Hi, Guest
04-27-2010, 08:07 AM
dBlast,Apr 26 2010, 09:22 AM Wrote:From what I remember, it was pretty tight fit, but other than relocating the power steering reservoir and fiddling with the alternator, the install was accomplished without moving the engine or transmission and just with the car up on jacks.Theoretically it seems like it would be easier to remove the engine etc first ... do all the stuff Jamie mentioned, install the LSD and clutch ... and of course the s/c ... my one fear of course is that with the s/c installed the engine wouldn't fit back up there, and then I'm faced with something of a de-install and then doing it all under the hood anyway.
However, if you are also doing clutch work than it may be easier to pull everything out.
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So ... whoever might have removed a Zetec engine - did you have to remove the intake first, or no.
Thanks.
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2003 Focus ZX5 infra-red Track Rat - R*I*P
2003 ZX5 CD Silver Track Rat - retired, but still in the driveway
New track rat: 2000 ZX3, Atlantic Blue * JRSC with lots more to come
* New Zetec crate motor - NFG - thanks Topspeed *