MORE BHP NEEDED FOR MY FOCUS

[welshshaney]

HI PEPS,
IM IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING A FULL STAINLESS 4-2-1 MANIFOLD, MAGNAFLOW 200 CELL SPORTS CAT AND CYBOX CENTRE BOX AND 4INCH STRAIGHT CUT BACK BOX, K&N TYPHOON INDUCTION KIT.

ITS COSTING ME £452.32 ITS GOING ON MY FOCUS 1.4 ZETEC SE 75BHP I WANT TO GET A LITTLE MORE POWER DOES ANYBODY NOW ROUGHLY HOW MUCH BHP THIS WILL FREE UP IVE BEEN TOLD ITS AROUND 20-30 BHP IF SO THIS WILL MAKE MY FOCUS 105BHP BUT I WANT TO GET GET IT PUSHING AT LEAST 130 TO 140 BHP TOPS

ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT ELSE I COULD DO FOR MORE POWER ???

[JakeR]

There is a saying on here:

'the cheapest way to upgrade a car is to sell it and buy a faster one'

It's true.

cheers and good luck!

JakeR

P.s. Caps lock is formatting for 'shouting' on this forum, so people may get confused! cheers...

Edited by JakeR on Thursday 23 April 10:14

[PaulTypeR]

Dude, stop being silly and just swap it for a 2 litre. You could turbo your 1.4, but its gonna be megabucks. Whats the point?

[Sim89]

Agreed, if you are going to mod, make it the 1.6 or 2 litre engines, much more easier to tune and develop.

Or just get a quicker car

[White Lightning]

I know its not really the answer you are looking for mate, but you will only get limited power from a naturely aspirated engine, so personally i wouldnt bother!! To gain really horsepower it has to either big block and/or force inducted. (i.e turbo or super charged)

So i'd swap up for a focus ST. Quite cheap these days and very easy to tune to big outputs.
My ST is running a remap and induction kit and im cureently pushing in the region of 270-280 bhp.

Hope this helps a little bit anyway mate. Good luck

[James998]

You'll be lucky if you see 10-15bhp with those additions, best bet is to swap the engine instead of wasting your money, take it from somebody whos been there done that :P

[robuk]

welshshaney said:

ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT ELSE I COULD DO FOR MORE POWER ???

Super glue a capslock key to the dash as it makes EVERYTHING LOUDER AND BETTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Zad]

If you are really determined to squeeze every last BHP out of that engine, then you will need a mappable ECU. Take your pick...

[SunderJimmy]

Buy a 2 litre Focus it's nearly twice as powerful as the nipper engine.

Don't swap the engine coz that'll cost a wodge of money and you won't declare it and thus not pay extra road tax and insurance.

[bn9af]

I just spent £3000 on engine mods to my 1.8 petrol focus and it only made 140bhp (27bhp above standard)(and i know i shouldnt have done it, absolutely gutted at how much money iv wasted), so not to be a kill joy but there is absolutely no way it will be financially viable to get a 1.4 to 100, let alone 140. theres no point sticking a turbo on the tiniest engine the focus was blessed with because it would need huge mods to make any power, again making it financial unviable. To get around 100-110 in N/A guise i reckon youd need:

definitely:
4-1 exhaust manifold
de cat
racing puma inlet manifold with enlarged throttle body
ported, polished 3 angle valve seat cylinder head
high lift, longer duration cams
aftermarket management

possibly:
high compression pistons and ARP bolts throught out

the car would drive like an absolute pig cos of the torque curve would be ruined.

and if you have the money to do all that, you have more than enough for an RS with 212bhp

Edited by bn9af on Tuesday 28th April 09:58

[wrightman90]

White Lightning said:

I know its not really the answer you are looking for mate, but you will only get limited power from a naturely aspirated engine, so personally i wouldnt bother!! To gain really horsepower it has to either big block and/or force inducted. (i.e turbo or super charged)

So i'd swap up for a focus ST. Quite cheap these days and very easy to tune to big outputs.
My ST is running a remap and induction kit and im cureently pushing in the region of 270-280 bhp.

Hope this helps a little bit anyway mate. Good luck

What planet are you on?! No one who can just afford to run a 1.4 Focus is likely to have funds to simply 'upgrade' to a Focus ST

[Trooper2]

Don't forget to fold down the back seats to save some weight...... ..

[White Lightning]

wrightman90 said:

White Lightning said:

I know its not really the answer you are looking for mate, but you will only get limited power from a naturely aspirated engine, so personally i wouldnt bother!! To gain really horsepower it has to either big block and/or force inducted. (i.e turbo or super charged)

So i'd swap up for a focus ST. Quite cheap these days and very easy to tune to big outputs.
My ST is running a remap and induction kit and im cureently pushing in the region of 270-280 bhp.

Hope this helps a little bit anyway mate. Good luck

What planet are you on?! No one who can just afford to run a 1.4 Focus is likely to have funds to simply 'upgrade' to a Focus ST

Planet earth actually, thanks!!!! And considering the cost of modifiying the car it would be just as cheap to upgrade!!!!