Mk7 Mk7.5 and Mk8 fiesta.

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Can anybody explain with any clarity the difference between these please.

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I want an early, tatty, cheap one with the 998 3cylinder turbo engine. One of the remapping suppliers list the MK8 and Mk7.5 but not the Mk7 which suggests there may be a difference. The key thing for me is the weight so a poverty spec one with the least kit would be best, don't care at all about cosmetic differences. If there was one with manual windows and no air con that would be good.

I read on the inter web(so plainly it is absolutely correct) that some 998 engines had an aluminium block and some have iron, if that is true there would presumably be a weight difference.