Escort Sigma 1600 Race Car

[Graham]

Re: Getting there.

as long as you can keep an eye on the oil temp i wouldnt use a full 10 litres to run it it but would do an oil and filter change afterwards

[Roadsport]

Re: Getting there.

How am I supposed to run it in? I'm used to accommodating the engine to the trials to come. This takes about an hour on the rollers and includes loading the engine increasingly with reving high at the end of the session. Then I usually change oil and start setting up the engine for max power.
How can I stress and load the engine when its not mapped? The mapping includes reving to the limiter right? So no point running the engine in after its been mapped.

Am I to warm it up a few times prior to mapping to get bearings bedded in before mapping. Aand change oil afterwards? This plan to me scrams for 10 litres of oil. Right?

[Graham]

Re: Getting there.

i dont run mine in as such, i just take it to the rolling road, if who ever maps your engine does it in a logical and sensable order by the time they have done the low speed low load then the mid range it will be ok to start doing power runs to sort the rest of the map,

i dont do any real runing prior to the rollers other than to get it upto working temp, after the mapping i change the oil and call running in done

[Roadsport]

Re: Getting there.

Thats the plan then.

[Roadsport]

Re: Getting there.

I sneaked out to the garage today. The result was that the remote oil filter found its place in the bay. Only I ran out of the right type of pop rivets. Need to get some more tomorrow.

[bm5400]

Zetec SE Mk2 Escort van




Been watching the progress of your SE transplant for a while, most impressed and been a help with a conversion Ive working on.

Using a new stock SE going into a 1980 Mk2 Escort van with a sierra 5spd box, the vans a every day driver so we needed it to be reliable, good around town and the open road.
Been a few issues with fly by wire throttle, engine mounts as we are running aircon and theres not a lot of room on the LH side amonst other things.
Just finishing of the plumbing and then we will strip the engine bay for paint and reassemble.
Regards
Brett

[Roadsport]

Re: Zetec SE Mk2 Escort van

Looks nice. Where is that sump from or did you make it your self? I like those engine mounts and the exhaust manifold too.
There was some intrest here in Finland to install one in a Cortina. Which CWP are you using ?Iis that the gas pedal attached to the inner wheel arch?

I was supposed to but the engine back last sunday but came across a minor set back. The Ford clutch release bearing was the wrong type for the Quartermaster clutch.
But today I had a stroke if luck and I found a suiting bearing. Hopefully the engine will be back in the bay in no time.

[bm5400]

Re: Race Escort Zetec SE (engine build)

Great to see you have stuck with the project, many would have given up a long time ago with the hurdesl your had.
Look forward to seeing the results on the track.

Regarding the van, Yes your correct the throttle is set up on the inner guard, seemed the best way to get the fly by wire throttle to work, interesting mix of 70s technology mixed with todays.
We changed the orig 3.77 CWP to a 3.5 for better highway use, should work ok with the over driven 5th box.


The gearbox has had the remote modified and shortened instead of cutting the floor pan.

[scott105e]

Re: Race Escort Zetec SE (engine build)

hello can i see some pics of your sump mate

[Roadsport]

I'm so getting there!

Started putting things back where they belong today. The release bearing issue is now sorted. And it works just fine and is comfortably light to use. ! Also trial fitted the air filter today. Its a pretty tight fit but Id'll have to do. After a little cut in the lip on the bulkhead it fits both lenght and widht wise. Also routed the throttle cable and plumbed and wired the fuel system.
It feels great to put things together for the final time. And now that everything is pre planned and trial fitted the progress seems very fast.
I'm waiting for the final parts to arrive by the end of the week. Still need some hose for the remote oil filter, spark plugs and airhorns which should all be with me by friday.

Again, sorry for the lousy pics.

[Tristan]

Re: I'm so getting there!

what was the release bearing issue?

[Roadsport]

Re: I'm so getting there!

The bearing I had in mind was the OE Sierra flat faced bearing. This Quartermaster however takes hemispherical bearing. The flat bearing would loose leverage and momentum. Thus beeing too stiff to use and could snap the cable.
Found a suiting bearing and it needed only minor modifications to the release arm.

[Roadsport]

Re: I'm so getting there!

Some of the last missing parts arrived today.





Also it occured to me that I may have some trouble getting the air filter out. It has virtally no room to open up. I hope the foam will give and allow enough room to remover the filter. The foam has a mesh glued to the inner side and i could propably remove it to makr the filter less stiff. This obviously could cause the filter to collapse.

[Tristan]

Re: I'm so getting there!

What make filter are you using?

[Roadsport]

Re: I'm so getting there!

It came from Jenveys but its a pipercross filter with a Jenvey backplate.