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Now This Is A Sleeper - meford4u - 04-01-2006
I don't like the fact it has had a previous salvage title, but man..........
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/02-Ford-Foc...1QQcmdZViewItem
edit. Who puts an automatic in that car. Now it's no good at all. I reserve the right to defame the car at any time I deem necessary.
Now This Is A Sleeper - smith21 - 04-01-2006
wow! Just wow lol..i'd buy it even if it was salvaged, someone with perfect sense wouldn't just rip apart a perfectly good focus 2 drop a v8 into it..think of it that way lol
Now This Is A Sleeper - habmann - 04-01-2006
Its a great sleeper until you open the trunk. Woulda been cooler if he coulda worked the fuel cell into the stock location somehow. Otherwise Wow is right, if only i could afford to do that.
Now This Is A Sleeper - meford4u - 04-01-2006
habmann,Mar 31 2006, 04:51 PM Wrote:Its a great sleeper until you open the trunk. Woulda been cooler if he coulda worked the fuel cell into the stock location somehow. Otherwise Wow is right, if only i could afford to do that.Right.
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Hey buddy wanna race, you yell to the Mustang beside you.
He smiles at you, chuckles at his buddy beside him.
Wait, he says, I want to look in your trunk first. :lol:
Now This Is A Sleeper - SVT ZX3 - 04-01-2006
meford4u,Mar 31 2006, 03:40 PM Wrote:Who puts an automatic in that car. [right][snapback]178297[/snapback][/right]
Somebody whos going to bracket race it???
Now This Is A Sleeper - bluetoy - 04-01-2006
Looking under the hood reveals a nasty, mickey mouse nightmare wiring mess. It looks like a backyard conversion. It could have been so much more.
Oh yea. Automatic?? F***!!
Now This Is A Sleeper - NefCanuck - 04-01-2006
Hey an autobox means even a guy like me could drive it :P Except for the fact that it has no P/S... WTF?
Afford the gas? Barely at $1/L again <_<
NefCanuck
Now This Is A Sleeper - ZX3_2NV - 04-01-2006
sleeper or not you would still be able to hear that motor form a mile away
Now This Is A Sleeper - Ferocious ZX3 - 04-01-2006
I'd have to agree the fit & finish is sub par for 14,5K he could of cleaned it up better then that. also I am dissapointed he didnt have better pictures. Also the person who buys that is probably going to need a saftey. how do you pass a safety with a fuel cell and a battery right next tou it and a nitrous bottle? (at least here anyways). could have did a lil more mentioning of what was in his 302. Sure its a sleeper alright but I would be weary buying a car that has a salvage title.
Also the parts for the swap arent cheap. the power steering conversion pieces are around $1000.00 CDN I didnt take that option with my kit or the a/c. it's strictly a balls to the wall car anyways. 2 grand for little ammenaties I can do without for the most part. plus its added weight and the accessory drive is tight enough as it is in the swap since your required to use a short water pump/ timing chain cover and crank pully. plus the electric fans require a good alternator (being a GM 140 amp :puke:) i'm chosing to use a Ford 3G 200 amp alternator I got from a wrecked windstar. I am also getting a fuel tank custom built to hook up to the regular filler neck to make the car legal.
Now This Is A Sleeper - ZX3_2NV - 04-01-2006
ha didn't even think about the fuel cell and battery and nitrous all in the trunck lol yaa thats asking for your car o get puuled off the road if it ever does make it on it
Now This Is A Sleeper - residentdud - 04-01-2006
who needs power steering? you've passed the corner already...
Now This Is A Sleeper - Oscar The Grouch - 04-01-2006
I could do donuts all day. :D
Now This Is A Sleeper - Drivesthebeast - 04-04-2006
I would have put a 4.6L FI modular crate motor in it instead....don't like the idea of having a modern car with a carbed engine...kinda like going backwards rather than a leap forward...
Yes I know a 5.0 is cheaper and quicker, etc, but as you guys said, it looks kinda chop shopish...
Now This Is A Sleeper - darkpuppet - 04-04-2006
p.s. I wouldn't really consider that a sleeper, unless loud snoring counts...
Now This Is A Sleeper - Crazirich - 04-07-2006
All the non working items... airbags for instance... and yeah the underhood looks a bit messy... i would have gone modular as well.. something that could actually pass an e-test.... It is the best way to buy a wrecked car and fix it and build it... unless your rich.... then I would do the ST
Now This Is A Sleeper - Crazirich - 04-07-2006
i've seen easily fixable 00-02 focus spi cars from $500-2500....hmmm a 2-door V8 conversion