Hi Craig, I have had one on my Birkin since I built the car. I used a '98 Contour motor. They are $100-130 depending on where you buy it. Google for Focus...
Craig I bought mine from mcnewsautomotive.com. I bought it with some other stuff and do not know the exact price, but he had some of the best prices I had...
Does anyone have a standard 2.0 ltr sump that they can measure the depth of for me. I need to know the depth at the front of the sump deepest end outside...
talking about the pipe? sure I have on laying around..I'll go measure it ... From: davemc1888 To: zetec@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:30 PM ...
Hi All I live in Melbourne, Australia, and intend to put a Zetec Motor from a Ford Focus (a MY2003 or later) into a lotus 7 replica. I understand that the 1.8...
... from a Ford ... power ... puts out ... how easy ... different ... cg=link&ci=ninemsn&tu=http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au? refid=hotmail_tagline The 2.0 Zetec...
here in the US, there are no 1.8L zetecs, only 2.0's. A european enthusiast will probably have a better grasp of answering that question. My guess is the 1.8...
I am going to sell my focus I need a bigger car. It needs minor work, axle and a cat Blue Book $5400 Over $2000 in upgrades $4800 obo Call for details Mike So...
Hi Phil, To expand on what Nigel wrote. Here in the States a single overhead cam engine produced 110hp, the dual overhead cam produces at least 130hp. You...
Don't forget the car that got the engine to the U.S. ....the contour :-p, also the cougar has the engine but I'm pretty sure its the same as the focus (?) ... ...
Burton Power https://www.burtonpower.com/technical/tt_zetec.html and Zetec Inside http://www.zetecinside.com/xr2/stepbystep.htm make some useful comments....
If you are looking at US spec engines, stay away from the ZX2 with variable cam timing (VCT) on the exhaust cam. It adds complexity that you don't need (I...
Tom, Just a minor nit, When the VCT mechanism is activated, the exhaust cam is retarded to create more overlap with the intake effectively, (or at least...
vct is a good thing, it broadens the torq curve and helps create power from 1k all the way to redline. Maybe in a kit car it could be a bad thing but for...
My understanding is the SVT Zetec has a performance gain using VCT (on the intake side) while the ZX2 version is pretty much an smog device. I have the...
Does anybody know if Ryan Modos's Zetec pages are still around? On one page, he had a great description listing specs on the 1.3, 1.5 1.8 and 2.0 Zetecs. But...
Maybe a good thing for power but you try controlling or remapping an engine with VCT... it gets expensive very quickly. A lot of tuners simply bin the VCT cam...
Messageactaully I dont know where you get the expensive part ?? aftermarket cams work with vct, also there's sct tuning chip, that is user tune-able, and isn't...
The concept of continuously variable cam timing is a beautiful thing if you can afford an engine that has it and you have the wherewithal to do the ...
theres two websites, first one list applications, second one is alittle deeper into it http://www.superchipscustom.com/ http://www.modulardepot.com also to...
Mountune do Duratec kits in the UK ... see http://www.mountune.co.uk/acatalog/CE3180.html <http://www.mountune.co.uk/acatalog/CE3180.html> There is an article...
Jarred I was referring to total replacement aftermarket ecu's and not remapping of the existing ECU which is what the superchips solution does. Also the ...
The superchips solution (their programming package, not the "chip" only version) gives you tons of control over the stock ECU. Plus it's cheaper. :) A Pectel...
... http://www.modulardepot.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=47 This allows total control of the stock ECU on my Ford Focus Zetec engine. NA or FI......
Messagetheres plenty of guys running over 200whp on the sct chip, even a guy in the 300 range. ... From: Toby Harris To: 'zetec@yahoogroups.com' Sent: Tuesday,...
So what you are saying is you can take a stock ecu from NA car with VCT, pop a turbo on it and map it properly using the sct tuning chip ? ... From: Inis...