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Originally posted by SQPlus:
...and believe me us Zetec owners have been looking into all the different Foci parts available. Unfortunately we've run into problems with almost every single one of them. Throttle bodies, engine mounts, intakes, suspension, plug wires, turbo kits, headers, intake manifolds, cams, cam gears...you name it we've probably looked into it. Overall, we've actually had better luck matching up/using performance parts from the zx2's than anything else. laugh Enjoy.[/QB]


Hmmm?!?!?! Very intriguing indeed! Generally if the engine is the same, the parts are the same! That's a first I've heard. You see, the 2.3L parts I've mentioned matched up 99% of the time. The only diff was slightly diff bolt-ons from the factory but usually all aftermarket stuff works! Has anyone tried to find out why the stuff won't work? Or why the escort stuff works better? My guess is that there must be slight diffs in the design or placement of certain bolt-ons on specific vehicles in the factory. Has anyone tried correcting this?(You know, a lil welding here and there?) Or has anyone tried to exchange the outer-skin of their Contour's engine with that of the Focus so that the bolt-on's mentioned will work?(Outer-skin=intake manifold, heads, intake, exhaust manifolds, etc,)Maybe if we tried to keep the block and change a few of these first THEN bolt on the Focus stuff maybe it would work.
I don't know you guys are the experts, I'm just trying to learn. Someone please let me know.
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