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Does anyone know the exact displacement of the Zetec engine? I have seen various #'s. My chilton's maual says 1999cc, Kragen.com and Carparts.com have their own figures, and when I entered the bore and stoke specs(from chiltons manual) into the equation for Displacement it gave me 1987.5cc. So what is it, I need to know! I have some very nice mods in the works and I need precise data going into them. Thanks.

You're referring to engine size, not displacement.

All US zetecs have 2.0 L displacement.

The size may vary by year by I don't know if it is as large as 1800cc.

1986cc is a number I run across frequently. Your manual should say something about it somewhere (probably in the back)

I have seen both 1999cc and 2000cc listed as displacement. Not sure if some years pistons are dished or domed which would make diffrences in displacement.

By the way redhawk, a gasoline engines size is usually refered to by its displacement, as apposed to its physical size or horsepower rating. And 1999cc's + 1.999L...ya need to buff up on the metric system a little bit

Sorry if it was confusing but for most of us non-SAE certified guys, you hear displacement referred to and engine size as two different numbers.

I am in need of an accurate #, be it by model year or whatever. Thanks.

Look there towards the bottom right. Says 1988cc.

Same here .

If your mods are so sensitive that a few CC's will make a big difference, I'd suggest taking the engine apart and actually measuring things by hand.

Perry, thanks for the info, but these are specs of zetecs outsided the US. Before everyone gets there flame throwers out about them being "exactly the same" let me just say: thats crap. The US spec Zetec has less HP due to it's Lower CR 9.6:1 V/S the Euro/Aussie spec Zetec with 10:1. If the CR is different it is highly likely there is a difference in thier displacement. Be it 11cc or 1.

http://carpoint.msn.com/Vip/Engines/Ford/Contour/1996.asp (1996 Zetec -- 3.34 x 3.46... do the math, what do you get?)

Here's a few more pages w/ Zetec specs...
http://www.uscaterham.com/zetec.html
http://www.rmsci.com/engines.html
http://www.fordhaven.com/specs/2001_escape_1.html (that's for the 2001 Escape... still the exact same bore x stroke)
http://www.focaljet.com/5_resources/5_01-specs.htm
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/archives/features/feature03_0601.jsp (SVT Focus even uses the same bore x stroke)

Are you convinced?

P.S. Thanks Google !

Probably not, actually... a different head would affect the compression, but would not affect the bore x stroke. To do that you'd need either a different block & pistons, or a different crankshaft & rods. I don't think anybody's changed those.

But then, off the top of my head I seem to remember a figure closer to 1950cc than to 1990...