I bought myself a 03 SVT Focus after getting in an accident with my 1993 Cobra I let insurance screw me over because I am young and stupid. I was at my friends house he said in one of his pass Fast Mustangs & Fords he saw a Fox v8 swap into a focus. I tierd to search it online and at there website to download PDF but wasnt able to, does anyone know if this is possible or any facts on this? I am sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question but I figured the swap would section would be best. It might just have me keep the car instead of selling it.

Yes its possible, its a lot of work and not cheap by any means. Kugel Komponents sells most of whats needed for the conversion but i know they dont sell everything you will have to do some hunting and searching for the rest of the parts. There are maybe 2 or 3 v8 focus owners on here hopefully they will chime in with more info for ya

http://www.kugelkomponents.com/focus/focus.html

if you have the time you can fabricate your own stuff and that keeps cost way down. you already have the drivetrain for it and all the wiring. 20k is still ridiculous for a swap... those kits are a lot, but I guess you pay for convenience.

Here is a thread of a fellow member doing an incredible swap job in his garage.
http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=187379

Hey just imo, if you are going to do. Swap sell the svt and get a regular focus cuz those svt are one nice ride. Imo

I actually have the issue of mustangs and fast fords with that article in it. Its pretty sweet and if you can do all the work your self you could easily keep cost under 10k. They had the car running 12s in the 1/4 mile with a almost stalk 302.

Never heard of a V-8 swapped focus......

^^^lol

Never heard of a V-8 swapped focus......

Yeah hears a little video of one of them.
http://youtu.be/dgeAVXvlKk0

Nope never seen a V8 in a Focus either LOL

Tom

hmmmm you would probably be the FIRST EVER to do a V8 swap focus!!! hahaha

Yeah hears a little video of one of them.
http://youtu.be/dgeAVXvlKk0

HAHAHAHAHAAAAaaahhahaha........

I know.... that was filmed in front of my house.... wanna guess who was driving it???

I was kidding about never seeing one..... just do a search on here for zx408

Yeah hears a little video of one of them.
http://youtu.be/dgeAVXvlKk0

silly new guys [giggle]

HAHAHAHAHAAAAaaahhahaha........

I know.... that was filmed in front of my house.... wanna guess who was driving it???

I was kidding about never seeing one..... just do a search on here for zx408

Ok, now i feel kinda stupid about that lol. I had no idea you were joking.

Well, it might be a long road maybe if I can pick up a roller or something I'd do it. I got a nice engine is my Cobra it has: Holley Systemmax II, Custom Cam, 185AFR, and Stroked 331. But it seems it would be cheaper just to fix the 93 up.

The "cool factor" of a V8 focus is pretty nice.... but for what it costs to build one you can have a 9 second fox body.

its a noval idea but the coolness of it is lost when it comes down to buying the very expensive conversion parts. That and the majority of them ive seen are carbed for some stupid reason.
On top of chopping up the body, moving/removing body components like the gas tank it just doesnt feel like it would make a great dd either.

its a noval idea but the coolness of it is lost when it comes down to buying the very expensive conversion parts. That and the majority of them ive seen are carbed for some stupid reason.
On top of chopping up the body, moving/removing body components like the gas tank it just doesnt feel like it would make a great dd either.

It makes sense to run them carbed so that you don't have to worry about piggybacking an ecu.

I would think that it would make more sense to swap a V8 into one of the wagons instead, though. The longer wheel base would make for a much less squirley car in the corners.

Short answer is yes, but it's a hefty investment, better really ask yourself if you're ready to go through all the crap of properly engineering a car and sorting out a bunch of gremlins because even the Kugel kit is not simply plug and play.

It makes sense to run them carbed so that you don't have to worry about piggybacking an ecu.

I would think that it would make more sense to swap a V8 into one of the wagons instead, though. The longer wheel base would make for a much less squirley car in the corners.

I like this one a lot,
http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231550

I would think that it would make more sense to swap a V8 into one of the wagons instead, though. The longer wheel base would make for a much less squirley car in the corners.

The Wagon is exactly the same wheelbase as any other. It does give more room for a bigger gas tank tho'

It's just the body that's longer.

I like this one a lot,
http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231550

One of the baddest wagons going. PM me if you still have that fuel door. I forgot about it completely.

The Wagon is exactly the same wheelbase as any other. It does give more room for a bigger gas tank tho'

It's just the body that's longer.

I stand corrected. Might as well go for the ZX3, then.

It makes sense to run them carbed so that you don't have to worry about piggybacking an ecu.

The 5.0 had minimal Ecu Bs, if i remember correctly the harness went straight to the motor/emissions crap and that was it.