Ford Powered Canoe

[Snickers]

Hey guys, names Nik and live in perth, Western Australia
Just finished building and rego'ed a Birkin S3 Lotus 7 replica
Zetec power no less.

Its having a few little issues atm and I need to find somebody that can plug into the zetecs ecu and see whats going on.
Wondering if i should try my local ford dealer or is there any mechanics around that have such abilities?

anyway here are some pics










cheers
Nik

[bob1179]

Hi Nik, welcome to PH

The car looks great, good luck getting it finished! I'm sure there is somebody here that can offer some good advice to you regarding those electrics.

[Marf]

Looks good, what tyres are those?

[Snickers]

thanks

tyres are Federal 595RS
there a fairly cheap semi-comp, so far they are gripping good.

[LotusNova]

Very nice job m8 - looks great.

Have you considered an after-market ECU? I've no experience with the standard one, but most of what I've read about it is not complimentary I'm running a Zetec with an Emerald ECU in mine.

[Snickers]

likely to go aftermarket one day in the future but for now have spent enough $ on it getting it on the road, i just want it to be driveable and get some more wheel time before chasing hp.

[Norbury90]

Very nice indeed, I have heard the seats are quite small though, which would maybe put me off a bit a bit.

Looks like it has been put together well

[Westy Pre-Lit]

Now that looks very nice.

[wiz 1]

Looks like a nice kit and well built

[Mattt]

Looks a beauty! As for the ECU issue, you could try to local dealer - they may find the car interesting and do it as a favour, or you could look towards Dreamscience/SCT Xcal (not sure what it's called over there).

[_dobbo_]

There is an article in this months Practical Performance Car on running a Zetec with the standard ECU - maybe worth a read.

http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/