Dizzy Tuning

First hit with the ported head. She moving!

Fiesta Build v2.5 in progress!

For those of you that have followed along, my original V1 engine build consisted of forged pistons/rods (Diamond/K1), a race-ported head and Piper V3 camshafts with Supertech valves, springs and retainers. Unfortunately, this engine suffered oil starvation due to a small (but very important) oversight. Apparently, brand new blocks from Ford do not come with any of the oil gallies plugged, after machining. There are three total, and we caught the ones on each end of the main journal, but were not aware of the gally coming up from the oil pan. So that lead to a huge lack of oil pressure and failure was imminent. Bummer, but what’s done is done and I’m over it, lol!

That engine came out shortly after, and in went engine build V2 which consisted of forged pistons/rods (Wiseco/ZRP), a CSS closed deck block and then I retained the oem cylinder head from my original Fiesta engine, as there was nothing wrong with it. This is the setup I have been running over the last year or so.

I disassembled engine V1, in hopes of being able to repair the race-ported cylinder head. Shame to let that beauty go to waste, and since it really was only run for a short period of time before we caught the issue, I figured it would be salvageable. So I had the cam journals repaired, and valve/valve seats refreshed, and she’s ready to go! I’m excited to see how much further I can push the little s280, before upgrading to a PSR2867 setup later this year.