fiestaturbo.com

[Bash]

Thats what im thinking about now for my next car.

Do i go for a nice Zetec Engine and Turbocharge it
Or bag a 1.6 cvh turbo and tune that

What are the tuning potentials with these two cars
sticking with the original engines

[DaveZetec]

zetec mate, by far. Lovely engines!

[007]

Its all down to £££££££££££'s - I would have loved a Turbo'd RS1800 - not even a monster 2.1 Zetec turbo - just the 1.8 thats in it would have been fine for me but as I said at thte start ££££££££££££££££££££££'s

[Bash]

So if i pick up saay, RS1800 for 2500, nice decent motor, 70k on clock or summat. How much would it cost to turbocharge it £1000 or sommit?

Bash

[AndyBlackFRST]

your looking at more than £1k mate.

You will prob need custom chip etc, that wills et you back £300+

[Bash]

So thats 1500 ish then

COME ON YOU RS TURBO LOT!
Would you prefer a zetec engine to the cvh or you reyt with the RST setup??

Help out a fiesta enthusiast!

[Stoned]

I would rather have a Zetec Turbo myself, but it makes the maintenance side a little awkward I would say.

garages might be wary about touching something not made by ford...

[AdrianFRST]

A Zetec turbo is a much nicer engine, has a lot more potential but costs more.

If you're turbo'ing an RS1800 you're gonna need all the ancillaries - intercooler, ECU etc, whereas a FRST will have them all and you can upgrade the relevant items as and when needed.

Depends on your budget more than anything.

I'd get an RS1800 and save up for a 2L turbo to go in it.

[craig pg]

Right guys, I have the RS1800 in my si, but want to turbo it, Now were will do this, tried turbo technics an they wont do conversions, or is it fairly staight forward to bolt together, an get a pro in in to make it work? got about £1800 to spend to do it. but want turbo after bein eaten by a cav gsi with nos, but i can kjinda play with him apart from the 6minjs he has with nos!after turbo conv gonna have the nos.

[chumkila]

http://www.zetecturbo.com

http://www.zetec-turbo.co.uk

http://www.fiestaprojects.com

http://st2000.s5.com/fzetecturbo.html

[Bash]

Looking in performance Ford, You see all these 0-60, 1/4 mile times n that in peoples fiesta. Names like Paul Ripley 2.1, Gary Muller 1.9, I Howell

Now i guess they havnt stuck with the original engine? EG 2.1ZVH's n
1.9 American bottom ends n all that.

What im after for my next car is tunable upto about 200-250bhp preferably with same engine in. This possible?

Im edging towards an RS1800 now instead of RST but gonna turbocharge.
Now do i stick with 1.8 or get 2L as Ade said.
Where does th 2L engine come from? Mondeo again?

[chumkila]

Yes a Mondeo engine.

If you only want 250bhp then i'd suggest staying with the RS1800 engine. Why if you've got a perfectly nice engine change to another just because its its a 2.0 ?

But i know what someone's gona answer..... because you get more torque.