disciplerocks's Ford Focus "build" thread

[fangotango306]

i have the 2.0, im pretty good at one off stuff so im planning on running an m90 i got laying around, until the motor goes, then im thinking a 2.3 dura from a ranger with forged internals and a rwd conversion. its not my dd so i just wanna see whats up. if you can swing it Massive has about the best strut bar i have seen. i have their giant rear bar and im wanting the front one but i already have an old focussport on on my car so ill leave it for awhile. i hate my eibachs so i think i may do kw coilovers.

 

[disciplerocks]

Wow, really an M90? A bit of overkill isn't it. The SVT uses an M62. And if you are going RWD why go 2.3? Seems like a waist to me. Either throw in a 2.3 Focus motor, or go bigger.

And yes Massive has some badass stuff. And Karl is one hell of a guy too.

 

[disciplerocks]

Here is a little something I started working on today.

What it will look like when finished.

And here is the instructions for it. It has some better pics in there.
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/746895/22909043/381577365.jpg

 

[buffster1980]

that is one mean looking little street fighter! one of my ex gf's had a 400+ hp srt4 neon... that thing was too much fun to drive, if you could keep the front wheels from spinning... damn 18's and lo-pros...

 

[disciplerocks]

^Yeah. I'll be making some traction bars next.

 

[disciplerocks]

Got a bit more done today. Cut, notched and bent the rear two bars and did a mock up of the main bar to help align the rear two.

 

[bobbywalter]

Took off the lip that was preventing me from installing and painted it black.

you are going to drive a supercharger with a used bonded pulley?




is there a fluid dampner type thing or other high performance aftermarket pulley for it? i suggest waiting till you get forged internals, and do a solid crank pulley that is balanced to 12 k or so with all of the rest of the rotating assembly, and have at least one extra flywheel done at the same time, two if you can afford it.

looks like a recipe for disaster to me using a rattle can rebuild pulley in a high performance application... i mean , 15 psi aint no joke bro.

 

[disciplerocks]

rattle can rebuild pulley

Not sure what you mean. The pulley is off another vehicle, I just had to do a little modding to make it fit my car.

 

[disciplerocks]

Got it put together today. Ran out of wire. A little more welding, a little grinding, and some paint. I wish I had more than an hour of light after I get off work.

 

[TheTopher]

Don't forget the shiny red spray paint! It makes it go faster, really it does.

 

[bobbywalter]

Not sure what you mean. The pulley is off another vehicle, I just had to do a little modding to make it fit my car.

a used crank pulley.....bonded pulley at that.... driving a supercharged application?

not a real good scenario ime.

and its potentially overdriving the other accesories unless you changed those pulleys to compensate..which isnt too big a deal regardless really.

i assume your building the engine with forged goodies, and that is why i posted what i did above.

 

[disciplerocks]

Again, what do you mean bonded pulley? And yes forged internals are sitting in the shed waiting to go in, along with my aluminum flywheel. And I have a prototype aftercooler that I am going to be a guinea pig for coming my way soon.

Don't forget the shiny red spray paint! It makes it go faster, really it does.

Its getting painted black. Don't like a lot of flashy colors. And everything on the Focus is silver and black.

 

[disciplerocks]

Done. Waiting on paint to dry.

 

[shane96ranger]

By bonded, I believe he is talking about the rubber dampening material. If this material were to give way, it could be pretty messy at a high rpm. This happened to my sister in laws Pontiac Montana. It busted some stuff (can't remember exactly what it was) and shredded the belt, which was quite messy.

I do like your car though. The black on black photos are nice....and I usually hate black rims. I have the 2.3 in my Escape and it's got a lot of pull up in the higher rpms (2500 and up). It's quicker than my Ranger!

BTW, how big of a pain was the metal intake to install? Mine is plastic.....that scares me being at the front of the car. I always think if it were to get hit up there, it would break and suck plastic fragments into the motor.

 

[disciplerocks]

Oh I don't have the CAI anymore do to the supercharger, but it was a cheapy Ebay one and pretty straight forward to install.