MK1 Fiesta...nothing to do with saxos

1. oz_bornep Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2004 With K in my new house!!!! Posts: 7292 Skoda Octavia Estate - Silver Skoda Fabia VRS - L

   #1 25th November 2007, 17:53

   Guys
   
   currently own a brown mk1 fiesta 82 plate
   
   
   
   as well as my sax. It was my first ever car and simply great fun. Lots of welding needed but basically i wanna know what you think about putting a newer engine in there. No idea what or how or where at this stage but just wondered.
   
   got 8 months to do it but want it back on the road and driveable.
2. MiniGibbo Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Apr 2007 Bournemouth Posts: 15289 '04 VW Transporter.

   #2 25th November 2007, 17:57

   strip it complety seam weld it and complete respray,
   
   get on the fiesta owners club forums theyll no best engine to drop in
3. oz_bornep Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2004 With K in my new house!!!! Posts: 7292 Skoda Octavia Estate - Silver Skoda Fabia VRS - L

   #3 25th November 2007, 18:04

   yeah, have just searched all them....interesting stuff.
   
   
4. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

   #4 25th November 2007, 18:06

   some kind of pinto engine would be recomended i expect
5. featherz Infrequent Poster Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 138 Escort 1.8i 115ps

   #5 25th November 2007, 21:06

   Strip it to the bones, get rid of any rust, seam weld the whole engine bay, chuck a 2.0 zetec silver top from a mk2 mondeo!!
6. Sean Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2005 St Andrews United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 7384 Green mk1 vtr/s and Focus zetec

   #6 25th November 2007, 21:10

   old school crossflow on carbs, sign up on www.passionford.com and have a look, I seem to remember a few on there.
7. oz_bornep Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2004 With K in my new house!!!! Posts: 7292 Skoda Octavia Estate - Silver Skoda Fabia VRS - L

   #7 26th November 2007, 07:10

   ooooh.....
   see thing is i want to keep it as standard as possible.
   
   just a newer engine so old one doesn't keep stopping on me!
   
   
8. Karl Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Apr 2006 Ashford Posts: 25611 LY R26

   #8 26th November 2007, 08:58

   my friends got a mk1 1.3 Supersport, think its 83bhp as standard?
   
   So that would be a cool engine to modify?
9. jeeves_101 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2007 Weston-S-Mare Posts: 3713 Racing Bronze Mazda MX-5

   #9 26th November 2007, 09:11

   if you can find a good crossflow engine, that would be good.
   
   get the 1.6 and not the 1.3 and also, when looking at finding a crossflow(if you do try) look for one with "711M" on the end of the engine number, as these were the strongest ones they did and were also used in the mexico race escourt's.
   
   good set-up = 1.6 engine, 1.3 gearbox, twin webbers or R1 carbs (dont require any management on the crossflow engine) and then get some light head work and a mild-fast road cam.
   
   you could also with this set-up run rwd quite easily.
10. scottyvtr Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2007 Paisley / Brighouse lol Posts: 4561 Corsa VXRacing

    #10 26th November 2007, 14:49

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jeeves_101 if you can find a good crossflow engine, that would be good. get the 1.6 and not the 1.3 and also, when looking at finding a crossflow(if you do try) look for one with "711M" on the end of the engine number, as these were the strongest ones they did and were also used in the mexico race escourt's. good set-up = 1.6 engine, 1.3 gearbox, twin webbers or R1 carbs (dont require any management on the crossflow engine) and then get some light head work and a mild-fast road cam. you could also with this set-up run rwd quite easily.

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by oz_borne ooooh..... see thing is i want to keep it as standard as possible.

    A cvh from a 1400 fiesta sport or or 1600 out the xr2/3 (not the 2i/3i) twin webbers or the standard 2vdft webber r ok witha bolt on air filter !!!!
11. Quick Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2003 United Kingdom (England) Posts: 7064

    #11 26th November 2007, 15:05

    http://www.fiesta-mk1.co.uk/forum/index.php
    
    CVH wasn't fitted to the mk1!
    Mk1 had the Kent/Crossflow engine which is still used in the 1.3 Ka!
12. scottyvtr Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2007 Paisley / Brighouse lol Posts: 4561 Corsa VXRacing

    #12 26th November 2007, 16:06

    true, there was talk of pinto's and the cvh would go in with this hassle just a thought !!!
13. VTR-Chris-VTR Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Bristol - St George Posts: 2364 Mk2 Saxo VTS

    #13 26th November 2007, 17:02

    If i was you, and i had some spare cash laying around i would, strip it out, stick a rollcage in, buy a 2nd hand fiesta RS Turbo lump and stick that in there though some work might need to be done, then get some old skool mk2 escort alloys, widen arches, drop it, full exhaust system, you name it really
    
    Would be one cool old skool car
14. oz_bornep Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2004 With K in my new house!!!! Posts: 7292 Skoda Octavia Estate - Silver Skoda Fabia VRS - L

    #14 26th November 2007, 20:55

    i don't wanna do the work...wanna surprise the mrs so pretend it's been scrapped!
    
    so need it in a garage to be doing all this sort of thing.
    
    
15. user_17385 Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2007 Havant, nr Portsmouth Posts: 406 Red 97 vts bought in june 2012 :)

    #15 26th November 2007, 21:40

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Quick http://www.fiesta-mk1.co.uk/forum/index.php CVH wasn't fitted to the mk1! Mk1 had the Kent/Crossflow engine which is still used in the 1.3 Ka!

    i used to have a mk1 with a xr3i lump & injection, janspeed exhaust..
    
    that was fun, but it was a shit job had loads of problems..
    
    it was quick though
16. VTR-Chris-VTR Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Bristol - St George Posts: 2364 Mk2 Saxo VTS

    #16 26th November 2007, 21:53

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by oz_borne i don't wanna do the work...wanna surprise the mrs so pretend it's been scrapped! so need it in a garage to be doing all this sort of thing.

    Gonna cost you a fair bit in a garage but its worth it IMO, my mate had a mk3fiesta van, but hes converted it into a RS Turbo, customised the front bumper from a clio and the rear one from a vauxhall tigra
    
    he hasnt properly driven it since the engine has been put it, its at the garage now its had a respray, seals and welding done but will be on the road soon
    
    Heres how it looks: