zilspeed
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 08:23 PM |
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
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Originally posted by zilspeed
P.S. Diesel westfield. It was a ford 1.8 turbodiesel and the builder / engineer was Richard Wilshier - ex motoring journalist.
The old 1.8 engine as used in the Escorts and early Mondeo's? Quite possibly, in fact almost certainly one of the worst "modern"
car diesel engines ever produced, it's awfull. The Pug/Cit XUD is in a different league in terms of refinement and performance.
Yep - the 1.8 ford engine as found clattering up and down the country in G reg escort vans. Not exactly sports car tastic.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 4/9/05 at 10:42 PM |
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Originally posted by pbs
Your right about the old ford td unit, but this engine was transformed when common rail injection was added and the engine fitted to the Focus as the
TDCi. This engine then became one of the quietest engines in it class and gave 115bhp and 50 mpg.
I didn't realise that they had anything common between them other than the Ford badge! The TDCi is a great engine, had a few TDCI 130 Mondeo
hire cars and they do go really well.
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