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swanntech - 26/1/14 at 09:49 PM

just wondering if anyone has run a vauxhall xe engine on a ford ecu i am swopping my cvh for a red top and useing carbs so i just thought if i could use the ford crank speed sensor it would save rewiring the ignition. Or am i just been lazy.

austin man - 26/1/14 at 10:24 PM

Dont think it would work, unless every variable is the same ie timing, advance retard then you have the injectors airflow etc

perksy - 26/1/14 at 10:49 PM

You'd need to be able to map it to the carateristics of your engine

If your swapping a CVH out for an XE on carb's it would be worth looking at a mappable ECU such as Megajolt or similar....

BaileyPerformance - 27/1/14 at 07:27 AM

The ford uses 36-1 trigger, the vauxhall 60-2 so won't run.

Strange engine swap really, if your already ford I would stick with ford, zetec been the straightforward conversion as it will bolt to existing gearbox.

The XE has had it's day, most folks are shifting back to ford, having said that the most popular been duratec, which won't bolt to your gearbox! :-(

SALAD - 27/1/14 at 05:50 PM

I have a Megajolt ecu for sale. U2U me if you're interested.

P.S. XE's are brilliant.

coyoteboy - 27/1/14 at 06:07 PM

Advance curves and a number of other variables (like timing trigger offset) will be different. More work in doing it arse-about than doing it properly.

perksy - 27/1/14 at 07:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BaileyPerformance


The XE has had it's day,






Think We'll have to agree to disagree on that one
Its won too many events and trophies for folks over the years and is soooo tuneable 'out of the box' and i know of a 145k mile one in a Locost that just wouldn't die no matter how hard it was driven on track.

I would agree though that decent ones are getting harder to find and that's perhaps why a lot of folk go the Zetec or Duratech route.

[Edited on 27/1/14 by perksy]

swanntech - 27/1/14 at 08:55 PM

xe will live forever but my computer has lost all its memory at the moment so working from my phone not ideal

BaileyPerformance - 27/1/14 at 09:43 PM

We used to see a few XE engines, getting less now, still afew in Autograss but most of the mk1/2 escort rally guys are using Cosworth/millington or duratec. Honda seems more popular now too.

I think it's safe to say not meany new rally/race car are built using XEs, but there will always be a strong following for them, just like pintos and xflows.

laptoprob - 27/1/14 at 09:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by perksy

Think We'll have to agree to disagree on that one
Its won too many events and trophies for folks over the years and is soooo tuneable 'out of the box' and i know of a 145k mile one in a Locost that just wouldn't die no matter how hard it was driven on track.


[Edited on 27/1/14 by perksy]


+101

Think you may have a point Dan but in kit car world these things are still a top choice for ease of turning them RWD 'out of the box' and gaining good bhp with ease.
Duratec will be the engine left standing in maybe another 5 or 6 years though i think.
For now though if you cut me in half it will read REDTOP right through

[Edited on 27/1/14 by laptoprob]

laptoprob - 27/1/14 at 09:54 PM

P.S.I think we are going slightly off topic here