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Ford foc-us

Post by pHrEaK » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:17 pm

Well i got to see one of my old friends that had moved away a few days ago, which ended up in a race :roll: . He'd recently purchased a ford focus 4dr zetec. He asked me if i wanted to race and of course i had to say yes. Now I'm fairly new to the neon platform and i have to say i didn't really have much faith in my 4dr 5pd highline. I figured the only thing i had on him was the transmission. Anyway i follow him out to this long straight stretch of highway and we drop our friends off on the side of the road and head to were we're going to start. We line up and do the three honk routine...and i launch at ~ 4k. I'm about half a car ahead then i slam second and spin the tires, i pull another car. Then at third about another half. At the end of the quarter mile I win by about 2 cars. Not a grand victory, but it built up a little faith in the old neon, considering all I've really done to it is a 3.0 cai. :wink:
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Post by uta_flyinghigh » Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:22 am

Euuuuhhhh...how can you get wheelspin in second gear after a rolling start. I get wheelspin in 1st if I doon't get the launch right, but I haven't had wheelspin in 2nd gear except on snow/ice.

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Post by pHrEaK » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:17 pm

Oh, sorry for the misconception. It was a from a dead stop. And it had rained the previous day and the roads were still damp. I presume that's how I got my wheel spin :lol:
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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:29 pm

nice.. and just a quick question to anyone.. would a neon with a cai and an atx be about even or less to the ztec focus
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Post by pHrEaK » Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:20 pm

^^ That's a good question. I'd have to say it'd be pretty close.
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Post by TnemmoCoN » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:28 pm

uta_flyinghigh wrote:Euuuuhhhh...how can you get wheelspin in second gear after a rolling start. I get wheelspin in 1st if I doon't get the launch right, but I haven't had wheelspin in 2nd gear except on snow/ice.

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I can get wheelspin half the time im in second no matter what, even dry aspalt. Do you guys have the SOHC or somthin?

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Post by 98moparR/T » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:48 pm

you can def outrun a focus to the top speed, they top out at 108 besides the svts
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Post by SloUSDM20 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:33 pm

Focuses are slow as shit. the SVT's are kinda quick but the most one of those beat me by was like 1-1 1/2 lengths.
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Post by 98moparR/T » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:02 am

yea my friend went from an 04 zx3 2.3 to an 03 svt 2.0 which has yet get to race the r/t
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Post by pHrEaK » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:11 pm

TnemmoCoN wrote: I can get wheelspin half the time im in second no matter what, even dry aspalt. Do you guys have the SOHC or somthin?

-Jon
Yes...yes I do :lol:
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Post by uta_flyinghigh » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:13 am

Same here, SOHC. DOn't even want to try to wheelspin in 2nd as frying the clutch xould mean an expensive trip to the US of A.

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Post by vielecustoms » Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:50 pm

:lol: My gf just got a new focus SES. Atx (sorry, I have to get the neon going so I can teach her how to shift) it is got decent power and handles alright my favorite part is she gets 35mpg. it lasts all week and she drives as far as I do. I filled it the other day for $25, I almost crapped myself (I ve been paying $60 to fill my s10 2 times a week!)
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Post by TnemmoCoN » Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:07 pm

pHrEaK wrote:
TnemmoCoN wrote: I can get wheelspin half the time im in second no matter what, even dry aspalt. Do you guys have the SOHC or somthin?

-Jon
Yes...yes I do :lol:
o man, i love my car. i could never go to an SOHC.

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Post by jory543 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:12 pm

My 3.55 SOHC would chirp second on dry roads, maybe with a little wheelhop but nothing more than that.
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