheap too!

 

Engine mounts are too dificult to build?? anyone has done it before? I have been watching some videos of the new focus rs and that thing sounds awsome..

 

Hey mate...how r uHow's it going with Ur install

 

It’s a very old thread
A few people are fitting them to things now. There are a few in kitcars. More usually the jag version the Aj30 as they are very cheap and easier to find over here.
The Rx8 gearbox being the go to gearbox.
One guy has a Duratec30 in a metro and is running 500bhp.

mine