I am having some major internal conflict issues. One minute, I'm ready to throw down some cash to mod my Duratec 2.0 Sedan Focus, but the next, I'm wondering if it would even be worth the cash to do so. I've been going back and forth now for months. Just recently I was completely ready to do it, but then at the last second, I just started wondering if it would be a better idea to sell my car and buy a different one. One that would be already much faster and I could continue to make even faster, but with the trade off being that it would most likely be an older vehicle (early 2000s-90s), more miles, and also probably have less comfort and space. I like the comfort and space of my Focus now, but it's really lacking the any-kind-of-speed department. I'd like to keep the comfort/space, but I want it to perform better and be faster. So is it worth it?
This is basically what I drive (2006 Duratec 2.0):
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These are the mods I have planned:
1) Throttle Body (For better throttle response and more vroom) $260
2) FSWerks Cold Air Intake $220
3) CARB Legal Header $350ish
4) CARB Legal Exhaust $400ish
5) Tom Tune $350
6) Up Front Stress Bar $100
So I'm looking at "ballpark" $1700 for everything. I'm hopeing for around a 40HP gain, give or take, on performance tune, and great gas mileage on EcoTune.
How different will my car feel post-mods vs stock (current)? I just don't know though. I guess I'm afraid that when it's all said and done, my car really wont feel or perform all that much better or be all that much faster. I'm not expecting it to become some 300HP beast, but I'd certainly like to notice a big difference over how it feels now. But beyond the mods I've got listed above, there's really nothing else I'd add to it after that. Maybe a CARB legal performance Intake Manifold sometime WAY down the road, but beyond that, there is nothing else I'd add. That's it. So.... is it worth the money?
How much more would my car be worth post-mods vs stock?
This is basically what I drive (2006 Duratec 2.0):
These are the mods I have planned:
1) Throttle Body (For better throttle response and more vroom) $260
2) FSWerks Cold Air Intake $220
3) CARB Legal Header $350ish
4) CARB Legal Exhaust $400ish
5) Tom Tune $350
6) Up Front Stress Bar $100
So I'm looking at "ballpark" $1700 for everything. I'm hopeing for around a 40HP gain, give or take, on performance tune, and great gas mileage on EcoTune.
How different will my car feel post-mods vs stock (current)? I just don't know though. I guess I'm afraid that when it's all said and done, my car really wont feel or perform all that much better or be all that much faster. I'm not expecting it to become some 300HP beast, but I'd certainly like to notice a big difference over how it feels now. But beyond the mods I've got listed above, there's really nothing else I'd add to it after that. Maybe a CARB legal performance Intake Manifold sometime WAY down the road, but beyond that, there is nothing else I'd add. That's it. So.... is it worth the money?
How much more would my car be worth post-mods vs stock?
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