Whew! Been a long time since I've been on FF! Doubt anyone remembers me, or anyone who I used to talk to here is even still around haha. Well, anyway, I'll go ahead and reintroduce myself and talk briefly about what I've been up to in my own little focus world!
So yeah, I "had"/"have" an 04 focus 2.3 zx3 manual transmission. LOVE the car! I bought it new in 04 and had this particular one dealer traded from about 3 hours away. I did a good amount of alterations to it, fc cai, cossie header, modified mbrp cat back minus the cat, bsd, lots of suspension goodies, and even fabricated a couple parts for it. I owned the car for over 13 years and 200k miles and when my little family started to grow, it was obvious how much smaller my car was! I sold my focus to my brother in law... He really wanted it and always wanted a "tuner" type car. Well, he didn't treat the car with the same respect I had for it and blew the engine. Not blew, but somehow, I suspect, one of main bearings walked out and caused the crank to sag on one side. Soooo, he sold it back to me lol. Of course I wanted my car back. It won't turn over and I have a feeling the pistons might have scored the cylinder walls. Good opportunity to yank out the old and in with something better!
So here's what I'm thinking...
2.5 bottom, 2.3 head, already have the bsd, cossie knockoff IM, maaaybe convert to 38 tooth, possibly cams and adj gears with springs and retainers. Obviously tune and maybe dyno time depending on how aggressive of cams I might get, if any.
Anything I'm forgetting? Good plan? Bad plan? Should I adjust any of my ideas? I know there are dozens, maybe even hundreds, of posts exactly like mine. But I figure FF is nowhere near as popular as it used to be and I want to maybe give it a little life back. Sure, I can search and sift through those hundreds of posts and gather my own information, or I can attempt to show the community that there are still some focus people around who still have a passion for the good ol first gen!
So yeah, I "had"/"have" an 04 focus 2.3 zx3 manual transmission. LOVE the car! I bought it new in 04 and had this particular one dealer traded from about 3 hours away. I did a good amount of alterations to it, fc cai, cossie header, modified mbrp cat back minus the cat, bsd, lots of suspension goodies, and even fabricated a couple parts for it. I owned the car for over 13 years and 200k miles and when my little family started to grow, it was obvious how much smaller my car was! I sold my focus to my brother in law... He really wanted it and always wanted a "tuner" type car. Well, he didn't treat the car with the same respect I had for it and blew the engine. Not blew, but somehow, I suspect, one of main bearings walked out and caused the crank to sag on one side. Soooo, he sold it back to me lol. Of course I wanted my car back. It won't turn over and I have a feeling the pistons might have scored the cylinder walls. Good opportunity to yank out the old and in with something better!
So here's what I'm thinking...
2.5 bottom, 2.3 head, already have the bsd, cossie knockoff IM, maaaybe convert to 38 tooth, possibly cams and adj gears with springs and retainers. Obviously tune and maybe dyno time depending on how aggressive of cams I might get, if any.
Anything I'm forgetting? Good plan? Bad plan? Should I adjust any of my ideas? I know there are dozens, maybe even hundreds, of posts exactly like mine. But I figure FF is nowhere near as popular as it used to be and I want to maybe give it a little life back. Sure, I can search and sift through those hundreds of posts and gather my own information, or I can attempt to show the community that there are still some focus people around who still have a passion for the good ol first gen!