{"id":4616,"date":"2023-03-06T01:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2023-03-05T11:43:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:43:51","slug":"burton-zetec-e-rwd-conversion-kitfor-ford-escort-mk1-mk2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4616","title":{"rendered":"Burton Zetec E RWD Conversion Kit<br>for Ford Escort Mk1\/Mk2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For anyone considering installing a modern Zetec E 1.8\/2.0 engine in to an Escort Mk1 or Mk2, Burton now has a RWD conversion kit that is suitable for both Silver Top and Black Top engines (including the ST170).<br>The tailor-made engine mounts fit to the original crossmember and will line up with bolt holes on the Zetec block to correctly position the engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BurtnZetecConversion-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BurtnZetecConversion-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BurtnZetecConversion-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BurtnZetecConversion-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BurtnZetecConversion-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BurtnZetecConversion-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BurtnZetecConversion.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The kit includes:<br>\u2022 A cast alloy sump pan kit (the original sump will not clear the Escort crossmember) with baffles, pickup, dipstick, dipstick tube, sump gasket and sealer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 A water rail to simplify the cooling system and plumbing of the engine.The rail has provision for a temperature gauge sender and electric fan switch. The kit includes suitable switches for Escorts and a fitting kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 A steel flywheel with ring gear- which when used with a 2.0 Pinto clutch and the clutch will be set at the correct height for the bearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Flywheel to crank bolts &#8211; special flywheel bolts are required to mount the new flywheel.<br>A flywheel to clutch dowel and clutch to flywheel bolts are also included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Edge gear reduction starter motor which is correct for the RWD offset flywheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Crankshaft spigot bearing for the end of the crankshaft to support the end of the gearbox input shaft.<br>The kit solves numerous transplant problems and replaces incompatable parts. Order as part number FZ490SK at \u00a31,428.00 inc. VAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for further details contact Burton Power on 0208 554 2281<br>www.burtonpower.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For anyone considering installing a modern Zetec E 1.8\/2.0 engine in to an Escort Mk1 or Mk2, Burton now has a RWD conversion kit that is suitable for both Silver Top and Black Top engines (including the ST170).The tailor-made engine mounts fit to the original crossmember and will line up with bolt holes on the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4616\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Burton Zetec E RWD Conversion Kit<br \/>for Ford Escort Mk1\/Mk2&#8243;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4618,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions\/4618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}