John Chandler
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:10 PM |
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Problems fitting 2ltr DOHC into Velocity.. Help?
Has anyone managed to hammer a Ford 2ltr DOHC with the MT 75 into a Luego Velocity?
If so.. How??
[Edited on 10/6/07 by John Chandler]
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saigonij
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 08:51 PM |
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is it causing you problems at the moment?
the gearbox should give no problems, but the engine might be quite tall, but i dont thin kits any talled than the pinto - could be wrong...
not sure on engine mounts - EFi wiring shoudl nto be too hard - you will have to keep it cause the injectors are in the head, not the manifold.
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John Chandler
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 posted on 10/6/07 at 09:02 PM |
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Done a dry fit today. The plenum chamber is too high - but don't want to chop hole in the bonnet, drop the engine any lower and the sump will be
in Australia
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saigonij
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 09:10 PM |
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are you set on fitting the dohc ?
125bhp from the dohc, 130bhp from the 2lt zetec.
aside form that...
do yo know nay one who is an alloy welder (?), you might be able to get someone to make you a new one, or possibly chop the old one down a bit
lower???
have you got any pics of the inlet side of things?
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saigonij
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 09:18 PM |
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might find some info here...
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John Chandler
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 09:43 PM |
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I think my dad's falling asleep downstairs.. So i'll try and reply for him.
He's pretty set on fitting the engine he's got already and doesn't want to have to buy another one.
He might have photo's somewhere but i'unno... i'll get him to come online tomorrow.
Cheers. =]
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 03:17 AM |
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Even with a pinto injection and a Viento chassis, you still have the same or similar problem. The injection manifold is tooooo high.
The usual options are:-
Throw away injection and fit 45 Webers.
Throw away std injection and fit mega squirt with bike throttle bodies.
Keep std injection but have manifold modified to fit.
I'm using a pinto and took the last option. Mainly cos I know a VERY nice man called Trev.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 06:18 AM |
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http://www.luegosportscars.com/Cars/velocity/velocity%20index.html
explains how to do it.
Paul
need to go to the build manual - stage 7
[Edited on 11/6/07 by Paul (Notts)]
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andyps
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 12:43 PM |
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I think soeone said that the plenum from the 2.4 Granada version of the engine is much lower - might be worth looking out for one or seeing if anyone
knows for sure.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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