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01-09-2005, 07:37 AM | #1 | |||
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Now I could see myself in a RWD Focus powered by the BA XR6T motor :
Should be a real weapon on Targa's Quote:
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01-09-2005, 08:38 AM | #2 | ||
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will be interesting to see how they fit that thing together......
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01-09-2005, 06:38 PM | #3 | |||
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01-09-2005, 07:14 PM | #4 | ||
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Damn. It's the race to Rally the new Focus!!!
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01-09-2005, 07:24 PM | #5 | ||
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me they will release a "kit" for performing this mod, such as the V8 kits available for the Focus in the US.
Now that is something I would love to own! : |
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01-09-2005, 08:29 PM | #6 | ||
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OMFG!111!!!oneoneone11!!!
Is there a practical way of doing this as a model for purchase by the public? I would kill to get a Focus like that. |
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01-09-2005, 10:28 PM | #7 | |||
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Dreamscience| InPro Black LED Tail lights| Black RS GT wheels| 14.007 @ 100.55 mph |
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02-09-2005, 12:57 PM | #8 | ||
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And the Porsche would STILL crap all over it.
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02-09-2005, 03:15 PM | #9 | |||
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Hmmm.... you obviously haven't seen the short video that was posted by Tom (think he is one of the focus tuning gurus in the states) on focusfanatics. The Camera is on board a NA (albeit heavily modified) SVT focus during a track race. At the start of the video, you see Tom's black turbo charged SVT (which incidentally has less than the 240kw that an XR6T powered focus would have) roar past with a 911 turbo (yep turbo - that’s what the post said) in hot pursuit. Over the course of the next two minutes (while they are both still within view), it appears that Tom passes all the other Porsches in the field while the turbo Porsche fails to either catch or pass him. Better still, the NA SVT (with the onboard camera) catches up to a NA 911 with ease (especially under braking - he's all over him like a rash :sm_headba) but the video ends before he attempts to pass him. And then there is the Top Gear episode from a couple of years back in which the FWD RS focus (with a modest 157 kw) beats the fabled AWD WRX around the test track by over 4 seconds! A feat made even more impressive by the fact that the WRX is still considerably faster in a straight line. Don't under estimate the Focus, it has a phenomenal Chassis and with a ‘bit’ of tweaking can easily run with a Porsche of equivalent power to weight...
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02-09-2005, 04:25 PM | #10 | ||
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Oh and here's another one for ya.....
Taken from July/August 2004 Rally XS issue in which the Focus RS was featured. "When we were getting our lap times at Mllbrook Proving Ground, there was a Porsche Boxter S out at the same time. It just coudn't get close". :king: In case your wondering, the Focus RS retailed for just over $50,000 Australian (depending on the exchange rate of course)...The Boxter S will set you back $140,000.
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02-09-2005, 06:34 PM | #11 | ||
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No doubt about bang for bucks, but I was talking in terms of overall engineering, Porsche make some beautiful, rear engine machines. I'd give my lft nut for a Focus RS, but I would give my left nut and my left eye for a Porsche 911 GT3 CS.
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