hey. just recently bought a ford focus. and instead of doing up my 1.8 zetec engine i fancy droppin in the 2.5 litre ST lump into but not sure f it been done yet. or if the chassis and or the engine bay would handle the 5 cylinder engine wiv all the other stuff. any one done one of these yet. if not should I just do a turbo converstion on my 1.8. fancied it looking like a ST170 and haviong alot more power.

 

why not just buy a focus st in the first place????????

 

because im 20 years old and cannot afford the insurance.

 

but you can afford all the bits to convert your car to st power? engine,loom.exhaust,brakes,etc,etc,labour......... good luck pal ,get some pics up if you do it ,and welcome

 

Good luck to you as with the engine conversion declared you'll be paying the same amount for insurance that you would on a Focus RS or ST

 

Probably more actually, extra cylinder and its classed as a major modification. When I did it, it was a shade less than a genuine Focus RS, but by god was it more fun and held a good rep

Good luck with it!

 

i priced up fitting one instead of the RS lump as i could get one wayyyy cheaper but people had doubts of it fitting and depth etc. glad i spent the money on the RS donkey for mine. as above youll pay more for an engine converted car 9/10 times. ive just turned 21 had my car insured at 20 mods declared etc.

 

ive got a 170 and had a chat with a few people whether it would physically fit in my engine bay etc and it wouldnt ... i got kester from Torque of the Devil to have a see aswell as Ric wood and it turned out it would need to have another few inches added to the car lol

 

im doing one with my connect and that has a mk1 engine bay

 

There's a lad on Ford Focus Owners Club - username is Zetec Cage - he's got the engine and box in - but seems to have struggled a bit with driveshafts and bits...

 

thanks guys for the replies, had a chat with a few guys round here and they sed the same things about the depth and the drive shafts. think ill leave it and just tune me current engine up lol. easier job

 

Now I have the hole front of the car stripped, and engine in the final position, now to start making the Volvo engine mounts suit the ford.
This is my engine conversion.

 

Are you putting that in a mk1 focus ???