brashhighlander
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 04:19 PM |
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Black or silver top zetec
Hi Newbie here.
Does anyone know whether a 1998 R Reg mondeo would have a blacktop or silver top zetec. It is a 2.0l.
Thanks in advance
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Project7
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 04:50 PM |
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1998 was the change over year I believe, so it could be either 
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wesley_uk2k
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 04:57 PM |
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I've got a 1998 and its a silvertop.
+ its for sale if anyones interested £90 ono 
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=33921
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Tiger Super Six
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 05:21 PM |
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I have a 99 Black Top and though that this was the change over year. I am sure that 98 was Silvertop.
Mark
Tiger Avon
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UncleFista
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 05:29 PM |
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My tin-top is a '98 Mondeo, registered in September.
It has the "black top" Zetec-E with solid lifters..
Was built on the cusp of the changover
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Project7
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 05:47 PM |
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my 98 spec zetec is a black top.
Because its a R reg its late 97 early 98 - so i would say theres more chance of it being a silvertop
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stevebubs
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 07:16 PM |
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98 R is earley 98 (R reg ran 97/98) so will almost definitely be a silvertop
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romer
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 09:30 PM |
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Hope you don't mind a jump in on this post. But wondered which one of these is better and why - I assume one is better than the other ?
Romer
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stevebubs
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| posted on 15/11/05 at 12:23 AM |
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do a search..but summary
silvertops - hydraulic cam lifters, thinner bores between 2&3, bare metal pistons, one piece ali sump, 1.8 water pump runs off front of the aux
drive belt.
blacktops - solid lifters, supposedly more meat between 2&3, teflon-lined pistons, 2 piece ali and steel sump, water pump always runs off the back
of the aux drive belt.
blacktops are supposedly good for 10bhp more than silvertops but have a few more complications (e.g. waterpump)
More thorough details here
Stephen
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