I have a 2001 Focus with the 2.0L SPI engine, 5spd manual transmission, about 75K miles. Plugs about three months old, fuel filter the same.
The Ford dealer I bought it from had a bad tendency to take at least two visits to fix one problem. Either stupid or cunning, your choice...
When accelerating and up shifting, it occasionally drops a cylinder or two, then it smooths out. What aggravates it is being a gear too high for the speed it's at. Like 20MPH in third. Then it stumbles a few seconds before getting enough speed to get out of whatever combination that causes the problem. Bucks a little.
This was happening in temperatures over 60 degrees and now it's down in the 20s.