This is a temporary page for the pictures of the conversion of a Quantum
2+2 kit car from a Specialised engines 1.9 CVH to a Fiesta RS1800i Zetec engine.

More details later. 

Click on any picture for a bigger version, mostly 896x768


Finished

Finished2

This is where the exhaust goes, you might just get away without modding the front chassis rail

Another view of chassis mods

The original specalised engines 1.9CVH

Zetec in for initial checking front view

Zetec in for initial checking side view

Temporary brace across spaceframe to keep alignment

Original top rail cut away

Spaceframe removed and front of car stripped

Narrowed lower rail side replaced plus extra tube to weld above

Side of lower rail cut away

Narrowing lower rail

Front suspension bracket removed from lower rail

Bottom view of new top rail

Engine ready to be refitted

Engine ready to be refitted 2

Modified engine wiring loom so ecu connector and needed wires are inside car

Modified ecu bracket welded to plate that fits inside car on brake servo bolts

Original Zetec engine loom

Note new tube welded outside existing chassis tube and then original but away to clear exhaust

Clearance on cam cover

And another

Another view of modded chassis rails

New engine fitted 2

New engine fitted-1

Modification to engine mount to clear Zetec manifold

Repainted bulkhead, not perfect but i didn't want to strip any more of the car

Ecu fitted inside car

Another view

Newly powder coated spaceframe fitted

And another 2

Battery tray removed from this site, now in boot
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