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04-15-2003, 11:24 PM

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looking for a place to start...

hello i just purchased a 99 ford escort zx2 and i wanted to know where i should start at as far as modifications to the car, i figured posting in the ford forum might get better or alot more info on what to do and where to get it done at.

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04-16-2003, 01:27 AM

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well i'd check the motor mounts. they are known to go bad around 70k. if you have teh ztec jackson racing makes a supercharger that works on it. besides that i dunno. peformance wise look up stuff for the focus.

or drop a 302 in it lol.

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04-16-2003, 12:34 PM

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obvious mods are a K&N and some type of exhaust. But as PowerRanger said, check out the normal wear and tear stuff first and maybe give it a tuneup. Allen (Phatstang) would probably be better able to tell you since he's into the Focus'

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04-16-2003, 04:28 PM

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thanks!

i am looking into the exhasue now and intake so far i ogt a dynomax exhauset on order and a hotshot cold air intake on order and the urithane mother mounts but my car has only 35k miles on it

also i was under my hood lookigna t a few things and noticed that my throttle cable has too much slack is there any way i can tighten it up myslef , if so what do i need to do, or where to take it .

any local dealers u suggest for gettign parts then me ordering them form cali?

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04-16-2003, 05:48 PM

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For Ford parts, check with Scott (Fordman). Not sure on the throttle cable, it should go to full throttle regardless, but taking the slack up may help throttle response.

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04-17-2003, 05:13 AM

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i get full throttle but when i tap the gas it severly jumps best way i can describe how it jups is like droping the cluch in 3rd at 5 k rpms

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04-17-2003, 05:48 AM

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talk to/ Private message "2kzx2"

he has a quick zx2 good guy to top it off

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