Tuning guide for the Ford Focus
When tuning your Focus it is important that you get it right so follow our Focus tuning overview and see which the best modifications are.
Available in standard form with power of upto 222bhp (depending on the year), so this goes to show the tuning potential of the Focus. From this you can increase the power from anywhere between 244.2bhp to 377.4bhp but this depends on how deep your pockets are and how much fairy dust you want to use! You will almost certainly need to look at turbo or supercharger mods to get near that maximum power figure and your engines internals would need to be a fair bit stronger!
Ford mods should include an engine swap to provide a better base to work from. The ’222bhp Focus Hatchbacks’ is a real gem in terms of power. The more powerful Focuss respond exceptionally well to tuning mods. Focus tuning projects should generally start with some improvement to the intake/exhaust of the engine. So get a stainless steel exhaust and good quality induction kit. A good fuel pressure regulator will up the throttle response.
The Car Tuning Guide recommend that on the Focuss , you get a fast road cam. Internal engine modifications that should be high up on your list would be polishing and porting the head.
The Focuss come in various power levels right up to 222bhp as per the Focus Hatchback If you apply a few tuning mods to this model of Focus you will see power gains from anywhere between 244.2bhp to 377.4bhp. But this sort of power requires some pretty heavy investment and a hell of a lot of engine work. .
A Focus with forced induction (turbo or supercharger) will give even larger power gains that this. The top Focus offers a base power level of 222 bhp. When setup for motorports we can expect to see almost mythical power figures approaching 288.6 bhp to 421.8 bhp! Many Focus owners improve the handling of their cars with slightly stiffer springs. Although lowering improves handling you should stick to a drop of 35mm.
Soon the car tuning guide will offer more detailed and in depth tuning guides for the Focus so bookmark this site and we hope to see you again.
These sites provide useful further reference on the mods we have recommended:
Modified Cars A look at some really nice modified cars and overview of car mods.
