There would be no advantage to going down the cvh route, swapping a pinto for a zetec is dead easy and very straight forward.
Its just basically a collection of the right bolt together parts to get the zetec up and running, as far as intake goes bike carbs and megajolt is possibly the easiest cheapest option. It is also possible to use a one of the Ford ecu units with carbs aka the coil packed carbed cvh engined Orion and Escort EEC units.
Cost wise my donor had a 1.6 pinto which I replaced with a 1.8 zetec and ZX9R carbs/Megajolt. Cost was under £400 but I did pay £200 for the engine which is possibly a bit over the top for a zetec. Since then I've bought one for 99p (ebay) and another from a LCB member for £10. Theres one for sale on there now for £75.
Mate of mine has just upgraded his MK from a pinto, sold it for £300 and bought a 2L zetec for £50. A bit paint and it looks the dogs...
Breakers typically want £200 for zetec motors but if you go along you get everything from under the bonnet so some parts may be sold on. Brand new ones from Ford can be had for around £700, long engines dressed with ancillaries and clutches etc.
IMO a zetec is the easiest cheapest option for 160+bhp.
Don't hesitate, go for it...
Cheers,
Steve
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