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My water temp gauge reads about 100 degrees hot as well. Ever since I dropped in a new engine, when I turn on the ignition switch oil temp shows a reflection of outside air temp, but water temp is about 100 degrees hotter. I just gauge it in my mind appropriately. Have you found a fix?

I have an S1 and size 13 feet as well. Best shoes to drive in are Merrell Barefoots or, if you can deal with the toe thing, the Vibram Five Fingers are amazing. Plenty of room for my big dogs with either of these shoes.

Congrats on the S1!! Make sure to check the front fender mounts, both of mine broke right at the flange that attaches them to the body. Inspect them for hairline cracks just adjacent to the welds. If they look suspect, I would suggest taking them to a welding shop and having them reinforced... having one of them break on you in the middle of the desert would SUCK! A helmet wouldn't be a bad idea either. I wear one ever since some road debris whizzed by my ear and took a chunk out of the foam on the roll bar behind my head. Bon Voyage!!

I just put a crated Zetec Z3 into my S1. I have the entire stock Ford intake including injectors sitting in a box as I am using ITB's. Is this what you were looking for, or is it specifically a Caterham part that you need?

I pulled the cams from my old ZX1 engine and cannot identify what they are. They have "K.C.", "Sportcam", "CA" stamped into the shaft, then on the rear face of the cams (where the timing bar is inserted) they are stamped with "KDRL" over "200". Any idea what they are? They also had Kent adjustable timing gears on them and I'm assuming (maybe incorrectly) that the "K.C." stands for Kent Cams. Any help would be appreciated.

At long last, most of the engine/ drivetrain mods are finished and I'm ready to drop my spankin' new Zetec into S1 #0017... almost ready. I switched from a mechanical release bearing to a Hydraulic. It is the OE Ford part from a 2004-2009 Focus with WRT75 tranny Ford part #7A564. The trouble is that I can't find any info on the hose fitting for the slave cylinder end. Does anyone know what this fitting is called? It pushes into the top of the cylinder and is held in place by a circlip of sorts. I need to have a custom hose built, but need to know what the fitting is called. This is what the Slave cylinder looks like.

Not sure, I'll check tomorrow, but I suspect that they are the 2001. They drove pretty nicely, not too radical for the street.

I decided to buy a crated Zetec ZX3 engine to replace the tired old ZX1 in my S1. I popped the cam covers off of the old (ZX1) engine today and found that it has a pair of Kent Sportcams! Just wondering if anyone knows whether or not I can drop these cams into the new (ZX3) engine? If so, will I need to replace the stock followers, the stock springs, etc.?

Thanks for the heads-up on South Bend, I ordered a clutch assembly from them on-line yesterday (a bit to hastily... I have an aftermarket flywheel that will not fit the standard Zetec ZX3 clutch) then had to call and sort it all out today. They were great! They are building a custom one-off 8.5 inch clutch assembly for me at the same price as the off-the-rack part that I ordered! Highly recommend them for their service alone!

The wiper system on my S1 is very effective. I tend not to drive it when it rains, though.

I am swapping my older ZX1 Zetec engine for a spankin' new crated ZX3. The new engine came with the OEM Ford clutch and Flywheel. I am using the lightened steel flywheel from my old engine and was wondering if the OEM clutch will suffice or if I should upgrade. If upgrading, what do y'all suggest? FYI: Superformance S1 w/AEM stand alone ECU, Lumenition ITB's, otherwise dead stock.

I've looked into changing out the impeller to run the water in the opposite direction. Seems that the problem is that the pump body is designed for water flow in a single direction. Can cause cavitation, thus reduced water flow if you run the water in the opposite direction. I'll try giving Raceline a call. Thanks!

Does anyone have or know where I can find an Idler Pulley assembly for a ZX3 Zetec? I am building up a crate ZX3 to replace the ZX1 in my S1 and have read that an Idler pulley is necessary in order to make the water pump run in the correct direction. I found one on the Raceline site, but two emails to them have yielded no replies. Do they do business with customers in the USA? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What year is the engine? What is your asking price?