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[knuckles]

yep , eight thousand miles only

[jayrs]

now you got the garage to work in, i expect it to be quick

yes yes, i will get round to that mount

[jonyb4]

i am slightly jealous

[SEG1]

nice find mate!

basically brand new!

[knuckles]

strip down of old engine begins tomorrow afternoon. cant wait

hopefully for the last time , ryan is cracking on with the new megaquirt ecu and edis wiring loom. New management should bring some more life into this new engine along with st170 exhaust manifold.

Bring on the trumpets !

[- Danny Boy -]

Woop! How much did you pay for that engine? I hope it wasnt mega bucks because you can get them brand new for £600

Talking of trumpets, the alpha webber throttle body setup works nicely on these, comes made for the blacktop engine too!

[jonyb4]

those air filters wont fit in a mk2 or a mk3 bay i can say!

will be nice to see this return at fitp sporting a new zetec

[- Danny Boy -]

Thats all good, just get some socks on them

[knuckles]

will be nice to see this return at fitp sporting a new zetec

As promised pictures of the St150 calipers with rs2000 brake discs on the mk2





the st brake pads needed grinding back in the center as it was rubbing the center of disc

Today i have completely stripped the engine bay ready to drop it out tomorrow.
in the mean time its now been covered up

[jonyb4]

ah thats a odd improvision, seems to work though, just extra clearance between caliper and disc, where did you get that idea from then?

does it create a unworn spot on the pads?

[knuckles]

ah thats a odd improvision, seems to work though, just extra clearance between caliper and disc, where did you get that idea from then?

does it create a unworn spot on the pads?

i got the idea when i realised the caliper wouldnt bolt up due to the pad fouling the center of disc. dont know about a unworn spot as i havent removed them lately.

[knuckles]

Update you all have been waiting for
Engine & gearbox are out for the 3rd time. With the essential help from adam even with the rain falling. We did the usual lift the car up high enough with axel stands then slide engine & box out complete from underneath. i find that so much more easier than fighting to remove it from above.

Pics !





2.0 Blacktop with the St170 exhaust manifold. The down pipe will require modification to fit this.



Here is the alternator mock fitted using the pk1100 belt.



Just waiting for a rear engine mount to be fabricated then i shall get the blacktop bolted in the car.

[jayrs]

looking good mate.

you got that spacer cut and filed nice and square then?

[Excursion]

New engine looks really nice!

[knuckles]

looking good mate.

you got that spacer cut and filed nice and square then?

This idler came with the engine. It uses a steel wheel nut to centralise the pulley and nut & bolt to the bracket.
i will change it for the other one once ive worked out where exactly it needs to be. Eventually i will have the nut welded on the back of the bracket to stop it slipping down.

[knuckles]

New engine looks really nice!

Cheers mark

I just hope it goes as well as it looks. This is the final time of me removing and installing engines on this car

[jayrs]

fair do's mate,

[jonyb4]

looking good, good luck with the rest

[SEG1]

looking good mate

what you doing with the rocker cover on the old engine?

[knuckles]

looking good mate

what you doing with the rocker cover on the old engine?

selling it with the engine unless you have a normal one to replace it with ?

[SEG1]

looking good mate

what you doing with the rocker cover on the old engine?

selling it with the engine unless you have a normal one to replace it with ?

got the same one its just the black paint is little scratched up
any use to you?

[knuckles]

looking good mate

what you doing with the rocker cover on the old engine?

selling it with the engine unless you have a normal one to replace it with ?

got the same one its just the black paint is little scratched up
any use to you?

£15 and your rocker cover and its yours

[SEG1]

deal mate

ring or text me and ill sort it out

[jayrs]

the mount is done and will be in the post to you tomorrow clark

[knuckles]

the mount is done and will be in the post to you tomorrow clark

legend !
This means block and box should be bolted in the car on the weekend

[jonyb4]

oh so your going for the modified silvertop mount to avoid welding a focus/ mondeo mount in?

[knuckles]

oh so your going for the modified silvertop mount to avoid welding a focus/ mondeo mount in?

yes mate

im not going to butcher a perfect mk2 shell just for a engine.
The modified cvh mount worked well with the silvertop so it will work again with the blacktop

[jonyb4]

so its as easy as that?

what else needs to be changed from a silvertop fiesta?


cant see why this hasnt caught on more!

[~nomad~]

because its not available with off the shelf parts and no fabrication I suppose. I would mount it from the side like the Focus, as it is certainly a better way of doing it from the point of view of the engine tilting under load, but of course that involves chopping the shell, which Clark rightly wants to avoid on such a clean car.

[jonyb4]

you able to get a si pas front mount in there clark?

[~nomad~]

will be the same problem, will need welding to the shell, or at best holes drilling for an adapter mount.

[knuckles]

so its as easy as that?

what else needs to be changed from a silvertop fiesta?

The water pump on a blacktop engine turns anti-clockwise to operate correctly. So you need to run an idler pulley to do this. From the pics ive posted you can see ive had to buy a special bracket which bolts to the original pas mount.
some people butcher a blacktop engine to accept a silvertop waterpump but i dont like that idea. Bit of a bodge tbh.

The bottom rad hose will need modifying or changing completly to accept the different size water outlet.

On the rear of a blacktop the holes are in a different position. So the silvertop fiesta rear mount wont fit. I went for the cvh mount route on the mk2 but you can butcher the shell to accept the side mount which as dave says is better for accelleration.

Everything else is the same really.

[knuckles]

you able to get a si pas front mount in there clark?

Front mount wont do much if im honest plus as stated the shell will need perswading to fit one

[jonyb4]

[knuckles]

Engine mount is complete
Jay has done a cracking job fabricating this from a cardboard template i supplied. He has modded a cvh mount to fit the rear of the block.
you may notice that he has extended the left hand side by welding on side and relocating the holes to match the block. He has even added a metal tube to the lower right hand of the mount so i can use all four bolts to hold it on.
I have trial fitted it and it required a small lip at the back of the mount to clear the tensionier.





i now need to cut a small section out of the timing belt metal cover and a small cut off the top plastic cover to clear the side mount.
you can spot the upgraded tensionier from these pics too.