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Ford figo motor swop question

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Howzit Guys

I have a EGI motor and want to put it in my figo. Im not very technical but think it would be cool. I do not know where to start and there is nothing happening on the st club forum.

Does anyone know if it will be a massive conversion or will stuff just magically fit

Any advice will be helpfull.

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That is not a simple "plug-and-play" conversion... especially if you are not very technical.
First thing would be "will the motor fit directly onto the existing gearbox" - If it does, it should be much easier.
Otherwise you will have to get motor and box fitted as a whole and work from there.

This will by no means be an easy conversion, but I am guessing it will be a fun car to drive!
Also, the figo is based on the older Fiesta, so the brakes from the ST150 could be a straight swop if you are looking for some increased stopping power with the increase in power.
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By EGI engine I assume you mean the Mazda FE3N (2.0i 16v). It will not be a straight conversion and definitely will not fit onto the Figo gearbox. A few have been done into Boet Bantam (Bantam III) Fiesta shape before the Figo "Fiesta". But its lots of work. Even fitting it into the Mazda 323 BF ? Rustler is not that easy anymore since the parts have become supper scarce. The fitment of that engine into the 323BF was a local development. The powertrain had to be moved forward in the engine bay, radiator upgraded. It meant different engine & gearbox mountings, revised lower gearbox cross member, drive shafts, wiring etc etc.
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What about the ST motor. More or less same shape as the figo think its the mk1 fiesta st. Will that motor be straight swop in the figo
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The Fiesta ST 1 used a Ford version of the 2.0L Mazda LF aluminium engine. Ford probably did a lot of R&D to fit it into the body that was essentially designed for the 1.4 & 1.6 engines. It should be easier if one could get a "donor" ST to source parts from.

The same happened when Samcor fitted the F series 626 engines into the local 323BF. Although the final products were approved by Mazda in Japan a lot of local components had to be developed and parts sourced from other Mazda models parts bins to eventually have an approved product that passed all the various regulations.
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Wow MrMazda.

You sure know your Mazda's

Many my idea is just to much. Think ill get another mk1 and just fit a abf motor.

Think having n figo with a nice motor maybe running throttles would be cool but one big job
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