I did an st150 conversion on a face-lift 1.4 zetec. A donor car wouldn't have been financially viable for me at the time. I gathered fuel pump, loom, binacle and ecu keys etc as a bundle deal. The engine was £150 (needed piston rings) and I used the standard gearbox and driveshafts with an uprated clutch. Took a year or so to gather the bits and another 2 or 3 months to do the conversion. Plod along style. It was well worth what I would deem very little effort really. Depends if you want now. Or are willing to enjoy the process. I'm a process guy. Really enjoyed it. Easy work. Cars still going. No issues. Turbo upgrade along with the gearbox driveshafts and shifter...now its all a lot cheaper. 😂
Yeah, that's the thing you can get a complete car for, not allot of money. But it's cool that you spent the time to piece it all together. So is it turbo and mtx75 now, or is that future plans?
@@JacobTaylor1682 I've sold mine now as I've upgraded, although I wanted to keep it aswell if I could 😂. I averaged about 42 mpg in mine on b roads, motorways and a bit of city
@@JacobTaylor1682 That's shocking😂 Worst I've ever seen is 35 and that was quite alot of stop start and traffic while accelerating up to the speed limit pretty quickly. Up to a Mk7 now, had to stay with a fiesta haha
Thanks for all the info. Exactly what I needed to know, I wanted to prep a 1.25 shell for a 2.5 USA fusion engine but I may aswell buy a full ST for all the bits I'll need. One question, if I'm doing this to a face lifted car, can I get away with just using the engine loom? Then just use the usual clocks/transponder/key swap ?
I've not had that problem with this one I'm afraid. I have heard on the pages of guys disconnecting the module from the pump and leaving that connected so it's still seeing the abs is there. I'm pretty sure when we did the swap we ran a live data check and we was getting full throttle
nice video, thinking about doing this to mine at some point, but whats the benefit to putting the st engine from a donor car rather than just keeping the donor as the main car? i like the idea of doing it but i cant get my head round putting parts from a complete car which is better into a lower spec car
The shell of the doner car was totaled so was no good to anyone. And I had the "new" shell already. I have seen some people that have had good spec ZS that have then had the itch for more power
Yeah if you look for auction houses like copart (I have had 3 St's from them) you can get a car with rear end damage for really sensible money and swap everything over.
So, are the 1.25 and 1.4 pretty much the same? Are the engine mounting positions the same for the lower spec cars and the 2.0l? I’m tempted to strip out my facelift 1.4 which is in perfect shape, and drop in a scrap 2.0l. Is it just the running gear and electrics that you really need? And the PAS hoses / vacuum lines?
Its running and has got its light weight front end on now. We have been really busy trying to clear some half projects and other bits out before we crack back on with it. The aim is to get I out on track in May all going well. Their will be some more videos coming with it aswell as my other st track car.👍
I did an st150 conversion on a face-lift 1.4 zetec.
A donor car wouldn't have been financially viable for me at the time.
I gathered fuel pump, loom, binacle and ecu keys etc as a bundle deal. The engine was £150 (needed piston rings) and I used the standard gearbox and driveshafts with an uprated clutch.
Took a year or so to gather the bits and another 2 or 3 months to do the conversion. Plod along style. It was well worth what I would deem very little effort really. Depends if you want now. Or are willing to enjoy the process. I'm a process guy. Really enjoyed it. Easy work. Cars still going. No issues. Turbo upgrade along with the gearbox driveshafts and shifter...now its all a lot cheaper. 😂
Yeah, that's the thing you can get a complete car for, not allot of money. But it's cool that you spent the time to piece it all together. So is it turbo and mtx75 now, or is that future plans?
Nice video, would love to do this to my 1.25 fiesta in the future.
You and me both 😂 now I’ve found someone else who has one ! One question, is yours as bad on fuel as mine ? 😂
@@JacobTaylor1682 I've sold mine now as I've upgraded, although I wanted to keep it aswell if I could 😂. I averaged about 42 mpg in mine on b roads, motorways and a bit of city
@@GHz2Gaming whattt!!!! I average at about 34 and around 25 if I’m tryna get anywhere with any speed lol! What have you upgraded to ?!
@@JacobTaylor1682 That's shocking😂 Worst I've ever seen is 35 and that was quite alot of stop start and traffic while accelerating up to the speed limit pretty quickly. Up to a Mk7 now, had to stay with a fiesta haha
Thanks for all the info. Exactly what I needed to know, I wanted to prep a 1.25 shell for a 2.5 USA fusion engine but I may aswell buy a full ST for all the bits I'll need.
One question, if I'm doing this to a face lifted car, can I get away with just using the engine loom? Then just use the usual clocks/transponder/key swap ?
Verry nice vid guys. Have you ran in to the problem that without ABS speed signal the ETB wont go full throttle? We have this on one we did recently
I've not had that problem with this one I'm afraid. I have heard on the pages of guys disconnecting the module from the pump and leaving that connected so it's still seeing the abs is there.
I'm pretty sure when we did the swap we ran a live data check and we was getting full throttle
@@stitchmotorsport1745 thanks for the reply. Always nice to get feedback from those with the actual experience 👍
I was looking to put an st150 into my Mk7 1.25 is it possible ?
nice video, thinking about doing this to mine at some point, but whats the benefit to putting the st engine from a donor car rather than just keeping the donor as the main car? i like the idea of doing it but i cant get my head round putting parts from a complete car which is better into a lower spec car
The shell of the doner car was totaled so was no good to anyone. And I had the "new" shell already. I have seen some people that have had good spec ZS that have then had the itch for more power
@@stitchmotorsport1745 ah fair enough yeah, so i suppose i could look to do the same and find one with a ruined body to keep the cost down
Yeah if you look for auction houses like copart (I have had 3 St's from them) you can get a car with rear end damage for really sensible money and swap everything over.
@@stitchmotorsport1745 ok thanks, i'll have a look at them now
Please post more !!
So, are the 1.25 and 1.4 pretty much the same? Are the engine mounting positions the same for the lower spec cars and the 2.0l?
I’m tempted to strip out my facelift 1.4 which is in perfect shape, and drop in a scrap 2.0l.
Is it just the running gear and electrics that you really need? And the PAS hoses / vacuum lines?
Yeah the body's are the same from base model to St model. Pretty much everything needs swapping over from base model to St running gear wise
I have a mk6 1.25 ZT....Is it worth changing to a 2 Lt lump or buy an ST straight off..
Hi... whats happeneing with this now? Love your vids dont stop
Its running and has got its light weight front end on now. We have been really busy trying to clear some half projects and other bits out before we crack back on with it. The aim is to get I out on track in May all going well. Their will be some more videos coming with it aswell as my other st track car.👍
have you changed the brake survo or not
No we have kept the original servo and master cylinder at the moment
Good video. I follow you on Instagram already. 😊
Cheers mate👍
My mk3 fez is fully stripped out caged buckets Coilovers an yer …Dailey it’s horrible 😂
Fit a EURO6 Engine
Or ...Just make it the best ST 1.25