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O's Fan Rich
05-03-2006, 02:39 PM
06 Focus
I'm teaching him to drive stick.... enough said.:wflag:

hitchhiker
05-03-2006, 02:55 PM
There are a lot of go-fast goodies for those.

Git R Done!

:D

Breadfan
05-03-2006, 02:59 PM
06 Focus
I'm teaching him to drive stick.... enough said.:wflag:

Best of luck! When I started driving I only learned about a year and a half after I started driving automatic. And that was a few days spent with an '88 GMC Jimmy 5spd. Plenty to get the concept, but not enough to develop lots of skill.

Only way I did that was to buy my Mustang. Now I slam gears with the best of them, and getting better at heel/toe downshifts. Uhhh not like you need to know either of those to drive stick, but helps on the race track.

Thats the only way to learn is practice practice practice. :D

SergntMac
05-03-2006, 03:56 PM
Hey Rich, any plans to add the '03 Cobra powertrain?

O's Fan Rich
05-03-2006, 04:40 PM
Hey Rich, any plans to add the '03 Cobra powertrain?

To the Focus?!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Hey.... good idea.


It's a nice little car, the ZX5 Black. 2.0 I think he's happy to be in debt.

I recall there was a company ( Kauffman? ) that did 5.0 conversions in these puppies.

Joe Walsh
05-03-2006, 04:49 PM
I saw a video on www.streetfire.net some time ago of a ZX3 Focus stuffed with a built 351 and a Cobra independent rear!
Really a sick ride!!!:bows:

SergntMac
05-03-2006, 05:07 PM
Really a sick ride!!!:bows:That it is and "sick" in a very nice way.

Dude, you want these rear rotors, or, not?

Send me a shipping addy in 24 hours, or, Pedro the "metal collector" in my alley says thanks...Again. SergntMac@aol.com, k?

Joe Walsh
05-03-2006, 05:18 PM
That it is and "sick" in a very nice way.

Dude, you want these rear rotors, or, not?

Send me a shipping addy in 24 hours, or, Pedro the "metal collector" in my alley says thanks...Again. SergntMac@aol.com, k?

YES!!Email sent.

Hotrauder
05-03-2006, 05:42 PM
Rich,
I couldn't stay with an SVT Focus in the twisties at Sebring. No problem running him down on the straights. The old Dude's instructor told mine that the car was so forgiving that he could run any line. There is a lot of upside to your son's ride. He can have a lot of fun with his Focus if he wants. Dennis:D

stevengerard
05-03-2006, 05:48 PM
Stick, that's cool. Heck I'll be 42 this year and I'm still called #2 son, becareful with him he may be scarred for life like me

O's Fan Rich
05-04-2006, 04:58 AM
Stick, that's cool. Heck I'll be 42 this year and I'm still called #2 son, becareful with him he may be scarred for life like me

Heck, I'm a "middle" child and a Jr.... I know.

jimlam56
05-04-2006, 05:08 AM
That Focus would look good with a barefoot dead pedal!:D

JMan
05-04-2006, 05:20 AM
Stick, that's cool. Heck I'll be 42 this year and I'm still called #2 son, becareful with him he may be scarred for life like me

Heck, my mom introduces me as her "Baby"! "Number two son" or "other son" would be just dandy. My mom is a whopping 5'2" tall. I'm a foot taller than her. #4 child, younger son, anything but her "Baby". :puke:

Yes, I have a complex about it! :D

J

ckadiddle
05-04-2006, 06:34 AM
My brother taught me to drive a stick in his (shiver) Honda Civic years ago. To this day I still prefer automatics. Musta been traumatized.