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I've owned 3 Focus in my life time...The last one, a Zetec Wagon. Which I traded in on a new Fiesta. The Focus I still own is a modified SVT.
The Wagon, while not trying too hard to save gas, got less than 500Km per tank...lousy!
The SVT, I can get closer to 600 per tank, running 91 octane, running a custom tune, cold air intake, high flow cat, 18" RS rims and bodywork...and not driving it to save gas.
I rev 'er, I downshift to keep the rpm up and I drive it fairly hard!
And my SVT puts out 50 more HP than a normal Zetec engine does, which is also a 2L Zetec...different intake, exhaust, higher compression, variable (and hotter) cams, etc...
It is a 6 speed manual...but top gear is the same as a regular 5 speed manual Focus.
It would be interesting to see what kinda gains I could get if I tried, but I just can't drive it that way! Lol
It's why I have the Fiesta!
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