2.0 Zetec Turbo Westfield Project!
Hi all, nice to return to the forum! I used to have an account here but lost my login details from years ago and dont have my old email address so guessed ide start a new account... Hope your all well.
So ive decided to build a 2.0 Blacktop turbo engine to put into a Westfield.
I am considering using a blacktop bottom end with a st170 head as from what i have heard these mate straight up? the only thing im unclear on is that the st170 has VVT and i would need to remove this? are there any tips or hints people are willing to post on this thread regarding my idea?
I have had a couple of small things arrive for the engine, Oil pressure gauge T peice to feed the turbo and the breather blanking plate, lapping stick with paste etc, but there is plenty in the post.
Hoping to source a block at the end of the week.
Cheers and all the best!
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Doing lots of research for the last 2 days it seems people are opting for a st170 bottom end with a blacktop head? i dont understand this as the flow and inlet ports are much bigger on the st head? who not just build a full st170 forged non vvt turbo lump? need some advice really, before when i lived in wales i almost completed a 2.0 blacktop turbo engine but had to sell it as circumstances changed. Looks like im starting to see a lot more options but need the best advice. I want to build it for 400bhp but run it at 350 with boost all the way through the range from 2.5k upwards to 6.5-7k
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I have no knowledge on turbo zetecs at all but my guess is that the st bottom end offers a stronger package while blacktop head offers simpler cheaper advantage. Hence the combo. After all a turbo doesn't need the best head.
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As alladdin says, thats why that combo is used. Its sensitive to head gasket thickness though to get the compression ratio in the right area.
At the power levels you are talking of though you wont be able to use a stock bottom end and for the power range you want you'll probably want a good quality twinscroll turbo
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Can anyone else chip in on this? i would be happy running 300 but want the engine to have scope for more.
I have seen people do blacktop head on st170 bottom end and the other way around with a st170 head on a blacktop block?
I planned to use origional crank but forged pistons and rods?
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Actually considering fully forging an st170 and removing the vvt and turbocharging that now
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Standard crank should be fine with steel rods and forged pistons.
Any reason you want to remove the vvt? If you have an ecu capable of controlling it, I'd say keep it.
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Ok years ago i did a 2ltr Zetec turbo ... its was a silvertop out of a scrapyard and had covered nearly 200k ! it make 270hp & 315ft at 3500 @ 19 psi peak. it was bench dynoed by Harvey Gibbs SCS here is the spec ... This was in a mk5 red escort on steel 16' rims it was a right sleeper ... torque steer was interesting even with the LSD would sit @120 then fire right off the speedo and rest on the trip button lol.
Stock crank and grind ( the bearings were that good you could have used them again in a N/A configuration )
Stock rods / ARP rod bolts
Stock Zetec head gasket.
Stock Zetec cams & cam wheels
Stock Zetec head and valves
Stock Zetec headbolts
Piper double valve springs
Vauxhall XE turbo pistons ( bore was very good just required a hone with the correct stones to suit the ring materiel of the xe pistons)
Zetec 1.8 alley inlet manifold
Escort RS turbo exhaust manifold (head re-drilled to suit bolt pattern)
Mixture of Escort cosworth and Saab turbo ... (water cooling removed)
4 extra injector bosses welded in each inlet tract yes it was running 8 injectors sequentially ... 4 top ones running upto 10 psi then all 8
8 ford Puma 1.6 injectors
Saff cosworth 3 bar map sensor
Saff cosworth intercooler
Pectel T2 management
Focus MK1 RS AP Clutch
Escort RS 2000 gearbox & Quaife lsd with a Mondeo ST crown wheel (bell housing relived for pressure plate )
Block & head chem cleaned and min decked & skimmed , CR was around 9.1 from limited memory
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Thanks for all your input.
As of this evening i now have the funds to go and buy lots and lots of goodies but i need your help.
Do i?...:
1. Buy a blacktop 2.0, forge the bottom end and turbo charge that?
2. Buy a st170 engine, forge the bottom end and turbo charge that?
3. Buy a blacktop block, fit a st170 head, forge it and turbo?
4. Buy a st170 bottom end with a blacktop head and turbo?
Done so much reading my head is all over the place. Just need some straight answers.
Hope your all having a good weekend.
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given that its for a westfield i think chasing huge numbers is a bit pointless so i will say 4 for a "budget" sensible build.
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alladdin given that its for a westfield i think chasing huge numbers is a bit pointless so i will say 4 for a "budget" sensible build.
Would like to run between 300-350 bhp.
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get the turbo install and engine management side of things right and you can do that on a standard zetec
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Read somewhere on a 2.0 blacktop ide have to use the 1.8 water pump as if you do away with the powersteering etc and run a different belt setup the 2.0 pump runs the wrong way? is this correct?
What else would i need from other engines?
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The advice you are quoting is for a Silvertop not a Blacktop - there is only one B.Top water pump! If you lose the PS pump you either substitute a idler wheel in its place or replace the water pump impeller with a reverse pattern one allowing it to rotate in opposite direction and giving a shorter belt run - you also need a ribbed w. pump pulley - Ike Engineering does a whole kit - bit spendy but I just got the impeller - https://www.ikengineering.co.uk/prod...-pump-impeller - and a ribbed puley from someone on here.
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katana The advice you are quoting is for a Silvertop not a Blacktop - there is only one B.Top water pump! If you lose the PS pump you either substitute a idler wheel in its place or replace the water pump impeller with a reverse pattern one allowing it to rotate in opposite direction and giving a shorter belt run - you also need a ribbed w. pump pulley - Ike Engineering does a whole kit - bit spendy but I just got the impeller -
https://www.ikengineering.co.uk/prod...-pump-impeller - and a ribbed puley from someone on here.
Super. Thankyou for the reply, this is the exact information i need and will be ordering one of those Tuesday Morning.
I have the blanking plate for the block breather, but ive seen people tapping into them and running them to a catch tank? This is not ideally what i want to do as want to keep that side of the block looking smooth. Where else is recommended to take a breather from?
Are there any changes needed to the sump, oil pump, flywheel etc?
I will be forging the pistons and rods with a standard crank.
Cheers Katana!
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if you going turbo, then you want a significant amount of breather capacity, on boost you will get considerably more blow by than with n/a.
you need do nothing with the flywheel, but a lighter one will help it spool up on boost quicker, which in a westfield, might or might not be a good thing!
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Can't imagine that side will look very "smooth" with a turbo hanging off it 😀
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Agree with Graham - a turbo NEEDS big / lots of crankcase breathing. It may look untidy but that breather under the exhaust it pretty essential so i'd keep it - even if it was run to the cam cover that would have additional breathing added.
Hmmmm fast spool + lightswitch power delivery + ltwt. car = potential accident LOL! Seriously any turbo will be a handful to drive without giving it boost just off idle.
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A friend of mine is just finishing a Westfield with a Zetec turbo. As far as I know it is a stock Blacktop, just running E85 and Maxxecu management. ISTR it is mapped to around 240 whp and using a small Mitsubishi TD04-15 turbo the spool is quick (using a stock Zetec manifold with just the turbo flange welded onto it).
It is not road legal yet so hasn't been driven too far and I can't say anything about how it will last. But it is a "brisk" car that puts a big smile on your face. Beware though, it takes some reflexes to handle!
Gustaf
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Graham if you going turbo, then you want a significant amount of breather capacity, on boost you will get considerably more blow by than with n/a.
you need do nothing with the flywheel, but a lighter one will help it spool up on boost quicker, which in a westfield, might or might not be a good thing!
Hi Graham, What if i was to tap into the blanking plate keeping it tight and neat to the side of the block, and run it to the top of a vented oil catch tank? Nothing else i can think of doing. The standard breather for that area is huge and i need to keep my mailfold/turbo tight to the area due to it going into a kit car.
Unless i drilled and tapped the block on the intake side of the block and fitted a breather there? basically dead opposite side of the standard breather?
Regards to the fly wheel, im unsure weather to keep the standard flywheel or skim it and reduce its weight a bit. Will it mate straight to a type 9 box? thats what i have in my head il use to transfer it to a LSD at the rear?
Cheers.
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Also my Mocal Oil cooling sandwich plate has arrived but I've messed up and ordered it without the oil stat in it, so I've messed up there but don't want to send it back so will just fit an inline stat.
Also had my Halfords Advanced set arrive which is sweet. Used to have the old set but i gave it away and bought the new advanced set :)
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You might want to rethink the type 9 box. standard only good to 180bhp.... later 2.8 turbo boxes were better as had a better layshaft bearing. BGH make t9 boxes that are stronger. that or i would look for a T5 Cossie box or hybrid mt75
some people have put t9 on V8s but dont launch them.
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r2vdh You might want to rethink the type 9 box. standard only good to 180bhp.... later 2.8 turbo boxes were better as had a better layshaft bearing. BGH make t9 boxes that are stronger. that or i would look for a T5 Cossie box or hybrid mt75
some people have put t9 on V8s but dont launch them. ��
They are supposed to be a weak point but there are many running over 200hp - the 2.8 / V6 needle bearings can be used in a 'std' 4 banger box. I would imagine a light wt. car that is traction limited with the power available shouldn't stress a T9 excessively although the low 1st gear would be virtually surplus to requirements.................unless you plan on towing a 'house on wheels'? Are you using a solid axle or inde Sierra rear?
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Hi all, sorry I’ve had a lot of time away from this project due to family commitments. Hope you are all well and still interested in my project!
Have decided to go with a standard 2.0 blacktop turbo that I’m going to turbo.
I’m currently away in the south of France but once I get home I will upload some pics of the goodies I have acquired.
Been doing some reading and wondering what sump I need to use? As I said previously I will be eventually dropping this build into a Westfield kit car and think the standard 2.0 blacktop sump will be to low?
Would love to go dry sump but including the total cost of the build including the car (from scratch) I feel I have to start cutting back somewhere. But I guess it could be an option?
Any advice would be fantastic.
Plan to use c20let pistons with forged rods.
Cheers
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Have you owned a Westfield or similar before? I assumed you already had one in the road not that this was going to be the first engine in a new build. If you haven’t had a similar car before I’d really recommend starting it with something less powerful than a 350bhp turbo setup! Even with experience of other 600bhp per tonne cars a lightweight car with that power will be a massive handful!
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theduck Have you owned a Westfield or similar before? I assumed you already had one in the road not that this was going to be the first engine in a new build. If you haven’t had a similar car before I’d really recommend starting it with something less powerful than a 350bhp turbo setup! Even with experience of other 600bhp per tonne cars a lightweight car with that power will be a massive handful!
Its a good point but there are no manuals / things to get experience with a bike with 370hp (1480hp / tonne) - didn't stop me building one though LOL!
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I used to have a Westfield with an 2011 R1 engine in and it was good fun. Just decided this is the route I’m going to take.
Currently having a bit of an issue with the aux belt setup. I want to run the 3 pulley triangle shape as doing away with power steering air con and some idlers.
So belt will go around the crank, water pump and then alternator and back to crank. I have ordered the correct impeller from IK engineering and also the ribbed pulley for the water pump.
Where can I get a mount that holds the alternator to the block and then an adjustable piece to create the tension on the belt? Hoping somewhere might sell these 2 items as a kit?
Cheers.
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Retroford - combination of silver and blacktop kits IF you are not using the alloy belt cover casting - B/top only if using the casting.
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just out of curiousity, why would you want to mix/match Zetec St170? A westfield weights next to nothing, and the zetc is good for 400hp turbocharged. It'll be a real
challenge to keep this straight line on the road
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The reason most of us do anything - Why Not! Just cos its daft doesn't mean it shouldn't be tried.
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gid just out of curiousity, why would you want to mix/match Zetec St170? A westfield weights next to nothing, and the zetc is good for 400hp turbocharged. It'll be a real
challenge to keep this straight line on the road
Couple of mates used ST170 bottom ends and black top heads, apparently the st170 bottom end is stronger so in stock form can run more power than a standard blacktop bottom end, but they didnt want the complexity of the st170 vvt system
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theduck Couple of mates used ST170 bottom ends and black top heads, apparently the st170 bottom end is stronger so in stock form can run more power than a standard blacktop bottom end, but they didnt want the complexity of the st170 vvt system
thank you, now i can understand why.
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Unfortunately Photobucket no longer likes to share - so no pictures visible!
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Ah how annoying, that took ages!
How can i add the photos here as when i try add media it fails, they are JPG's.
Also wants me to do them one at a time?
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katana Unfortunately Photobucket no longer likes to share - so no pictures visible!
All pictures visible now - some with watermark some without!
I note you are using a ribbed water pump pulley for, I assume, the simple triangle belt run? If so - have you done the impeller conversion? Otherwise the pump is running backwards!
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Hi katana,
Yeah i will be running the triangle setup, thats why i had the belt cover machined so the belt can pass it.
Yep got the IK Engineering CNC impeller on there. Some photos and bits and bobs i missed out in the write up. Took me long enough to do this one haha.
Thank god the pics are starting to sort them selves out!
Cheers.