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I have heard the rear disk set-up from the SVT Contour is a "bolt-on" modification for the Focus - anyone out there confirm this? I'd be curious to know if the emergency brake set-up on these rear disks is compatible with the one in our ZX3s.
Don't say that!!! Please don't say that. It's almost like saying break a leg. I live in deer country. We have almost as many deer per square mile as we do people. Some bear to. You don't want to know what they can do to a car. At least we're lucky not to have moose. Don't want to know what they could do to a zx3.
Drebe and Norway Doug, Hang in there guys!
Pat
Pat
have so much deer outside of philly here that
the neighboring county is named bucks!
focus are hot sellers. no incentive needed to move
inventory.look at all the posts on the wait.
to focuszx3r-congrats.+ good luck on your new purchase.
About the right headlight. Echoing Pat and Silver Bullet, but adding a bit....yes, the right headlight is designed to be a bit more illuminating than the driver's side. But, too, halogen lights often appear to be two different intensities even when they are not.
Add my vote for TEAM ZX3 as our club name. And, since we seem to have some concentration of us either in the midatlantic or northeast or with some ties there, I think it would be an ideal setting for our first ZX3 "Reunion"! Jersey shore, anyone? (of course, then we have the salt air and paint issue....something to consider).
Calico1
And whats this ford racing catalog?
I bought my car the first of January and I haven't gotten my watch or my mug yet! Why?!
There. Check here tommorrow too see if it worked.
Audilizard
hey, does anyone know if the college grad. rebate applies for 1977 grads?uh-oh , i must be one of
one of the old guys here.
The dealer says they didn't hear anything while testing, right.....
Anyone else figure this one out so I can help the dealer?
Yours *seriously*,
Mark
As for deer in Penn., we have over 1 1/2 million running around here. Makes me mad when the anti- deer hunt folks picket.
increase2.4k.
jheitman-those squeaky brakes- ive heard mine
squeak from time to time,im not concerned- i
believe it to be related to moisture- here in philly area,temperature extremes fluctuate wildly
this time of year.
If focus will show that it can be reliable in a few years down the road.
That's all it seems to need to dominate,(ahhh maybe a little more hp)
I still LOVE my car and think it was the best decision to buy it.
I have been driving my car kind hard, never revving past 3000 rpm, and I think now I am gonna take that limit up to 4000 rpm--What does everyone think??
TEAM ZX3 is a great name for the club.
Also, I to had to try out that digital speedometer trick, and I was wondering if anyone knew what all those other things were after u passed the km/h and rpm functions. I just saw a bunch of weird letter combinations and numbers changing--i had no clue what any of it was
So far I've had over $700 worth of work on my suspension because it mysteriously got bent out of alignment. Now, I find that I have a faulty tie rod, which ford is thankfully replacing under warranty. Maybe they feel guilty for making me shell out all that money before. Still waiting on the part though. It's been two weeks and at least another till it gets here. I think one of my brake rotors is warped too. There's a whole lot more brake dust on one wheel than the other and the steering wheel vibrates when I brake. All this BEFORE I went on the road trip. I sure hope nothing else goes wrong.
http://www.mustangworld.com/ourpics/news/99hec.htm
This shows each reading and what it means. I don't know who posted this on the other board but Thanks.
I took a look at a couple of the "options" on the foci in my dealers lot. The armrest looks completely different than I expected. It looks like ET! I thought it would be upholstered or something. How do you guys like it?
I HATE the stupid "shift up" light. My dad had an RX7 with this (silly, I know), and I think they're annoying.
There. Got that off my chest. Much better
Everything else...a-ok.
Someone mentioned going 125mph on his M/C. Baaaad scene. As someone once told me when I started biking, there are only two tiny patches of rubber in contact with the pavement at any particular time. Lose one contact point, and it's Arrrrrgh.
Ride safe now so you can ride longer later...
Aloha
I wanted to know if people out there have been redlining (@6500 rpms) their cars yet. I gone past 3000 and recently started revving it past 4000 but as soon as I approach 5000, it seems the engine is working too hard and there is a tremendous amount of vibrating feedback from the accelerator. I know it's not really necessary to rev past 5000 with the torque peak being 5300 rpms, but I was wondering if anyone else has been experiencing this. It just feels like at 5000 rpms the car is telling me "upshift you idiot!!"
On another note, I can't wait until I get and install my aftermarket stuff. I ordered a borla cat back, focussport intake, a superchip, pedal covers, and matching silver shift knob and e-brake handle. I know some of you seem against aftermarket parts but i'll be able to get about another 20 horsepower for only a thousand bucks and would be on par with the civic si for a lot less, plus i'd had tons more torque than that high revving [non-permissible content removed] box. By the way I think the carbon fiber trim kits from kurtz kustom is sharp. Perhaps it will be my next investment along with my 17 inch wheels. I thought about the wings west kit but i'd rather have the inside look nicer than the outside besides i'm not gonna be outside looking at the car, i'm gonna be inside, driving the car. Sorry so long and happy revving!
drivers seat - one fell off passenger -side
also, side exterior molding loose- seems glue
must have dried out.anyone else notice?
Anyway, way off topic, back to focus stuff, still haven't got mine, but the bank said ok to the deal today so we are one step closer.
Reports in the Italian press state that there are problems with the focus holding a straight line (i.e. pulling to the right or to the left) and that ford dealers have been issued with special instructions on how to deal with the problem. Anyone out there have this trouble yet?
On another point, I was considering some of the aftermarket stuff, but have been a bit put off by advice on the net. Rubberban, you say you'll "be able to get about another 20 horsepower for only a thousand bucks", how do you know?
You are presuming that:
1) the 'performance' parts are going to add max power increase they claim (many such parts claim an increase of 0 to X, or up to Y, why should we assume that we are going to get X+Y, and not 0+0);
2) that they are all going to work together;
3) that they are going to add the power cumulatively and, if not uniformly across the powerband, then at least they will all add it at the same point on the powerband;
4) that you won't affect the overall engine response making the car less fun to drive.
Also, as one poster has noted his engine likes to change up well before the redline, if the extra power is all at say 6000rpm, are you going to be able to use it?
As I say, I was thinking of doing this stuff myself, but I am backing off. It was the reasoning on a piece of advice on one site that got to me, i.e. Why didn't Ford do it themselves in the first place? incompetence? Probably not. There are plenty of normally aspirated 2.0L's pumping out much more than 130bhp (Honda's S2000 has 240bhp). Engine tuning is about more than power however and if Ford has only squeezed a max 130 out of the Zetec unit there is surely a reason. Whatever it is, I reckon I'll leave mine the way they give it is and enjoy for what it is.
I fear that all I would be doing with the 'performance' parts, is giving me something more to bore people with, given that, from the posts here, in a few weeks I'll be wearing a big grin and talking nonstop about one subject!
Another worry, is that one 'improvement' would lead to another, and I would never be totally happy that I'd put the right bits on. Then when the first Focus R appears.....(talk of a 170bhp version in September, at least here in Euroland)....
Enough said, if you do decide to go ahead with the add-ons, let us know how you got on, and take it for a test to measure the power output (the placebo effect can be quite strong, but then maybe that's all you are after). Anyway I'm curious to know.
Not-yet-a-Focus-driver-but-almost!
Tilt steering is part of the convenience group (50C) 174 invoice and 195 msrp