$8K for a 2003? Seem's a bit high for a 7 year old Ford. That, and normally modding a car brings the value down not up, depending on how well it was done. The dealer has no information on the motor at all. :? Just say's "This car is one of a kind. Sport gauges, sun roof, lots of customizing. Yo...

Why do you think it needs to be done? Has some one been pouring dirt in your gas tank?

focinite wrote:id say IAC if its surging.

The IAC valve can only allow metered air in, no reason for it to surge at part throttle.

My guess is to stick with a MAF problem, or possibly the O2 sensor is on the way out.

zurno wrote:aww come on, get one with the SPI and work your magic

I would, but I dont want to deal with a dropping valve seat.
Seem's the newer the SPI, the better chance you have of it dropping.

When I did ball joints on a grand-am I just drilled out the rivit's. The new ball joint's came with bolts.
But I've never seen ball joints on a Focus.

yeah at this time I'm not interested is swapping.
Would like a fairly clean stockish Zx4.

Monkey-Gein wrote:i have a 07 without an engine for CHEAP......

I need to beable to fix the car and use it as a daily. With it missing a bunch of parts it is'nt gonna work for me.
If I could get it complete then that would be a different story.

I know the duratec is better then the Zetec. But any thing with a Duratec is gonna be out of my price range.
I'm not a fan of car payments. Advoid loans as much as I can.

yeah. you could get a boosted honda for under $5k. parts are cheap and there's a big aftermarket out there for them. you could prolly have more power then a focus is capable of. and there's a great mn community for them If you could find a clean running Boosted Honda for under 5k, chances are good ...

Must be a 4 door with a clean body (does'nt have to be perfect) and working A/C.
5 speed.
Zetec.

Non-working OK. I can pick up and haul.
Blown motor, broken timing belt, blown clutch or any thing like that is OK. 100k+ miles is fine to.

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:I've heard about chunks of the valve seat getting blown out into the intake and sucked into the same or a different cylinder causing major issues as well.

Yep. Parts will even sit and wait in the EGR tube for the new motor to be installed, so it can wreck that one too.

The car just got from the towing company and the only thing it needs is the #3 valve seat. So I am goin to clean it up, fix the head, and do all the recalls that were never done (springs, fuel pump and rear door latch kit) and put it at the bottom of my driveway with a $1700.00 or B.O sign in it an...

yeah swapped springs. Link on page 4 of this thread.

Whatever works right? How hard would it be to modify the internal or external wg down to 5ish psi? - Josh I took the spring from my T25 and swapped it with my knock off Greddy-S. Now my BOV works better with the stiffer spring, and the turbo run's 5.5psi with the softer BOV spring. It's a win-win. ...

Woot! knock off Greddy type-S FTW!!11

...that's what I have on the 96lx