27th October 2007

Time to dry fit the engine!!

I bought a 2.0l zetec (silvertop, as i didnt want to have to run a cat with my exhaust set-up) about a month before picking up the kit. As the zetec came out of a auto Mondeo there were a couple of things i needed/wanted to do to the engine before i could fit it. Firstly i contacted a company called Dunnell Engines who provided me with a shortened sump and a lightened & balanced flywheel adn clutch to suit. I also needed to put a spigot bearing into where the input shaft of my type 9 g'box goes as the engine originally took an auto box. Next was to change the water pump to an escort 1.8 pump as the pump spins in the opposite direction to the Mondeo pump and i could then get rid of the pulley wheels and just have the cam pulleys, crank pulley and alternator pulley i a triangular formation. Finally i had to change the VR sensor to read the 36-1 teeth on the flywheel for the Omex ECU which was a fairly straight forward task. Once these jobs were done i put a new head gasket on and gave the engine a lick of paint!! (rocker cover was done later!!!!)