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Topic: V8 Focus
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 3609
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-01-2001 05:48 PM
   
I thought this would have been broadcast all over by now... but i can't find even a mention anywhere. Ford Racing has introduced a bolt in V8 kit to put a 5.0L into a Focus using only hand tools. Converts to rear wheel drive with an 8.8" rear end and everything. My buddy saw the car at Las Vegas NHRA Race at the Ford display trailer, he talked to the guys ...touched it with his bare hands  it was bright blue with Torq Thrust wheels...i saw a picture... it DOES exist. Anyone here heard of this or have more info? Tom
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cpmaverick
Moderator Posts: 1256
From: Auburn, AL.
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 11-01-2001 06:00 PM
I don't doubt you that it does exsist, however I don't know anything about the kit being released. Most likely they are gauging public opinion, and it is not avaliable yet. It is certainly not on thier website. [This message has been edited by cpmaverick (edited 11-01-2001).]
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 3609
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-01-2001 07:23 PM
It certainly isn't on their website...or anyones. It exists, Garry asked LOTS about it... the car debuting at the SEMA show this week (almost over now) is a production kit... it uses plugs in the spindles where the half shafts went whereas the car at Vegas race last week used aftermarket struts and control arms. This thing is supposed to bolt together in 2 weekends needing nothing more exotic than a hand grinder. Tom
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Just Jim
Gearhead Posts: 373
From: So Cal
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 11-01-2001 08:47 PM
A 5.0 driveline sounds like the only way I'd buy a Focus.Doubt if it would pass California smog,tho.I used a similar "factory kit" to put the Sunbeam Tiger 289 in my Morris.
Tom,it's November 1st not April 1st.Or is it?
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"Just Falcon Around"
1962 Falcon 351W
1958 Morris Minor 289 [This message has been edited by Just Jim (edited 11-01-2001).]
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 3609
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-02-2001 01:27 AM
Garry told me this 3 days ago... so April foolery doesn't apply.Theres a couple Focus websites i found... those folks don't seem to know. Twilight zone theme starts.... doodoo doodoo 
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 3609
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-08-2001 01:58 AM
Heres the car that was at the Vegas race
http://www.iseff.com/v8focus/engine1.jpg
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4narow
Journeyman Posts: 4
From: Newport,KY
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 12-27-2001 06:31 PM
Someone posted this link on another board that I visit. Check it out. The parts are a little pricey but I suppose if you have 14 large to spend on a car just to drive it home and gut it out, it's not that bad.www.kugelkomponents.com/focus.html
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cpmaverick
Moderator Posts: 1256
From: Auburn, AL.
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 12-28-2001 01:59 AM
Thanks for the link!!  I like it, now give me a few years to make some money and get some used Foci on the market 
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69maverick
Gearhead Posts: 699
From: Thomaston,CT.
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-28-2001 06:30 AM
Now that would surprise a few of those JAP coffee can type guys!!
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 3609
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 12-29-2001 08:45 PM
interesting stuff... they show the parts and installed components, i had wondered how a tranny could possibly fit under the floor. You certainly don't need all those components as a Focus alternator and A/C compressor could be re-used.(like you really NEED A/C??  ) The back has me curious, rear suspension, gas tank, etc.
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SundanceKid
Gearhead Posts: 650
From: UT
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-03-2002 01:05 AM
I saw a little picture in HotRod I think . I seem to remember that the engine mounts bolt in up high on the inner fenders and the intake being right at hood level. Not much a sleeper with half an engine hangin out.
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Johnny Ray
Journeyman Posts: 1
From: Pekin, IL
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 01-05-2002 02:42 PM
That should be one wild ride!Thanks for the links.  ------------------
My 1969 Falcons
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70MachT-5
Journeyman Posts: 62
From: Pasco, WA (on the banks of the Mighty Columbia River)
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 03-01-2002 04:29 PM
Until I saw this post about the V8 powered Focus, I was all jacked up about the '89 SHO I am about to take possession of. I was considering the why's and wherefore's of puttin a SHO engine/transaxle in a Focus a la Festiva SHOgun (mid-engine). Now the whole things seems like a bore.Since I brought it up, do any of you know if anyone else is thinking like I am?? ------------------
MarkC ~ 1970 Mach 1 T-5
1965 Shelby Trans Am coupe (clone)
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