Hi, has anyone imported a Zetec fitting kit from retroford in the UK? How much would customs charge for $2700 value?
Thanks

If going by the rules it would be:
$2700 + shipping.
Then times by 5% duty tax.
Then times that by 10% gst.
 
 

Thanks Evan. That's $1100 for shipping & customs 
Better to fly over & back...

See if they will ship & invoice the parts seperately in consignments less than $1k aud. You might have to offer them a bit more for the extra freight and packaging time, in the end they get the sale and you save on customs.

I have various Zetec fitting parts.
 
Let me know what your after.

Don't forget that they levy clearance fees and GST on top of that too.

Never paid any taxes on my kit, or GST might have been lucky. $3100 for the complete retro kit plus about $3,600 for the Jenvey twin TB kit.

I can recommend someone to put it in if you have an engine

Never paid anything on over $5000 worth of parts so far, must have been lucky.
 

All you really need to buy is the sump & pickup pipe and water rail(Dunnell). Engine mounts can be cut and Modded from pinto ones , keep the zetec flywheel and clutch cause it works just fine in escort. Extractors can be made at an exhaust shop for under $400, or less if do it yourself. Inlet is what you decide. . Bike carbs , or injection etc made local .
My last zetec conversion cost me about $1200 only cause I bought stuff from USA as well as uk.
Someone on this forum used a escort or Cortina tin sump on the zetec as they are very close in size. Think outside the box and don't always think that buying the kit is the only way to install these motors .
Cheers