primedog

anyone fitted carbs on zetec in a escort? heater motor fouls the air filter.... anyone solved this problem?

m1 orion/mk3 escort, also mk4 escort and possibly other models are simula so anyone with any ideas can i have them please!!! many thanks!

ontheway

I've got a ZVH 2.0 on twin 40's and don't have any issues... I can grab a photo if its any help?

the_frozen_one

iTrader: (1)

There's a few different manifold lengths, you might need the shorter one

Cossie Sean

here you go





p.s, dont run a gay filter then! lol

primedog

cheers fellas. the filter came with the engine set up wich came out a mk4 escort so thought was no need to take off. now looks like i might have to. just would rather have kept it as its there for a reason!!!!!

Cossie Sean

the reason is for being limp wristed, confused and possibly a little bit Bi

i havent any pics but i did mod the heater box and put a filter on the bonnet before the pics i have but i binned it as it kept getting wet as the car was my daily!

that could be an option if you do want to be gay? sorry i mean Bi, sorry........ careful.......

primedog

u put a filter on the bonnet, that to me sounds retarded itself. if i find a decent way of retaining both heater motor and filter il be sure to let u no so u can become whole again as i can see a big part of u died wen u had to bin ur soggy filter!

Cossie Sean

well i did what you are trying to do years ago, so...........

maby banter isnt for you, wont do it again i promise

primedog

we all gotta start somewhere. as for banter im down but just coming in for the hard shaft without buying me a drink first was a little rude!!

Cossie Sean

sorry if i cam accross rude, it wasnt meant....

i solved the filter issue (mine had Dunnell filter) by removing it and trying the bonnet jobbie

what about sock filters on trumpets?
maby held in place by lock wire if your on short trumpets?

job done?

primedog

was a bit shocked wiv the comment but thought a comeback was the only way to hold back the tears!!
yea mines dunnell to. il prob remove it, but cant really imagine how u had a bonnet type filter?? might go with a different filter as u suggest!! il update my thread soon n let u no how i get on, cheers!

Cossie Sean

i basicaly chopped the dunnell filter up, and fitted it inside the "grooves" on the bonnet, if you see what i mean? and cable tied it in place by drilling 10 holes in the bonnet recess

running no filters will not cause any issues, i ran that engine for nearly 2 years at 8krpm limmiter flat out every day where possible

dont forget carbs cause spit back, and make things catch fire, ask the mk2 boys!
my mk2 did this and luckily i caught it and extinguished it before it went up in flames
hence why i dont like filters on carbs


this was the after pic, had to replace the servo/master cyl and repaint the innerwings black due to the spit back fire

and LOL @ having to post a comeback without crying

high 5 fella

primedog

ok cool. yea i new bout the spit back issues, spose removing its the easiest fix n is prob gonna be safer! plus thers no way im keeping the filter over the heaters!!!

high 5..... nnnaaaaatttttttt - scuba dive!! lol (jus kiddin bruv lol, my kids hit me with the scuba dive line n move their hand so im left hangin to an empty hi 5) im gonna go draw on them wile their sleeping!!!

Cossie Sean

ummmm, whats scuba dive?

dont use filters fella, seen and had too many fires from it

Johnny Knoxville

A mate did it with his

Managed to cut up the blower motor to make it fit but he did also have a angled manifold