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Originally posted by LoCoZ:
It is a stock Focus manifold....just the 2000 one from the Focus is much better design wise. 
The early 2000 Focus mainfold is a stock ZX2 manifold with the EGR plug removed to hook up to the Focus EGR system.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
What year is your's? It doesn't matter what it says... I've seen crate zetecs listed as 127hp. But whatever they truly put out at the crank, all 98+ zetecs, be it a contour, zx2, cougar, focus, or whatever else put out the same amount of HP.
Not true. The ZX2 haS different cam lift and duration than the Contour, Escapr, and Focus. Its been measured before by a ZX2 owner that took the cams to a shop to have their lift and duration mesaured. The stock ZX2 intake cam is similar in lift to a Crower Stage 2 intake cam for the FOcus.
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Originally posted by anthonyconstant:
so what kind of gains can you expect from cam gears(am i right in assuming theres two? cause zx2tuner sells one, while CTA sells them in pairs) can i use the cam gears with turbo...what is the best degree to set them at??? any one have any pics of there engine bay with the cam gears?
When I added cam gears to my '00 ZX2 I gained 9 HP at the wheels peak and a lot more power past 6000 RPM. Between adding the FZRacing header, AF/X UDP, and adjsutable cam gears, my ZX2 gained 19 HP at 5700 RPM and 58 HP at 7000 RPM. Instead of the horsepower dropping off past 6100 RPM, it stayed level.
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Originally posted by ZetecRacing:
Originally posted by Monstour:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
You have VCT, do a search on it. It's on 98+ zetec contours and ,as I've stated before, slows you down 20% as compare to a pre98 zetec.  
So does that mean all of us w/ VCT should find a shop that can take it off or should we be doin something different
ignore the child.
what the little boy is trying to say is VCT is not a good thing for mods.... it doesn't respond to mods like a non VCT Zetec does.
to remove it is not an easy thing, you can't just flip a switch.
So what mods wouldn,t take well with the VCT
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Originally posted by Monstour:
So what mods wouldn,t take well with the VCT
you don't see to fully understand casue of the VCT anymod doesn't give the same gainas as ir does on a non VCT Zetec... they will all work but not to the same degree.
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Originally posted by BOSS122:
Not true. The ZX2 haS different cam lift and duration than the Contour, Escapr, and Focus. Its been measured before by a ZX2 owner that took the cams to a shop to have their lift and duration mesaured. The stock ZX2 intake cam is similar in lift to a Crower Stage 2 intake cam for the FOcus.
Show me published specs of this.
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Originally posted by SleeperZ:
Originally posted by BOSS122:
Not true. The ZX2 haS different cam lift and duration than the Contour, Escapr, and Focus. Its been measured before by a ZX2 owner that took the cams to a shop to have their lift and duration mesaured. The stock ZX2 intake cam is similar in lift to a Crower Stage 2 intake cam for the FOcus.
Show me published specs of this.
I've seen the same thing, except not sure if the lift is similar to the crower cams, I just know it's different on a zx2 than on our cars or foci, just shifts the power band.
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Originally posted by SleeperZ:
Originally posted by BOSS122:
Not true. The ZX2 haS different cam lift and duration than the Contour, Escapr, and Focus. Its been measured before by a ZX2 owner that took the cams to a shop to have their lift and duration mesaured. The stock ZX2 intake cam is similar in lift to a Crower Stage 2 intake cam for the FOcus.
Show me published specs of this.
I think this guy is blowing smoke up or azz
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Originally posted by SleeperZ:
Originally posted by BOSS122:
Not true. The ZX2 haS different cam lift and duration than the Contour, Escapr, and Focus. Its been measured before by a ZX2 owner that took the cams to a shop to have their lift and duration mesaured. The stock ZX2 intake cam is similar in lift to a Crower Stage 2 intake cam for the FOcus.
Show me published specs of this.
Open up a Ford shop manual for the ZX2 and compare the specs the Focus or Contour shop manual. I have the offical Ford shop manual on CD at home for 1999 or 2001 and in both of them it lists the ZX2 as having 0.367" lift intake cams. The ZX2 has more lift and duration on the cams because the VCT system allows it to still meet LEV specs while having more aggressive cams.
I can do printscreens of the pages from the shop manual tonight if you want to see them.
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