george_7

Hi everyone,
I'm pretty new to the ford contingent, and I'm building a seven based car (GBS zero), in which Im putting the above engine, with T9 box and twin 40 dellorto carbs. Ive got the engine, it is very old with a lot of miles and hasnt been run for 4 years, but turns over fine and the inlets and exhaust port seem to hiss when you turn it over which I suppose suggests that there is at least some compression. (?)

Basically I want a solid reliable engine, that I can use on the road and maybe do the odd hill climb with. What should I be checking in the engine, what should I replace, what reasonable upgrades would you recommend to start me off, where do I start? and any particular books that you would recommend?

Any help would be great as Im sure there are a lot of people who were in my position once!

Thanks, george 7

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

i assume its a 2 litre?

george_7

yep 2 litre, I'm told there is a lot of potential with these

bazpro

you will probs find much more info on www.turbosport.com.

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

well you're block is good for big power if its in good order

i would rebuild the bottom end with decent internals like those found as standard in the cosworth bottom end

as its going to be N/A, what comp ratio are you going for?

Rab

Oh yes!! Some mega mega mega spec 2.0 pintos about!

HT Racing are the gods of these engines. N/A Pintos doing 12 second quarters!!

george_7

sorry Im a bit ignorant about these things. What do you mean by n/a, and what would a cossie bottom end consist of? cost? do I need to bother with a rebore and all that? What about the head? suggestions? bearing in mind I'm on a stringent budget.

Thanks for your replies BTW

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

N/A = normally aspirated.....no forced induction

i think you are better off giving a budget and power you are aiming for, the cost can run away

george_7

Oh ive worked it out. Naturally aspirated??

george_7

lets say ball park £1000?? I have nil experience. Any idea what a standard fast road rebuild would normally cost?

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

OK; its a small budget

what head is on the car at the moment? can you post some pictures if you are unsure?

george_7

The engine is completely original, so everything is looking a bit tired. Here is the ebay lisitng, I dont have any of my own photos yet, but I have stripped down the outside now.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...:BOCOR:GB:1123

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

i have no experience of the head, but i doubt you'll get much power from it, or if you can it will be alot more expensive than your budget will stretch too

sorry i cant offer much advise on that engine or the car you are trying to put it in.

maybe a zetec might be a better option as they are cheap and readily available, but i have no idea if the conversion is straigh forward

all the best; hopefully someone will be along shortly and offer some advise!

martysmartie

iTrader: (1)

Would be 2 liter as it's a 205 block, correct these engines are very tunable at very little expense simple mods can see around 180HP. Normally people change as camshaft change and fit a set of Webers.

Martin

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

I will have some spare parts for that engine in a couple of days if you need anything - pm me.

cjwood555

If it needs rebuilding, personally id' ditch it and get a Zetec-SE / sigma - nice and light, easy to get 150bhp out of the 1.6, rwd/kit car conversion parts readily available through e.g. Shawspeed. These engines are often available in good nick for £500 complete with gearbox, which you could sell to get back 100-150.

Chris

TWoods

Rebuilding a pinto to decent spec for £1000 is doable but end results wont be worthwhile your far better off using zetec-e or sigma as said above parts readily available cheap and even in standard spec your pissing over pinto in terms of power reliability and mpg 40mpg+ on sigma!

But as with either engines fitting some carbs or throttle bodies and decent manifold will eat most of your budget so fitting standard zetec and retime the cams is best of both worlds without throwing silly money at whats ment to be an affordable kit car.

Good luck with your build

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

what is a sigma engine?

TWoods

Its the smaller all alloy 1.2 1.4 1.6 zetec found in fiesta and focus now rebadged as duratec but not same as larger 2.0 duratec-he in any way.

george_7

Ive decided im just going to whack on my dellortos, give her a good service and run the old girl as she is until she dies. Then think about upgrades. cheers