Minnesota Focus Owners Club

Sitting here staring at a computer screen. Why, you may ask. Well because I cannot drive my Conquest. Again you ask why. Because no parts store has anything on hand for my car, ever. I had a rod knock and today I finally got around to verifying that it was in fact a rod. I dropped the pan and shook all the rods. Sure enough one of them moved up and down a bit. So I call around and try to find 4 standard bearings. Nobody had any, except Checkers and they only had 1. Well I supose I can try and get by with just one. So I get it all buttoned up and figure awe I should check the others just in case. Damn myself for precautionary thinking. The other 3 are shit also. The good news is the rod journals are just fine and I found a washer in the pan. I never lost a washer but it had a tough time getting into the pan, pretty tore up.

So hopefully parts will be in by Wensday. Then I will have new rod and main bearings, should be good for another 100k.


John

I see one reason why you had problems, You buy your parts from Checkers

Clevite is Clevite no matter where your buy it . For this car I just go where the correct parts are. But to defend Checkers, they are the second largest parts store in the US and have alot on hand. Advance Auto is the largest bt the closest one to me is in Buffalo.

Meanie,

John

Well maybe if you didn't boost when it was cold, but, that turbo sounds pretty badass from 2 blocks away

Worst part is I can still take a LS1, even with 4 shit bearings and almost over heating. Man I can't wait 'till this thing runs like it should.


John

Eleanor Focus wrote: I see one reason why you had problems, You buy your parts from Checkers

the parts are good but they drop the ball every chance they get.... i love them for making me stay late at work

IMINHELL wrote: Worst part is I can still take a LS1, even with 4 shit bearings and almost over heating. Man I can't wait 'till this thing runs like it should.


John

Don't they make an upgraded short block for it?

I am making mine an upgraded block. Getting rid of the balance shafts, basically the same thing. and no to your question.

IMINHELL wrote: I am making mine an upgraded block. Getting rid of the balance shafts, basically the same thing. and no to your question.

now a while back i got a 86 d50 for free and i ran into a 2.5 turbo motor and almost put it in ... how much diff is there between the 2.5 and 2.5 turbo?? have you worked on any of the 2.2 turbos i have a dakota project in the back of my head right now........hhmhmmhmh boosted truck

His car is a 2.6iirc.

focinite wrote:

IMINHELL wrote:I am making mine an upgraded block. Getting rid of the balance shafts, basically the same thing. and no to your question.

now a while back i got a 86 d50 for free and i ran into a 2.5 turbo motor and almost put it in ... how much diff is there between the 2.5 and 2.5 turbo?? have you worked on any of the 2.2 turbos i have a dakota project in the back of my head right now........hhmhmmhmh boosted truck

The D50's and the Starion/Conquest have the same engine, the only differance I know of is the pistons/compression ratio. IIRC the mounts and all are the same up to the driveshaft. A bonus I have been reading up on is that the 2.0 DOHC head bolts onto the 2.6 block . I guess there are a few guys running around with that setup, just a mean ass car. I had always thought my Lima block was stout until I got this thing, HOLY COW. It is built like a rock. Stock oil squirters, steel crank, ect. factory built racecar basically. I love it.


John

One of these days I will have to come out there and see if its back together again....

Oh I lost the nut for my motor mount so I can't put my rubber one back in

Well you know I probally have one laying around . I'll look.

IMINHELL wrote: Well you know I probally have one laying around . I'll look.

Yeah but you remember when we did the rock in the garage? I made a pile of shit that I didn't want, and, to the trash can it went? I did that again after I did my solid mounts....