Anyone know of a good cheap source to buy engine components for my zetec rebuild. I've looked on Burton power and whilst they're not rip off merchants and I value the excellent customer service I bauked a bit at the £100 a set for piston rings and £70 for main bearing shells! I was hoping to get both and a full gasket set from £150 with some change to spare! Any advice much appreciated - oh and its too late to tell me not to as they don't need rebuilding......Oli.

Find a local engine shop/rebuilder and get prices from them.

could be cheaper to get another second hand motor

Have you tried pistons and components?

Cheers

Alex
PS
Tel 0141-339 8685 - don't know if they have a website.

been there and done that, Would sugest not doing the same. Bits where circa £300 ( Ford wanted £600)

Sell your motor as bits to the Zvh Rs boys and get another runner. Clean and enjoy, If it goes pop repeat the prosses. Imho

Try these people on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=008&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=180090018098&rd=1&rd=1

Pistons and components are unfortuately no more. Drove past today and its all boarded up and closed down.
Darren's still not e-mailed me back yet but imagine he'll get round to it eventually!! Will try the ebay link. As for getting a new one - the whole point to rebuilding it was because I wanted to learn how to take a 16v to pieces and rebuild it from scratch having never played with one before. Oli.

ebay; for rings - maybe a complete zetec and take the rings out? (probs not a good idea though).

there is engine buiulder, newark, letterslot or similar name advertising xflow/pinto blocks -cna't harm asking.