Any Stage 3 upgrades known yet? COBB said they aren't doing it yet.

lordboots · Feb 22, 2020

I put the COBB Stage 3 on my Focus ST and that turned it into a beast. We have the new 2020 ST Explorer and am hoping somebody comes out with a full kit to upgrade it soon.

tc3driver · Feb 23, 2020

From the research and reading that I have seen both on this forum and off, it is probably held back by fueling issues, the fuel pump and injectors seem to be barely adequate for the vehicle in its stock form. Those things would easily add $1000-$1600 to the price of a stage 3 performance kit. I could be wrong and insert my foot into my mouth.

turntablekinetix · Feb 23, 2020

i’m not mad at the modest performance of the explorer.. i just wish it would make some real noise.. that piped in noise is awful.. i would enjoy a solid intake, catless pipes, and a quality tune that would make this truck just all around a better experience

lordboots · Feb 28, 2020

turntablekinetix said:

I've been looking at the Borla exhaust systems, that might make it meaner sounding for sure, not sure what the gains would be for performance. The modifications on the chip and mapping show running E85 will produce over 500 horsepower, but not sure if you have to change the maps when you run lower grade gas in the thing or how that all works, thus I wanted an 89 octane Stage III system with better pipes.

KegsBdry · May 6, 2020

lordboots said:

I too am looking forward to any Stages available in the Explorer ST. My focus was only up to Stage 2 but it was fun adding modifications to make it more torque oriented. Didn’t really start loving the Focus ST until I started modifying the vehicle. Probably one of the many reasons why I bought another ST.

WhiskeyBiskey · Jan 15, 2024

KegsBdry said:

I had the same experience with my 2015 Focus ST. Went stage 1 via COBB and it was a completely different vehicle. I just purchased my 2023 Explorer ST last month and the first place I looked for upgrades was Cobbs site. So happy to see they have the Accessport V3 for it. I think I may wait to see what they do for intake, intercooler, etc. Cobb may be slow, but the quality and bang for buck on my Focus ST were unbelievable.

Lightning Struck · Jan 18, 2024

There's already proven solutions for all of that. ZFG, Whipple, Afe(or S&B)

UNBROKEN · Jan 18, 2024

Lightning Struck said:

I definitely don’t understand the mentality of waiting for something that already exists. Baffling…

ZFGracing · Jan 18, 2024

UNBROKEN said:

Right? What exactly are they waiting for. There's a proven recipe out there for 650 all wheel horsepower and everything in between.... why would you wait for a company that's 4 years behind and only getting into it because we (the Community not just me) made it cool

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ridered74 · Jan 18, 2024

ZFGracing said:

Right? What exactly are they waiting for. There's a proven recipe out there for 650 all wheel horsepower and everything in between.... why would you wait for a company that's 4 years behind and only getting into it because we (the Community not just me) made it cool

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I blame that tik tok guy for this.

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