Forgive my ignorance...... Duratec related

[Guest MK1gaz]

Think of the pinto you could of built for the money. in the 11s all day.

 

Fools and their money are easily parted hey gaz

Not on cheapo 175/50/13 street tyres and with no bits missing it won't . Plus it won't drive as nice and will need a trailer to move about on

[BIG G]

Yeah but it would be proper old skool and not a modern plastic wannabe

[Guest MK1gaz]

So really the 12k on a Duratec is 12k - 4.5k for the box .. = 7,500

 

So 7,500 plus say 2k for the ecu/dry sump .. and 600 for the manifold = £10,100 for around 300bhp .. all new and shiney ..aint bad is it .. and in 10 years time how much will that be secondhand ????

Where can i buy a new rebuilt full monty 300bhp (on pump fuel) 10,500 rpm , 300 bhp duratec for £7,500 then ?

Where can you buy complete throttle bodies , ecu , wiring , sensors , injectors , pipework + hoses , fuel pumps , filters , brackets , relays and dyno mapping time for £2000 then ?

A full dry sump set up with ALL THE BITS that's fitted and working is £1500 , £3000 for all the injection stuff + mapping time etc and that's without an engine or all the other mega bucks bits a 300bhp engine needs

[Guest MK1gaz]

Yeah but it would be proper old skool and not a modern plastic wannabe

lol , but 16v pintos have been around since the 1970's . The YB version wasn't but it's cheap , you can buy a head for peanuts on ebay and stick it onto a 205 pinto block

[BIG G]

Yeah but it would be proper old skool and not a modern plastic wannabe

lol , but 16v pintos have been around since the 1970's . The YB version wasn't but it's cheap , you can buy a head for peanuts on ebay and stick it onto a 205 pinto block

 

why would you want to stick one of those gasket popping vavle dropping porus piles of kack on a decent pinto for specially when it wont do 11s quarters

[Guest MK1gaz]

.. as for where they are .. probably sprinting /hillclimbing/rallying ... everything bar the yawn of the 1/4

why is testing your cars acceleration on a 1/4 mile boring then ? At least it's an honest test where good engines go fast and hyped up shite ones don't . You can't hide on a race track forever can you ? You would think that your mate would put one of these dogs bollox Madza duratec engines in an Escort for once insead of some featherweight caterham shite . Then he could turn up at the drag strip and show us all what it goes like !!!!!!!!! . Who knows , he may even sell a few once he's proven they can move fast

[PIG]

dura choc,there are only 2 out there that will be worth shit on track imo.g,call me late morning early afternoon m8

[BIG G]

Rock and roll pig miesta might sober up by then

[Guest MK1gaz]

Right , i'm stick of all this "duratec is best" bollox . I'm going to DRIVE up the Pod in comfort whilst running on pump fuel . Drive up to the startline and run a 12 sec 1/4 mile this summer straight off the street on cheapo 175's and with ALL the cars proper heavy bits still bolted to it . As i only have a 215 bhp old fashioned Atmo Cossie all these super dooper duratec hairdryers SHOULD be able to beat mine then !!!!!!!!!

[Posse]

ill look forward to seeing this gaz

[BIG G]

Should of kept the pinto gaz you know it makes sense

 

and what all this comfort sh1te you keep bleeting on about i think u are a frustrated granada owner

[oliwally]

Should of kept the pinto gaz you know it makes sense

 

and what all this comfort sh1te you keep bleeting on about i think u are a frustrated granada owner

 

No he should have fitted an engine like mine,the true BDA replacement

 

A nice cheap zetec mines got basic old webers and a pair of cams and that make 180bhp easy

[Guest MK1gaz]

and what all this comfort sh1te you keep bleeting on about i think u are a frustrated granada owner

I want to see how fast a NORMAL , comfy , street driven , street legal mk1 escort can go on normal cheap skinney tyres without resorting to turbos or nitrous . If i can run in the 12sec 1/4 mile bracket like that with only 215bhp then it's job done . I reckon i can do it no sweat as on sunday the track was damp , i had a mis-fire and my 60 foots were really slow . Still as fast as a new £50,000 400+ bhp V8 M3 though !!!!!!!!

[Posse]

Gaz what sort of reaction times were you doing?

[Guest MK1gaz]

Gaz what sort of reaction times were you doing?

Foook knows mate as i wasn't trying , i was too busy trying to pull away on a slippery track with a paddle clutch at 3000 revs

[Posse]

look on the ticket

[Guest MK1gaz]

look on the ticket

[Posse]

fook me did you have a heavy night before lol

[Guest MK1gaz]

fook me did you have a heavy night before lol

No mate , i'm old !!!!!!!!!!

[Posse]

roll on the pod

[oliwally]

fook me did you have a heavy night before lol

 

No he was just adjusting his heater and radio in his comfy road going car.

Was listening to wogan on the radio when the lights changed

[Guest MK1gaz]

roll on the pod

Roll on the duratecs showing us how it's done . I dare say they won't though , all the circuit race cars that have all the power can't go any faster in a straight line for some reason !!!!!!!!!

[Posse]

fook me did you have a heavy night before lol

 

No he was just adjusting his heater and radio in his comfy road going car.

Was listening to wogan on the radio when the lights changed

 

[Mk 1 Mark]

Just got of the phone to Llloyd who said he will picking his engine up from his engine builder next weekend,having been there today.

His is a 2.3 Duratec and his engine is the best part of £8500 but he will know the final price next week and what else he needs.

But he said all he needs is his ex manifold and a triple plate clutch. starter and alternator.

He has his engine mounts, and if all goes well he will be starting to get his engine in next weekend

[Guest MK1gaz]

My mates H.P.E. Atmo cossie made 225bhp at sanspeed yesterday . So that has a £120 rs2000 sump , £150 steel lightweight pinto sized Yb 9 bolt flywheel , £45 rs2000 engine mounts , £120 rs2000 alloy bell housing and then it and the gearbox bolts straight into an escort X-member in 5 mins . This engines uses the STANDARD steel crank and rods which you can buy on ebay for the same price as a duratec water rail kit !!!!!!!!!! . You WILL need at least a 250 bhp Mazda dura-choc engine to overtake/keep up with it and that will cost you more than double what his cost !!!!!!!!! How many people have you seen with standardish duratecs in escorts then ? The answer is NONE and that's because they cost a fortune to fit and get running . All the cars with them at present have got the mega-bucks full monty 250+bhp conversions , this is because unless you've got the money this duratec motor is just another overated piece of poop