hey my name is jimmy i got a 2001 focus zx3 i just blew my motar well i just bought the car and it was rigged with a turbo and shit and i need a new engine what engine from the focus line would fit other then the kind that was in there i want to make this thing pump 225 hp agian i miss smokeing every car in my town ! someone help lend me a few pointers
A 2.0 Zetec from a Focus is the only engine that will fit and bolt in directly.
But first maybe you should figure out why your motor blew, so you don't just blow up the new one. If it was "rigged" as you put it, it's probably going to have problems regardless. When it blew, what happened? Did you fry a piston, spin a main bearing, break a connecting rod? What kind of boost were you running, and was it a built bottom end or all stock? What kind of fuel management, and injectors are you running? Did the turbo get any debris through it when the engine blew?
What kind of air/fuel ratio were you hitting at the time?
And if you didn't ask the previous owner these questions, you should have.
A turbo engine is not just a "slap and go" thing- if you treat it as so, you WILL break something! Any kind of forced induction requires lots of tuning.
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hmm when my people go trought it and find out what happend i am gunna find the engine that fits witch i have found a vetch doch that might fit for 500 bucks with 36 miles on it i just bout it about 3 weeks ago and the kid tld me shit so i drove it mad slow so i would not break anything but the cllutch was going so i had a new one put it 3 days later it blew on the highway at 60 miles almost died and the hole is the size of a fist but i just need to find out a good engine and piston that will fit it good so when i have a turbo hooked up to it ill have it fine tuned and as for this kid he had not boost gauge and i dont know where the papers for the air fuel shit is i was gunna go over it this week but it blew up to soon now i am fucked but its a sweet ride ill put picks up so you can see it cause i want it fixed even if i leave it stok for a bit
pics of the engine compartment would help. as far as boost goes, you just learned the first lesson the hard way... never run without a boost guage. you have no indication of problems without one. and always have a boosted car dyno tuned by someone that knows exactly what they are doing. with boost the old "i think that should work" from a tuner doesnt cut it, it just shows they have no clue.
there could be a few reasons the engine grenaded. bov stuck shut, bad a/f mixture, wrong size injectors, air leak in the turbo system, thrown together system, etc.
225 whp is a tad high for everyday street use on a stock turbo'd engine, keep it detuned to around 200whp if you like the engine breathing.
what turbo is being used?
Last edited on Tue Oct 23rd, 2007 01:29 am by goinloco1
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'06 ZX3- Intake, exhaust, mount
'01 ZX3- Salvaged, SOLD
'01 ZX3- Repo'd several years ago
'80 RX7 SA- Where the f*** did THAT come from?
Hi Im pretty new at this as you can tell but I have a few question about the focus fest 2008 can anyone tell me when and were its going to be this year and the cost.
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'06 ZX3- Intake, exhaust, mount
'01 ZX3- Salvaged, SOLD
'01 ZX3- Repo'd several years ago
'80 RX7 SA- Where the f*** did THAT come from?
Sorry fellas at Team Focus I thought you guys and focus fanatics was one in the same , I was thinking That I was talking to someone on there site sorry.
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'06 ZX3- Intake, exhaust, mount
'01 ZX3- Salvaged, SOLD
'01 ZX3- Repo'd several years ago
'80 RX7 SA- Where the f*** did THAT come from?
