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by **bassboy** on Tue Mar 27, 2001 1:53 am

Not too sure of what is exactely involved - i'll get details for u tonight. but just a word of warning - make sure u DEFINATELY uprate the brakes and suspension as well!!! A m8 has turbo'd his escort van - now pushing 195bhp @ the flywheel and is a real rocket!! and trust me, theres no way the standard brakes will be upto the job!! especially at speed! (well, so he says! and i wouldnt doubt him one little bit!) and yeah u can put stuff from the RS, XR and Cossie onto ur van! bet that made u <IMG SRC="http://www.v8fiesta.co.uk/ubb/smilies/biggrin.gif">!!!! <IMG SRC="http://www.v8fiesta.co.uk/ubb/smilies/wink.gif"> bassboy

by **Project** on Tue Mar 27, 2001 2:50 am

The brake calipers *are* a straight swap, but make sure you swap the shocks from a 2i/turbo over as well - they will make a helluva difference, believe me!

by **The Bruster** on Tue Mar 27, 2001 4:25 am

Ha! The sooner you loose the van shocks the better! (whats to say you haven't already!!) At the Guildford cruise I was runin round the "track" in mine, half the speed of anyone else! I was in two wheels. They told me after the front wheel only lifterd up after the rear wheel was well over a foot of the ground!!! Puma do a 60mm drop with dampers for about £190, ones for an XR21 will fit right people? my only problem then it the wieghty Diesel lump, then theres the smell the noise the....I'll shut up!

by **BeemanFRST** on Tue Mar 27, 2001 9:10 am

Cheers a bunch guys, i can never get a straight answer out of any one over here. I am trying to find a bigger engine over here but it is f*** hard, because they were banned over here for years. The van is now on 16' mondeo alloys with 40mm lowering springs, did not have much problems so far, i just bet the lips in a bit and took of me spacers Any idea what shocks i should get for it. Bear in mind it still has the 1.3 engine still ion it

by **BeemanFRST** on Tue Mar 27, 2001 9:17 am

Me again, can i buy the pop out windows for me bus in the ford dealer. What engine will be the easyest to put into my 1.3 (no feul ingection) 1992 van Ps, l = what year? m = what year? so on

by **snake** on Tue Mar 27, 2001 10:33 am

Xr2 engine Zetec on carbs!!

by **BeemanFRST** on Tue Mar 27, 2001 11:01 am

I was wondering if i could smack in a rs turbo engine without loads of problems,i changed the 1.1 to 1.3 easily. Also can i put stuff from the rs & xr2i on me bus, like brake discs and other wheel related stuff Get back to me someone asap

by **mec** on Tue Mar 27, 2001 12:12 pm

if you haven't got fuel injection, you'll need the tank, pump etc. i don't know too much about it myself but you're bound too have problems with wiring looms etc. as long as you get the complete engine and loom, and you're handy with a spanner, i'm sure you could manage it. as for the brakes, the only difference is that the base models use solid discs and the 2i jobbies are ventilated. this means you can swap the discs, but they are wider so you'll need the caliper aswell (i think you can also get spacer plates?) <IMG SRC="http://www.v8fiesta.co.uk/ubb/smilies/confused.gif"> wheel fitments are all the same

by **BeemanFRST** on Wed Mar 28, 2001 1:04 am

well i dont like the fiesta van, so im putting windows in the back, which gives me loads of space for me ice install

by **The Bruster** on Wed Mar 28, 2001 12:36 pm

AW well good luck! I'm after the same sort of thing, I reckon the best way of doing it is to buy a scrap, but as complete as possible XR2i, or RST, and completely swap round. Pop out windows? for the back? does that not defeat the point of a van?

by **mmogenius** on Fri Mar 30, 2001 5:22 am

<IMG SRC="http://www.v8fiesta.co.uk/ubb/smilies/frown.gif"> what wrong with fiesta vans they rule just look at it the think how much worse it would look with windows in they look allot better than the cars i think

by **BeemanFRST** on Fri Mar 30, 2001 6:15 am

Well i dont like them so im going to change it as soon as someone answers my question

by **Craig** on Mon Apr 02, 2001 1:06 am

easiest motor to bung in would probably be the 1600 CVH from a mk2 XR2 or the mk3 1.6S, as this is the biggest they did still on carbs (no fuel injection) and goes in no bother. I've done this a couple of times into a mk3 fiesta. Got to watch the radiator is different and theres always fiddly things like throttle cable, wiring and engine mounts however nothing too technical. Make sure you uprate the brakes and suspension too if the van hasnt got ventilated front discs and if I were you I would get a quote for insurance BEFORE you do the conversion

by **BeemanFRST** on Mon Apr 02, 2001 4:22 am

can you give more stats on the 1.6 engine

by **Craig** on Mon Apr 02, 2001 9:26 am

I could, but I really can't be a r s e d. Have a look at http://www.fastfords.org.uk/xr2.html the conversion is detailed at www.fiestavan.co.uk XR2 donor cars in good running condition from about £50 upwards; £200 or so for the cheapest 1.6S. [Edited by Craig (02-04-2001 at 09:25 PM).] [Edited by Craig (02-04-2001 at 09:26 PM).]

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