kee
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Jun 19, 2010 10:12:19 GMT
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wheres the fun in that, retro mk1 fez looks and swift handling I've been wanting to IRS the fiesta anyway so this is an even better reason to do so. plus the wheel options for my car would be better. we shall see what the future brings. are your plans for the swift or is the engine going in something else?
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gn3dr
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Jun 19, 2010 10:53:36 GMT
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Great engines. Kee seeing as how you are talking about fitting one into a fiesta you might be interested in looking at this. I run a Swift Gti engine in my Mk4 Escort Rally Car (bored to 1395cc - which is the max you can bore to by the way) but I have it mated to a Ford FWD BC type gearbox. Running throttle bodies, Falconer cams and an MBE ECU. (Excuse the tatty looking engine bay - it's functional. I modified the bellhousing to fit the Swift pattern. I already had the gearbox with a quaife straight cut kit so that is why I did it this way - and also because the Swift gearboxes are weak.
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kee
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Jun 19, 2010 12:44:09 GMT
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thats very interesting, if you have any more info or pictures then please send them my way. that will make my life even more easy for the conversion. the bellhousing pattern is the same for most older ford engines and this way i can keep my 4 speeder. I will be very grateful to receive all information you can give me
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gn3dr
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Jun 19, 2010 19:40:58 GMT
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Basically I made a thin adapter plate (about 2.5 or 3mm I think from memory as it's ove 10 years since I did it) and matched up the two patterns. Some bolts go from gearbox side into threaded bosses in the adapter plate, some bolts go from the engine side into the gearbox threaded holes. Again I'm working from memory but I think the 11 o clock and 4 o clock bolts almost mathced between Suzuki and Ford. I milled 10mm off the face of the gearbox bellhousing (except the rhs drive shaft oil seal housing of course). The main reason for this and the thin adapter plate is that the Suzuki bellhousing is a lot shallower than the Ford one. I used a Ford clutch (from Helix clutches) I got the Suzuki flywheel re-drilled to accept the Ford pressure plate. The starter position was moved from front to up high at the just under the manifold. (In the photo above you can just see the edge of teh alloy welding on the bellhousing where a shape was added to give clearance for the starter throw. It's much easier if you are putting the Swift engine into a Corsa / Nova though as I think there are bellhousing adapter plates for the Opel gearbox available off the shelf. I could be persuaded to sell the whole car (more pictures of the car in the Flickr folder that the above photos come from) www.flickr.com/photos/80637533@N00/sets/72157606745730062/I'd be looking for about €8000
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Last Edit: Jun 19, 2010 19:49:30 GMT by gn3dr
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kee
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Jun 19, 2010 20:05:03 GMT
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ha, i can barely afford insurance never mind an £8k car ;D
thanks for the info, probably be less work to use the swift hubs and gearbox though.
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