Hello All,
I am about to buy a 2000 ford focus SE 2.0L, and I intend to put up about 2500 in upgrades as soon as I take delivery. Im planning on doing headers, high flow cat, and cat back exhaust, CAI either AEM or K & N, throttle body spacer and maybe a new ECU. Cosmetically I plan on adding a body kit and new headlights and taillights with the back 3 window tints (the front 3 are illegal in IL). I read that the max stock hp output of the 2 liter zetec was about 130, and I'm wondering what it will be at realistically after these mods. The cat is made by random technology, the headers are pace setter, and the exhaust is flowmaster. I forget who makes the throttle body spacer, but this is exactly why im posting here. Does anybody have recommendations for parts manufacturers so that I can maximize my hp increase vs dollars spent? Am I overlooking anything that needs upgrading more than what I have mentioned? I figure that on the low end I would get about 50 hp from the mods I have mentioned, and on the high end about 75-80, totaling about 1500-about 2000 in performance mods. Can anybody either help me or point me into the direction I need to be moving? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jake
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I am about to buy a 2000 ford focus SE 2.0L, and I intend to put up about 2500 in upgrades as soon as I take delivery. Im planning on doing headers, high flow cat, and cat back exhaust, CAI either AEM or K & N, throttle body spacer and maybe a new ECU. Cosmetically I plan on adding a body kit and new headlights and taillights with the back 3 window tints (the front 3 are illegal in IL). I read that the max stock hp output of the 2 liter zetec was about 130, and I'm wondering what it will be at realistically after these mods. The cat is made by random technology, the headers are pace setter, and the exhaust is flowmaster. I forget who makes the throttle body spacer, but this is exactly why im posting here. Does anybody have recommendations for parts manufacturers so that I can maximize my hp increase vs dollars spent? Am I overlooking anything that needs upgrading more than what I have mentioned? I figure that on the low end I would get about 50 hp from the mods I have mentioned, and on the high end about 75-80, totaling about 1500-about 2000 in performance mods. Can anybody either help me or point me into the direction I need to be moving? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jake
[cheers]