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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