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Originally posted by Big Jim:
It is the new 4 cylinder 2.3 L engine that is available in the Focus.
Around 150hp and 150tq. 
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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Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle, so out of the box it's an exceptionally clean-running motor.
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle, so out of the box it's an exceptionally clean-running motor.
Thankyou. That's what I was wondering. 
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Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle, so out of the box it's an exceptionally clean-running motor.
IIRC, what it really means is that its tailpipe emissions are equal to what the emissions are to produce the electricity to power an electric vehicle. Those emissions are the 900-pound gorilla in the corner that all the electric-vehicle greenie weenies ignore...
Scott
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Originally posted by LoCoZ:
Originally posted by Big Jim:
It is the new 4 cylinder 2.3 L engine that is available in the Focus.
Around 150hp and 150tq.
At 144-148HP and 150-152TQ that is Almost the same power the Twin Cam from GM put out in 1996. (150HP/155TQ and even that was "down" from the HO "Quad" versions from the early 90's!) 
Fortunately for the General they only let the Ecotec replacement languish with an even lower output (140/150) for a couple years.
They plan 145, 170, and 200+ versions of it for next year.
Hopefully Ford/Mazda will respond with some 2.3L tweaking of their own.
We know a turbo would be a NO BRAINER... 
2000 SVT #674
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It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.
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Originally posted by Pigeon:
Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle, so out of the box it's an exceptionally clean-running motor.
IIRC, what it really means is that its tailpipe emissions are equal to what the emissions are to produce the electricity to power an electric vehicle. Those emissions are the 900-pound gorilla in the corner that all the electric-vehicle greenie weenies ignore...
Scott
Ahhh, that's very interesting. Thanks for filling in that detail.
I wonder what the emissions would be like after bolting a turbo into that void in the engine bay?
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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