Thanks, Andy, Jim and John.
Always useful to hear from people who've actually done the conversion.
It certainly sounds as if it would be a safer/quicker route than my
proposed Pug conversion with all its unknowns.
That said, I'd obviously take the opportunity to revamp a lot of the
rest of the car as well. It gets damp inside (possibly door seals,
probably boot seal, certainly rear window), and it's been suffering
electrical gremlins, so I might just try a complete loom swap (maybe
using the Mondeo loom).
This loom has been hacked about for the ERST installation, and I don't
want to compound the problems with further modifications for a diesel
lump.
The engine would be from an R reg, so only a year later than yours.
But N-P was a changeover year, as I found out when I had to change the
cam belt; not many of the diagrams matched the Haynes manual and the
instruction to remove the alternator was found to be both difficult and
unnecessary (afterwards).
Andy, which "lip" is it that needs modifying? Are we talking about at
the bottom/front of the bay? As long as it's not one of the structural
parts at the sides of the bay, it sounds straightforward enough.
What happens with the fuel tank. Does the diesel injection pump have
integral swirl pot? Could I fit a normal Fiesta tank in place of the
injection one I have now?
Does the intercooler need to be moved from its position at the top/rear
of the engine bay? It's pretty high there, must be fairly close to the
bonnet.
And did you retain the original air box/filter?
55mpg is about what I would expect from this engine in a Q, so seeing
figures up to 62mpg is a real bonus. That would cut my fuel costs in
half.
Tony.
On 18/01/2010 22:46:03, [email protected] wrote:
> If
> it's of any help, my Turbo diesel 2+2 has a 3.33 final drive,
> ( built by the same person as Lord Q was) as Andy has said it's
> not
> quick off the mark, but pulls about 2,800 RPM @ 70 MPH in 5th. so
> still has plenty of power, if driven hard consumption falls to about
> 54 MPG, long runs can get about 62 MPG, average daily use on local
> short runs average 57MPG. I never feel like I need another gear, but
> have thought a normal petrol engined final drive would improve
> acceleration, but of course reduce the fuel economy.
> The gearbox/final drive are the Mk 2 Fiesta ratios for the 1.6 diesel,
> (as far as I know) all as supplied by old QSC to the original builder.
> It uses 185/55/14
> tyre's.
> John
>
> On Jan 18, 8:12 pm, "Andy Heaton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Tony.
> >
> > My 1.8TD with the Intercooler, which was kindly recently rebuilt by
Quantum
> > Sports Car's,
> they managed to get an early mondeo engine which happens to be
> > from an N reg mondeo. This was then mated to the XR2 gearbox and
drive
> > shafts which was in the car with no issues. I have often considered
are
> the
> >
> ratio's correct ! I often
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