Megasquirt sensor calibration

Calibrated the air and temp sensor for megasquirt tonight with the standard ford sensors..... the water temp sensor is the larger one in the top of the thermostat housing, and the air temp sensor is from the ford air box here are the values i used...

air temp from readings i took so in deg celsius


Water temp from a data sheet in deg Fahrenheit


Seemed to measure the temp of ice and room temp accurately for me.....

Links to build websites

Some more helpfull build diaries

http://mytigeravon.co.uk/
http://www.jacobstt7.com/
http://www.tigerownersclub.co.uk/
http://iainseven.wordpress.com/
http://www.superseven.badding.nl/ in dutch
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=www.superseven.badding.nl+&sl=nl&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 googles translation

Zetec starter motor for tiger avon

I have the new starter motor Lucas part number LRS707 and it engages with the flywheel perfectly. The only thing i had to do was take an angle grinder to the side of the sump to shave a few millimeters off of the side to allow clearance. Other people have cut a section out of the sump and welded in a plate but i found this wasn't necessary as i only needed a bit taken off.

Starter Motor for Tiger Avon zetec

I've ordered the other starter LRS707 more when it arrives

Starter motor problems....

It seems i may have the wrong starter motor, the one i have is a lucas LRS543 on the advice of someone in a internet forum. I bolted it up to the engine earlier and it looks like it is perminantly engaged with the flywheel, which will mean it will be spinning all the time. I have just read on another website that u should use a lucas LRS707 I will do some more investigating tomorrow.....

Type 9 to zetec adapter plate.....

I spent this evening making an adapter plate...... There are gaps around the flywheel where the gearbox bellhousing mounts to the engine, so i made an adapter plate up to keep the dirt out. pics to follow.

Zetec Engine With spigot bearing and Throttle bodies

This shows the GSXR throttle bodies respaced to fit the custom manifold with the throttle linkages bent out slightly to accomodite the wider spacing. and the secondary buterfly valves blanked off.

It also shows the engine with spigot bearing pressed into the end of the crank.

Random Zetec engine pics

A few images of engine, engine mounts (from tigerracing) throttle bodies loom etc....

The throttle bodies are off a GSXR 750 motorbike, using the standard injectors.
The throttle bodies need to be unbolted and spaced out slightly to line up with inlet ports, also i got a custom inlet manifold made from billet aluminium to mount the throttle bodies to.

Type 9 Gearbox Spigot bearing And clutch

Shown is the spigot bearing - finis code 1554973 available from ford























Drive it into the end of the crank











































Refit the clutch note this has to go centrally, u can use a clutch alignment tool.





















Then pressure plate

New Silver Top Zetec engine

I got An engine!!! I finally got an engine off of ebay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/) Its a silvertop zetec 2.0L out of a mondeo, complete with all ancillaries. For only £0.99 The zetec engine will mate to the Type 9 gearbox quite easily. All you need to do is press a spigot bearing into the end of the crank using a drift. This is a small roller bearing around 20mm in diameter. The Ford part number is FINIS code 1554973 shown below.

The the gearbox input shaft then slots into the bearing to support it as the engine rotates. I'm using the standard 2.0 litre Zetec flywheel and clutch and a clutch release bearing from a 1971-88 Ford Transit 2.4/2.5 diesel (Quinton Hazell part CCT303).

Water pumps should be as per Escort (Late model e.g. "P reg." 1.8 16V if asking at a motor factors), as the rotation being opposite to the Mondeo. This allows you to remove all the extra pullys and the serpentine belt system and fit a smaller belt. If you do this and don't change the pump it will spin backwards and ur nice new engine will overheat.
Identification can be made via the pulley type; Escort has a grooved pulley (runs same side of belt as the crank) which you will need, Mondeo has a smooth pulley (runs on the back of the belt, hence the difference in pump rotation direction.

Note that when changing the water pump, the cam belt needs to be removed, and following the correct procedure for doing this requires the following components:
New cam cover gasket
Tensioner spring kit - a "spring tensioner" {Ford part: 7024224} and "screw special" {Ford part: 1663884} only apparently available from Ford. This is only required for engines still running their original cam belt, and those apparently produced before 5/1998 - late engines run a different belt configuration with a 'self tensioning' tensioner!
New cam belt is strongly recommended as 16 bent valves can be expensive.


You will also need a new alternator mounting bracket which is availible from Tiger (http://www.tigerracing.com/).