fiestaturbo.com

[MattPym]

Is this do-able and worthwhile?

Also if done would the pistons need to be changed for a low comp option or would a standard Cvh Turbo head take care of this???


Matt

[heeman10]

Crazy talk! As in...mating a Zetec bottom end with a CVH head?

[MattPym]

you are serious rite????

[Mikee_RS]

always good to see ppl trying new things

[MattPym]

Ehm did i miss out on something..i feel like the slow kid of the class

[heeman10]

Just a bit of light-hearted mick-taking The ZVH has been round for 8 years or more now matey There are many articles all over the net you can search for a read up on.

[gatman]

Better off going full zetec turbo mate. 16v's

[Mikee_RS]

http://www.jimhearne.co.uk/zvh.htm


1 of the 1st guides i read

[MattPym]

I did look and came up with just NA ZVH's. I know the ZVH is nothing new but i am

Anyway, Are there any constructive comments to come my way or will i abandon ship before it turns into an Idle Hands Production type thread

[heeman10]

As above matey, just search the net and you'll see what's what Jim Hearne's is the mostly widely-used ZVH resource online that I can think of!

[MattPym]

Better off going full zetec turbo mate. 16v's

I'm a soon to be poor college student again, so i was curious to see if there was a cheaper way going turbo

*Puts on helmet in preparation for bombardment of witty comments and abuse for not mentioning Cvh turbo and trying to be cheap*

ZT's are apparently quite expensive to do right

http://www.jimhearne.co.uk/zvh.htm


1 of the 1st guides i read

Read it already....No turbos!


Okay, So i'm going to forget this idea now seeing as you can see below it has been shot down in flames



Since i will have another zetec knocking about at the end of the week i was curios to see my options as i want some form of turbo on my car in the future!

I'll just bite the bullet and just spread the ZT over the year


Matt

[heeman10]

http://www.jimhearne.co.uk/zvh.htm

Read it already....No turbos!

No turbos? The following images are taken from that very page:





And a link on the page Mikee linked you to takes you to this page:

http://www.jimhearne.co.uk/iipo.htm

I fail to see why you're dismissing this as useless information

[MattPym]

Never mind

[SiZT]

lol, he just wants to know whether you can use the standard zetec pistons in a turbo application!!! no need to go medieval on him lol.....

[MattPym]

lol, he just wants to know whether you can use the standard zetec pistons in a turbo application!!! no need to go medieval on him lol.....

Woohoo someone finally realised there was a question at the start of the thread:)


Welcome to the club mate


Matt

[SiZT]

well I know 2 people that have done ZVH conversion, 1 used accralite pistons and I think the other used the standards but only with low boost, I'll ask him in a minute

[Oranoco]

I beleive (and I wait to be corrected if I'm wrong but) if you're using the 1.8 Zetec you can retain the standard pistons but with machining a small amount off the crown to drop the compression. 2 litre or anyway ideally you should be looking to replace the pistons.

From talking to a couple of experienced engine people the key to the ZVH conversion is getting the head to flow to allow the engine to produce power above 5500rpm

[Ram]

if your doing it on a budget, like i will be..

you can either skim the standard zetec pistons or use a decompression plate.

seems pretty pointless what your mate has done not lowering the compression, as the boost he would be be running would have to be so low it wouldnt really be doing much.

[SiZT]

I dunno bout it tbh mate, the car got set on fire 2 weeks after having the conversion done

[MattPym]

I dunno bout it tbh mate, the car got set on fire 2 weeks after having the conversion done

Was this scumbags settin it alight or they engine going pop


Matt

[SiZT]

scumbags settin alight to his garage

[MattPym]

scumbags settin alight to his garage

C**ts