Vixen vs 3000m fast road car

[Cerberus90]

geeeman said:

has anyone fitted a duratec engine into an early car?

also i have heard great things about the ford ecoboost engines, but maybe a bit too complex an installation

There was chap at the TVRCC Cadwell Park trackday this year in a Duratec ST (from a Focus ST170) powered Vixen. Went very well, and it was still just the boggo ford engine with no mods on it.

[ephemera]

Here one which I did earlier, Vauxhall (Opel) redtop C20XE 16V with throttle bodies and Sierra 5 speed in a Vixen S2.

[jim3000s]

The Duratec engine in a Focus ST 170 is actually a Zetec engine with variable valve timing. Yes it is called a Duratec but it isn'tt. The same applies to the original 4 pot Focus RS. Some say that from a tuning point of view, you are better off with a Black Top Zetec

[griff 200]

Snap. The red top I put in my first 1600 m

[griff 200]

Next one may be getting one of these !!!! . 340hp revs to 8000rpm 6 speed box. Sounds fantastic. All the power I'll ever need ?

[GTRene]

that would be nice too

in the Netherlands there's a BMW E21 for sale with a Rover V8

[geeeman]

just wondering if putting a vixen body on an M chassis would have any problems. would the vixen floor fit without mods?

a guess it wouldnt be too hard, as the s4's were built on an M chassis?

[Adrian@]

No...you would buy the correct car.
Adrian@

[geeeman]

Adrian@ said:

No...you would buy the correct car.
Adrian@

yeh thats what i was thinking is going to be the best bet!

[GTRene]

there is such Vixen S4 (black) for sale for quite a long time, maybe such could be a nice basis...
I wonder why that car is still not sold though.

[prideaux]

GTRene said:

there is such Vixen S4 (black) for sale for quite a long time, maybe such could be a nice basis...
I wonder why that car is still not sold though.

Price for an unfinished late car
A

[Slow M]

GTRene said:

there is such Vixen S4 (black) for sale for quite a long time, maybe such could be a nice basis...
I wonder why that car is still not sold though.

René,

I am hardly aware of current market value, for such a car, but even so, I suspect that it's difficult to find a buyer for it. Maybe, if it were all original, the price would be less of a deterrent, but the Pinto engine seems unloved. Add, then, the cost of a conversion to the already high sum, and ergo . . .

Best,
B.

[geeeman]

so having thought about things abit more and researched

my ideal would be to get a Vixen for resto. It would have a griffith bonnet (purely because it looks great i think) and rear i would fit mk1 cortina lights rather than the mk2s

engine would be duratec 2 litre or 2.3, easy to maintain, powerful enough, reliable.. and more inkeeping with the cars original power unit, although at the expense of originality

Still tempted by v6 or v8, but i think overall the weight penalty and extra expense may not be worth it



seems like a lwb car with mk1 lights