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Zetec Installation Qs
Dick Axtell - 10/12/13 at 05:18 PM

Hello Experts. Sorry to cover some old ground. Present engine probs, (see - http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/9/viewthread.php?tid=187214), have prompted me to think more seriously about changing to a Zetec.

Existing g/box from X-reg Capri 1.6, with separate bell-housing. So Ford engine would be favourite, to save having to buy new bell-housing. After much browsing here, and finding different views as to which Zetec version is preferred, am now more confused. Have read that Puma version requires new bell-housing - is this correct?

At the moment, I'm looking at possibility of using 1.4 Zetec (ex- Fiesta, Focus). Hopefully cheaper than 1.6. Will the David Andrews guide to Zetec installation also apply to the 1.4?

Paul Turner - 10/12/13 at 05:32 PM

The Zetec "E" as used in 1.8 and 2.0 form in the early Mondeos and Mk 1 Focus will bolt strait onto a standard Ford bellhousing as used by Pinto's, x'flows etc.

The Zetec "SE" as used in the Fiesta, Focus and Puma in 1.25, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.7 forms is a totally different and unrelated engine (Yamaha design) and needs a different bellhousing.

big_wasa - 10/12/13 at 05:51 PM

To keep it cheap and easy stick to a zetec E. They did a 1.6 silvertop as well but why bother.

A 1.8 mondeo between 93~99 can be had for a couple of hundred quid and you could use most of it for a cheap reliable transplant.

britishtrident - 10/12/13 at 06:34 PM

1.6 Silver Top Zetec is just about as unbreakable as you will find and cheap as chips.

Dick Axtell - 10/12/13 at 08:32 PM

Once again, LCB-ers come up trumps! Thanks for your replies, and the clarification of the bell-housing issue.

big_wasa - 10/12/13 at 08:47 PM

As per another thread the black top has the two part sump and is cheaper and easier to lower to suite a locost. The 1.8 has the 220mm flywheel you want.

If your not after a race engine and you make stuff your self you could install it for the price of a night out.

mcerd1 - 11/12/13 at 10:57 AM

^^ I've got a complete 1.8 blacktop you can have for not very much - comes with a free focus with 6 months MOT so no courier needed

[Edited on 11/12/2013 by mcerd1]

Paul Turner - 11/12/13 at 11:16 AM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
1.6 Silver Top Zetec is just about as unbreakable as you will find and cheap as chips.


It might be but since the cost to install is exactly the same as a 1.8 or 2.0 for much less power why bother. Only ever met one chap who had fitted one and even he could not understand why he had done it, planned to replace over the next winter.

All these 1.6 Silvertops will be very old now, pays to start with as new (and the biggest) engine as possible for the obvious reasons (unless you are going through the IVA and find a golden oldie to avoid the dreaded cat).

baz-R - 17/12/13 at 12:55 PM

any of the 1.6-2.0 zetecs are good and theres more than you can shake a stick at even brand new ones

meny say there expensive to rebuild but i fully rebuilt my one for about as much as any other run of the mill 4 pot

thay make good power std and with a little work you can unlock quiet a few more

my 1.8 is pushing 165.1bhp with only a few mods