Originally posted by PDXSVT:
Yeah, the SVTs are not anything special. N/A 2.5Ls putting out 160 FWHP pure stock must grow on trees.
If we assume an MTX Zetec does only around 105 FWHP, then an SVT is ONLY around 55 FWHP ahead of a normal Zetec. That a Zetec needs a turbocharger just to catch up with the SVT indicates the SVT IS something special, at least compared to a Zetec.
So what's so exotic, unique and desirable about a turbo'd Zetec that you sink $$THOUSANDS into it, just to MAYBE (if you're lucky) break even with a dull, mundane, garden variety Duratec SVT?
Turbo Zetec break even with a stock SVT? HA....most of the Turboed Focus running are at or over 200 FWHP.....there was never a stock Duratec SVT running that or even close. 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
160HP/141TQ
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