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Ecoboost Plus 4 road testing
I believe there is part 1 of our two part feature on the "Plus 4 Plus" in February's Miscellany. Copy for that was sent in some weeks ago so it's a bit out of date. Here's the latest with pic of the final installation. Road testing has been very successful (despite icy weather), emissions are very clean and well within MOT limits, we will need to put on a few hundred miles before final rolling road testing and mixture tweeking but we already know we have a very flat torque curve of around 250 ftlbs from 2k rpm to 5k rpm. Given free-flow 200 cell cat and more efficient air intake system we expect to see at least the standard Focus St's 250 max bhp. All GDI Plus 4 instrumentation/warning lights etc working as standard. First 100 miles averaging about 32 mpg. Think it's safe to put the bonnet back on now!
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Fantastic what a great job and shed loads of power and torque, you are going to be much in demand I'm guessing. What an achievement   You are going to surprise a lot of Plus 8 and Roadster owners with your car 
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Plus Four Plus? A fibreglass bodied Plus Four from the 60s... Look forward to further reports on this engine swap - and graphs from the dyno session 
Graham (G4FUJ)
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Looking forward to Miscellany in feb !
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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Looking forward to Miscellany in feb ! What, Miscellany publish a proper technical article ? Don't hold your breath
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Looking forward to Miscellany in feb ! What, Miscellany publish a proper technical article ? Don't hold your breath And looking forward to a passenger ride one day soon !
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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What a result. Well done.
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Feb's Miscellany has arrived and on page 30 is Peter Griffo's article , great pics ! The last paragraph is promising for anyone wishing to do the same conversion .
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Have to say Febs issue of Miss-cell-an-an-an-ny is a good one
Some good articles
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Have to say Febs issue of Miss-cell-an-an-an-ny is a good one
Some good articles Agreed, over the last year the content and layout have slowly improved, month on month....
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