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is frst mahle piston, work and fit good on a 1.6L Zetec?

or i'm talking s**t, becouse if they work i can buy them pistons?

please help me!

becouse my friend want to turbo his 1.6L Zetec, not for that big power, but a nice sound of a dumpvalve, and a little good power.

is it the same bore?

can u help?

[chumkila]

visit http://www.vanaaken.com/ they do a bolt-on Turbo Kit for the 1.6 Zetec engine.

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but i live in Malta, not in England m8

[chumkila]

Thats doesnt change the engine does it?

That dont change the fact that if u want questions answered their there.

Van Aaken's kit bolts straight-on and no mods are required as it runs low boost.

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i thouth that if i could change the pistons to a FRST L/C Mahle Pisotons,
i could run more boost.

i know that you can help me pls?:-?

do they work or they don't or they will fit?

[chumkila]

i duno if u can run FRST pistons.

but u could just buy some low c/r ones.

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ok thanks very much m8.

how much are they in england a second hand frst pistons?
just to know if it's worth it or not.

and zetec 1.6L and Frst Bore are the same i think, so i will not have problems fitting these pistons?

[chumkila]

sorry i dont have the answers to those questions.

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ok no problem, but i got your help anyway

[Andy'sFRST]

FRST bore 80.0mm
1.6 Zetec 76.0mm

You can't slap on a set of CVH pistons and hope it will work you have other things to think about like the size of the little end are thay the same and the hight of the piston [ERRR] if you fit them thay might protrude out of the block.

It would be easyer if you just get some low comp pistons

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yes i think it's more easy slaping a low compresion piston, but the is that my friend don't want to spend so much money on this 1.6 Zetec becouse it's piontless, so can he get the pistons to machined them and low the compretion by the same pistons of the zetec?

if yes what's the compresion ratio, should it be to run at least 10psi boost.

thanks for your help guys, you're the best.

[chumkila]

we DONT need to be told. we KNOW we're the best.

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that's why i come to fiestaturbo.com, becouse everybody helps

[NikFRST]

I wouldn't do this myself, but if your friend wants to turbocharge his Zetec without spending mad money on LC pistons then he could try a decompression plate.

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yes NikFRST, that's what his gonna do, a decompression plate is the best i think for not spending big money, but he don't know what should be the thickness of this decompression plate.

and with this decompression plate, what's the safest boost limit to run on?

[Andy'sFRST]

I would say 2mm for the plate and 5psi of boost but some people would say some something else

[chumkila]

g-flash if u spent less time goin round in circles on here and paid attention to wot some ppl wrote you'd have your answer by now.

So DID YOU email the webmasters of those sites asking this question? I think not.

[NikFRST]

g-flash, I just read the other post asking about decompression plates, etc. Also, I didn't realise until I re-read this post that you was asking about a 1.6l. Some other ppl have already mentioned going for the 1.8 or 2litre Zetec. Then you would have much bigger power to start with. If your friend goes ahead and turbocharges his 1.6 with a decompression plate he will be lucky to acheive 140bhp without melting a piston. If he goes for the 2litre he won't have much less bhp as standard then if he turbocharges that then he can get silly power.

[g-flash]

thanks very much guys, you've been helpfull to me, i tell my friend to do this and if any thing goes fine, i reply you with pics as well ok.

thanks very much for now.