1978 MKI Fiesta twin V6 - Please lock thread!!

No sh1t sherlock!!

That's some chopping right there and I get the feeling this is going to be quite an awesome build (aren't they all?)

Please tell me there is going to be something a bit mental going somewhere in the back Dave?

Haha, looking forward to this one!

when you do a pick up conversion, did no one tell it's the top half of the roof you cut off

Me too ;D



hope so mate




I knew there was something wrong once the rear axle dropped on the garage floor ;D




Just following your lead Ian


I thought it was about time i built something interesting to get me up the strip at Santa Pod. I got myself an Escort and was going to drop my spare 24V BOA in it but there was no way it´d be really quick.

The usual way to go is to up the power and lose weight so i sold the Escort and bought the Fiesta so weightwise i should be alright.

Upping the power is not quite so easy. The more BHP you need the more it´s going to cost and to be honest i can´t afford spending lots of money on an expensive engine and as i´m not in a position to build one myself i had to rethink the whole project.


One of the things that i´d noticed at the Pod is that there are a lot of very powerfull cars out there but they just don´t seem to get the power down.

Now i´m no expert and this project is definately not to be taken seriously but with a big engine up front and rear wheel drive this is hardly surprising. 4 wheel drive has to be the way forward methinks and to get as much traction as possible (remember this is not for the track) ideally it should have the engine in the back.

Can you see where this thing is going? ;D

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Think that says it all really!

Cut and shut ...sounds good to me ;D





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Not quite mate, i´ll explain.....

I was looking into dropping the BOA (2,9 V6 24V) into it and converting it to rear wheel drive but it´s been done before and with realistically 180 bhp it´s not going to be that fast down the strip so i´ll be dropping it in the Capri instead

So i´ve been looking for another solution, most of the decent (200bhp +) stuff is just too expensive especially once you´ve sorted out the gearbox and rear axle and you´re pretty limited if you´re only looking at rearwheeldrive stuff.

I was round at my mates having a beer and a natter in the garage, he runs a Vectra B as daily driver and we got talking, had another beer and somehow I came up with the idea of dropping a V6 in the Fiesta and to make sure it´s fast enough how about a second one in the boot ;D ;D

So here´s the first donor...

A 1998 2,5V6 Vectra


I paid 400 euros for it and there´s at least 500 Euros worth of goodies on it that I can sell, so with a bit of luck the running gear´s for free ;D ;D

The engine runs at 170 BHP in standard form. With it chipped and decatted should be about 200 and with some old fashioned tuning cams etc. should be able to get a bit more out of it...or should I say them!!!

So with a bit of luck i´ll end up with with a twin V6 Fiesta knocking out about 400 BHP with 4 wheel drive ;D ;D


Like I said earlier, this project is not to be taken too seriously but it should be good for a laugh!!

Right, i´m off to go and have a read of Street´s "Family Dragster" thread

No other words needed realy.

cool, i was just wondering a couple of days ago if you were still alive... no need to answer now ;D Will i see you in Lobbach ?

or saab 2litre power with intercooler and chip, 240bhp is supposedly reachable, cheap as chips to buy too

but what ever is going in, its gonna be mental! Also I had to lol at the 1st picture. reminds me of the 1st picture of the capri lol

cant wait to see this build progress