Ford Fiesta MK2 1.6 DIESEL

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Ive got a 1.8 turbo diesel to put in.

a 1.8 td 1 would be good like just them 1.6 motors are rubbish

I know a lad thats put a 1.8td engine into a mk3 fezza. goes like stink only because hes turned the weazel pump up and turned the turdbo boost right up! hes constantly changing lower arms and driveshafts. i wonder why!

Nice ;D

Just have to find one

I had a 1600 diesel mk2 for about 3 years, passed my test in it! I disagree with them being curse word, I think it depends which injection system they had fitted though as there were 2 (Bosch & Cav Rotodiesel IRC) A mate had the latter & it was a bit of a shitter, but I had one with the bosch bits and it did me very well.

The diesels are quicker than the 1.1 - I know this as my mate had a 1.1 popular plus & we used to race each other about. We timed them 0-60 on a stopwatch, the 1.1 taking 19.something seconds and the diesel taking 18.something. Eventually it developed a sticking valve so I had the head off it, a mate of my dad's who teaches diesel engineering skimmed the head & fitted new valves as a classroom exercise & also did a bit of "cleaning up" on the intake ports. With that done, the injectors refurbished, a homemade exhaust & pipercross panel filter fitted and the anti-tamper emmisions screw thoroughly tampered with, we got the 0-60 time on the watch down to a shade under 13 seconds & the top speed up to a reliable 105mph, or off the 110mph clock on a good day with favourable weather conditions! Strangely the fuel economy also improved slightly, I found I could get 100mpg on a 45mph run, 60mpg on a 70mph run and the absolute least it would ever do when thrashed flat out and redlined in every gear was 44mpg.

I replaced the back arches, both front doors and the front valence, fitted a ridiculously loud sound system & XR2 brakes/struts/springs/pepperpots - eventually it got nicked and burned out :-( I was very sad to see that car go having driven it over 40,000 miles & all over Europe.