Gregor

Well finally got the steel rods home today so can start building again.
Thanks to Jeroentje ( Mr.T ) for supplying them.



with some ARP bolts ofcourse.



Got the old ones out already.



Have to skim the pistons a little to get a good CR.



Also put on the waterpump.

Hope I can make some more progress then the last months..

Willem

Looking good mate, were the crowns of the pistons thick enough?
The exhaust manifold hasn't been done yet btw, the current welds were way too dirty to reweld. Also the collector tube is pushed in a few cm which will fuck up your exhaust gas flow.
Think the best way to go is redo it when it's bolted to the engine...

Gregor

Hej mate,

Can machine 1 mm more off them and with the thicker gasket i'm coming to a 8.35:1 CR.. good enough.

We'll redo the manifold then when engine is built up..

turbo-herman

good progrees there mate.

now get cracking and build up the engine.

should be a nice runner when done

greetz herman

wess-rs

Cant wait till is finished!!

Mr.T

we all cant wait. Its taking fucking ages Hury up you lazy git

Maki

where's the progress?

Gregor

Ok, ok , little update

machined the pistons off to the minimum crown thickness.



Attached the rods



In the block along with the 1.8 mm headgasket
Also painted the block black again



tightend the rod ends



installed the head



making the downpipe



Testfitting the manifold and turbo



Started fitting some hoses and bailey stuf.
Timed in the cams and mouted the alternator.

Zetecfiesta

looks awsome!

Maki

great job
What gasket is that?

Gregor

Did the intercooler pipes an fitted some hoses today and started to reweld the ehaust to fit the .48 cosworth exhaust housing

Gregor

Got it from a mate of mine who works at a ford garage..

Supposed to be a ford gasket for engines that have been skimmed to much.

NEWTON

did you make the exhaust manifold?? if so were did you get the tube from to make it??

Maki

cool

P.S. as I look at you exhaust I think the liambda will be at the wrong angle. Like that it will get humidity and will be fucked

Gregor

I've been told that it was before..

we'll see how long it holds and if it fails i'll reweld it before installing a new one

Gregor

No, i bought it like this.

But when i need Stainless steel tubing or something i get it from the scrapyard here.

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

iTrader: (1)

sorry if i havent read through this properly but how much power can a zetec head flow if turbo`d with bog standard internals?

zetaboostboy522bhp

hi mate i take it by standard internal your on about valves etc in the head itself , around 220/250bhp before you have valve lift problems , with uprated valve springs easily genuine 300/330 at around 20 psi depending what inlet etc you run

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

iTrader: (1)

and what valve spring option do you have and were from?

Gregor

Hi mate, my head is standard appart from uprated valve springs i bought from Ian Howel @ area-six.

Should see about 300 bhp

Gregor

She's a runner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVumFcxfikI

have to map it a little though lol..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb_dmKFX-lY

mariS

Great job Gregor. I hope that I will start with zetec turbo on MSQ this year. I need a few parts for it yet and I need to finished some other jobs. But I hope that one day I will start an engine like You.

danny_boy699

iTrader: (5)

nice work fella, what bracket did u use for the cable, if i'm right in thinking u used a fiesta turbo throttle body

Gregor

Thanx,

TB is from a xr2i for now.
Bracket is a modified fiesta one.

Gregor

A little update on my zetec turbo RST.
i didn't plan on taking the engine appart but when i saw dirt in the oil i removed the cams and saw they were damaged due to what i think is sand in my engine :'(

To be sure also removed the rods from the crank and also a lot of deepscratches here,
So decided to get me another set of head,cams and crank.
While i had the head of worked on the new head a little.

Also received my new gt2871 turbo and wastegate an acl bearings.

Hope to put all the goods together ones again soon

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

looks mate. I take it the engine is running a bit rich.

Mr.T

For that engine to be running rich it has to be running first

Willem

Hey mate, finally the @ home, all looking good?
Headwork looks properly too, nice work!

Now only the exhaust manifold, and bolting it together right?

Gregor

Thanks mate, was running a bit rich indeed, was stil in the mapping progress.


Thanks mate, searching for some pipe now and welding can start

Gregor

Bla bla bla bla hehe ..

Mr.T

Gregor

I PITY MR. T

turbo-herman

screamerpipe looks nice mate.
but looks like the exhaust hausing of the turbo looks a little bit smal aint it?

nice progress on the head aswell.
keep them coming.

greetz herman

clarke5700

any up dates??

Gregor

Yes a little bit.... Engine has been completely stripped and put another crankshaft in with new acl main and big end bearings.
Head is all built and ready to be fitted.

Exhaust manifold is 80 % welded.
Engine should be back in end of this week.

Also bought some bucket seats to go in.
Will put some pictures up soon.

fezzy_04

luv this thread, i have a slightly different project. i have a mk2 mondeo running a blacktop zetec turbo. habing trouble with the megasquirt mapping? just wondering if any1 can give me a sum pointers for how to set it up?

im running the standard injectors and edis module?

it seems like you guys have worked out all your bugs with the MS, any ideas guys?

P.S i hope this car comes to the uk one day as i would luv to see it!!!!

Gregor

This project has come to an end.

will be sold in parts,
time to move on.

Brian

iTrader: (2)

Thats a shame mate

How much would you be after for the inlet manifold


Brian

stembo21

iTrader: (1)

good work mate ad love to do this to my car

Gregor

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