spied: odd focus, plate VG (appears V6)

[pdhaudio83]

spied on oct 23 i think it was near fort wayne IN (when i picked my car up) off I69 South.

Look at the tails (eew.)

[JAC]

It looks like a regular Focus with some ugly ass aftermarket tails to me.

[+ friction]

Yeah - I think it is just aftermarket tail covers on a Focus, too. And yes, they are ugly ass.

[pdhaudio83]

lol the plate was funnier- V6. unless he had some serious mods

his muffler was F***in loud

[scotthidley]

That's a regular indy plate. I think those are apc tails. There are v8 conversion kits, I'm not aware of v6 conversions, but it "could" be done.

[Monstermile]

There have been a few Duratec V-6's fitted into a Focus. And those are not APC tails. They are either Morette or Hella.

[Ryan]

yeah,, i saw like every dayum focus at nopi had 5.0 conversions and there was one with some kind of v6 but im not sure what it was. and these boys wanna play in the import world.. yet they are playing with v8's when will they ever learn?

[mdaj]

Yes. The Contour 2.5l Duratech V6 and the SHO 3l V6 can fit in the Focus. I thought about the V6 conversion as well since it's cheaper than the v8 conversion.

[dmitrik4]

Originally posted by Ryan
yeah,, i saw like every dayum focus at nopi had 5.0 conversions and there was one with some kind of v6 but im not sure what it was. and these boys wanna play in the import world.. yet they are playing with v8's when will they ever learn?

what's wrong with a V-8?

[pdhaudio83]

imports go on the basis of a small 4 cylinder (or such) and add F/I

domestics are just huge displacement in most cases

IE:
(like EVO vs Stang)
(like STI vs SS)

etc.
a v8 would NOT fall into the import category.

[RyanJayG]

Originally posted by pdhaudio
imports go on the basis of a small 4 cylinder (or such) and add F/I

domestics are just huge displacement in most cases

IE:
(like EVO vs Stang)
(like STI vs SS)

etc.
a v8 would NOT fall into the import category.

January issue of Hot Rod Magazine.... one of the oldest car enthusuiast magazines has done an article pitting the STi vs. the new Mustang Cobra..... interesting read coming from what is traditionally a muscle car mag, but is starting to branch out into the compact car/ import arena... though they dont forget their roots they have been doing some intersting articles.

not to mention they have been doing a "turbo any engine" type of series that has been previously mentioned on this forum.... I'd say its atleast worth a trip to wal-Mart or Barnes and Noble to read it on the stand before putting it back

[pdhaudio83]

they realize that all the gen Xers are going to imports and turbos rather than huge displacement and 8 cylinders.

[BlueWolfCry]

i like it

[dmitrik4]

Originally posted by pdhaudio
imports go on the basis of a small 4 cylinder (or such) and add F/I

domestics are just huge displacement in most cases

IE:
(like EVO vs Stang)
(like STI vs SS)

etc.
a v8 would NOT fall into the import category.

neither would a Focus.

too bad. i say if it works better, use it. if a given V-8 doesn't weigh much more than a given 4 (true for some), and if it can fit...as Gov. Ahhnold says, "Doooo eeeet! dooo eeet now!"

what convinced me was the C&D "Fourgasm" article.

the best tuned 4-cyls were << Z06.