Minnesota Focus Owners Club

ricer excuses tgnorman.. jk. weight does make a difference. i've never seen a foci race. it's hit and miss when it happens, and i always miss it. i know it'd be horrible, but i wanna see how mine would be against a stock svt (how far back i am that is.

Steve- Yeah, it's still a stock tune, that'll be changing this spring, as well as suspension.

MonkeyGein- Your's is an auto, right? I say 5-9 lengths in the 1/4....at least. I'll weigh mine down with hookers so you have a chance.

And Lox, don't forget you were a good car length ahead of me when we started that 2nd pull....

And as far as I know Loxx is running a stock tune with an exhaust and CAI/short ram so you're both sporting similar mods.

I don't see why theres any argument about which is faster/quicker, The SVT beat the ST in all comparison testing I saw in magazines stock to stock and the SVT has an undeniable horsepower advantage as long as it's running right which we all know can be an issue with an SVT.

Maybe the other 7 SVT Loxx ran had a broken DSI lever

Still want to run mine Jason?

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:And as far as I know Loxx is running a stock tune with an exhaust and CAI/short ram so you're both sporting similar mods.

I don't see why theres any argument about which is faster/quicker, The SVT beat the ST in all comparison testing I saw in magazines stock to stock and the SVT has an undeniable horsepower advantage as long as it's running right which we all know can be an issue with an SVT.

Maybe the other 7 SVT Loxx ran had a broken DSI lever

Still want to run mine Jason?

Steve i will be happy to run you let's just hope your DSI lever holds up. As for mods I just have exhaust. I keep sucking up water so I went back to stock. Damn auto car washes go over kill on the spray on the front of the car. I would like to get my car tuned. it seems to start to run like shit after a wile. so i unhook the power let it sit then i hook it back up. then it runs better for some time not sure why it does this.

lox222 wrote: Steve i will be happy to run you let's just hope your DSI lever holds up. As for mods I just have exhaust. I keep sucking up water so I went back to stock. Damn auto car washes go over kill on the spray on the front of the car. I would like to get my car tuned. it seems to start to run like shit after a wile. so i unhook the power let it sit then i hook it back up. then it runs better for some time not sure why it does this.

My DSI is just fine

Does yours actually run badly or just seem to be down on power leading up to resetting the PCM?

It's the adaptive learning that these cars use, it does strange things sometimes. Tuning makes a huge difference in these cars so if you can afford one I'd say do it.

lox222 wrote:I keep sucking up water so I went back to stock. Damn auto car washes go over kill on the spray on the front of the car.

There's an easy cure for this - turn the engine off! Or are you one of those engine-idlers who act like their starter/battery is incapable of restarting. IMHO, the engine-idlers are neck-and-neck with the ignition-dingers - those peole who leave their keys in the ignition and then leave the driver's door open for (what seems to be) forever!

lox222 wrote:

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:

lox222 wrote:I have taken down 7 SVTs so far very easy. I am down to test with you at the local track anytime. Is you SVT the one that takes the win and is the first to beat my 2.3?

Don't need a track and I won't go from a dig, The SVT clutch doesn't like launches and mines got 93k on it.

Nice sig there Jason, Just hope you don't run across the guy that posted above you out on the road. It'd probably be embarrasing for you to get your rear end handed to you (severely) by a 60+ year old guy in a stock looking SVT.

BTW-I'm thinking Pappy might differ with you on that as well.

Oh, and Zurno and Patalrob and Davis and.............oh hell this could go on all night

LOL that's good...You should know what I mean when I say "local track" and I'm not worried about those turbo and S/C guys and this so called boost crew they are just blowing hot air. They need to take those hair dryers off and put some real turbos on them little 2.slows they got.

yeah, because a T3/T04E turbo pushing 17lbs of boost isn't a "real" turbo

lox222 wrote: LOL that's good...You should know what I mean when I say "local track" and I'm not worried about those turbo and S/C guys and this so called boost crew they are just blowing hot air. They need to take those hair dryers off and put some real turbos on them little 2.slows they got.

Thats kind of a contradicting statement. First, turbo & S/C cars are bad, then you need a real turbo? Just because we dont drive an ALL MIGHTY SUPRA, or SKYLINE, or RX7, does not mean we dont have real cars. We don't drive Kids cars, they're just compact cars with our own style added to them. And who really cares who is faster? Seriously Loxx, if thats all you care about, then I hope on one of your Happy little ass kicking pulls, the cops pull your ass over.

I have no clue what got into you recently, maybe hanging out with too many Honda owners, or maybe kids with these cars with REAL TURBOS have been kicking your ass and you're taking it out on us, or maybe just Impatance, but seriously dude. You need to slow your roll there a bit buddy.

Yeah, Toast...

Pitch Black wrote:yeah, because a T3/T04E turbo pushing 17lbs of boost isn't a "real" turbo

No, appairently its not...

tg - your's ain't stock. and mine ain't either. so what it's an auto, i have an xcal3 so i can change my rev limit and shift points. but that's why i want to see. i think i may be done modding foci after an exhaust.

loxx - get a Steeda intake. i love mine. the sissy plates/heat shield is a pain in the ass when i have to clean the filter, but i doin't think you'd clean your as much as i do. you also need more power mods

Monkey-Gein wrote:tg - your's ain't stock. and mine ain't either. so what it's an auto, i have an xcal3 so i can change my rev limit and shift points. but that's why i want to see. i think i may be done modding foci after an exhaust.

loxx - get a Steeda intake. i love mine. the sissy plates/heat shield is a pain in the ass when i have to clean the filter, but i doin't think you'd clean your as much as i do. you also need more power mods

Tgnormans car is stock other than a short ram and exhaust, neither of which do much at all for an SVT.

Loxx has an intake but he took it off and I will say that Loxx's cart is typically immaculate inside and out, he keeps it clean.

As for rev limits, Mines set at 7600. What's yours at?

Monkey-Gein wrote:tg - your's ain't stock. and mine ain't either. so what it's an auto, i have an xcal3 so i can change my rev limit and shift points. but that's why i want to see. i think i may be done modding foci after an exhaust.

Don't forget all the work Cosworth put into developing the SVT motor....Bought, not built...for now.

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:

Monkey-Gein wrote:tg - your's ain't stock. and mine ain't either. so what it's an auto, i have an xcal3 so i can change my rev limit and shift points. but that's why i want to see. i think i may be done modding foci after an exhaust.

loxx - get a Steeda intake. i love mine. the sissy plates/heat shield is a pain in the ass when i have to clean the filter, but i doin't think you'd clean your as much as i do. you also need more power mods

Tgnormans car is stock other than a short ram and exhaust, neither of which do much at all for an SVT.

Loxx has an intake but he took it off and I will say that Loxx's cart is typically immaculate inside and out, he keeps it clean.

As for rev limits, Mines set at 7600. What's yours at?

I used to keep my car clean. Now it just stays dirty. I have not cleaned the rims in months. I just don't have the time and money anymore. With school full time and cutting back on work for school I just can't do what I want with the car. I wanted to change a lot of things over to carbon fiber and redo the suspension intake mani dump the cat and tune it but thats not going to happen anytime soon. I need PC's bad for school so stuff I need for school come first. As for turning off the car in the car wash it dont work. The filter just sits so low that it get wet and some water gets sucked up. It's not a lot but it is enough to get the car to sputter a bit, and in the winter time all the ice and snow freeze to it so I just took it off. As for the way it runs I'm not sure what the hell is going on. I have looked over everything but sometimes the car just does not have the power it should, and like I said I let the car sit with no power over night or what ever. Hook it back up and it's fine. Maybe next summer I'll get it back like it was but for now no big plans for the car. Oh anyone want to come over and help me with the headlights in like 4 weeks.

I have a k&n water sock on my cosworth, and it works great.

i got one of them ebay shields that i never used ???

i've noticed that i got to reprog too once in awhile. don't the comps in the car adapt to your driving? so if you got it all set up for "performance" then drive around normal won't it just learn the new driving habit?

Monkey-Gein wrote: don't the comps in the car adapt to your driving?

To a point, if Loxx's car did that it'd only run for a 1/4 mile at a time and only at WOT




Actually the car does learn but if you start driving it hard it should adjust fairly quickly to that strategy.