Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:23:48 -0700
Reply-To: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
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From: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
Subject: Re: Bostig Zetec kit...WOW...
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David Marshall
Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
Quesnel, BC Canada
Internet http://www.fastforward.ca
Email sales@fastforward.ca
On Wed, October 11, 2006
22:23, Jonathan Farrugia wrote:
> four things strike me as
interesting.
>
> 1. doesn't seem they are running an
overflow tank (neither do i)
>
> 2. that they didn't
come up with a better intake solution than sucking
> hot air out
of the engine compartment.
>
> 3. the fact that they are
using metal intake plumbing which further soaks
> up heat and
reduces efficiency.
>
> 4. they made such a large
compromise to keep it under the lid.
>
> when i built my
conversion i decided that ground clearance was more
> important to
me that the height of the engine cover in the van. over the
>
years i've heard countless times how important the height of the engine
> cover is so they probably made the saleable choice in this matter.
i
> guess i am just to much a function over form person.
>
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Greg Potts wrote:
>
>>
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
>>
>>
>
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