200-230BHP Region Possible CVH?

[focichris]

Whats the best and cheapes way to get in the above power region? Would a CVH turbo out of a fiesta/escort rs turbo be the best engine for the job and if so whats the conversion like to do is it hard and how much should i expect to pay for this if i was to do most of the work myself?

Thanks

 

[ianfletcher]

My mate has an escort rs turbo and it is running at 200 bhp. He changed the bottom end to a 2 litre zetec but i dont know what car it was from, uprated his injectors and had it remapped.

 

[focichris]

Thanks for the reply mate, what management was he using and was it a difficult conversion do u know?

 

[eddy]

yer that engine is called the zvh the bottom end is from a mondeo

 

[warrenpenalver]

Zetec turbo is the way to go rather than CVH. Its a superior engine in every way.

 

[mrMechanix]

Agreed. Cvh is old hat nowadays. Were never the most reliable of engines either. Had an rst once, spent more time being fixed than driving.

 

[Xrion236]

As el-dude has done a good alternative would be to have NOS installed.

Think he said it pushes FRP upto about the 200BHP mark.

 

[focichris]

Isnt NOS rather expensive to get, keep and maintain?

 

[Xrion236]

See el-dude aparently it isnt. atleast not more so then slapping a turbo on and putting the engine under extended stress for 100% of the time.

Also from what people have said its a Bstard to get the 1.7i Zetec-S turbo charged, seems alot of tuning companies went for the 1.6 version instead aswell.

 

[Wild E. Coyote]

Well, you can read this thread and see for yourself that it is quite simple, actually....And not that expensive, either
http://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=6583&p=90080&hilit=turbo#p90080" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[yippeekiay]

haha...ask Pumanoob if it wasn't expensive. His original remit was a budget conversion but if iirc it wasn't so 'budget' to get it where it ended up. But the final result he achieved is brilliant!!! k: