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ok check this auction out...i think hes full of it....190hp to the wheels at 7lbs of boost from a stock 135 hp to the crank motor. i just wanna know what you think about this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1876465768

Dane

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ford focus :( :( :(

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i dont know about the 300whp, but i'm sure you can get 190 out of thoes engies with 7psi.

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but thats saying 190whp out of 7lbs. the ford fofocus has 135 to the crank stock. thats like 110-115 to the wheels or somethting. so hes tryin to say hes gettin 80whp from 7lbs.....i just cant believe that, but im sure im wrong....just lookin for others opinions.

Dane

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heh, the "Zetec" motor...
They got really original naming that thing! hehe

-Henry

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its close enough, sp maybe he has some other mods to give him 10hp, i'm sure that he's only getting like 60hp out of that turbo at 7psi...what is definetly not true is the 300whp, i dont think a zetec engine woud handle that.

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that's weak.. my friend slapped on a homemade turbo he has a t3/t4 with a bit starion intercooler running a 5th injector ran 13.502 at 103.94mph in a focus

his dyno was 220 whp and 240 ft/lbs torque

http://members.rogers.com/turbozx3/dynoboost.jpg

sad thing is.. a factory recall that he went in to get done, ford turned him down because he wasn't elidgable to get it... a couple weeks later.. his car catches fire and the car's toast =*(

the problem was the positive and negative wires for the batteries are on the same cord.. sperated by a small piece of rubber... if the rubber happens to have corroded it would touch and cause a fire =*(
or something like that

poor poor focus they were looking forward to 12s next year

http://members.rogers.com/turbozx3/burnt2.jpg
http://members.rogers.com/turbozx3/burnt4.jpg
http://members.rogers.com/turbozx3/burnt6.jpg

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HAHAHAHAHA

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omfg, that is funny..

Doesnt the focus have like the most recals on any car made?

Jeff

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dude thats not funny, id be hella pissed

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the focus has the second most recalls out of any car ever made by ford.....i believe the new taurus is number one. ford is such a piece of crap...o yea about the 13.5 on the focus...how many lbs of boost was he running?

Dane

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Couldn't have said it better myself. Every ford that I have ever known anyone owning has had problems. My friends truck breaks down daily. My neighbor used to have an escort. Now they will never own another ford vehicle. This girl at work was always getting stranded because the POS taurus wouldn't start. Ford = ----

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Correct, that isnt funny, especially if someone was hurt..

But oddly I cant stop laughing.. :-\

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probably because that car is COMPLETELY fucked...

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on the dyno run 17 was 7-8 psi
dyno run 18 was 8-9 psi

Ford Focus has the highest Safety Recalls in all of automotive history

i think he cranked it to 12 psi for the 13.5
all on stock internals =)

no one was injured thank god they had to jump out of the car while it was crawling at like 15 km/h

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How did that one post go before ---- - A - FORD lmao

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just wanted to let you guys know..i am a ford technician by day , Honda tuner by night..not that i really care about ford..but by seeing what comes in..i perform all the recalls, service..we really dont have any real problems with the Focus..if you look up the recalls on them they are all for stupid little things..like the battery cables, or wheel bearing seals.or a wiper moter cover .i have yet to see one come in for anything major..they come in for service(oil change/tire rotation) or the stupid recalls that some of them have( not all)..every brand car has it problems..but not all car manufacturers have the balls to admit and fix them

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the only problem i find with hondas is their weak internals, but other then that, my horn is broke and thats about it.

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i know three guys with focuses...and all three of them their tranny went out between 30k-40k miles. and my friends mom just bought an expedition.......the had to take it back cuz the trannny was leaking a lot of fluid.

Dane

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razorhatch, there's others that have that battery cable recall that have had their car catch on fire.. just like my friend... i'm scared to drive behind Zx3s and ZTS or ZX5s now... wouldn't you be scared?

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yea my boys focus is still in the shop right now for a tranny job

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i climb all over them all day, i dont know then..maybe either the people in my area ..are lucky and dont have any problems..or dont bring them in if they do..oh well

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not every car is eligible for a recall..it depends on things like build dates..bad batches of a part on the line..someone might of been sleeping? if he would of came in my dealership..i would of been " Sweet this things turbo! and after every tech in the shop checked it out..i would of went ahead and did the recalls..they cant void a safety recall for that..now if he came in under warrany blowing gobs of smoke out the exhaust..and saying somethings wrong with my car? well.."id be like heres your price on a new zetec unit." only if what you put on there is directly related to the problem should they not honor it.. but like i said before..other companys have recalls/problems..they just dont advertise them...

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the only ford i have ever liked is my dad's f250 super duty with the powerstroke motor. i know its a funny name, but that motor is totally bad ass. he has pulled 18,000 pounds with it! his is a 99 with 120,000 miles on it and the only problem he has had with it was when a 15 dollar sensor in the rear end went out. all in all i think those trucks are the only vehicles ford sorted out before they sold them. its the best tow vehicle in the world too. i towed my civic on a BIG ASS trailer, the one that he put 18,000 pounds on, from chicago to detroit, and got 19 miles per gallon, thats not too bad.

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that is pretty awesome.

Dane

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i work for a rental car company and the focus was the biggest p.o.s. for the first few years. they are starting to improve, but they have had a lot of recalls:
wheel seals
wheel falls off
p.o.s. ingnition lock cores
it does amaze me that a car this cheap has transponder keys...another big pain in the a##.

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if it was ford australia or ford UK i would LOVE to own a ford.. but.. FORD USA is GARBAGE!!!

FORD winstars were made in Oakville Ontario
FORD/MERC crown vics, grand marquis, and new Maurader are being built in St.Thomas Ontario
FORD F150 plant is in Windsor

Oakville and Windsor plants have been closed because "Ford's should be built in america" kinda mentality, there were probably "other" reasons but WTF!

when the car caught on fire it was back to stock, he took out the turbo and everything, he went into winter mode saving his turbo for next season hitting 12s, onlything he did was relocate his battery in the engine bay, which shouldn't void the warrenty cause it was the factory battery cable

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were pinto's ever up there? considering that if you bottomed out hard enough they would blow up? ;D just a thought ::)

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Mazda had trouble out of the RX7's, I think it was coolant seals, thats probably why every RX7 has a motor swap.

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true but the RX-7's have those crazy ass rotory engines that are a bitch to work on unless you really love working on them or know a good bit. Plus they ping when they are just short of a little fuel and some leak oil out of the exhaust. As for the focus i guess you guys didn't hear , they just recently shoved a 302 ford in one with rear wheel drive ( Hotrod Magazine ) pretty crazy and kinda stupid to me but oh well im not driving it ;D

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yea its the 5.0 mustang engine...they did that like 6 or 7 months ago....the swap costs like 12000.

Dane

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damn i was in the dark i need to get out more lol

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I am a ford tech from north cali. I live and drive hondas only. first things first jeff this site kicks ass..

seccond I have repaired focuses and tauruses like there was no tomorow,water leaks,ignation cylinders,motors,trans you name it.
I have friends that work for honda and they tell me mostly all they do is services and timing bealts. they say a verry small percentige of there work is motor replacements or recalls.
as for your friends car that sucks I had my chevelle catgh on fire back in high school and every one called me car-b-q for like 2 years ;D

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car b-q hahaha....thats awesome ;D

Dane

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jeff should not be laughing if i remeber right youve had some auto fires in your past 2 in the old red car, and a bigass bonfire in the old old blue car.
;D

Beau