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1.8 zetec v 2.0
mad dad - 5/2/07 at 03:03 PM

Been offered a 1.8 zetec engine complete for nothing!!! but wondered if there are any shortfalls with this engine over the 2.0. can't beat free but just wondered how they compare.....cheers oh and yes i know i have a blade engine in mine now so its not a replacement...............

trogdor - 5/2/07 at 03:23 PM

the 1.8 has less torque and power than the 2.0 but is cheaper to fit as you don't need to change the water pump/flywheel/sump. i went with one as i didn't want to faf around with the engine itself and i didn't want to much torque running through the gearbox!

ecosse - 5/2/07 at 04:16 PM

And if you change the cams for the xr version (or the 2 litre ones) it bumps the power up to roughly that of the 2 litre anyway

Cheers
Alex

coozer - 5/2/07 at 07:02 PM

Nice avatar ecosse!. Kenny Roberts is it? There's no way he saved that one.


I went for the 1.8 as well due to the amount of changes for the 2.0. But now after SVA a 2.0 swap should be fairly easy.

Werner Van Loock - 5/2/07 at 07:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by trogdor
the 1.8 has less torque and power than the 2.0 but is cheaper to fit as you don't need to change the water pump/flywheel/sump. i went with one as i didn't want to faf around with the engine itself and i didn't want to much torque running through the gearbox!


This is only true if you get a escort 1.8, the mondeo 1.8 also needs all changed.

ecosse - 6/2/07 at 10:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Nice avatar ecosse!. Kenny Roberts is it? There's no way he saved that one.


Not Kenny (although it would be typical of the man) but Gary McCoy, and while I don't know for sure if he saved it, if he did, he probably tried it again on the next lap, and again, and again, until he didn't save it

Cheers

Alex