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[StreetDragster]

Heres a bit of a walkthrough for anyone interested in how my zetec turbo conversion on my fiesta turbo is coming together, progress is a bit slow at the moment waiting on parts and certain things which cannot be completed until the engine is in the car (like the fuel rail fittings etc) but it is coming together slowly

EDIT: Please visit http://www.streetdragster.com for guide

Hope you all like the pics and the progress, going to be a while before its on the road though, alot of custom parts needed and most need the engine to be on its mounts before they can be accurately measured

Thanks

Matt

[heeman10]

Cool pics You'll be glad you took those when it's all back together. Good luck with the rest, keep the pics coming What kind of power figures are you hoping for?

[StreetDragster]

Thanks

Not really after a power figure as such, as long as i can drive it well i'll be happy, want to use it on some trackdays you see. but i expect i will be pushing over 250bhp, only using a T3 turbo so it'll run out of puff much over that i suspect

Thanks

Matt

[heeman10]

Should be fun, where abouts will you be using it? I forgot to see if your profile said where you're from I'd love to see one of these Zetec turbo's in action.

[heeman10]

oh, blackpool! I'm in Preston

[PhilM]

Coooooool as fcuk mate, really impressed by that, top top engine

[StreetDragster]

Hopefully you'll get to see it at some point mate when its finished

Thanks
Matt

[heeman10]

Cool, I'll be over in a flash Gimme a yell if you need a hand

[StreetDragster]

Cheers mate

Thanks

Matt

[ianFRST]

cool dude.

im sure ull get more than 250, easy

[chumkila]

Excellent post and an equally excellent engine coming together there Dragster.

[StreetDragster]

Cool, thanks!
Picked up the modified inlet manifold, top hose adaptor and sprayed cam cover last night, getting the water pump tonight and then hopefully attacking it again this weekend, will post up any pics i take. Unfortunately i'm taking the pistons back out to check the piston ring compressed gaps, neither me or my mate whos an engine builder can remember what they were, so we need to remeasure them, bugger.

Thanks

Matt

[James_16v]

going to be doing this myself over the next couple of months, do you mind if i add you to msn incase i get stuck newhare or need advise?

looks top btw

250 seems a very reasonable figure to go for, im not hoping for as much with mine but i'll only be running smallish boost

[StreetDragster]

no probs pal, i'll help you were i can

Thanks

Matt

[Rolls]

comming together very very nicely.
you should see 250 easy peasy with that in there chap- forged pistons for mucho boost
are they h section rods too??- get em from the states by any chance??
cant wait to get on with mine!!

[Excursion]

Nice one Matt! I have missed this uptil now. Looks like a decent engine. Looks like 50-70k miles? Nothing for a Zetec

[wywywywy]

Fancy doing a complete guide Matt? :O
It would be so cool!

[StreetDragster]

74k miles Mark, good guess!
I'll try and write a 'what i changed to get it too fit' when its finished, but there is so many little things you need to do, if you undertake a zt build, first double your budget, and then double the amount of time you think the car is off the road!

Thanks

Matt

[StoveyXR]

Nice post Ideally I'd want to do something like this in the future, but as you say it means a lot of £ and a lot of time, of which I don't seem to have at the moment.......
Keep us updated

[adambarksby]

that should be 1 nice tidy engine wen done mate keep up the gd work!

[StreetDragster]

EDIT: Please visit http://www.streetdragster.com for guide

Thanks

Matt

[Excursion]

Nice work Matt, nice work. The mileage wasn't a guess

[Andy.B]

That is a really good way of doing the top fead injectors into a side fed inlet. V.impressed. Rolls has my first incarnation of a top fed 1800 inlet, not far different to yours.

Good job mate

[Stoned]

Looking wicked mate.

[StreetDragster]

Nice work Matt, nice work. The mileage wasn't a guess

Durrr, forgot i put it in the original post

Thanks

Matt

[StreetDragster]

EDIT: Please visit http://www.streetdragster.com for guide

Thanks

Matt

[andyhardy]

Mate, hats off to you this is one of the most interesting reads I've seen on this forum!

Keep up the good work - fingers crossed that bolt doesn't rub on the aux belt!

Cheers,

Andy

[StreetDragster]

Thanks mate, comments very much appreciated

MAtt

[MADMATT]

this is an amazing post mate really interesting and informative about how to build a zetec turbo.

keep up the good work and posting your progress cos its proper interesting to read

matt

[Rolls]

keep up the good work chap

[Fiestasi-Andy]

looking good mate

[StreetDragster]

Gutted, just spoken to Dell@Kent Cams (The UK Distrubuter for ARP bolts) and the particular bolt that i need cannot be bought, he can get hold of some that are dimensionally the same, but not identical to the one i sent him, but only in a set of eight at £73.75 +VAT. But the major major killer is that there is at least a 5 week wait until they can be delivered to me. So i may do a bit of work with the inlet and exhaust manifolds, and try and get the turbo closer to the block, but i cannot continue with the engine
however i have picken up my cam cover, now in Diamond White and looks the daddies

Thanks

Matt

[StreetDragster]

EDIT: Please visit http://www.streetdragster.com for guide

I'll update you further when i do any more

Thanks

Matt

[heeman10]

Brilliant stuff No need to wonder if you're boring people with this, it's great to see some properly technical stuff on the site instead of people just sending their cars away and....wow...I have a 2 litre engine now! lol

I'm glad the belt/bolt combination worked out in the end, what a find! The R5 GTT oil filter's very shallow isn't it? Handy So gutting about the bolts, and a fair old price for them too Loving the pulleys

Keep it up! Remember if you need any help with anything gimme a shout and I might be able to lend a hand

[James_16v]

mate this is absolutely brilliant reading!!

soo many people do builds etc and wont tell you a thing there are some sites out there like jim hearnes who do exactly what you are and tell you everything cockups n all. thats brilliant for those of us who plan to have a go ourselves and i really appreciate it!

hate reading posts where you see a picture of a built up engine rocker cver on and all belted up ready to go in a car with no info on how it got to that state or how some1 else mite follow in their steps. I know that people wanna keep some things secret and i can understand that if its something on a highly developed engine pushing silly bhp but on home builds it just seems daft to hide things.

keep up teh good work