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Subject:Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
From:Allan Streib
Date:Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:57:11 -0500

Hm, our '04 Focus Wagon is both quiet and peppy.  Sounds like
something's wrong with your co. car.

If I had to do a conversion I'd defintely be considering the
Bostig/Zetec.  It's a fairly pricey kit but looks very well engineered
and seems to include pretty much everything.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL

David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA> writes:

> Yeah... almost Friday.
>
> My company car is a 2003 Ford Focus...  what a piece of smeg
> engine... makes lots of noise when you step on it and when you
> wiiiiiiind it out to the top end of the rev range there is a hint of
> decent power then and then red line and you have to shift.  This is
> not the engine I would want to put into a 2500kg westfalia and hope
> to get anywhere faster than what it could do with a stock engine.