I wanted to do some work on my exhaust , so i was going to put a shorty header, downpipe, and o2 delete on my focus. i call focus central to place my order, and find out that it is discontinued. i have looked and looked, but have had no success. could someone PLEASE, PLEASE tell me where i can buy one. it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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You can get an excort GT header off of 88 - 91, requires minor fabrication. it is a full header too.. If you want I can find you one and send it to you, but you should try your local junkyards first.
hey thankx for the info. i will check my junkyards. But do you know in those websites you suggested ifthe headers there are actually compatable with the spi. it doesn't say, and Mcnews did not have a contact list to ask them. if you know would you please tell me. thank you
Last edited on Sat Sep 24th, 2005 05:50 pm by evofocus88
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hey thanks again. i think i will go with your word on the JC witney header. a $120 header can't be very effective. i am still looking around for the escort gt header. this is a stupid question, but if i do use the gt header it will delete the cat. converter. Right? or will i have to buy one because i do not want a cat. converter.
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I do know there is a fitment/space issue with the tranny or somthing like that from what I read.
If needbe you could always put a aftermarket cat further down the line. Trucks and such have there cat under the driver/passenger feet just as the piping straightens out after leaving the engine compartment.
thank you guys for all the help. i kept looking and looking, and found the website horsepowerfreaks.com and i called because i rather speak to a human. and i got the guy to call his supplier, and they are making me a spi race header for $271. shipping was free. they said it would takes 6 weeks to ship to me. that was the only draw back.
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well it looks like i spoke too soon. my package arrived on Sept. 4. that is almost 4 weeks early. that is sweet. it looks beautiful. i am going to put it on by thi sunday. i will post and tell you how i like it.
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Do you have a part number for the header?? Just wondering because I can put it in the list of part numbers and with the company that makes it. So that in the future peopel know where they can get one without tons of modification and searching for old parts. Was this a one time as ordered item or do you think they will have a few extra on the shelf?
well, ill keep it short. on sunday,oct, 9 i got my gasket for my header. then i took my heat shield off. at that time i realized they sent my the wrong header. they sent me a zetec header. now i have to get the situation taken care of.
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i am at it again. i returned the wrong header, and they gave me my money back. so it is not so bad. I went to escortfocus.com and they are selling an SPI header. so i ordered it. i have not recieved it to make sure it is valid, but it looks correct. there is a problem though. the 90 degree piece that hooks up race headers to the exhauste is not included. they do not offer or make it for sale. so i have to find one or make one. nothing is never as good as it seems.
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i went to escortfocusperformance.com i ordered their 4-2-1 race header. i installed it on my car. it took the cat converter out. the only problem is that there is no piece to hook it up to your exhauste. so i took the bend from the cat. and cut and welded a few times to get it correct. that mod gave me an additional 12 horses. you can feel the difference.
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Cool. I bet it's loud as hell now, unless you got the resignator with the cat back. Speaking of, what do you have for a cat back? I'm running the FC race header, FC flex pipe, and Magnaflow cat back with no resignator and it's way too loud. I noticed a major increase in third gear pull. I think the low range actually suffered a little. But I got other goodies that make up for it. LOL
i have no resonator. just straight out. it brings a lot of attention. i like it. yeah i noticed the third gear pull too. and as you my low end suffered. so i put in an adjustable cam and an underdrive pulley. now my car is quick.
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i am not sure what you mean by tuned. i did have my cam advanced 3 degrees. it gives me better bottom end , but does not take away from my top end too much.
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Did you bring the car to someone to get "tuned" or did you just adjust the cam sproket 3 degrees? Did you get it dyno'ed? I don't think I have ever seen a dyno sheet from a SPI. I'm just curious.
i just had it advanced 3 degreess. no real tune. i have not put it on a dyno. just my beltronics fx1 witch is suppost to be accurate. it tells me a little over 150 peak horse power.
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