Saw
THIS and it got me thinking...
The ST170 engine is a Zetec with variable cam control, but is advertised by Ford as being a Duratec engine. Anyone know why this came to be the case?
ford marketing, same reson that zetec's now a trim level
the one your interested in is the 'duratec HE'
the ST170 and RS both have modified & re-badged is a zetec E's
[Edited on 22/11/09 by mcerd1]
[Edited on 22/11/09 by mcerd1]
Get much done in the garage tonight Robert?
not really, but I've got all day tomorrow
IIRC the 1.3 KA engine is also badged 'Duratec' and is in fact a tarted up, fuel injected Crossflow!
Bit of a bugger if you bought that Westie thinking you were getting a 'real' Duratec... still, you'd probably not be disappointed with the ST170.
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Originally posted by matt_claydon
IIRC the 1.3 KA engine is also badged 'Duratec' and is in fact a tarted up, fuel injected Crossflow!
from what i can tell, the basic mondeo 2.0 litre 4 pot duratec, has exhaust on the drivers side if you put it inline, and the zetec exhaust goes down the passenger side when engine fitted inline.
All ford petrol engines are now badged duratecs, even some of the old zetecs were rebadged. Sorry no help 
Have been doing a lot of research on duratecs recently due to needing wiring diagrams for LPG conversion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Duratec_engine
[Edited on 23/11/09 by MK9R]
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Originally posted by Project7
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Originally posted by matt_claydon
IIRC the 1.3 KA engine is also badged 'Duratec' and is in fact a tarted up, fuel injected Crossflow!
I think they dropped the crossflow nearing the end of the mk1 KAs life. The 1.3 Duratec in the KA is a SOHC engine (possibily called ROCAM, not sure on that one).
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Originally posted by mcerd1
yeah, they dropped the 'endura' in favour of the brazilian engines - basically a zetec SE (the small all alloy one) but with a SOHC to make it cheaper
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Originally posted by bj928
from what i can tell, the basic mondeo 2.0 litre 4 pot duratec, has exhaust on the drivers side if you put it inline, and the zetec exhaust goes down the passenger side when engine fitted inline.
Aren't the duratecs all timing chains and the zetecs cam belts?
adrian
easy one, ALLOY block!
duratecs (HE) are all alloy blocks and come in 1.8, 2.0 and 2.3 format
all others, 1.6, 1.3 and whatever alloys are Zetec SE and all Iron block 1.8's, 2.0 etc are Zetec E or for the 2.3 the DOHC I4 (like the
RS2000)
and then there's the V6 wich is nothing of the above but still all alloy
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Originally posted by Werner Van Loock
easy one, ALLOY block!
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
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Originally posted by Werner Van Loock
easy one, ALLOY block!
Duratec badged 1.3 and 1.6 SOHC is iron blocked...
Amusingly (and it's not April AFAIK) PPC this month are reporting that Ford are going to manufacture a "Duratec 110PS" which is
actually a 1.6 litre Kent for putting into formula fords and heritage racers.
They are going to re-manufacture the block with some modern techniques to make it 'more durable' whatever that means.
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Originally posted by MK9R
as i said, all ford petrol engines are now branded duratecs, even if made from cheese
I've always been confused by Ford's recent engine names and now I know why!
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
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Originally posted by MK9R
as i said, all ford petrol engines are now branded duratecs, even if made from cheese
I don't think any of the V8s are?
RHD is the way it should be, LHD cars are wrong because the ignition is the wrong side of the wheel for starting a car without being in it.
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Originally posted by bj928
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duratec