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General Information
Vehicle Type: 3-door hatchback, production car
Price: $---,---
Miles Per Gallon: --/-- mpg
Drivetrain
Configuration Front Engine/FWD
Engine: Inline-4
Displacement: 1988 cc
Horsepower: 170 bhp @ 7000 rpm
Torque: 145 lb-ft @ 5500 rpm
Max RPM: 7200 rpm
Transmission: 6-Speed Manual
Dimensions
Weight: 2750 lbs
Height: --.- in
Length: ---.- in
Width: --.- in
Wheelbase: --.- in
Track: f: --.- / r: --.- in
Performance
0-60 mph: 7.4 sec
0-100 mph: --.- sec
Quarter Mile: 15.9 sec @ 91 mph
Top Speed: --- mph
Lateral Acceleration: .--g
Braking, 60-0 mph: 118 ft
Slalom Speed: --.- mph
Nürburgring Lap Time: --.- minutes
Ford Motor Company's Special Vehicle Engineering Team (SVE) and Cosworth Technology teamed up to deliver a special breed of a high-performance engine that debuted in the 2002 SVT Focus.

With a history of more than 30 years jointly developing engines, it's only fitting Ford and Cosworth Technology would team up to develop an engine for a special class of high-performance street car, the SVT Focus. It marks the first jointly developed North American production engine by Ford and Cosworth Technology.

At the heart of the SVT Focus is a normally aspirated four cylinder engine developed jointly between Ford’s SVE team in the U.S. and U.K. and a project team of engineers at Cosworth Technology in Novi, Michigan, and Northampton, England.

This SVT Focus – the most powerful version of the popular hatchback yet to be released – benefits from a redesigned version of the 2.0-liter Ford Zetec engine.

"This is a high performance engine that will deliver a high level of customer satisfaction because of its good drivability characteristics," says Karl Kollin, SVE Powertrain Engineer. "This is truly a global engine that will be supplied to North America and European markets."

The new engine in the SVT Focus represents several technological "firsts" for Ford and is designed to provide smooth, almost effortless acceleration, while emitting a growl from the finely tuned engine that is sure to appeal to any performance enthusiast.

"This engine is about pushing the envelope of the possible on drivable performance, while meeting stringent emissions legislation," says Charles Bolton, Engineering Director, Cosworth Technology. "It was achieved through optimal selection and integration of technical features, with close team work between Cosworth Technology and Ford at every stage. This engine helps set aside the SVT Focus as a real driver's car, and we are proud to have developed it with the Special Vehicle Engineering team at Ford."

Modifications to the engine include a dual-stage intake (DSI) manifold, variable cam timing on the intake camshaft, and an under-body-only catalyst system. Additional new powertrain equipment on the SVT Focus include a dual-mass flywheel (for engine smoothness) and a six-speed manual transaxle, both mark the first use on a front-wheel drive Ford product in North America.

This combination of engine technologies allowed Ford and Cosworth Technology engineers to give the 2.0-liter Zetec high specific power, high torque across a broad engine speed range and very low emissions levels – items deemed mutually exclusive in a conventional normally aspirated spark ignition engine.

Torque on the vehicle is strongest in the range from 2,200 rpm to 5,500 rpm, where the majority of driving takes place.

"This low-end, drivable torque makes for a more responsive and fun to drive vehicle," says John Coletti, chief engineer at Ford Special Vehicle Engineering. "The power band in this engine will paste a smile on the face of anyone who gets the behind the wheel of the new SVT Focus."

This strong torque at low-to-medium engine speeds is made possible through the use of the continuously variable inlet valve timing, variable length intake manifold and the tuned exhaust manifold.

These modifications increase power output to 170 hp at 7,000 rpm, compared to 130 hp at 5,300 rpm for the 2.0-liter engine in the standard Focus ZX3. The DOHC Zetec I-4 engine in the SVT Focus delivers 145 lb.-ft of torque at 5,500 rpm, 85 percent of which is available at just 2,200 rpm. Compare that to 135 lb.-ft of torque at 4,500 rpm on the standard dress Zetec I-4 engine. "We didn"t want an engine that had high specific output and no midrange whatsoever," says Bernard Steeples, a powertrain engineering supervisor at Ford who helped develop the new engine. "We achieved that. This engine delivers torque on demand."

Ford and Cosworth Technology achieved these dramatic increases with a variety of changes to improve breathing and power management, including several technological "firsts" for Ford. The cylinder head is revised to increase flow through the intake ports, and the intake valve diameter was increased to 33.5mm from 32mm . Also, the intake and exhaust valve spring rates have been increased, which contributes to the engine's peak rpm rising from 6,750 to 7,200.

The engine has new cast aluminum pistons with larger valve relief pockets, fitted to new forged connecting rods. The cylinder head and piston modifications increase the engine's compression ratio to 10.2:1 from 9.6:1.

Variable timing has been added to the intake camshaft, which is the first such application on a Ford vehicle in North America. Early Zetec I-4 engines had a variable timing system on the exhaust cam for emissions control, and now SVT Focus has it on the intake side to help increase engine performance.

A new, dual-stage intake (DSI) manifold delivers the maximum amount of air to the intake ports, the first such system ever used on a Ford product. The dual-stage system varies the length of the intake runners, utilizing long runners at low rpm to improve torque development, and short runners at higher rpm for better peak power.

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Image Credits: Ford

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