New Member: 02 SVT Focus in Sonic Blue
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:05 am
Greetings MNfocus members. I'm definetly NOT new to the forum game... I have purchased a new car, which means time for ANOTHER forum! LOL! This is currently the fourth car for my fourth forum (I'll post the other cars in another thread). But any way, on to the car... I just picked up (friday) my newest member to the collection/family: a 2002 Ford Focus SVT in Sonic Blue., which I purchased from a private seller. The car currently has 90k on the OD and with the exception of the Typhoon K&N short ram intake, CFM throttle body and short throw, and drilled and slotted brake rotors, the car is completly stock from what I can tell. (I also got a set of Hankook Ice Bear winter tires for the car) It's a GREAT car and I REALLY enjoy it! My friend (member Litestorm14) has a gorgeous 07 ROUSH clone Focus which really got me into the Focus community. He's been a proud Focus member for some time now, and is on his second Focus. I purchased this car because I was really looking for a manual transmission daily driver that was NOT in perfect shape and had some miles on it, and of course, I wanted something that looked sporty, cool and had a nice healthy combination of performance and sensability. This car is just right!
I don't have any MAJOR plans for modification, i've had that sickness on numeroous occasions, and it gets VERY pricey... I have a fully built ROUSH Stage 3 Mustang, that pretty much took car of my mod bug. Things I do want to do to the car are just maintain it's current integrity while assisting it along to be the best it can. The K&N intake I would love to replace with an FSWerks kit. I'd like to also pick up the FSWerks strut bar. Everything else is just cosmetic issues I have... such as the sandblasted headlights that have cracked seals and the drivers side seat with a hole in the leather. I just really want to enjoy the car... but need to have the car checked over to see if it's all on the up and up. I have it scheduled to have the oil changed, transmission flushed, brakes, suspension components, bushings, water pump, timing chain, belts, plugs and injectors all looked at. I've had it looked at by some mechanically inclined members, but it needs further TLC.
I look forward to using MNfocus as a wonderful tool to help me learn all about my SVT Focus and help me along the way in what I hope is a wonderful experince with a wonderful automobile. Thanks for reading, now... on to the pics!!!
http://s696.photobucket.com/albums/vv32 ... ?start=all
I don't have any MAJOR plans for modification, i've had that sickness on numeroous occasions, and it gets VERY pricey... I have a fully built ROUSH Stage 3 Mustang, that pretty much took car of my mod bug. Things I do want to do to the car are just maintain it's current integrity while assisting it along to be the best it can. The K&N intake I would love to replace with an FSWerks kit. I'd like to also pick up the FSWerks strut bar. Everything else is just cosmetic issues I have... such as the sandblasted headlights that have cracked seals and the drivers side seat with a hole in the leather. I just really want to enjoy the car... but need to have the car checked over to see if it's all on the up and up. I have it scheduled to have the oil changed, transmission flushed, brakes, suspension components, bushings, water pump, timing chain, belts, plugs and injectors all looked at. I've had it looked at by some mechanically inclined members, but it needs further TLC.
I look forward to using MNfocus as a wonderful tool to help me learn all about my SVT Focus and help me along the way in what I hope is a wonderful experince with a wonderful automobile. Thanks for reading, now... on to the pics!!!
http://s696.photobucket.com/albums/vv32 ... ?start=all
gotta love svt's! 
