Turbo'd the Focus!
I haven't been around much since the Mach 1 is gone, but I thought I'd drop by and let you guys in on what I've been into.
I took an IHI turbo from a 1988 Thunderbird TC and fabricated a turbo kit for my 2006 Focus.
LaSota Racing was cool enough to accept my car as a candidate for tuning.
Don says he doesn't tune everybody who asks but said my project sounded interesting. :D
On the dyno I had wastegate issues but still made 180whp/176tq @ around 5psi.
With a changed wastegate actuator it's now 9.5-10.5psi depending on air temperature and will probably creep higher this winter.
I'm hoping to see 200-220whp, but I'll be happy with 200whp/200tq.
I definitely found the limitations of my stock clutch.
There's no slippage if it's already engaged, but between hard shifts slips noticably.
So no track time for me this year.
I figure next spring I'll be shopping for a clutch, flywheel and LSD.
Like all FWD/IRS cars I have wheel hop issues too that I need to address before ripping on it at the track.
I did a day-by-day writeup with TONS of photos HERE
Couple pics:
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