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Old 05-06-2015, 02:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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The New Focus - '07 Ford Focus ZX5
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Final drive ratios can be changed but options are limited and you have to tear apart the trans to do so, or swap a whole trans. I plan on getting taller tires one day too to try and bring the RPM down a little. Been looking into a kill switch, the injectors and coils share a common power wire and the computer controls all their grounds for activation so interrupting that power wire would be a kill switch option. JediSol uses a switch in line with his crank position sensor and one day I am going to test interrupting one wire and see if that will work for a kill switch, I know unplugging the sensor works to kill it but I'm not sure yet if 1 wire will cause the engine to stop.
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2007 Ford Focus ZX5 - 91k - SGII, pending upper and lower grill bocks - auto trans
1987 Monte Carlo SS - 5.3/4L80E swap - 13.67 @ 106
2007 Ford Focus Estate - 230k - 33mpg - Retired 4/2018
1995 Saturn SL2 - 256K miles - 44mpg - Retired 9/2014

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