H.P.E Zetec?

[Pye Man]

Now then. Was just thinking about this today. What are the chances of H.P.E doing a hot Zetec? A company synomous with screaming X-flows and Pintos. Imagine the power potential with a Zetec!!!

 

Any plans lads?

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

[bozie]

like your thinking

[Fiesta Steve]

But whats to gain over the Pinto ? If they want 16 valves stick a Cosworth head on a pinto block.

 

But they seem to do quite well with just 8 valves

[X-pack-Glyn]

Im not so sure, HPE zetec wouldnt have quite the old skool heritige of a decent crossflow or OHC...

 

i think when the street driveable aspo 250 brake pinto is reached its time to move on to more modern things, untill then persevere...

 

this new fangled stuff all seems a bit delecate compared to an iron blocked steel cranked pinto or crossflow, my zetec feels stressed to hell at anything over 5k.

[James HPE Motorsport]

to be honest H.P.E have never bothered to persue a hot zetec because the design of them is not really suited to high performance in my opinion and they are too tempramental! A 2.1 all out zetec would just about see the figures that my grandad is getting out of a pinto and even then it would probably be unreliable!

 

My dad did a few 1800 zetecs when we were racing the formula fords and they were pretty good but for some reason the 2litre version is somewhat lazy in comparison with only a little midrange power to be gained from the extra capacity!

 

I think you will see some "HOT" newer ford engines being produced from H.P.E in the near future but for sure it wont be a zetec but thats not to say a zetec build would be turned down if someone specifically wanted one!

[Pye Man]

to be honest H.P.E have never bothered to persue a hot zetec because the design of them is not really suited to high performance in my opinion and they are too tempramental! A 2.1 all out zetec would just about see the figures that my grandad is getting out of a pinto and even then it would probably be unreliable!

 

My dad did a few 1800 zetecs when we were racing the formula fords and they were pretty good but for some reason the 2litre version is somewhat lazy in comparison with only a little midrange power to be gained from the extra capacity!

 

I think you will see some "HOT" newer ford engines being produced from H.P.E in the near future but for sure it wont be a zetec but thats not to say a zetec build would be turned down if someone specifically wanted one!

 

Aye fair play mate I can now understand why a Pinto is the choice for big power.

 

Any who. Keep up the good work with engines. Hope to see the Harris clan running down the strip....

 

 

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