BITCH ASS: A Build of Average Proportions and Modest Income

[cobrawannabe]

this thing is sweet and the title gives me a good chuckle every time I see it lol

keep it up man

Thanks! There's a lot of love put into "this old Focus".

[cobrawannabe]

Made more progress in the aim of cleaning her up and getting ready for racing. Looks like my first event in the Focus for the year will be July 18.

Before/After with sideskirts


Rear 3/4 view looks good


For good measure


All kinds of clearance...


Inspecting the oil pan after it was cracked on Monday.


While replacing the oil pan today, I decided to clean up the baffles in the new one, which was out of a car with 80K on it. I decided upon further inspection to not bother, and use the baffles which came out of my pan. This is a comparison between the ones from the other car, which ran conventional oil on regular change intervals until its demise at approx. 80,000 miles; and my car, which has run Mobil-1 changed every 7500 miles since the day I bought it. My car has 154,000 miles on it, and its baffles are at the bottom of the picture. I wish I had gotten a picture of the pans together, the difference was astounding. Once the oil had been wiped out of it with a clean rag, my original pan looked like it had never even been installed on a car on the inside. The "new" pan had to have a thin film of sludge cleaned off of nearly every surface, with as much as 1/8" of buildup in common areas. Absolutely incredible.


Rachel's old intake on my car.



Waiting to be installed:
- SCT XCal 3 with tune
- Redline Tuning hood strut
- F2 header (I wish it were an FSWerks piece, but I got a good deal)


Current mod list, since I decided to compile one in the hopes that I could make myself cry...

Interior:
- SVT pedals
- Redline Goods shifter boot
- Redline Goods e-brake boot
- MY 2000 center console (sans armrest) painted black with silver shifter surround
- Suede-flocked door pull surrounds
- Suede-flocked gauge surround
- Steeda STS modified to work with factory boot ring

Exterior:
- FocusSport lip
- MY 2000 ZX3 sideskirts
- Satin silver headlight housings with amber turn signal chambers
- Clear corner markers with lenses painted to eliminate white stripe
- Satin black rear bumper louvers
- Tinted taillights
- LED plate bulbs
- PIAA yellow foglight bulbs
- Hella 500 Series Black Magic driving lights with custom mounts (not currently on the car)
- Hella Super Tone horns with custom mount
-SVT degas cover

Engine:
- FSWerks Intake with Filterwears pre-filter and ITG filter
- Ported throttle body
- Central Florida Motorsports balance shaft delete
- Self-made 2.5" 304-SS flex-back exhaust

Suspension:
- H&R coilovers
- FSWerks 60mm ID front spring conversion
- FSWerks "Race" camber plates
- Swift Springs 180mm x 560 lb/in front springs
- Self-made (currently removed) adjustable front sway bar endlinks
- Prothane front control arm bushings
- MOOG ball joints
- Alex the Machinist steering rack bushings
- Vorschlag 60mm ID rear spring perches
- H&R 10mm x 674 lbs/in rear springs
- Prothane LCA bushings
- "Cam bolt" delete with Class 10.9 hardware
- SPC camber arms with Prothane bushings
- Steeda toe arms
- Prothane trailing arm bushings
- Self-made rear endlinks with Energy Suspension bushings and stainless hardware
- Prothane rear sway bar bushings
- ARP extended studs
- ARE by Napre wheels, 16x7 et25
- Falken Azenis RT-615, 205/40-16

Brakes:
- 300mm front conversion
- EBC dimpled/slotted front rotors
- HAWK HPS pads

[cobrawannabe]

I bought a DD to save the Focus from winters and daily use.

Meet Rose.


1980 Volvo 242
-279,000 miles on both shell and drivetrain
-Complete drivetrain, suspension, brake, suspension, and electrical system swap from a '91 244.
-Cut springs

I am already in love with the car, and am shocked at how well the cut springs ride. I will of course be correcting the suspension, as well as adding widened 15" steelies and some other crap while I DD the car. Once I've got some cash saved for a newer DD, this car will be torn down for a relatively major, but not unattainable build-up/restoration.

[Chuckdee]

Hey big boi, me luv ur fucus.

Also nice pick up on the Turbo brick!

[cobrawannabe]

Hey big boi, me luv ur fucus.

Also nice pick up on the Turbo brick!

Hey Chuck! The Volvo is N/A, but thanks!

[Justdont95]

Read the whole thread and I must say only two people have (yet) proven me that a focus isn't always a bad thing. But could be a very good (looking) thing. And you sir are one of those two people.

On the volvo however for a sec I thought I saw an frisian flag on the gascap.

Got excited and then got dissapointed haha.

[Chuckdee]

Hey Chuck! The Volvo is N/A, but thanks!

Aww ok, I've been seeing a bunch of turbo bricks recently, so I assumed all of them have turbos to begin with lol.

[dotyy]

Dude sick! Finally seeing another focus. I have an 05 ST. My build is coming along slowly but surely. I'm on Ksports and 18x8 Team Dynamics. I am rubbing like a bitch on dips even after having my fenders rolled. I think it's just the liners, but I'm not 100% sure. Did you remove your liners?

Here's a couple pics of mine if you wanna see.

https://gyazo.com/727affc4a5d0f6a5de283fa9dd68d2d0

https://gyazo.com/9d3049714c0f3188b98ebad1b5a7681b

Also a sound clip :P

https://instagram.com/p/4uecyZSkip/?taken-by=jacobdoty

[cobrawannabe]

Read the whole thread and I must say only two people have (yet) proven me that a focus isn't always a bad thing. But could be a very good (looking) thing. And you sir are one of those two people.

On the volvo however for a sec I thought I saw an frisian flag on the gascap.

Got excited and then got dissapointed haha.

I appreciate the compliments! There are plenty of good-looking Focuses out there, and even a few on S|W. Search around, you'll be pleasantly surprised! The Focus is a really good-looking car in my opinion, you just need to do a little work to bring out its attitude.

The gas cap on the Volvo is a silly thing, but I think it'll always be on the car in one form or another.

Aww ok, I've been seeing a bunch of turbo bricks recently, so I assumed all of them have turbos to begin with lol.

No. Factory turbo 240s are actually relatively rare.

Dude sick! Finally seeing another focus. I have an 05 ST. My build is coming along slowly but surely. I'm on Ksports and 18x8 Team Dynamics. I am rubbing like a bitch on dips even after having my fenders rolled. I think it's just the liners, but I'm not 100% sure. Did you remove your liners?

Here's a couple pics of mine if you wanna see.

https://gyazo.com/727affc4a5d0f6a5de283fa9dd68d2d0

https://gyazo.com/9d3049714c0f3188b98ebad1b5a7681b

Also a sound clip :P

https://instagram.com/p/4uecyZSkip/?taken-by=jacobdoty

Very good-looking car! I like the TDs, but if I were you I'd bring the tail up a little bit to get rid of the uneven gap.

I never specifically removed my fender liners, I just sort of ran them over.

[dotyy]

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but to be honest it's settled a bit up front from that pic and isn't as drastic as it looks.

Yeah I just hear a terrible sound that I assume is just fender liners. One of these days I'll chalk them up and see where I'm really rubbing.

[r0p0doe]

Fuck I wish I never wrecked my focus :'(

[cobrawannabe]

Fuck I wish I never wrecked my focus :'(

I absolutely love this car.

[TWM Performance]

Sick set of rides you got there man!

- Renato

[cobrawannabe]

Sick set of rides you got there man!

- Renato

Thanks, Renato!

[rice4life]

Don't know if you're still going to check this thread, but I sold my genesis and got a mk1 focus. Re read this and now I'm actually glad I chose it over a civic or 240sx.