Hi Mark, I hope you have a fuel filter on the inlet to the HP fuel pump, especially if the tank is a bit rusty.
Jim From: Mark Miles Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 Zetec conversion I have an external swirl pot, the problem I have is finding somewhere to fit it. It is quite large, probably about 2 litres capacity and I have a very limited amount of space to fit it. So far on this conversion I have run into the following problems: Wrong ECU- the one that came with the engine was a PATS ecu with no key. - Additional cost £50+postage on Ebay Brake upgrade - ordered on ebay, still hasn't shown up despite only being 9 miles away. 10 days and counting. Fuel lines - Having fitted a pump near the fuel tank I find on powering it up that the original fuel lines were ok for suction on the old engine mounted fuel pump but with positive pressure they leaked just about everywhere. Extra cost (though probably a good investment) £25 for new fuel line. High pressure fuel pump. Once the fuel lines were sorted and we got fuel to the new pump we find that it leaks fuel from the housing. Still waiting to hear back from the vendor.. Ebay again. Replacement cost £40 for a used saab part. I have also found that the fuel tank is quite rusty and appears to be seeping fuel. I am thinking about fitting a racing fuel cell instead of replacing the fiesta tank. Coolant hoses. I found that my local motor factors were less than helpful with trying to find hoses to fit. In the end some kind soul wrecked an escort GTI so my local scrappy provided me with hoses that work. I don't know if they are a regular failure but 11 suitably engined cars in the yard had all had the bottom rad hose removed and two others were holed. Everything is now done except the brake upgrade, Hopefully she will roar tonight once the fuel pump is fitted. Mark Mark Miles Manager Bar Square 8 Market Place Wokingham Berkshire RG40 1AL 07522 67 60 57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: hansdefauwes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 7 June, 2011 23:46:34 Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 Zetec conversion Over here a 1.4 injection tank only costs 84 euro excl. shipping. - 79 pounds In the Uk - ebay they are about 135 pounds incl shipping in the UK. I spoke with the owner. If we order several he was willing to give QSC owners a good price . . . We even could get them zink plated. I know that Rolf (saloon & 2+2), 1 for my 2+2 and an other Dutch 2+2 are interested. Could be interesting for UK QSC owners - I will visit Eddy late summer . . . Hans ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Wastell To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:15 PM Subject: RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 Zetec conversion Demon tweaks sell external swirl pots. They were around £100 iirc. Money well spent compared to messing with a tank IMHO. M On 1 Jun 2011, at 09:10, "Jim Hearne" <[email protected]> wrote: I found my Zetec saloon exhaust a bit too noisy with just one large silencer at the rear of the system (though it is a stainless Magnex system), and acquired a 4-2-1 downpipe with a small silencer on it where the cat would be which will hopefully help. Was the old engine (a 1.4 CVH wasnt't it) fuel injected ? If not then there won't be a lift pump in the tank. If you try running the high pressure pump directly from the fuel tank you will suffer fuel starvation on corners and roundabouts when the fuel level gets below half a tank or so. You either need to change the tank for an injection one with an internal swirl pot or fit an external swirl pot with a low pressure feed pump and a high pressure fuel pump. If you feed the fuel return from the engine back into the swirl pot then it won't matter that the high pressure pump is a lot higher flow than the low pressure pump. There is a school of thought though that it's better to feed the engine return into the fuel tank to keep the fuel cooler as you aren't recycling the excess fuel between the engine and swirl pot. Jim From: Mark Miles Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 9:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 Zetec conversion Hi Chris, the exhaust hasn't been done yet... the 4 - 2 - 1 that I have doesn't fit the engine. I have the stock manifold on there at the moment. I bought the downpipe with lambda but minus cat from a scrappy the other day. today I got the bits to make the rest of the exhaust. How much do you want for the pipe you have? The exhaust that is about to go on is going to be cobbled together from an escort downpipe, puma middle section and the back boxes from a puma sport... the polite word is hybrid!! I managed to get the coil pack, exhaust bits and road speed sensor for £40 so quite pleased with that. We now have a spark but currently have no fuel getting through. I suspect that the lift pump has been disconnected from power somewhere during the mod. Just trying to find where in the loom I need to reconnect the power for this. I have concerns about whether this is going to be man enough to supply the hp pump (from a 3.0 senator!) or whether to try to remove the lift pump altogether. It is top mounted and I don't really want to drop the fuel tank if I can avoid it. Mark Mark Miles Manager Bar Square 8 Market Place Wokingham Berkshire RG40 1AL 07522 67 60 57 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. 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