Rear wheel drive Ford Duratec V6

Rear wheel drive Ford Duratec V6

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tegs

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15 posts

236 months

Wednesday 1st March 2006
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Im considering fitting a Ford Mondeo Duratec V6 into a rear drive car. The conversion for the 4 cyl duratec and zetec engine is fairly straight forward, but no I have spoken to so far has any experience of the V6. Anyone out there know what the gear box/ starter motor and clutch options are!! Tegs

Mikey G

4,723 posts

239 months

Wednesday 1st March 2006
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I am sure that as the V6 mates to the same MTX75 gearbox as the I4 then your options should be the same.

Zad

12,695 posts

235 months

Wednesday 1st March 2006
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Hmm. I thought about doing this with my XR4x4 a while ago, but someone mentioned that the Duratec V6 rotates the wrong way. I really must get around to looking under the bonnet of my dad's car and finding out! It may be that the person who said it was confusing the Duratec with the Mazda 2.5 V6 used in the Probe etc.

Mike

Justin S

3,637 posts

260 months

Wednesday 1st March 2006
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The V6 Duratec is a mazda derived lump and will not fit direct to a MT box.It might fit the same bellhousing as the 2 ltr Duratec,which are made for Raceline to fit the type9 box.Best to speak to them.

tegs

Original Poster:

15 posts

236 months

Wednesday 1st March 2006
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Justin S said:
The V6 Duratec is a mazda derived lump and will not fit direct to a MT box.It might fit the same bellhousing as the 2 ltr Duratec,which are made for Raceline to fit the type9 box.Best to speak to them.

Thanks for the lead Justin I will email Raceline and ask. I guess the other open question is if there is mazda RWD box that will do the job and be a lot cheaper.

>> Edited by tegs on Wednesday 1st March 22:16

dern

14,055 posts

278 months

Wednesday 1st March 2006
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Justin S said:
The V6 Duratec is a mazda derived lump and will not fit direct to a MT box.
The 2.5v6 in the probe is the mazda kl but that isn't the same engine as the 2.5v6 duratec as found in the mondeo which was developed with input from porsche and cosworth apparently although rumour has it that bertie basset made the water pump .

No idea on the bolts patterns but if it can be confirmed that the bolt pattern for the MT75 is the same as the MTX75 used on the v6 then you're laughing... probably.

Have you considered the cosworth version of the 2.9 cologne? No such issues with gearboxes on that. The V6 in the mondeo is a very good engine but you'd need to control the variable inlet valves and there are no (or very few) serviceable parts for the duratec which makes rebuilding one very difficult.

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tegs

Original Poster:

15 posts

236 months

Wednesday 1st March 2006
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I did consider the Cossie V6 but the cast iron block adds a bit too much weight for my liking.
I guess me best bet would be to go down my local scrappy and see if they will let me do pick and mix (duratecs are two a penny at the moment).

>> Edited by tegs on Wednesday 1st March 22:33

GavinPearson

5,715 posts

250 months

Thursday 2nd March 2006
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The Duratec V6 is in the Jaguar S-Type and has a RWD manual set up designed and manufactured for it. The Jag Getrag 221 is a great transmission and all the clutch, DMF etc are readily available.

Pointless reinventing stuff when you can just go and buy it.

grahambell

2,718 posts

274 months

Thursday 2nd March 2006
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Morgan use the Duratec V6 in their traditional roadster.

Their installation was engineered in association with Power Torque Engineering who supply Morgan with engine/gearbox assemblies ready to drop straight in so all the necessary parts will be available from Power Torque. You can read about them and see one of their rear drive Duratec engine/box assemblies here: www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=9903

GavinPearson

5,715 posts

250 months

Friday 3rd March 2006
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Just taken a look at that site and it's the Getrag 221.

tegs

Original Poster:

15 posts

236 months

Monday 6th March 2006
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Thanks guys for your help. Your right the jag box does mate up with the V6 duratec. Cheers

spegru

2 posts

126 months

Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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Oddly that link to Power Torque Engineering mentions that Morgan had wanted a special bellhousing in order to mate the Duratec v6 to a Jag gearbox. Mind you that was all marketing fluff so maybe it's wrong anyway

Gulp I just noticed this thread is over 10yrs old!

Edited by spegru on Wednesday 22 November 16:28