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[retrostevieee]

The forgotten Mk3 Mondeo engine - the 1.8 SCI

Walk into a car parts store, any car parts store, and ask them for a set of spark plugs for a Ford Mondeo 1.8 SCI. What will likely happen next, is they'll guide you to the spark plugs for the regular 1.8 petrol, the one that goes almost hand-in-hand with many of the Edge and Zetec models up and down the country. At this point, you respond with "No, not *that* 1.8, the direct injection one!", to which they'll probably look at you like you've just told them they have six heads. On the way home, you'll stop to fuel up, and quickly glance over at the fuelling bay beside yours, in which the owner of a regular 1.8 has just paid significantly less for their tank of fuel than you have. As you mutter something about the government's decision to change standard petrol to 10% ethanol and leave the E5 fuel exclusive to the premium grade, a tear drops into your coffee, which you place back into your slide-out cupholder before driving away home while questioning why you didn't just buy the standard 1.8.

The Mondeo SCI is one of those strange anomalies mostly forgotten now, but still deserves some love and attention. Exclusive to Ghia and Ghia X models, the 1.8 SCI could be identified by a small badge on the back of the car. A direct quote from an old Ford Mondeo brochure reads "The 1.8-litre Duratec SCi engine uses direct petrol injection for improved fuel economy and lower emissions." It is worth noting that the 1.8 SCi also has slightly more power than the regular 1.8. Of course, literally anyone currently alive on this planet will agree that this is a fantastic thing. And that's because it is. Anyone who disagrees is lying to you. Or the boss of an oil company.

Searching up the Mondeo 1.8 SCI online will provide you with some very interesting results. One person from many years ago stated that even the Ford mechanics did not recognise what it was. And if you're searching for parts - good luck - it's almost impossible now. The fuel injectors especially so.

The very helpful HowManyLeft website shows some interesting statistics. As of quarter 2 of 2023, 73 Ghia models are currently licensed and taxed on UK roads. A further 42 are currently registered as SORN, which for readers outside of the UK, means that the car is currently not used on public roads. The slightly more expensive Ghia X model is even more rare - with 22 licensed and just 13 SORN. Very sad. Sadly, with the price of premium fuel, and the fact that it's almost impossible to find parts, this particular Mondeo variant will soon be lost to time, only remembered in ancient forum posts, old photos, and stories spread by families and friends... "Remember when Dave put the wrong petrol in the car and Vanessa nearly killed him using nothing but an empty cardboard box? Those were good times... I loved that car."

Mondeo SCIs do occasionally come up for sale online, usually in questionable condition. Keep a look out for them! Thank you for reading this post. If you found this by trying to find parts, I am sorry that I am unable to assist! However - don't give up - keep searching the used/refurbished parts market! It would be a shame to let something like this become completely forgotten.

Thanks for reading.

-The Mondeo Fan Club

[indiscretion]

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[ichbinjoey]

Second year in this country whoop whoop #howmanyleft? #americandream . . . (at United States)

[w12dmk-blog]

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[smoothshift]

Which countries do you think have the best climate and survival rate of older classic cars? via /r/cars

Which countries do you think have the best climate and survival rate of older classic cars?

Looking at howmanyleft, there's not many cars for vehicles you'd expect there to be a lot of - Ford Sierra, Peugeot 405, Honda Accord [1989-1993], Subaru Legacy [1989-1994], and I'm wondering if the climate and "cash for clunkers"-type initiatives and accident write-offs have caused these, in addition to our British climate.

What countries do you think have the best climate and survival rate of older classic cars?

For me, I think it would be:

New Zealand [based on what I read on a site about the Hillman/Chrysler Avenger, 1970-1981]

South Africa

Cuba

Mexico

California, U.S

I would be interested to know what you think, and also, if you own a car that is a classic or could be considered a future classic, and what it's like where you live [here in West Lancashire the weather's sometimes wet and rainy, sometimes sunny, but that's the British weather for you].

[gdaysunshinee]

LAST hat sold, and I sold it. Bah-ZAAAM. That's that. @chrisoriginals #SOLD #howmanyleft #ZERO #miami #lmnt (at LMNT)

[catsandtatsy0]

Wonder who this belongs to 🙈😁👌