.. ok am building a zetec turbo engine silver top(wel thinking about it anyway) could i get the above bhp from this spec?
20xe Mahle Vauxhall pistons (2.1)
all arp bolts and nuts top and bottom
focus rs head gasket
piper fast road cams,pulleys
grs evo 3 intercooler
area six valve springs
il prob be runnimg it on L8 with greens with a cossie stg3 t3,
do u think i will get that power from that spec? pls tell me your foughts

 

anyone?

 

its not 2.1 it will be more like 2048cc
only certian xe pistons are forged better to use c20let pistons IMO
l8 if i rember uses a hall type sensor in the distributer no zetec comes with a distributer so might be hard to fit

 

you could save some money and buy my engine lol https://passionford.com/forum/ford-n...-for-sale.html

 

A low comp 20 let on standard rods wiv arp rod bolts,cossie green 803 injectors,standard head an 2.0 130 spec cams would do that power,maybe 280ish

 

what ecu?
nt sure if this is true but can ofac be used with greens?
so the pistonds i have are shit?

 

If there xe they r n/a pistons used in gsi astras,20let r like calibra turbo so are forged low comp for turbo application,you could prob machine the xe piston but i wouldnt run massive boost through it,tbh you only need forged pistons in these engines on std rods to do your required power, ecu think you can run greens on fezzie management,need a re-map tho

 

that would save alot of hassle

 

well the person i bought them off said the can be used on a zvh or zetec turbo?
he told they will run 300 max true? thanks for your help

 

Early forged C20XE pistons for ZVH and C20LET pistons for Zetec Turbo as they have different compression ratios. C20XE pistons in a Zetec Turbo give a higher compression ratio. CVH head has larger combustion chamers etc which lowers the Compression raito so the C20XE pistons are ok in a ZVH

 

I have a lightened and balanced bottom end, PEC pistons and rods, Stage 3 T3, standard head and cams, Emerald K3 ECU and Pulsar inlet.

Mine seems very healthy giving 270bhp and 330nm at just 9psi.