jacko
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the 1.7 zetec se i believe was made by yamaha. they made there batch a long time ago and will not make any more. ford has sold all there stock. you cant even get bearing shells or get the nikasil relined so.....
what happens when we all hit 200k miles and they start going bang?
theyre not designed to be rebuilt, the puma is a low volume car so donor cars will disappear really quickly.......
only 'quick' solution i can see is to use 1.6 blocks from fiestas as there are loads of them and with steel liners they might be rebuildable.
1.6 fezza block with 1.7 vct head and a small remap of ecu to reduce the 1.7 fuelling to 1.6 by someone like tremona?
im only starting the ideas off early just so we can think of best solutions.
rpoc accused me of scare mongering and being 'nasty'!!!!!!!! technically incompetant, socially ignorant tw@ts!
obviously some will do galactic mileage but others that have been 'stressed' (ie 'driven properly!, nos'd etc) will need it sooner.....
had a good chat with northampton motorsport over a duratec engine.....its as if ford stole yamahas design and added a chain for the cam timing......looks very similar to the 'se' so its an option. be nice to find out if the manifolds and mounts bolt straight on!
what happens when we all hit 200k miles and they start going bang?
theyre not designed to be rebuilt, the puma is a low volume car so donor cars will disappear really quickly.......
only 'quick' solution i can see is to use 1.6 blocks from fiestas as there are loads of them and with steel liners they might be rebuildable.
1.6 fezza block with 1.7 vct head and a small remap of ecu to reduce the 1.7 fuelling to 1.6 by someone like tremona?
im only starting the ideas off early just so we can think of best solutions.
rpoc accused me of scare mongering and being 'nasty'!!!!!!!! technically incompetant, socially ignorant tw@ts!
obviously some will do galactic mileage but others that have been 'stressed' (ie 'driven properly!, nos'd etc) will need it sooner.....
had a good chat with northampton motorsport over a duratec engine.....its as if ford stole yamahas design and added a chain for the cam timing......looks very similar to the 'se' so its an option. be nice to find out if the manifolds and mounts bolt straight on!