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[davethediver]

As some of you may know i recentley bought the wife a Ford Street KA little convertible thing. I'd like to say its sh!t but in truth its actually fun to throw about with its little 1.6 engine.

But the RFL on it is 130 for SIX months its a bloody shoebox go cart size car. I was expecting more like 50 quid for twelve months

[Andy B]

As some of you may know i recentley bought the wife a Ford Street KA little convertible thing. I'd like to say its sh!t but in truth its actually fun to throw about with its little 1.6 engine.

But the RFL on it is 130 for SIX months its a bloody shoebox go cart size car. I was expecting more like 50 quid for twelve months

A Smart is £90 for the whole year 

[Broomies Mate]

It's a dirty Zit-Tec.  Should be more than that TBH 

[Kevin Wood]

It's a dirty Zit-Tec.  Should be more than that TBH 

No It's not. Nothing that advanced fits under the bonnet of a Ka.

Kevin

[davethediver]

As some of you may know i recentley bought the wife a Ford Street KA little convertible thing. I'd like to say its sh!t but in truth its actually fun to throw about with its little 1.6 engine.

But the RFL on it is 130 for SIX months its a bloody shoebox go cart size car. I was expecting more like 50 quid for twelve months

A Smart is £90 for the whole year 

Thanks for that andy that was the other contender the little roadster like your good lady has, to be honest didn't even think about the tax implication just thought small car small bill didn't expect it to be the same as the omega

[jonnycool]

Drove the boss's Audi A4 the other day the annual tax on that is NOTHING 

[Broomies Mate]

It's a dirty Zit-Tec.  Should be more than that TBH 

No It's not. Nothing that advanced fits under the bonnet of a Ka.

Kevin

You have educated me again Mister Wood.  I thought the Street Ka's had the Zetec.  I stand erected 

[humbucker]

my dads harley is 50 notes a year which we thought was amazing until my uncle rolled up on his bike... 13 quid a year... 

[davethediver]

It's a dirty Zit-Tec.  Should be more than that TBH 

No It's not. Nothing that advanced fits under the bonnet of a Ka.

Kevin

You have educated me again Mister Wood.  I thought the Street Ka's had the Zetec.  I stand erected 

I think the newer ones do mine is on the old old Duratec  but at least i don't have a timing belt to worry about

[Andy B]

As some of you may know i recentley bought the wife a Ford Street KA little convertible thing. I'd like to say its sh!t but in truth its actually fun to throw about with its little 1.6 engine.

But the RFL on it is 130 for SIX months its a bloody shoebox go cart size car. I was expecting more like 50 quid for twelve months

A Smart is £90 for the whole year 

Thanks for that andy that was the other contender the little roadster like your good lady has, to be honest didn't even think about the tax implication just thought small car small bill didn't expect it to be the same as the omega

We didn't consider the road tax either, it was just an unexpected bonus. 

[Amigo]

1965 Ford consul classic 315..nought...booger all...not a sausage & fully comp ins £100....SORTED!!!!! 8-)

[Andy B]

It's a dirty Zit-Tec.  Should be more than that TBH 

No It's not. Nothing that advanced fits under the bonnet of a Ka.

Kevin

You have educated me again Mister Wood.  I thought the Street Ka's had the Zetec.  I stand erected 

I think the newer ones do mine is on the old old Duratec  but at least i don't have a timing belt to worry about

I thought it was a variation on the old Kent engine from the Mk I Escort  :-/ :-/

[davethediver]

It's a dirty Zit-Tec.  Should be more than that TBH 

No It's not. Nothing that advanced fits under the bonnet of a Ka.

Kevin

You have educated me again Mister Wood.  I thought the Street Ka's had the Zetec.  I stand erected 

I think the newer ones do mine is on the old old Duratec  but at least i don't have a timing belt to worry about

I thought it was a variation on the old Kent engine from the Mk I Escort  :-/ :-/

Mines definately a duratec although i think some of them are endura :question Is it commonly called a rocam or something like that  :-? the KA forum isn't anywhere as helpful or dare i say intelligent as the people on OOF

[Kevin Wood]

It's a dirty Zit-Tec.  Should be more than that TBH 

No It's not. Nothing that advanced fits under the bonnet of a Ka.

Kevin

You have educated me again Mister Wood.  I thought the Street Ka's had the Zetec.  I stand erected 

I think the newer ones do mine is on the old old Duratec  but at least i don't have a timing belt to worry about

I believe I'm correct. Problem is, Ford put whatever name on an engine they like, regardless of its' roots. 

The Ka was originally supposed to be getting a fairly radical engine which was killed off by EU emissions legislation. Ford then found at a late stage in development that the only engine that wasn't too tall for it was the old Endura E of late 50's Anglia vintage which rattled on for a while before being replaced by the Duratec badged 8v SOHC engine, previously developed in Brazil as the Zetec ROCAM by fitting an ali OHC head to a development of the Endura E block. It bears no resemblance to any of the 4 valve per cylinder engines previously branded Zetec and Duratec.

I believe neither the full fat Zetec E nor the smaller Zetec S / Sigma engines will fit nor were ever fitted to a Ka, which is a shame as the Sigma is a nice, revvy, yet reasonably refined, economical and reliable engine IME.

Kevin

[davethediver]

It's a dirty Zit-Tec.  Should be more than that TBH 

No It's not. Nothing that advanced fits under the bonnet of a Ka.

Kevin

You have educated me again Mister Wood.  I thought the Street Ka's had the Zetec.  I stand erected 

I think the newer ones do mine is on the old old Duratec  but at least i don't have a timing belt to worry about

I believe I'm correct. Problem is, Ford put whatever name on an engine they like, regardless of its' roots. 

The Ka was originally supposed to be getting a fairly radical engine which was killed off by EU emissions legislation. Ford then found at a late stage in development that the only engine that wasn't too tall for it was the old Endura E of late 50's Anglia vintage which rattled on for a while before being replaced by the Duratec badged 8v SOHC engine, previously developed in Brazil as the Zetec ROCAM by fitting an ali OHC head to a development of the Endura E block. It bears no resemblance to any of the 4 valve per cylinder engines previously branded Zetec and Duratec.

I believe neither the full fat Zetec E nor the smaller Zetec S / Sigma engines will fit nor were ever fitted to a Ka, which is a shame as the Sigma is a nice, revvy, yet reasonably refined, economical and reliable engine IME.

Kevin

Economical is not a word i would associate with this current model fun to drive and all that just hope its a reliable little runner