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(Message started by: Ewing1 on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:41pm)

Title: seats and engine
Post by Ewing1 on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:41pm

Hi all. I am getting worried about the mileage on my scorpio 310000km- i don´t know what that is in miles. the engine is a 2.0 dohc. Is it possible to get a v6 for the scorpio- I should probably know this already so sorry for my limited knowledge about the car. I have seen the mondeo with a v6 engine here in Denmark.

Another question is about the seats. They look very stained and dirty. does anyone have advice on how to get leather seats. what kind and maybe a price.

best regards
Ewing1

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by Highlander on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:46pm

Hi, the Scorpio had the following engines as standard

2.0 8v
2.0 16v
2.3 16v
2.5 TD
2.9 12v
2.9 24v Cosworth

are you looking to replace velour seats with leather ones?

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by wojtekor on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:50pm

you can get leather seats for pennies in the UK... where are you from? not UK i assume as your clock is in kilometres not miles...
if you need i can tell you how to plug in fully electric heated leather seats in place of you current cloth ones, when you get them...

you can get a V6 engine, look for a Cosworth BOB engine.

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by wojtekor on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:50pm

Stuart was faster ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by Ewing1 on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:52pm

hi. thanks for the reply. ´the current seats in the car are not velour- it´s black-ish fabric. but yes i´m looking for leather seats, i live in Denmark though so I´,m not sure it would be a good idea to pay for shipping- it might end up being very expensive.

best regards
Ewing1

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by Ewing1 on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:53pm

hi- thanks for the reply- what about a v8? is that possible:)

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by Highlander on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:55pm

Well if you want to drive over to Scotland i'll fit you a set of leather ones :)

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by Tekno on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:55pm

on 06/06/09 at 17:53:51, Ewing1 wrote:

hi- thanks for the reply- what about a v8? is that possible:)

Anything is possible, but question is: Legal or Illegal }{

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by wojtekor on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:57pm

i've read somewhere that someone has managed to fit in a V8 from a Ford Explorer...

shipping the seats to Denmark would be probably 3 or 4 times more expensive then the seats themselves...

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by wojtekor on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:57pm

late again ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by wojtekor on Jun 6^th, 2009, 5:58pm

Tekno why would it be illegal ??? ??? ???

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by Highlander on Jun 6^th, 2009, 6:01pm

I believe some countries only allow a power increase up to a certain limit, a percentage over what is provided by the manufacturer?

Wouldnt be illegal in the UK though

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by wojtekor on Jun 6^th, 2009, 6:03pm

aaaa that might be the case.... ;)

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by Tekno on Jun 6^th, 2009, 6:05pm

on 06/06/09 at 18:01:07, Highlander wrote:

I believe some countries only allow a power increase up to a certain limit, a percentage over what is provided by the manufacturer?

Wouldnt be illegal in the UK though

Yea, that's what I mean. I don't know about Denmark, but in Finland, building cars is very restricted. Definitely not a "walk in a park" if you want to get throught MOT with all the modifications needed and increased power etc...

Although, there seems to be one V8 Ford Sierra in Finland (maybe because of xr8 is a known version of it...)

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by big_timer on Jun 6^th, 2009, 6:46pm

310000km/8=38750 then multiply by 5 =193750mls.not bad for a 2.0.
only breaking it in.

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by Tons_of_fun on Jun 6^th, 2009, 7:28pm

Yep, i agree with Big Timer. My old 2.0 ltr (16 valve) had 218,000 miles on the clock when i sold it on 3 years ago & as far as i know it's still going :o

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by tlundkvi on Jun 8^th, 2009, 7:08am

on 06/06/09 at 17:52:19, Ewing1 wrote:

Hi,

I'm from Finland, and it is a sad fact that up here it often pays off to pay the shipping. Not so much on stuff that is crossreffed with Sierra/ScorpioI parts or FMD parts, but often the part for 24V is special order at factors. Paid £42 for shipping a set of cats here from the UK, but saved at least 400 euros at the end of the day. You need to take it into account that even if you would pay lets say a 120 euros for shipping an interior, you might actually save the triple (DK has a high car tax as well as FIN, people service cars a little longer, treshold for servicing instead of scrapping is lower etc.). But if I was you, I would head out to Germany, you can even do it in a day and it doesn't cost too much (for me it is either Via Baltica/Via Sweden&Denmark or the 400 euro/direction ferry to Rostock).

From Germany you could also get a full running 24V for around 1000 euros (I did, but have had to fix it here and there, mostly parts that break after 14 years), or defect ones but running from 500 euros for a lot of valuable spares.

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by tlundkvi on Jun 8^th, 2009, 8:56am

on 06/06/09 at 17:58:40, wojtekor wrote:

Tekno why would it be illegal ??? ??? ???

In Finland the vehicle registration, MOT offices etc. are extremely bureaucratic. If you would, for example, renew/change 50% (yes applies to service too) of all parts of an old vehicle (all parts have a percentage defined in the law), and do it "by the book", the car would be considered to be a newly produced vehicle, which needs to be taxed according to what a similar *new* car (eg. Chrysler 300C HEMI) would cost. Another thing here, if an upgrade is done outside the official model program (e.g. not a conversion like 2.0 -> 2.3), you would need to do a lot of paperwork + pay for official exhaust tests under laboratory conditions (done when e.g. Ford launches a new car, not the one you do at the MOT).

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by wojtekor on Jun 8^th, 2009, 1:13pm

mad nation! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by big_timer on Jun 8^th, 2009, 2:49pm

just tell the local liikkuva poliisi that the car was fitted with the appropriate trim.surely theyre not gonna deny you the comfort of a nice leather driving seat especially one thats heated.
definitely a must on those -40 mornings

Title: Re: seats and engine
Post by tlundkvi on Jun 9^th, 2009, 9:10am

on 06/08/09 at 14:49:33, big_timer wrote:

Things like that are impossible to monitor, so it's not really that bad at the end of the day. Surely they do not complain at the mot like "Oh, see you renewed the sills, boot, steering rack, even the suspension etc., now lets punish you for making your car safe". The §§§ is there to make all kinds of major home building projects not worth it that would imply a change in the registration data. But those stupid rules are in the law, but enforced on build projects, not on everyone.

In Finland around 40-50% of a car's retail price is tax (car tax or VAT), the government is doing what it can to keep it that way, changes happen when e.g. Finland is busted by the EU-court, mostly for overtaxation of imported used cars against EU directives. (as a result I will get a nice cash back on the taxes I paid for my scorp to import it)