My son was a ford tech at a dealer recently and he or another tech he now
works with have never seen a Focus blow a head gasket...at least never
through 2 different delers...thts gotta say something..Daryl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Stewart" <fonman4277@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: Bostig Zetec kit...WOW...

> For a lot of people the clearance would be OK, but I'm certain I
> wouldn't be comfortable with it. Here are my pics:
>
>
> Well, for one thing, it was sitting in tall grass on mushy ground, thanks
> to all the DAMN rain we got for JBB. I think that added to the perception
> that it was hanging very low. Of more concern to me was the fact that one
> of the attendees at JBB said this is the same engine that is in his
> daughter's Ford Focus-and it blew a head gasket at 60K miles. The
> conversion looked very good, and it's one of the ones I'm considering for
> my '84.  Jeff
>