Engine Dilemma
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:21 am
I have a big dilemma, when I started my journey I accepted that I would accept sensible mods that enhance the car and not to worry about calling it a restoration but more a re-commissioning as I was not going to get hung up with authenticity / originality etc.
But I had considered the heart of the car to be the Twincam.
But I am starting to question the logic of a Zetec, I can buy a crate engine of the shelf for less than ?800 and the parts to make it RWD for another ?1000 (although some of these parts Starter and Alternator would be needed for the TC anyway) So 150+ hp for not a lot.
The mods to fit the Zetec can be reversed if I wanted to go back to the TC, I have thought of cleaning up the TC, putting it on a stand, glass top on spacers to the cam cover and keep it in the office as a coffee table to preserve it in a warm clean environment.
My estimate for rebuilding the TC is at ?4000 and I am doing most of the rebuild and I am sure I have not yet counted everything.
But ripping the heart out the car is stopping me at the moment, although the brain is saying finically the Zetec makes sense, and as I would keep the TC I do not kill the cars future identity.
I am sure there is no simple answer, but I am going to have to make up my mind soon as I can not delay the engine much longer
Andrew
But I had considered the heart of the car to be the Twincam.
But I am starting to question the logic of a Zetec, I can buy a crate engine of the shelf for less than ?800 and the parts to make it RWD for another ?1000 (although some of these parts Starter and Alternator would be needed for the TC anyway) So 150+ hp for not a lot.
The mods to fit the Zetec can be reversed if I wanted to go back to the TC, I have thought of cleaning up the TC, putting it on a stand, glass top on spacers to the cam cover and keep it in the office as a coffee table to preserve it in a warm clean environment.
My estimate for rebuilding the TC is at ?4000 and I am doing most of the rebuild and I am sure I have not yet counted everything.
But ripping the heart out the car is stopping me at the moment, although the brain is saying finically the Zetec makes sense, and as I would keep the TC I do not kill the cars future identity.
I am sure there is no simple answer, but I am going to have to make up my mind soon as I can not delay the engine much longer
Andrew