the 1.5 was what i was leaning towards. but i honestly dont know that much about their cams. i just do not want to sacrifice much daily drivability or MPG.also just saw the stage 1, which i may consider as well. we will see when the time gets closerSounds like a good setup. One question though, why the 1.1 with a stage 3 head? The 2.1 and 2.5 have decent characteristics. I have a 1.9 and have no issues on the street, just has a nice lopey idle and low end loss was not horrible.
gotcha, i will see what i can find. and i had the heater core replaced and my mechanic told me i need to replace 2 sensors, the one at the top of the AC bottle on the firewall, he said it had to do with the clutch kicking in and out, cant remember exactly what he called it. and the one in the radiator hose between the heater core and the water pump, advanced gave me the wrong damn one of courseYour best bet would most likely swap to the manual ecu or if you do not want to spend money twice drop the money on some sort of piggyback(Quarterhorse, eec tuner, etc.) These will be able to carry over to your turbo swap down the road.
im was thinking possibly front main. with the timing belt change, that would be my best guess. could have been damaged while trying to get that damn belt off. im going to look at it more closely this week, but its definitely a hard spot to look at close enough to be sureIf its the front main seal then it wont be a difficult fix. If you have changed a timing belt than youve done 75 percent of the steps, next step would be to unbolt the piece that slides over the crank snout and put new seals in. If its the oil pan gasket than its a different story.
thanks! well the leak ended up being a vacuum issue, and got it taken care of. the only issue right now is a brake fluid leak, and the ac/heat is coming out of the defroster only. im taking it back to who did the heater core to get it sorted out though. and the engine swap is looking more feasible possibly this summer or fall. i will be buying a house out in the country, and will now end up commuting around 60 miles a day to work. so i will either be grabbing a turbocoupe engine, and having it completely gone though and swapping it in along with a tubular k-member and a few other things, or buying a 2012 Focus. i really would like the Focus, but with a mortgage im not sure if i want a car payment over my head as wellCool project! Love to see the Turbo swap!
yeah, thats what i thought. i found a running turbocoupe i was going to pick up as a donor for the engine and rear end, but its an automatic with the same 3.73's. i'll keep my eyes open for a 5-spd donor, or look at piecing it together i suppose. but for $700 its very tempting. and if anyone has 2.3T engine for sale, let me know!You are running a 3.73 gear on the stock auto rear end. The stock 5 speed rear end was a 3.45 ratio, so your cruising rpm will be a bit higher than an original 5 speed car.
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