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12-21-2012, 12:50 PM
Kudos to you for taking this on.. It looks scary...
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12-29-2012, 02:12 PM
So with this years holiday schedule being so hectic, I haven't gotten to work much on the wire tuck and bay shave
 but I did manage to get a solid start at shaving down the excess stuff in the engine bay and clean it up a lot.here's what it currently looks like ![[Image: 20121228_175401.jpg]](http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x431/stupica1/20121228_175401.jpg) those wires along the bottom left will be tucked away, theyre just sitting there waiting to be taped up and ran through the fender/front support. I will also be painting the engine bay, still undecided on color. Im thinking blue to go with the silver car...not too many colors look good with silver. lol
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha
12-29-2012, 04:05 PM
Battery is already relocated to the trunk.
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha 
01-01-2013, 03:00 AM
wow this is coming along nicely. i cant wait to see the finished product.
Current: 2006 Focus ZX4 ST. Tuxedo Black and Sterling Grey
Mods: 7" double din Alpine touch screen audio unit, K&N typhoon CAI, Steeda short shifter, custom two tone paint, rear wing delete, Angel eye headlight kit with 6000K HID upgrade, tinted windows, tail lights, and marker lights, Eibach Sportline springs on Tokico shocks and struts, Eibach front and rear sway bar kit. 17x7 Ikon Black Zen Wheels. Massive front and rear upper strut bar.
02-08-2013, 11:32 PM
Time for another update! woohoo!
Haven't had much time to work on the focus since xmas, just so busy with work. But I did manage to accumulate several new parts and get some little odds and ends done. First off. New Steeda competition 28.6mm rear sway bar, definitely a lot larger than stock...by a lot. Secondly. Picked up a CFM power steering line hose relocate kit...get rid of that ugly PS line going across the front of the valve cover. Thirdly. Also got a PCV delete from CFM, a nice piece but very sloppily made. ![[Image: 20130208_082847_zpsa78d84fd.jpg]](http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x431/stupica1/20130208_082847_zpsa78d84fd.jpg) Since I got the PCV delete I need a catch can, so I ordered a small one from Mishimoto, unfortunately the one I had ordered was damaged and it was the last one in stock so I swapped it out for the larger one. ![[Image: 20130207_220140_zps669a306c.jpg]](http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x431/stupica1/20130207_220140_zps669a306c.jpg) The wire tuck is still in progress, lots of little snags seeing as theres no write up on doing a full blown wire tuck, So still plugging away. will update with more soon. Seeing as my dash is already out of the car and I've always wanted a smoothed dash...and I have to mold my gauges into it still...out came the bondo! haha a lot of bondo and sanding. what an idea that was...haha ![[Image: 20130128_171717_zps7413b0b2.jpg]](http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x431/stupica1/20130128_171717_zps7413b0b2.jpg) Lots of work to go but it's getting there. Hoping to get it on the road of the summer months!
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha 
02-09-2013, 01:39 AM
should have used resin first then bondo to fill in low spots and make it smooth...going to take you forever using just bondo
2000 dark violet pearl zx3: eagle rods, je pistons, fidanza cam gears, arp studs, ford racing highlift valve springs, svt front/rear disc conversion, prothane total kit, fc 65mm throttle body Tial gt3071r, tial mvs wastegate, tial Q bov, top speed "street" manifold,down pipe and dump tube, greddy boost controller, siemens deka #61 injectorz, stage 4 bully clutch way to much more to list
Instagram @o_so_slo
02-09-2013, 03:51 AM
I was going to, but Im horrible with the resin, i've never had much luck with the resin. So I decided to go with the bond. It's almost done now, just put on the last little bit of bondo then it'll be good to paint.
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha 
02-10-2013, 01:40 AM
shoulda just covered it with suede...you'd be done by now
02-10-2013, 06:50 PM
Pulling together nicely, I like it man can't wait to see it all done
After a lot of frustration with a stripped sub frame bolt (lots of torching and grinding), I managed to remove my old and decrepit front sub frame to replace with a nice and shiny newish SVT one from GFXJamie.
Since the sub frames out I lowered the motor and removed all the padding, rubber stuff and rust from the firewall and surrounding area. Also removed all mounting spots for coolant reservoir, power steering reservoir, all the things on the plastic above...so and so forth to shave the engine bay. After a solid coat of primer its starting to look normal again! and superclean! ![[Image: 20130302_174825_zps10408303.jpg]](http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x431/stupica1/20130302_174825_zps10408303.jpg) There are some spots I need to fill in but for the most part its coming along nice. Color is still to be determined. any suggestions!?!? Also, I still need to get the fire wall padding behind the brake booster off still. thinking of just removing it all together but im not sure yet.
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha
03-06-2013, 02:30 AM
looks awesome man love it
2000 dark violet pearl zx3: eagle rods, je pistons, fidanza cam gears, arp studs, ford racing highlift valve springs, svt front/rear disc conversion, prothane total kit, fc 65mm throttle body Tial gt3071r, tial mvs wastegate, tial Q bov, top speed "street" manifold,down pipe and dump tube, greddy boost controller, siemens deka #61 injectorz, stage 4 bully clutch way to much more to list
Instagram @o_so_slo
03-06-2013, 03:23 AM
why thank you. Now just need to determine color and gloss...either crazy mirrored crimson red with a super glossy finish. or matte blue... or what possibly purple similar to massives....
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha 
03-09-2013, 04:44 AM
Well - looks like the site is back up and running.
2008 Fusion SEL MTX - DD1 * 2009 Fusion SEL - DD2 * 2007 Focus ZXW - R*I*P * 2004 Focus ZTW CD Silver - sold * 2004 Focus ZTW Black - sold * 2003 Focus ZTW Black - sold * 2001 Focus ZTW Gold - sold * 2000 Focus SE Wagon (ZTW option) - Black - sold * 2000 Focus SE Wagon (ZTW option) - Gold R*I*P
2003 Focus ZX5 infra-red Track Rat - R*I*P 2003 ZX5 CD Silver Track Rat - retired, but still in the driveway New track rat: 2000 ZX3, Atlantic Blue * JRSC with lots more to come * New Zetec crate motor - NFG - thanks Topspeed *
03-12-2013, 11:42 PM
So finally chose a color. After asking several people and lots of suggestions I chose to go ahead with purple. I couldn't find a decent purple that was cost effective so I ended up making my own with some hot pink pearlized and deep purple. Mixing then two made really nice pearlized deep purple very close to the massive purple.
here's a quick look at whats done so far. ![[Image: 20130311_213507_zpscb05c93e.jpg]](http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x431/stupica1/20130311_213507_zpscb05c93e.jpg) I also ended up removing the brake booster to get in behind and remove the rest of the insulation in behind. to really clean it up nice. Can't wait to see it all done. there is going to be lots of clear coats going on as well to really make the color pop!
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha
03-13-2013, 12:16 AM
little jealous to be honest
2000 dark violet pearl zx3: eagle rods, je pistons, fidanza cam gears, arp studs, ford racing highlift valve springs, svt front/rear disc conversion, prothane total kit, fc 65mm throttle body Tial gt3071r, tial mvs wastegate, tial Q bov, top speed "street" manifold,down pipe and dump tube, greddy boost controller, siemens deka #61 injectorz, stage 4 bully clutch way to much more to list
Instagram @o_so_slo
03-13-2013, 12:31 AM
lol all this work is because you asked how hard a wire tuck was. I has a simple wire tuck...until i seen how the honda guys were doing them...so a basic wire tuck just wasnt going to cut it! haha. definitely a lot of work. I applaud people who put the time and effort into it now. and as you can see on the side I still have a bunch of wires to sort through lol
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha
03-13-2013, 12:33 AM
i will trade you engine bays
2000 dark violet pearl zx3: eagle rods, je pistons, fidanza cam gears, arp studs, ford racing highlift valve springs, svt front/rear disc conversion, prothane total kit, fc 65mm throttle body Tial gt3071r, tial mvs wastegate, tial Q bov, top speed "street" manifold,down pipe and dump tube, greddy boost controller, siemens deka #61 injectorz, stage 4 bully clutch way to much more to list
Instagram @o_so_slo
03-13-2013, 12:42 AM
your motor might light prettier in it anyways lol. I still have the brutal plain jane valve cover. gotta spruce it up a bit lol
05 focus se SLAMMED! 5 speed tranny swap with exedy stage 3 hypersingle clutch, raceland coils, MBRP exhaust, FSWERKS stage 2 turbo kit. Massive adjusting camber, toe arms. Steeda's HUGE rear sway bar with upgraded links. Roll bar in the back no backseats. no radio and tons of gauges!
...because RACECAR! haha |
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