Zetec engine position in engine bay

[Neil P]

Presuming TR8 is the rail in your second picture (I don't have the book handy) my gearbox mating face sits approx 15mm forward of it. I'm not using a zetec but I think it will be the gearbox rather than engine that will limit the position.

I don't know whether you'll have room to put it that far back but your gearbox does need to drop from where it is now so that will make more space.

Getting everything down into the trans tunnel is a right laugh, too.

As for steering column, I have no knowledge of the Granada one at all but I would do the column first then engine mounts to suit. Trying to Make your steering column go round anything else will be an issue for you.

Neil

[Neil P]

Here's what I did with mine to avoid the water outlet on the back of the head.

Shows a rough position for you. Larger version in my photo's.



Neil

[alga]

The Type9 bellhousing hangs about 155 mm below the crank axis. The book suggests resting the engine+box on the floor, then raising the chassis 25 mm on scraps of tube. So the design height of the engine is crank 130 mm above the bottom.

I cut out half the width of TR8 in order to fit the thermostat housing. Another option was to move the transmission tunnel top tube, but then there's still a problem with the reverse switch plug. Moving the engine back to about 8 cm from TR8 to the bell housing flange solves both problems. I'll weld another tube to the back of the cut section of TR8.