mustang_sallad

hahaha, i bet you're all thinking ford GT vs the gualardo or murcielago or something right? hehe... Motor Trend's August cover story: 500hp v8 focus takes on 500hp v10 lamborguini.

Basically, ford racing put the cammer engine and about $60K or so in other mods into an RS focus.
0-60 in 4.4
1/4 mile in 12.7 at 113.7
111 ft for 60-0
0.99g, 69.2 mph through the slalom
pretty much on par with the lambo.

pretty crazy stuff

Rakshas

It's still a focus.

To me that's pretty much the definition of stupidity, pouring so much money into a focus to try and make it a lambo?

burningman

personally I'd take a V8 Focus anyday. That car could with the right tweaks whip just about anything.

Ford was showing a Cobra powered one (SC) at one of the car shows. I saw it on the tube

Moosetang

Thats the one. Uses a Cammer. As a Rally Racing Fan, I'd love to see Ford off Europe put these in teh WRC, Lets see Subaru or Citroen beat THAT!!! Though They'd probably be illegal anyway, lol.

I heard that a non-affiliated aftermarket group was gonna sell that as a conversion kit. I'm not big on illegal street racing but the thought of a normally-aspirated V8 kicking some NOs-sniffing Ricers around is fun

Blip

BM & Moosestang

Is this the Focus you're thinking about?

Kotzenjunge

The conversion kit is about $15,000, I believe. It exists, it was in Road and Track in February I think.

Galaxie

what a sleeper...

nevermind embarassing rice... think of the looks on vette driver's faces when they got trounced by a focus

burningman

The one I was talking about had the Supercharged cobra motor

mustang_sallad

that looks exactly like the one motor trend had. There's was putting out 450hp at 7000rpm. I really like the interior... anyone know if thats the stock RS interior? they really gotta bring that RS over here, i bet it would do better than the svt focus, partly cause the exterior styling is really nice.

I love sleepers, I'm all about having something up your sleeve, holding back for when you gotta let it loose. kinda like yoda in the latest star wars movie, always walking around with that cane, and then BOOM! backflips and lightsaber and everything!

anyways, i digress.
If they can cram that engine into the focus, i'm sure we could fit at least two of 'em under the long hood of my parents' Grand Marquis wagon... now that would be a sleeper!

FrankBullitt05

Yeah, sleepers are great...kinda like when my Jetta whooped a Camaro(haha)

The problem with small hatches that come over from Europe is that Americans don't buy 'em.

I.E., VW R32. Why get an R32 when you can buy a TT 3.2 for about the same price?

MustangMan311

I'd take a Lambo over most Fords anyday except for the 'Stang! Or the GT.

PearBear

just bought the Motor Trend with the article in it. pretty interesting stuff. focus actually outperformed the lambo in some tests

blk91gt

kugel komponents

http://kugelkomponents.com/focus/focus.html

jgsmuzzy

Unfortunately, you'd be right. The WRX class can only have engines up to 2.0L if turbo'd, if just fuel injected, they are allowed 3.0L.


The maddest rally car ever made was a Metro 6R4, this thing was about the 2/3 the size of a Civic, but had a mid-mounted Rover 3.0L V6. The thing was as ugly as sin but put out 390hp in a car that weighed 2288lb (do the calcs yourself!). It wiped the floor with everything. Then a rule change on Homologation got it banned

Anyway, a Picture of the aforementioned beast!

Decipher

Ford + Lambo =


....Flambo?

jgsmuzzy

WHAT THE.........

OMG, how on Earth did you come up with that ?????

twincamfxd

That pic is hilarius. Did you chop that yourself?

Greywolf

The butt is even bigger than the production 05 can someone say celluite