I've been tossing around the idea of putting a '00 Ford Focus Zetec 2.0 liter 4-cylinder in my '77 Ford Capri. And just like everyone else on this board, I'd like to do it as cheaply as possible. Included in that would be the fuel and spark.
So the engine bolts up to the transmission in the car and the flywheel will work too, but it lacks the crank position sensor "teeth" on the back of it like the stock Zetec flywheel (which I do not have.) To keep from making a different throwout bearing or the like, I'd like to keep the old flywheel. That means I'd need a crank pulley tooth wheel and sensor. Which got me thinking about trying to use a complete stock Ford system for both fuel and spark. I'd like to use Megasquirt, but I think I can do it cheaper by going to the junk yard and removing a complete system off of a car.
I dont think I'd use a computer from a Focus because the flywheel has a different number of teeth than the older crank pulley systems and the Focus modulates the speed of the fuel pump for fuel pressure and I thinks there's security crap to worry about too...So that's out.
I'd need to start with a car with distributorless ignition and a 4 cylinder with 4 fuel injectors. I was trying to read up on Ford EEC-IV and EDIS-4 system and the websites point to the '90-'93 1.9L Escorts as a potential donor, but than what did the 2.3L in the Mustang and Rangers use to control the engine?
I'm still in the planning stages even though I already have the car and the Zetec engine sitting in the garage. I have most of the plumbing for the Zetec from throttle body to exhaust manifold.
What does the GRM world have to say? Websites to read through? Documented Builds? I'm silly for wanting to use stock Ford parts and even sillier for discounting the fun I could be having with Megasquirt?
Pictures are fun:
Thanks, Ross
