Ive built a few of these before, this is the latsest one im building for Rickochet off of here. Ill let the pics do the talking, the engine is a really nice one, very fresh looking and came off an auto.






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so the block is clean and ready for the head to bolt on, complete with decomp plate, the valve stem seals are now done in the head, the breather has been blanked. More pics will follow

 

why block the only breather on the block ?
what springs are in the head?
and why use the 1800 sump?

 

the breather is in the way at the front for the manifold he is using.
it has standard valve springs.
The escort sump is required for the exhuast he is using.

 

Any chance you could take detailed pics with instructions on how to re-assemble the head? This place doesn't seemto have a zetec engine build guide?

 

If you mean putting the valves and stem seals in then im affraid they are already back together, this enginee is not getting a re-build, only a freshen up and drop in compression, a quick check while its appart too. I took off a big end cap and the shell is absolutly mint as is the crank, zetecs are nearly always nice, unlike some other engines in the ford family!

 

Well happy mate! Unbelievably fast work and no doubt of excellent quality. Just a few more parts to send up and i'm well on my way to Zetec heaven just got to make sure the car itself gets the same quality of workmanship as its engine!

 

Lol your turning into a jap wi all these photos!

 

where did you get the decompression plate from and how much?

 

Looking good mate.

 

You would have to ask Richochet as he supplied it, But Mike at ferriday Engineering does top quality aluminium ones for around 120 quid (alu is my preference, but i have used steel with good results also).

 

No point in talking about it when i can just show ya!

 

The decomp plate was bought second hand from a guy in Dundee. Think i paid Ł60 for it. I'll list everything i've bought plus where i sourced it from on my resto thread later.

 

Never mind! Thanks for the reply.

 

A zetec is not really different from building any other engine mate, they are all much and such the same idea, if you can do one then you can do the other, ive re built nissan sr20det, cvh, zvh, zetec, renault, peugeot engines, they are all similar TBH, the basics are all the same.

 

Spent some more time on the engine tonight, head is on complete with decomp plate.

 

Nice. Wonder what my engine will make of that über thick decomp plate? Think it deserves a decent turbo now

 

That cam belt kit and oil filter should be with you soon btw. The other Ebay stuff i'm waiting on is starting to come through now.

 

chaffe whats gonna be spec mate?

cheers!

 

Cool, just got the manifold adaptors to bolt on, and finish modding the water pump hole (its mostly finished), then as you say cam kit, rocker cover and oil pick up pipe/sump. Then she is all yours mate!

 

2 litre 16v turbo, about 7.5;1 compression ratio, prob max boost of about 12-15 psi with the std pistons/decomp plate. Should make well over 200bhp at that, the limiting factors are clutch and gearbox in this application, so i would think Ricki will run less boost, and have a nice reliable engine?

 

What did you bond the compression plate onto the block with? Much better than using 2 head gaskets

 

Not soo much bonded, just sealed, the two bits of steel/cast are soo flat that they would almost seal metal to metal, i used hermatite, but hylomar works too, its such a microscopic layer that most sealants would do TBH. Worth noting that ive used aluminium decomp plates before, i think they are slightly more compliant, with these i put the gasket on the block and decomp on the head. Both methods work well though in my experiance. Never used two gaskets before, certainly thought about it though.

 

Good stuff. Went to get the oil pick up from Ryan in Leuchars and it turns out he doesn't have the engine any more! I'll find one somewhere though.

 

[QUOTE=chaffe;5236948]2 litre 16v turbo, about 7.5;1 compression ratio, prob max boost of about 12-15 psi with the std pistons/decomp plate. Should make well over 200bhp at that, the limiting factors are clutch and gearbox in this application, so i would think Ricki will run less boost, and have a nice reliable engine?

Thats the intention..........for the time being anyway until i can get my man at College to magic me some mtx75 driveshafts

 

Cool, its not the end of the world, you can always bolt it on and then the sump when you get one, the block has been modded for the silver top pump, just waiting on the belt kit to finish that side of things, then the cam cover can go on

 

My oh so sexy polished cam cover? lol. I'll try and get through this weekend with the box of bits you need to get it finished too. Supposed to be heavy snow on Thursday though so I'll have to play it by ear ,) < thats an ear btw.

 

so is this a black top or a silver top,
what have you had to modify on the water pump ????

lee

 

Top work mate.

 

It's a black top mate. Chaffe will fill you in on the water pump solution.

 

thats the new belt and tensioners on, and the water pump on. I had to make the hole in the block bigger and drill and tap some holes fo the tensioner and water pump. Also fitted the exhaust manifold adaptor with some new bolts and bolted on the cam cover, just got the inlet adaptor to do now and then its finished! when you get an oil pick up ricki im pretty confident you can bolt it up and put on the sump for good, just a few screws there mate, anyway, here is a few more pics.

 

 

Well this beats the hell out of the boxers and socks I got from Santa. You're a top bloke Chaffe, i'll be along to pick it up ASAP

 

nae bova man, did you get a 1.8 flywheel? i can put that on too when you come round

 

What are you doing with the dti on top of the piston?

 

Yeah i finally managed to get a flywheel. Still can't believe it's ready so quick mate were you working on it boxing day? Think we might stay in Aberdeen another few days there's far too much booze here but i'll give you a shout when i know whats happening.