Hi All,

I heard about another possible engine option from a guy I met at work today.
I 'd be interested in your thought please.

He has got a Caterham with an American 2.3 litre Zetec, he called it an Ecotec? He claims to be getting 300 hp out of it!
Apparently it came out of a Ford Ranger/Explorer but he said they are also fitted into Transits?

Does anyone know anything about these? Are they worth considering for our cars?

Its a Duratec, the ecotec is a vauxhal lump

HI yes duratecs come in 1.8 to 2.5 300 bhp from 2.3 is serious tunning steel rods 12.5 /1 compresion etc but well do able we race one

you can buy one new in a crate from cosworth (I think they claim about 280hp) - but they are along long way from cheap

you'd probably be better off building a supercharged 2.0 duratec
like flak monkey on here did: (I think he found more than 260hp on the stock cams )



[Edited on 24/7/2012 by mcerd1]