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Old 10-13-2004, 02:11 PM
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Well... I'm still kinda upside-down on the POS... The car is dead slow...

I'm thinking about slapping a HMT on it... Fuel manigment is the biggest problem ( no RRFPR or FMU )...

Basiclly $150 manifold
$150 turbo
$60 lines and IC piping ( $160 if I use mandral bends )
I have 14 ICs at my house, one of them is good for 6psi I'm sure...
Tranny cooler $80
$5 volvo BOV ( maybe free 1.8t GTi bov )
$100 misc. stuff...

Maybe with 6psi it might break into the 16's...
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Old 10-13-2004, 02:15 PM
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Default Re:worth turboing my focus ZX3 ??
my buddy is coming back from college @ xmas and we are going to boost his zx2...

planning on either a AFC hack or FMU for management...

pretty simple...

---- the tranny cooler...

add in $50 for a downpipe and $20 for couplers, etc
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Old 10-13-2004, 02:17 PM
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Default Re:worth turboing my focus ZX3 ??
if you don't want an FMU you could try something like Megasquirt, add one or two extra injectors.
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Old 10-13-2004, 02:18 PM
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Default Re:worth turboing my focus ZX3 ??
Originally Posted by 89dxhunchback
Well... I'm still kinda upside-down on the POS... The car is dead slow...

Maybe with 6psi it might break into the 16's...

LOL. dam, i would say buy yourself a geo and leave it stock if you wanna get into the 16's ---- the zx3
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Old 10-13-2004, 02:35 PM
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Default Re:worth turboing my focus ZX3 ??
any car is worth boosting
I think my car did high 18's when it was stock, now it runs 15's, even with much bigger tires than stock.
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Old 10-13-2004, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 89dxhunchback
Well... I'm still kinda upside-down on the POS... The car is dead slow...

Maybe with 6psi it might break into the 16's...

LOL. dam, i would say buy yourself a geo and leave it stock if you wanna get into the 16's ---- the zx3
you might want to up the boost
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Old 10-13-2004, 06:35 PM
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this guy is putting down some pretty good numbers

http://p207.ezboard.com/fzx2racingfr...picID=54.topic
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Old 10-13-2004, 08:20 PM
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I think it would be a fun different project. I kinda like how some of those look. It woul probably hold some decent amount of boost.
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Old 10-13-2004, 08:25 PM
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everything is worth turbocharging
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Old 10-13-2004, 08:32 PM
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Dont you need an oil sump system because of how low the turbo has to sit in the car?
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