S4 Duratec Project *The finishing Touch*
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:38 pm
My thread that was originally started in The Gallery ( S4 FHC, Soon to be DHC ) should now continue in the new MODS discussion group.
Progress has been slow, but it has been positive and the finish date may well be before June this year. The car is now definitely a DHC and we are comitted to a 2:0L Duratec mated to a Mitchell Cotts MTX75 5 speed gearbox (Mt75 minus bellhousing). After trialling various bellhousings Spyder have found one that puts the starter motor in a half sensible position although they have had to alter the chassis in a few places to provide clearance for the starter motor and the remote oil filter.
The Duratec series of engines have the exhaust and inlet ports on the opposite sides to a Lotus twincam or Ford Zetec, this presents a unique problem for routing the exhaust manifold as there is very little clearance between the chassis and the sump on the right hand side. The pictures below show the almost artistic shape of the specially fabricated manifold.
Progress has been slow, but it has been positive and the finish date may well be before June this year. The car is now definitely a DHC and we are comitted to a 2:0L Duratec mated to a Mitchell Cotts MTX75 5 speed gearbox (Mt75 minus bellhousing). After trialling various bellhousings Spyder have found one that puts the starter motor in a half sensible position although they have had to alter the chassis in a few places to provide clearance for the starter motor and the remote oil filter.
The Duratec series of engines have the exhaust and inlet ports on the opposite sides to a Lotus twincam or Ford Zetec, this presents a unique problem for routing the exhaust manifold as there is very little clearance between the chassis and the sump on the right hand side. The pictures below show the almost artistic shape of the specially fabricated manifold.