Ugg10
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| posted on 25/5/14 at 09:16 PM |
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zetec se small Coolant casting?
Quick question, the zetec se has a casting on the rear that has a large, a small Coolant connection and a Coolant temp sender in it. This also acts as
a mounting for the coil pack. The large pipe faces rearward and as I have little room at the rear of the engine I am looking for a suppler of a low
profile version where the large pipe exits perpendicular to the engine on the inlet side. I have seen these (on the norwegian? Gulf colour mk1escort)
but can't find who stocks them.
All ideas welcome and appreciated.
Thanks.
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johnny5
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| posted on 26/5/14 at 08:53 AM |
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Ford Zetec Blacktop Hotrod Super Stox Lightning Rod water rail kit
Is this any good?
Doesnt have a thermostat but im sure you could add one somewhere??
I have seen a Renault 5 Turbo thermostat fitted in a silicone hose used on the zetec.....
HTH
John
YOLO..........
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beaver34
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| posted on 26/5/14 at 09:30 AM |
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There should be two outlets, one to top rad hose that runs down the exhaust side, the other smaller that is the heater matrix inlet
They do the housing with or without the coolant sensors
It's alloy so can be chopped and reweled to suit your application, as far as I know there are no off the shelf solutions, I can message Markus
who has that gulf mk1 if you like and ask him about his
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Ugg10
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| posted on 26/5/14 at 09:52 AM |
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Johnny5 - thanks for the link, much appreciated, but the engine is a Zetec SE - totally different from the blacktop/silvertop ones and it is not the
thermostat housing (which is on the back of the Zetec E and on the side of the engine in the SE) just a manifold for the rad and heater hoses into the
engine.
Beaver34 - Yep, it has two connections - one large for the rad water in and one small for the heater out plus a temp sensor - both face straight out
the back of the engine and therefore into the bulkhead on my car - I would like to change this as it would put the engine almost 100mm further back in
the engine bay - an email to Markus would be great to see if he know what this came off - on his Turbosport page (I've posted on there and also
to Scott105 as he is building a SE Anglia as well) it says this was from BJP Services but can't find contact details for them, anyone know
whether they are still in business and have a contact, also dropped Bill Falconer an email who seems to have done a few RWD SE installs.
Many thanks for the help.
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beaver34
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| posted on 26/5/14 at 12:13 PM |
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I had a straight outlet on mine, shawspeed gave me it went straight out not to the side like standard, easy for a alli welder to do that for you
Markus is on Facebook do you use that? I'll send his name across he is a good guy
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Ugg10
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| posted on 26/5/14 at 05:29 PM |
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Beaver34 - many thanks, will be speaking to shawspeed at some stage about bell housings so will ask them as well.
Just to be sure that everyone knows what I am after as I think we may have got the Transverse and RWD "straight and side" mixed up -
my standard manifold outlets are in line with the engine so point rearwards on the RWD installation (left on the FWD installation I think) which means
that I will have to leave at least 100-150mm behind the engine (from the rear of the block) to fit this in front of the bulkhead (90mm for the
manifold and then space for a right angle rubber tube). I have seen manifolds that replace this on a number of escort installations and the exit come
out perpendicular to the line of the engine besides the inlet which will make life a lot easier for me. not sure if they are pukka jobs or home made
mods, only one that looks like it is an OEM part is the one on the Gulf Escort of Markus.
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Ugg10
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| posted on 28/5/14 at 09:02 PM |
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After much searching looks like I habe found what I am after -
Seems shawspeed stock a low profile rear water take off according to the guy building a zetec se powered triumph gt6.
http://sideways-technologies.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/5573-triumph-t6-spitfire-gt-build-chris-sherrington/page-28
Need to call them about a bell housing so will talk to them about it then.
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