Ford Focus with a 14b
 

Even though it's not a Honda, I figured I'd post up my HMT project from this past summer. It's a 2000 Ford Focus ZX3 non-SVT. I tried to keep this as inexpensive as possible. I know with more time and know-how/practice with welding, etc I could have done this even cheaper than I did. I did manage to keep this under 2K though, and I'm happy about that. Alright, on to the components:

TD05-H 14b turbo
I'm using my stock manifold with an adaptor angled at about 20 degrees
DSM side mount IC (Thanks a bunch Rexified from WVStreets.com!)
1.75" hot side piping (came free with my BOV, thanks TunerToys)
2.5" cold side
05+ Mustang slot style MAF
42 lb/hr green top injectors
Tuner Toys/Stealthmode Performance oil lines
DSM BOV
2.5" exhaust with a trubendz flex and a 4" round Magnaflow straight through muffler
Dyno tune and X3 flash by Lasota Racing (I highly recommend them, they rule hard)
The only other mods I have are a 65mm tb, B&M short shifter, SVT suspension, and Brembo OEM brakes with Hawk HPS pads

The turbo spools slow and only hit just under 10 psi right before they let off at around 6750 rpms. I made my peak power and torque at 8-9 psi in the 4500-5500 rpm range. Not exactly what I was expecting, but it's fine with me. I ended up making 182.93 whp and 188.57 ft.lbs on a 100,000 mi stock motor. Overall, I'm real pleased with how it's turned out and even more so at the awesome job Don and Rob did tuning the car.
Enough of my rambling, here's some pics:

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Re: Ford Focus with a 14b
 

nice build i dont like the focus but its not my car and is cool seeing a hmt focus. but did you let widebody decorate the interior

Re: Ford Focus with a 14b
 

lol...Looks like it huh?

Re: Ford Focus with a 14b
 

Don't hold that against me, haha. I had it done god knows how long ago, and I'm too lazy to fix it.

Re: Ford Focus with a 14b
 

What is your afr's like? Looks kinda scary to me, good power from what it used to be, but I'd definitely keep an eye on your afr's with a wideband.

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nice to see you finally finished it dude, that manifold is going to be a bitch for you, i just cracked my second one and finally decided to get the spa cast manifold. its sitting on my desk but i got no time to put it in. damn full time employment.

Re: Ford Focus with a 14b
 

if you're having a hard time spooling that little turbo you've got a leak somewhere or your wg is cracked. you should be making 10psi by 3k.

Re: Ford Focus with a 14b
 

I agree!!!!! There is somthing wrong with it. What is your exhaust like? Do you have it choke down to 1 1/2" somewhere? If your exhaust is ok then I would look at the wg like said before. With that little ass turbo, 10lbs, and a 2.0 it should spool so frickewn fast.

Re: Ford Focus with a 14b
 

That's what I was thinking, a good sized fart can spool a 14b.

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My A/F from what I was told by my tuner is at 11 or 11.7, I forget which. I'll take his word for it as far as being safe and whatnot, but it smells rich to me.

I figure my wg is the problem. I actually made a thread on here asking if the actuator was fucked and we all deduced that it wasn't, but I'm starting to have my doubts. I think someday when I get a whole bunch of time, I'm going to take the turbo out and adjust the wga, then see what happens. I know it's not my exhaust, I have 2.5" straight back and I fixed all the leaks that I knew about.