2.0L 16v zetec help

[NurburgringPunto]

Hi all
We have a locost chassis at college and we are planning on putting the 2.0L zetec engine in it but we are thinking of running carbs rather than the plastic inlet manifold with injectors. We will need a dizzy but i need to know what the best dizzy is to match the zetec engine (i believe it is 2007). We are going to run it off the cam as it will be perfect as the dizzy will turn at the same time as the cam.

Cheers
Ben

[bob bobbleton]

Dizzy = No

Omex 600

Available with pre made loom for your zetec

[NurburgringPunto]

Cheers
What we were thinking of doing is running 4 r1 carbs and making a plate and using that instead of a inlet manifold. And we can fit the carbs to that
We are still deciding if we want to run an ecu.
What i want is to run the carbs scrap the ecu run a dizzy and run that basic setup and it will allow us to fit the engine in haha
If we ran an ecu how would you make a spark with the carbs as the ecu may get confussed because it wont have an injection system connected as we have scrapped that for the carbs ?
Cheers

[Steve_D]

Use the carbs and Megajolt for the ignition.
Megajolt will suit your project as it can be bought in kit form including soldering all the components onto the ECU circuit board.

Steve

[NurburgringPunto]

Cheers
The only problem is that we are on a budget being a college so that is why we are thinking of running a dizzy
Any other ideas ?
Cheers

[smac]

Theres nothing easy to attach a dissy to. Ive seen a post on Turbosport (I think) where someone ran a dissy from a pulley from the cam pulleys but it looked like a lot of work. Best bet is megajolt and EDIS 4. Apparently you can use the edis 4 and standard ford parts for the ignition but with a far from ideal map - and I dont know which parts! Have a look on Locostbuilders

[Zad]

If you want to attach a carb and distributor, you would be better off selling it and buying a Pinto. I can vaguely understand why someone would want to run carbs but not why they would drop electronically timed and sequenced ignition. As this is a college project, everyone wants the most ultra mega uber incredible engine. Students always do. I certainly did. That ambition is great, but they hardly ever work. You get far better marks for a working end product than you do for a really ambitious one that never goes anywhere.

Step 1. Get it working.

Seriously. If you put throttle bodies and old school HT on it, and you will be spending a huge amount of time and money just getting the bugger to run at all. I think you under-estimate just how much work is involved in getting an engine installed and running.

Step 2. When you have it working reliably, then worry about upgrades. Preferably one at a time.

Looking at this: http://www.toyne.org.uk/zetec-budget.html

Later 1.4 and 1.6CVH engines have an appropriate ECU which will do the job. Taking various inputs and producing a simple timing map .

[mk1turbo16v]

Why not stick on hybrid edis from a fiesta ohv engine, it will use the 36/1 flywheel you have and has a inbuilt map that is not ideal but will make it run ok. It also has a vacuum port on it to hook up to the inlet, you will find them on old fiesta ohv engines with a carb fitted about 1991-1993 ish. They look the same as a conventional edis module but have a red plastic part on them, you just need a live and earth, plug the coils and vr sensor in and its good to go. Should not cost mor than £30.00 for the module.
Steve.

[neiljohnson]

If your really stuck with using a dizzy bolt a cvh head on the 2000cc bottom end this has a dizzy attachment on the end of the cam & the manifold will fit if you have already made it the 'zvh' conversion is well documented on the net