Minnesota Focus Owners Club

got myself a 03 snake now.....AFTER SELLING MY FOCUS

Pics?

Nice. How much did you pay? I've seen a few getting around my price range.

Few cars have so much potential with relatively small amounts of work.

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Few cars have so much potential with relatively small amounts of work.

For real. Intake, exhaust, pulley, and tune and you are looking at, what? Mid elevens?

no pic yet im still in class but i had it dyno at 388 stock..ill post the pic soon

richie_1 wrote:no pic yet im still in class but i had it dyno at 388 stock..ill post the pic soon

That sounds about right for a stock '03.

Just wait until you start playing with pullies, tuning or the big jump to a Whipple or Hellion kit.

Just one thing- DO NOT TRY TO LEARN HOW TO TUNE CARS WITH A COBRA!!

Those motors are nearly bulletproof with proper tuning but one mistake in the tune and you can kiss that thing goodbye in about 1/2 a second.

I know a guy that was making 1004whp through an automatic in a 2003 Terminator with a stone stock engine plenty of fuel and proper tuning but I've also seen guys pop them before even getting to 500whp with poor tuning.

Ford underrated them a bit, didn't they?

hafftrak wrote: Ford underrated them a bit, didn't they?

After the debacle with the 2001 Cobra putting out less than it was rated at they decided to do it right, that's why theres no 2002 Cobra.

The 03-04 cars can really do amazing stuff on stock parts.

1000hp on a stock engine is pretty damn impressive.

hafftrak wrote:1000hp on a stock engine is pretty damn impressive.

This is the local guy I always talk about,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlY3MIUAQfU

This run is a bit quicker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isl-Ggtgrgo

Random nasty Cobra,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WERkzAE3 ... re=related

it surprises me that ford went for the 5.4 to make more power, when the 4.6 is very cappable of makin 500+.

Because it's easier to make more power with more cubes, that will never change.

Why put the additonal stress on the 4.6 when they already had all the forged internals ready for the 5.4?

The 03 has a 4.6? Or.... are you talking about the new Shelby cobra?

CleanZX3 wrote:The 03 has a 4.6? Or.... are you talking about the new Shelby cobra?

The 03-04 Terminators were 4.6 cars, the 07-10 GT500 is a 5.4.