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[heeman10]

As a few know, my 1.8 diesel was treated to a Mondeo 1.8 Endura DE TDI engine out of a 2000 Mondeo TD LX at the weekend. Excursion is the man at whom to direct all your admiration/abuse He fitted it all into his Mk3.5 a short while ago, and I purchased the entire setup and fitted it down at his. We thought it was a 5 hour job, sadly it was 17

The beginning. My car on the right, his on the left, we set to it, stripping everything stopping the engines being removed. Lovely sunny day!


My engine coming out:


My old engine at the back, Mondeo engine at the front:


Full de-catted Si exhaust system mated to the Mondeo downpipe (bye bye gay chrome tail pipe trim!!! )


The piece of valance I had to saw away to fit the intercooler:


Cooler in place:


The small strip marked out to be trimmed (by Mark's very helpful dad while I scoffed a burger!) to accept the cooler:


The finished product:


Another view of the front with the bonnet open:


And a quick shot from above:


Mark had an incident with a breeze block on the A1 which tore a boost hose. I duct taped and jubilee-clipped it up, but it's still losing a fair amount of boost pressure and over-fuelling as a result. I have a replacement hose arriving tomorrow/Wednesday which will give me full boost (if it fits!). I can't say how happy I am with it, pulls very well in any gear even with half boost, almost savage in second.

Huge thanks to Mark, specially for letting me stay. The finished product is great, an almost factory fit in my opinion. Bring on full boost!

[xander7]

superb james matey........looks like a v.tidy conversion, and certainly somethin which has not really been done before....fair play to ya.

nice bunch of pics, mark sounds like a top bloke as well.....certainly knows his stuff !!

xander

[Capri]

Fantastic James, looks great, glad to hear you're happy with it

I'm always amazed by the extent of Mr Stewart's techy know-how

[heeman10]

Thanks Sadly I can't really take any credit for the quality of it all!!

Fantastic James, looks great, glad to hear you're happy with it

I'm always amazed by the extent of Mr Stewart's techy know-how

He doesn't really know anything, there's a guy called Dave who does all his projects

[Smo]

Nice stuff

[Liebo]

give us a run down of costs

whats insurance like now then?

any one know if its possible to go from 1.3 petrol to 1.8 TDi ?

[wilson123]

Good stuff to all concerned in making the beast fit snuggly as it does, no more chugging away then james eh

Looks very smart indeed

[acstua]

what sorta power is that engine chuckin out then? compared to the old lumpy std 1.8D

[Excursion]

He doesn't really know anything, there's a guy called Dave who does all his projects

Glad you like it matey. If you think 2nd's savage now wait for full boost!

[Sphinx]

Mark, u went through all that work on ur conversion 2 sell it all 2 Heeman (sniggers at name again ) ??
Like Alex sed, i'm always amazed by ur knowledge!
Looks like a top bit of work there boys! Nice 1!

[dannyboy]

The conversion looks well tidy, well done for trying something different lads.

Dan

[simon16v]

nice job there. like the car as well

[FRS_Steve]

Nice one things always take longer than you think you better take me out in it when you're back up here!

[Max M4X WW]

Thats the twitchers, i didnt know you were having the engine either! Just thought it was another one of Excursions dodgey goings on which i can never find any photos of!!!

[andyhardy]

what sorta power is that engine chuckin out then? compared to the old lumpy std 1.8D

87bhp @ 4500rpm & 131lb/ft @ 2000rpm - will really push you in your seat when pulling away!

Cheers,

Andy

[Smo]

I keep looking at the pics thinking,

"I wonder what that goes like?"

You need to get some video clips done or something... I dunno why it facinates me so much... Just different I guess!

[andyhardy]

Those power figures are compared to the old Fiesta 1.8 Diesel engines:

60bhp @ 4800rpm & 81lb/ft @ 2500rpm.

So nearly 1.5 times as much bhp and nearly 1.7 times as much torque!

That's a great increase in power for not too much money I'd imagine!

Cheers,

Andy

[1600power]

another top bit of converting by excursion, this man knows his stuff and thats putting it lightly!!!

Topstuff lads

[heeman10]

Liebo - Was about £750, and insurance went up by £179.

Wilson123 - Rich, it's still diesel, and chugs a bit louder than the original at is happens! I don't care with this performance

andyhardy and others - The Mondeo got about 90bhp out of this engine. However with the K&N, de-cat and larger exhaust bore, and a big front-mounted intercooler as opposed to a small, top-mounted cooler stuffed under the bonnet (those who know their charge-cooling theory will appreciate the gains made there) I think it's got to be around 110bhp on full boost, give or take 5 or 10bhp. I'm looking to increase boost and fuelling in the future, so who knows, a 150bhp TDI Fiesta Mk3? The 1.8 N/A diesel was quoted to have around 60bhp, which would translate in reality to around 50bhp, so I've got at least double the power, and a hell of a lot more torque. IF I can make it to FITP I'll gladly demonstrate to anyone who's interested

Going home today, so if my boost hose has turned up and will fit, I'll put it on today/tomorrow.

Cheers for the replies Glad there aren't too many people out there laughing at it!

[Max M4X WW]

Glad there aren't too many people out there laughing at it!

I know its been said again and again, but those sort of people dont stay around here for long. And i think you should try and make it to FITP, not for me as i wont be going but just to show off your one off!!

[heeman10]

Well I'm going to have to see what time's like. I have a lot of deadlines, exams and tests coming up at uni. My Fiesta is a one-hour drive away at home, and Kettering is a long long drive for me from the North! I'll see nearer the time, I'd really love to go Car would be filthy after all those miles tho! Cheers for that Max

andyhardy - I must say I'm very pleased you can appreciate what I now have with this engine, when you have much more power at your disposal. Always nice when people can keep a realistic view and keep things in perspective when they up their power

[myk3]

nicely done mate

[andyhardy]

I appreciate good and useful work when I see it - I've spent probably 10 to 20 times as much on yours and it's giving near the percentage increase of power.

Again, good stuff mate, can't wait for you to show us how it goes!

Cheers,

Andy

[pornstar!]

yeah good coversion geezer! always good to see something different! i have to admit im not a diesel fan but for the money+ effort seems youve made a good choice! good torque figure

[Liebo]

My Fiesta is a one-hour drive away at home, and Kettering is a long long drive for me from the North! I'll see nearer the time, I'd really love to go Car would be filthy after all those miles tho! Cheers for that Max

Dude,
My dad lives in Northampton, the city next to Kettering.

You can come down mine, then go down in a mini cruise. It's about an hour and 15 mins to Kettering from mine.

You can come the night before prolly, and then have a fresh drive in the morning, same on the way back if you want.

[Mikee_RS]

lookin good mate. very impressed

[heeman10]

Cheers for that Liam I checked the map last night and saw that Loughborough is maybe only aboutr 30 miles from Kettering! It's North of Kettering too, so I'm thinking of going down and staying in my old uni house on Saturday then turning up on Sunday. Thanks a lot for the offer tho My dad's doing a hillclimb on Saturday, so it's gonna be a lonnnng Saturday if I can make it! *Fingers crossed*

Mikee_RS - Cheers Hope the turbo's coming along

[bramhall2002]

lookni good i like the look of the grren car

[heeman10]

Do I assume that means Mark bought the green one off you?

[Classkeeper]

heeman10 i take it you dont come to uni here in loughborough anymore? Is it you who did the auto eng?

[heeman10]

Yes it is! I'm sorry, I don't remember you! I left Loughborough at the end of last year, and yes, I was doing auto eng! Very impressed! I'm doing Motor Sports Engineering in Preston up North nearer to home now, but may be back in Lufbra for one night on May 15th before FITP! Are you at lufbra then? My best friend there lives in Cheltenham!

[8skellerns]

I wonder who is going to be the first to stick the mondeo zetec-s TDCi engine in a mk3

[heeman10]

I saw a Mk6 Fiesta a few days ago with the TDCi badge on the back and thought that....lots of chipping potential no doubt.

[8skellerns]

I saw a Mk6 Fiesta a few days ago with the TDCi badge on the back and thought that....lots of chipping potential no doubt.

It is only a 1.4 Peugeot/S h i troen TDCi though The turbo is as small as a snail!

[butler_29]

hi James mate, try this site http://www.tunit.co.uk mad tuning power for ur 1.8TD, also try super chipping it 2 giv u extra 20bhp think round bout there 30% more power and 40% torque. ive gotta 1.8d at the mo but thinkin of wacking a 2Litre TDI afta when its died on me lol