Date:         Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:56:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: Bostig Zetec kit...WOW...
Comments: To: AATransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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Hi Daryl,

I saw a Zetec conversion this weekend at John Brown's Buses. It did
look very professionally done, much better organized than the 1.9L
engine compartment in my Dad's buses. But the very first thing that I
noticed was that the stainless engine carrier rides WAY too close to
the ground for my own personal comfort level.

For a lot of people the clearance would be OK, but I'm certain I
wouldn't be comfortable with it. Here are my pics:

http://tinyurl.com/kww56
http://tinyurl.com/zgup6


Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/75/77/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
www.busesofthecorn.com






On 11-Oct-06, at 7:39 PM, AATransaxle wrote:

> I was just at a shop here in Seattle (WolfsbergMotorwerks)
> delivering a
> trans and lo and behold...there is a stainless eng carrier with a
> spiffy new
> engine in it...I gotta say that after 35+ yrs in this business...I
> am truly
> impressed with the ease and completeness of this kit...8 wires..no
> holes to
> drill...everything labeled-brackets and wires and every baggie
> containing
> little stuff...labeled..even comes ith a plug for where the harness
> went
> thru the body..talk about an impressive setup...don't know about the
> performance (yet), but those guys have it down to a science..the
> installer
> called to ask a torque convertor question and they were on the
> phone in a
> heartbeat...Not bad guys...not bad at all.
> This one being an automatic would not be my personal choice, but no
> trans
> regearing needed for the manual's and resonably cheap parts and
> expertise
> for the Focus motor..I think he even said it has a baby code reader
> or diag
> tool with it...
> Man, I would do this one for a friend of mine in a heartbeat...I
> gotta drive
> one...man o man...
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
> 425-788-4070
> aatransaxle.com
> 86 Syncro Westy WBXTurbo