whoa its beeen a while since ive been here. well anyways i was just throwin around the idea of gettin a header and offroad pipe setup. i know focus central has the race header and shorty header and offroad pipe. just wondering if there are any other options than the f/c stuff. Oh yeah also would installing this improve or kill my fuel milage. thanks in advance for any cool info. peace
I use modified escort GT headers. The reason I prefer them over the FC is one it isnt FC and two, the firing order is actually correct. IIRC, the FC has it mixed up. That affects the scavenging negatively.
I have the fc short header. It's ok...it seems more now like a waste of money actually. It was a pain in the butt to install and I didn't notice a difference. I haven't replaced my cat with an off road pipe yet and that's where the real difference will be seen but i'm worried about it not being worth it afterword
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http://www.focus-central.com/catalog/details.asp?cid=2&sid=&pid=90so how does this race header hold up? or is this designed poorly as well??o yeah and that link i put up for the ebay header, will that work on the spi?? prolly is a POS tho but just thought maybe it also would work
Last edited on Sat Jul 23rd, 2005 01:50 pm by docinsano
It's the race header that's made incorrectly. The short header is in the right firing order. It's made ok too it's just a lot of money and I personally didn't notice the whole 2 hp it added. But I'm sure combined with the off road pipe I would. The only REAL problem I had with it was how close it came to the power steering line that goes across the front. I made a bracket and pulled it forward so it would burn against it. Installing it was simple enough too really (other then the power steering line issue but i'm told other people didn't have that problem)...It took a little while but that's because it was my first time doing something like that. I made a how-to that's still listed on this site.
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I think the problem you'd have with the aftermarket escort header is the second part. you have to cut some pipe out and weld the focus flex bracket on. Better to spend less money on the oem from a scrap yard if you're gonna be cutting into it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PaceSetter-Performance-Header-91-96-Ford-Escort-GT-1-8L_W0QQitemZ7975682201QQcategoryZ33631QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem will this header work?? just wondering. or would it be better to just go to the scrapyard?? just wondering, the escort gt had a 1.8L?? crazy that it fits the spi
Last edited on Fri Jul 29th, 2005 05:20 pm by docinsano
whoa nevermind that, ok what engine does the escort gt have?? if its the 1.8L dohc thats great cuz i found a site that searches salvage yards! Bonus!!!!! oops dammit whats the displacement of the escort gt's engine??okay jeez i am going crazy but i found some pics how to but no explaination for the pics. found the pics on fj and there hosted through imagestation but it'd be nice if i knew what was going on in the pics!
Last edited on Fri Jul 29th, 2005 05:57 pm by docinsano
