A Focus that most will **** anyways

[NorCalFocus]

Update Time, not that anyone cares lol

So she's all done with my laundry list of projects for this winter. I got other little things that will get done soon, but the major stuff is over.

After driving her like she was for a few weeks, I finally got tired of my 01 fuel pump loosing pressure in turns, so I switched to a 02 tank and pump. I'm just happy I have to crawl under my car for me



Drove her around for another week or so and then one night on came the CEL and she was running on 2 cylinders. I tore into my wire tuck I did back earlier and found this...





So with that and the fact she was leaking oil from the valve cover and PCV box, I put her away again for a few weeks to get her done once and for all.

Before cleaning...



After...



Installed my SVT headers to mock up the EGR fitting...



Then after months of waiting I got my CF trunk lid! I offered up my OEM trunk lid for ED to make a mold from in trade for this.







The gold paint (it wasn't hi temp so no surprise) wasn't holding up on my plastic valve cover. So I prepped the old metal Contour valve cover and shot it with urethane good up to 300*.



This last Saturday I spent the whole morning installing everything for my header swap and the valve cover so I could run it over to the exhaust shop to have a larger flange put on. Here's the finished engine bay. Battery relocation is still possible just not in a hurry.



The headers, that will get wrapped.



Ran out in the rain to take some shot with a friend Saturday afternoon.









And between all the other happening this weekend I finally painted my custom hood.



I really love being able to see into my bay lol.



And thats where she is for now. I've put about 60 miles on her since the header swap and have no CEL's or issues so I'm really happy. The hood looks great IMO and really keeps the heat soak down. The next big undertaking will be coil overs and going lower. I have to get my wife's car finished up first tho.

[NorCalFocus]

<3 Matt.

[cobrawannabe]

<3 Chris.

[Bracknaphobia]

I like the bay a lot. It definitely has potential.

[fuhfuh.Focus]

Looks good man.

The bay looks so much cleaner now.

[NorCalFocus]

the bay turned out real nice.

was it rattle cans or with a paint gun?

Gun.

[Specv118]

the bay turned out real nice.

was it rattle cans or with a paint gun?

[NorCalFocus]

that bay actually looks really nice. I like the white gold and black going on too. Keep at it

Thanks. Yeah the red I had before had to go.

Very clean Focus for sure. Alawys liked those. They drive very well. And really nice quality work.

Thank you. I got a lot of hours into the bay now.

Good effort dude...

Still working on it.

im liking this man its going with a nice flow. sweet build

Thanks.

Thread started out bad, got good then went bad again when you showed the outside. Nice job on the radiator support and fenders, I just **** how focus's (foci?) look.

haha I hear that a lot. Its cool I like having something different and that not everyone likes.

[Byron]

Thread started out bad, got good then went bad again when you showed the outside. Nice job on the radiator support and fenders, I just **** how focus's (foci?) look.

[emetz27]

im liking this man its going with a nice flow. sweet build

[Kruizer]

Good effort dude...

[Acro]

Very clean Focus for sure. Alawys liked those. They drive very well. And really nice quality work.

[C-Hutch]

that bay actually looks really nice. I like the white gold and black going on too. Keep at it

[NorCalFocus]

whats with the hood?

I've seen it done before and kinda like the look. So I said WTH and cut into it. It lets tons of heat out from the exhaust mani. I figured its just a stock hood I can always get another.

[Walnuts]

whats with the hood?