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Well its been a while. Count it 7 months since I have last posted an update on teh whip. There have been a lot of upgrades, a lot of parts added, some removed, and lots of dollars spent!
this is what it used to look like:
phew what a frickin disaster
Well, with a few parts removed, and some new ones added, such as:
F2 Ford Focus RS Carbon Fibre Wing:
Headlight Eyebrows:
aVs Tailight Covers:
'Focus' caliper Decals:
A European Grille:
Black Ford Decals:
And the mod I took 1 1/2 years to do, a Shorty Antenna:
It now looks like this:
What a frickin imporvement hey?
also upgraded, Rims: ALT Sonix 17x7 Wrapped in Nexen N3000 205/40/17
waiting to go in is: NOTHING! the exterior is 99% done, with waiting to be delivered is glossy pillars from a wrecked SVTF. after that I might consider getting the mirrors painted and thats final, the exterior will get no more love/hate for a very long time. Money will start being stretched too thin for me to do anything, so I might as well get everything out of the way right now!
Removed equipment = Cervinis top mounted wing (SOLD to a lucky buyer in Ottawa), and my Roush Hood Scoop (SOLD to a lucky buyer in Calgary) and oh yes, after 1 year and a half, I finally lowered it using FocusSport's H&R Sport Springs, and of course, I painted them:
I am actually hoping to be stepping into the elite crowd of F/I within the next few months, then I will have one bad ***** street car. definately one of the fastest in my city (and I know thats a queer thing to say) but my city, even though its the capital of the province, has no performance shops, no chasis dynos, no nothing, so high-po cars are rare, especially high-po compacts!
thanks for viewing!
suggestions / comments are appreciated
ps. the black paint is coming off the rims by April, for BC Dyno days!
~Lorne
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03-11-2006, 09:18 AM
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The car looks alot better with the drop and the new wing. The new wing flows alot better with the lines of the car.
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Looks waaay better now, and glad to hear your taking the black paint off the wheels. If your going FI, don't forget that you'll be needing a clutch & LSD to best handle and survive any boost you throw at it. Good luck!
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SVT ZX3,Mar 11 2006, 01:10 AM Wrote:Looks waaay better now, and glad to hear your taking the black paint off the wheels. If your going FI, don't forget that you'll be needing a clutch & LSD to best handle and survive any boost you throw at it. Good luck!
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what clutch do you suggest? I wouldnt know anything about those and I might consider doing it a bit down the road with the new job I just got :)
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I like the car but think that your licence plate all cut up looks choppy as hell,,,really looks like garbage~~~ why did you cut it??
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Nice job with the front grille. I was wondering if you have pics of it with with the hood opened. I'd like to see how you managed to put them in place.
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Lorne there is couple Dyno shop in the City and from my last trip at the Auto-cross track there are s*** loads of highly modded cars, that will make my plans of an AWD 300hp Focus look underpowered.... Zensport.ca in Vic is a performance shop.... Tuners mostly, but they have a new dyno and are equiped to do anything, talk to Chris or Rich.
By the way the car looks great. We should get togheter one of these days.
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03-12-2006, 12:09 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys, I am starting to feel like im back on track.
Sept,Mar 11 2006, 02:01 AM Wrote:Nice job with the front grille. I was wondering if you have pics of it with with the hood opened. I'd like to see how you managed to put them in place.
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oh your meaning the ghetto turn signals? no you dont want to see how I put them in! I bought some $4 side reflectors and cut them apart, used popcicle sticks to form a oval shaped enclosure around it, then put duct tape all around it to make it stick, then I used about 5 zip ties with a hell of a lot of electrical tape and bacially taped it to the car. The passeneger side keeps falling and pissing me off, the zipties were some I found on the ground at work :P
It wasnt supposed to be pretty, obviously haha. I was considering buying the InPro Headlights but I consider them a luxury purchase and I really dont need them, I just want to get rid of those ugly ones in the grille!
Quote:I like the car but think that your licence plate all cut up looks choppy as hell,,,really looks like garbage~~~ why did you cut it??
I didnt actually cut it, I bent it with my vice, it would fit anywhere on the front grille and actually look good. I am taking it off sooner or later and moving it to the top of the grille, and balancing it out so it doesnt look so uneven and stupid!
Quote:Lorne there is couple Dyno shop in the City and from my last trip at the Auto-cross track there are s*** loads of highly modded cars, that will make my plans of an AWD 300hp Focus look underpowered....
Alex
yes I found all of those sites thank you. I still have my bloody N so I wouldnt be able to compete in any competitions until I take the Novice driver training with the victoria motorsports people. Until then!
Im going to come out sooner or later, not next weekend because i dont have the money to pay for the driving course right now B) but the next one I am going to for sure! Im not really interested in making my Focus uber powerful, just good enough to school mostly all of the cars in my class.
I think you could make the Focus a hell of a lot more powerful than 300hp awd. just throwing a PWSC puts it upwards to 250bhp, a couple more mods and your already pushing 280/290bhp.. with a built motor, higher compression, and a pw kit youll easily be over 350bhp, in a 4 cylinder.
my goal with my focus is to look at a stock pre-2005 Mustang GT, and laugh. Then when the posers try to race they get embarrassed by a Focus, thats my main goal haha
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an update!
I am currently painting all of my bodykits grilles black so they match with the Euro grille I have,
here are some pics of phase1: sideskirts and side-gills
phase 2 includes painting the front grilles black!
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you're always nicely dressed in your pics haha
I thought you were selling that bumper?
***want to buy***
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SCT Xcal2 ........ check
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Meford's Mom.... sale pending
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nah not anymore. maybe I should take it out of 'for sale' eh?
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Ha ha I think i liked it better with the cervini wing and hood scoop....
Made it look mean :angry:
But the black on black is lookin in good B)
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here is my final update of the month,
black grilles... MIKE JONES!
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PerfectSaiyan,Mar 20 2006, 11:14 PM Wrote:here is my final update of the month,
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black grilles... MIKE JONES!
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Nice work !!!!
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Gorgeous car, I like the grills black better, they flow great.
Nice car, one of the best 'Canadian' ones I've seen to date....
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PerfectSaiyan,Mar 11 2006, 10:09 PM Wrote:my goal with my focus is to look at a stock pre-2005 Mustang GT, and laugh. Then when the posers try to race they get embarrassed by a Focus, thats my main goal haha
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Its a wonderful feeling.
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who???
MIKE JONES!!!!!
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Flofocus,Mar 21 2006, 04:39 PM Wrote:PerfectSaiyan,Mar 11 2006, 10:09 PM Wrote:my goal with my focus is to look at a stock pre-2005 Mustang GT, and laugh. Then when the posers try to race they get embarrassed by a Focus, thats my main goal haha
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Its a wonderful feeling.
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lol your my favourite
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Flofocus,Mar 21 2006, 12:39 PM Wrote:PerfectSaiyan,Mar 11 2006, 10:09 PM Wrote:my goal with my focus is to look at a stock pre-2005 Mustang GT, and laugh. Then when the posers try to race they get embarrassed by a Focus, thats my main goal haha
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Its a wonderful feeling.
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I can't wait to have that feeling.
Turbo arrived!
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