Hi All,

I have joined this forum in the hope that someone can help me out.

I have recently aquired a 1999 MkIV Fiesta Finesse. It is fine apart from it needs a new gearbox. However I would like to do something a bit more adventurous than that. The problem being that I am a complete novice when it comes to this kind of thing.

A few questions to start off with;

What would be the best way to up rate the performance? It is currently 1299cc.

Would a bigger engine be beyond someone like me. (Somebody told me that a 2.5 litre mondeo engine wil drop right in?)

Obviously a new gearbox is a given but what else would i have to uprate? suspension?, steering? etc.

All advice gratefully recieved.

 

is that the old school push rod ohv engine mate?

 

i think its the same as the ka - which in my ka the standard lump was pushrods and my ka is a 98 unless they revised the engines in that year??

id go 1.8 16v or 2.0 16v and i think its pritty much the same type of conversion as what im doin to the ka im guessing the fiesta was also fitted with an ib5 box??

which means in essence its the same conversion, if you put a 2.0 litre in it you have to change the sump ,oil pick up pipe ,dipstick, flywheel and clutch to 1.8 16v and then it would couple to the ib5 box (presuming it is the ib5 box)

escort gti engine 1.8 16v 115ps would be a good starting platform in my opinion

im guessing youll need a custom engine mount to fit the bigger lump in to the bay and then you would need a wiring harness and ecu to match the engine plus if the new ecu has internal PATS you will need the chip out the key that the ecu came from and have it installed into you current key to start the engine

as for brakes surly the zetec s calipers would fit the mk 4 hubs?? as they fit the ka's!!

suspension - what ever you want to do with it
steering - does your car have power steerng or not??

 

To be fair if it was me mate I'd bolt in a bored out and cammed crossflow with twin 40s on it. Would sound awesome! Could get running within a day too

 

Thanks guys,

I think it is the old push rod type and it does have power steering but some of the stuff your saying is alredy starting to sound like chinese to me. Told you I was a novice.

Cheers.

 

Yo gcfos,
Your "get running within a day" sounds interesting. Waht is a bored out and cammed crossflow with twin 40s and where would I get one?

 

Easiest by far for the MK4 fiesta will be the 1.7 from the Puma?

 

To be honest id sell it and buy a 1.7 puma. No agro or tears trying to do engine swaps that always cost more than expected