At 2:16 PM -0000 10/19/98, Brian E. Serra wrote:
>I have a 77 Spit and I am looking to swap in a more modern reliable
>drivetrain. This is what I am looking at:
>2.0L Ford Zetec (ZX2 or Contour) or a 2.3L Ford Turbo (from a Turbo T-Bird
>or XR4Ti). I need to find out if the Zetec will bolt up to a 5spd to be
>rear wheel drive. I have been trying to get through to Ford Motorsportsto
>get some answers but, no luck yet. Then I need to figure out what the
>rearend is going to be. The T-Bird or XR4Ti rearend might work, but I
>don't know yet. As you can see, a lot of research needs to be done.
>Just my $.02
>
>BS
Brian: Pick up this months "Kit Kar" magazine. There's an article on a
Lotus 7 replica built in South Africa that will be sold in the USA. It's
powered by a 2.0 Ford Zetec mated to a 5 speed out of the Merker XR4ti (I
think this was the Sierra everywhere else in the world. The name change is
right up their with the Edsel fiasco!) The article doesn't mention how they
mated the two, so contacing the kit manufacuter will be a given. Wow-
coverd a whole lot of world geography in one paragraph!
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