tough decision to make,
if you spend the money on the cvh then at least you,ll know you have a rebuilt engine that should last a while,
if you buy a 2nd hand zetec, they may say it was running fine but you have no way of knowing for sure
Or go all out & buy a new zetec engine for approx £700 plus extra bits to get it running (carbs,megajolt etc), then you know for sure the engine is spot on, with lots of power & may probably cost the same as rebuilding your current engine + the cost of when you eventually swap to a zetec anyway in the future.
me personally if i was in your shoes would go for the latter,
but as i know my cvh runs ( drove the donor car) then i,m going to use it,
Hey Simon, not sure when you hope to finish your car but depending on timing my cvh might be available by next christmas when i plan to install a zetec myself
andy