Hi, Guest
If they left the damn Focus Mk2 as competition for the Japs they'd be fine... not letting the 05+ Foci languish with just a sheetmetal upgrade and po' boy Duratecs.
No proper SVT / ST - sad pandas
No 2.3 option for the SES series - sad pandas
Soft as 00-04 stock suspension bits (except ST) - sad pandas
But really... would it cost that much to do a proper upgrade / import of the C1? Something tells me that given the way the Mk1 was embraced here... they'd sell like wildfire. Hell, just turn up the 2.3L's punch if they don't want to give us a boosted 5-cyl from the UK Focus ST. If they can get 170 BHP out of a Zetec on 91 octane, they can most likely get 170 out of the Duratec 2.3 on 87/89 and 180-190 on 91 I'd say.
*shakes head*
EDIT - I just noticed the 2.3L Fusion motor gets 160HP, almost 10 more than the Focus ST, on 87 Octane. I'll pull out my Shadetree Mechanic calculator and speculate they could easily run 180BHP on 87 octane with the 2.3L Duratec.
No proper SVT / ST - sad pandas
No 2.3 option for the SES series - sad pandas
Soft as 00-04 stock suspension bits (except ST) - sad pandas
But really... would it cost that much to do a proper upgrade / import of the C1? Something tells me that given the way the Mk1 was embraced here... they'd sell like wildfire. Hell, just turn up the 2.3L's punch if they don't want to give us a boosted 5-cyl from the UK Focus ST. If they can get 170 BHP out of a Zetec on 91 octane, they can most likely get 170 out of the Duratec 2.3 on 87/89 and 180-190 on 91 I'd say.
*shakes head*
EDIT - I just noticed the 2.3L Fusion motor gets 160HP, almost 10 more than the Focus ST, on 87 Octane. I'll pull out my Shadetree Mechanic calculator and speculate they could easily run 180BHP on 87 octane with the 2.3L Duratec.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.