Hennessey’s Hot Hatch: The Ford Focus ST HPE 300

[Luke.Murphey]

Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) is reportedly offering tunes for Focus STs:

"As head of Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE), tuning legend John Hennessey has some impressive cars to choose from as his daily driver. While the world-record-setting Venom GT may be a bit extreme for commuting, we can certainly see the attraction of a 1,000 horsepower Cadillac CTS-V as a daily driver.

While the uber-fast Cadillac serves up speed and some degree of practicality, it’s also a thirsty beast, and even John Hennessey is mindful of gas prices these days. His solution was to buy a new Ford Focus ST, which Hennessey reasoned was economical, amusing and practical at the same time.
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Hennessey calls his upgraded hot hatch “one of the most fun to drive” cars he’s ever owned, which is saying quite a bit. Acceleration takes some skill, as the car will reportedly spin the tires in first, second and even third gear. Torque steer is increased a bit, too, but for Hennessey that just adds to the fun.

HPE will tune your Ford Focus ST, too, and its HPE 300 kit is priced at a reasonable $995. That gets you the cold-air intake, the new ECU map and custom badging, but it doesn’t include the Magaflow exhaust system (which adds $695 to the price).

HPE will only build 200 to 300 upgraded Focus STs per year, so you should probably contact the company quickly if you’d like to stake out one of your own. "

[Read more at MotorAuthority.com]

[Eddie502]

If you also watch the video he says "RWD" Focus ST...

[Scrming]

If you also watch the video he says "RWD" Focus ST...

at least twice...

[sportingkc]

50hp and rear-drive for $1000? Count me in!

[Zestyfoo]

Cheapest conversion ever, from a well known company too!


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[Wes_t]

Looks like a great package, but is it CA Carb certified?
I realize that won't be a problem for a few years, but it was a hassle with my Mustang when I did have to take it in for a test.

[ST2Focus]

Sorry, I'm sticking with the Cobb set-up. (BTW I bought my Magnaflow set-up for much less than $695 and shipped to my door) So HPE is offering 300hp for $1K, sounds awfully close to what Cobb is offering minus the CAI??? RWD Focus ST???? Lost me.

[boyer07]

Well that was 7 min none of us are getting back. Wasted my time. No hard facts just buss stop talk that my kids do.

[brazwewn]

Well that was 7 min none of us are getting back. Wasted my time. No hard facts just buss stop talk that my kids do.

Not true. I now know to run backwards on a drag strip with my Focus.

Wes

[boyer07]

I guess you are right!

Not true. I now know to run backwards on a drag strip with my Focus.

Wes