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[frostie]

hi all does the Zetec R cam cover of the series 3 zetec fit the series 1orseries 2 engine if so anything need changing

[RS_Raz]

Yes, do a search. I think part of the throttle body needs to be filed down. thats it.

[frostie]

what about the gasket for the cam cover the zetec e one seems to have little nipply bits on the coil side and the zetec r doesnt

[XRMike]

Yes



Grind 3mm off the lower part of the throttle cable bracket, use the new gasket, you will find that the crossover pipe will be harder to fit, push it onto the throttle body on an upwards angle .

[jimmyesh]

Yeah they fit! Just do that trimming as previously suggested and you'll be fine The top part of the cam-belt cover doesn't fit correctly over the end of the late zetec cam cover so some creativity is required there or just be a lazy sod like me and leave it off!

[Tweek]

Aren't you supposed to protect the cambelt from oil and water, yours looks a bit wet!

[cookie456_the2nd]

Oh Dear, ive just fell in love with them hoses.

[jimmyesh]

Oh Dear, ive just fell in love with them hoses.

Most of those old hoses are now fitted on my ST170 lump, Tight-wad that I am

Tweek: Yeah the rain got all over it through my RST bonnet vents. As I said before about the series 1/2 zetec cam-belt cover not being compatible with the series 3 zetec cam cover, I hadn't got around to making it fit by the time that pic was taken Sold the engine on ebay not long after too, to make room for the Connaught Beastie that replaced it

[adam_frst]

whats a Connaught ?

[jimmyesh]

whats a Connaught ?

Connaught Competition Engines are a Kent-based company that specialise in Ford engines from the old kent pre-x-flow up to the newest Duratec.

They also hold the rights for the "warrior" 16 valve head conversion for the pinto. I saw a 2.3 version of one of these kick out 298 N/A bhp on their dyno!
They had a quad-cam 24v V6 Cosworth GAA old-skool Capri RS3100 Touring car engine on the dyno when I went in there too. This engine was N/A 3.4 litres and kicked out over 450bhp back in the 70's

They are no-nonsense engine builders who's premises is spotless and they REALLY know their stuff

They also have an in-house engine dyno so that any engine they build for you can be fully run-in and power-run before it goes in your car

These guys rectified all the horrors that "Specialised" engines kindly incorporated into my £££££ zetec they built me.