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elfunkyo
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   22nd May 03 at 12:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Have recently had to sell my Scooby in order to buy my flat and I'm now left with my Zetec S which I love to drive but quite frankly isn't quick enough.

That when I came across Van Aaken Developments who do a Turbo conversion for the ZS boosting the power to about 150Bhp (much more like it).

My question is have any of you peeps had experiance with this company i.e. quality of workmanship, customer service etc.. just thought I'd do a little bit of research before I took the idea any further
Kris TD
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yeah guy i spoke to wasnt very interested. they overcharge, they can tune corsa td's and charge £385, i did this myself in 1 hour and it cost me £12.50 in parts.
elfunkyo
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This dosent sound very promising, do either of you know how good there workmanship is though?
Kris TD
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dont really know to be honest. try finding a similar site for fords, someone may have done this before.
elfunkyo
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Good point, just thought I'd ask here first as this is where I am most of the time.
Icy
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isnt it vws they mainly do?
Adam_B
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That conversion costs £2k !! and apparently theyve dropped it to work on a supercharger kit.

Saw a couple of supercharged and nitroused Focus's at fiesta in the park this year by this company -

http://www.powerengineering.co.uk/

Quality looked very good. i will find some of my pics,
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I've been past their place in Uxbridge ages ago (Power Engineering). It looks like a little workshop kind of place!
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Think the black one was putting out something silly like 279 bhp -
elfunkyo
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Cheers Adam think I might drop them a line, supercharger sounds nice.

What are the benefits of a supercharger opposed to a Turbo

[Edited on 22-05-2003 by elfunkyo]
Adam_B
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Dont get turbo lag on a super charger. More expensive tho...
Chris@Speedfreex
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try sevenvalley motorsport a ring m8
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quote:
Originally posted by elfunkyo
Have recently had to sell my Scooby in order to buy my flat and I'm now left with my Zetec S which I love to drive but quite frankly isn't quick enough.

That when I came across Van Aaken Developments who do a Turbo conversion for the ZS boosting the power to about 150Bhp (much more like it).

My question is have any of you peeps had experiance with this company i.e. quality of workmanship, customer service etc.. just thought I'd do a little bit of research before I took the idea any further



would not bother. that conversion uses crapy old oil cooled turbos. GTF with oil cooled turbos
elfunkyo
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Chris - any website or No. for Sevenvalley Motorsport? Cheers

Vibrio - do think that is why it has be discontinued? would would waiting for the supercharger be the better option in that case? not the most knowledgeable when it comes to this sort of thing. Cheers
Adam_B
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http://www.btinternet.com/~severn.valley/indexb.html

 
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