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darkpuppet,Mar 14 2007, 02:16 PM Wrote:ooo SPI... um... yeah...

things are difficult for the SPI owner.. it's great for fuel efficiency, not so great for performance.

I'm unaware of any superchargers out for it, but there are a couple of people that have done turbos.  Is it easy?  no way.. can it be done.. sure!

Your biggest issue is going to be tuning tho..

I'm in Toronto and I bounced around between honda shops and mustang shops looking for a competent tune, and in the end, I did better on my own with the SCT Pro Racer package.. granted, things have improved, but be forewarned that any tuner in Thunder Bay will probably be clueless when it comes to tuning your focus (of course I can help you weed out the weiners).

is the car an automatic?

just curious.  Depending on the age of the car, etc, you first modification might be to get a new used zetec or SVT car to build off of.

Anyways, don't give up hope.. there's things you can do for the SPI (and NOS2Go4Me can help ya a bit), but your choices are a bit constrained.
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I was just thinking, but didn't want to post yet as I hadn't searched..

Someone mentioned getting a Zetec engine for 450, anything like that is really eye opening to the questions of is an engine swap a better choice, and if so, what are the troubles that I need to pay attention to, when attempting a swap..

I was thinking.. Zetec base.. boost.. cheaper then going through a few SPI engines.

*edit* woops, it's 5spd