nothing yet.

 

Even if a turbo kit was offered. installing one would void your warranty.

 

Unless Ford Racing developed one, correct?

 

Fswerks at offers one, only after tuning is available

 

Sorry but ford racing will not make a turbo kit, especially since the ST is coming this year. Closest we would get is if roush releases their kit and we have a certified ford dealer install it. Other then that aftermarket is the only option we get.

 

a turbo voids your warranty, unless you know how to build it back to stock and they don't notice haha

 

May people who go as far as turbochargeing their car know what they are getting into because of the time, cost and effort

 

Don't know if the extra compression ratio will like a turbo...

 

You can turbo a high compression motor, you will gain more hp per pound of boost. Just requires good tuning

 

SCT is still in development...

STS offers universal kits and ive been looking into their kits for a few years now, i was going to do one on my sport trac but it got totaled in a wreck....

 

^^ hope the STS kit is better built than the one they did for the mustangs....

 

have no idea.... never messed with one....
what was wrong with the mustang ones?

 

Uh, isn't the DCT only rated for 180 lb-ft? Not gonna be much of a turbo to stay within that range.

 

It is at least 250, the euro diesel focus is 251 ft/lbs on the DCT.

not to mention we are going to be able to hit 180 with no turbo

 

I would think that the clutches will start slipping well before the gears start losing teeth. Wouldn't the power rating for this trans be more a power cut off based on clutch slippage?

I wouldn't be surprised that by the time a tested and complete turbo kit hits the market (from someone reputable) we have upgraded clutches available to handle added power.

Chris

 

what about nitrious

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide

 

If you do nitrous make sure you use a wet kit so you can control the amount of fuel and nitrous that is injected into the engine. Also start off with a higher fuel jet and use a wideband to get the nitrous and fuel pills right. If anyone wants more info make sure to check out the F/I portion of the forum or PM me

 

Will the DCT handle a Turbo

I was hoping, after my warranty is up, to kinda make my Focus a toy to work on....now I know it's an auto and I know it's not a racecar and never will be, but dammit I want to get as close as possible.

I also would have waited and gotten an ST, but I can't drive manual (again, I know I know, I'm not a man unless I can drive manual...[]).

Anyways, I've read that unless the compression ratio can be reduced this isn't an option. My question is, could the DCT transmission even handle a turbo.

 

Our dry clutch isn't rated to handle much, 250hp and under if I remember relatively correctly. Someone will have the actual stats on here soon, I'm sure.

 

Just blow-up your current powerplant and then drop-in the Ecoboost and a wet-sump. Voila! Sleeper!

 

Would be fun if we had a beefier tranny and some forged internals. Then something else would become the week link and I'm sure with more power, these cars would wheel hop like crazy. I'll be happy if I can pull 200 whp out of this thing, and I think after somebody figures out a tuning solution, another issue with going turbo, that is entirely doable.

 

That is the number I want as well. 200WHP should make this car a lot more fun [woot]

 

I could deal with 200. 250 would be better, but 200 ain't bad. If people can get this car up to 175 with only full exhaust and intake, 200 should easily be achievable with a turbo.

 

Keep in mind that the 175 is whp. The jury is still out on rough drivetrain loss numbers. It sounds like 200 whp is going to be acceptable for the DCT, given my limited knowledge of it.

 

You can reduce the 12:1 compression with dished pistons or larger combustion chambers to turbocharge. I believe the power limit on the DCT is about 180 lb/ft of torque.

 

Pretty decent torque numbers. And I was talking 200 whp dyno... It's the only kind that counts lol

 

I was talking 200 whp too. I honestly think it's doable n/a on these cars, we have barely scratched the surface of what these things are capable of. The transmissions are going to be the biggest drawback, funny because that's the weak link on my mustang project too.

 

I thought WHP was actual wheel horse power, and that you only suffer drivetrain loss on crank horsepower (aka mfg. stated HP)?

 

Given the ST has 250 ft-lb, I guess you wouldn't be able to do an engine swap without MAJOR modifications to the car. Actually, you'd probably have to swap the tranny too.

Man, I can't wait til tunes start to come out. I can imagine FocusBoy is going to go to town. Prediction: he hits 200 first! I'd put money on it.

 

If I didn't have big boy bills now, I'd be there quick. Why did I decide to move out of my parent's house? Oh the good old days of spending my whole paycheck on mods.

 

I hear that man....If I didn't have big boy bills I'd have an ST

 

I'd have a Shelby.