Focus ZX3
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 354
From: woodridge nj
RE: Focus ZX3
i drove my friends focus zx3, its a fun little car and handle pretty good. no power at all. although i did rip the **** out of it when he let me drive it, he didnt care cause it was the car he used to make deliveries.
6th Gear Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,828
From: Clarksville TN
RE: Focus ZX3
ORIGINAL: GT03 TJS
I'm pretty sure the duratec engines only started in 05+ focuses (foci?...whats the plural haha)
like stated above, the most powerful engine so far was in the SVT focus which also has a 6speed manual, which adds to the fun factor....
anyways, they most fun mods you can do to those cars are suspension....nothing you do short of a supercharger/turbocharger really nets any power in those engines....but believe me when i say they're probably the best all around corner carving car that Ford has put out in a LONG time....you can literally throw these things around corners
my friend has an SVT focus with the typical catback/header/intake mods, but just about everything in the steeda cataloge for suspension components....and that car is a blast.....
I'm pretty sure the duratec engines only started in 05+ focuses (foci?...whats the plural haha)
like stated above, the most powerful engine so far was in the SVT focus which also has a 6speed manual, which adds to the fun factor....
anyways, they most fun mods you can do to those cars are suspension....nothing you do short of a supercharger/turbocharger really nets any power in those engines....but believe me when i say they're probably the best all around corner carving car that Ford has put out in a LONG time....you can literally throw these things around corners
my friend has an SVT focus with the typical catback/header/intake mods, but just about everything in the steeda cataloge for suspension components....and that car is a blast.....
6th Gear Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,828
From: Clarksville TN
RE: Focus ZX3
ORIGINAL: 01redstang
arent those focus engines Mazda engines?
arent those focus engines Mazda engines?
6th Gear Member
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,575
From: United States
RE: Focus ZX3
I don't think the OP is going to be worried about performance if he is complaining about gas prices.
I can't beileve the majority of you (at least the ones not on college that have a real job anyway) would possibly DD your mustang. I have a 3K beater I use for everyday and back and forth, 30+ MPG and you can get in it dirty, don't care if it gets door dings etc etc.
If your looking to save money, swapping to a 4cyl and then trying to mod it is not going to make up for gas costs, and almost any mod that acutally makes it faster is going to reduce MPG. buy a beater and keep the stang for the weekends.
I can't beileve the majority of you (at least the ones not on college that have a real job anyway) would possibly DD your mustang. I have a 3K beater I use for everyday and back and forth, 30+ MPG and you can get in it dirty, don't care if it gets door dings etc etc.
If your looking to save money, swapping to a 4cyl and then trying to mod it is not going to make up for gas costs, and almost any mod that acutally makes it faster is going to reduce MPG. buy a beater and keep the stang for the weekends.
6th Gear Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,828
From: Clarksville TN
RE: Focus ZX3
ORIGINAL: 2000GT4.6
I don't think the OP is going to be worried about performance if he is complaining about gas prices.
I can't beileve the majority of you (at least the ones not on college that have a real job anyway) would possibly DD your mustang. I have a 3K beater I use for everyday and back and forth, 30+ MPG and you can get in it dirty, don't care if it gets door dings etc etc.
If your looking to save money, swapping to a 4cyl and then trying to mod it is not going to make up for gas costs, and almost any mod that acutally makes it faster is going to reduce MPG. buy a beater and keep the stang for the weekends.
I don't think the OP is going to be worried about performance if he is complaining about gas prices.
I can't beileve the majority of you (at least the ones not on college that have a real job anyway) would possibly DD your mustang. I have a 3K beater I use for everyday and back and forth, 30+ MPG and you can get in it dirty, don't care if it gets door dings etc etc.
If your looking to save money, swapping to a 4cyl and then trying to mod it is not going to make up for gas costs, and almost any mod that acutally makes it faster is going to reduce MPG. buy a beater and keep the stang for the weekends.
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