laterider

Nice DD man, good job on the price!!!


Since I am in FL I don't really need a winter DD, but we have a Rabbit (lol..), that I use a few days of the week to keep the miles off the stang. Its funny that I say that cause we have had record lows here, and frost/cold mornings for the past two weeks. I've been driving the Rabbit cause it has heated seats..lol...

Just a question on the steering leak, I've had one in the past and it was the high pressure hose, so my only advice is to check that first. From what I remember it wasn't that cheap and it took me a while to see how it even went in the car!!! I'd just check that hose first, I don't remember how I found it on mine, wiping it clean & cleaning up and then looking for the presence of fluid???

Shelty

nice car, my old roommates girlfriend bought a newer version of the focus, solid car right there

mustangsneverdie

your gonna hate it when you get out of the focus and get into the stang.You're gonna wonder whats wrong with the clutch lol

AdderMk2

or you'll be like me, driving my 2.4l sunfire for almost an entire year before getting back into my cobra.... then scaring myself half to death b/c I didnt realize how much faster the 347 was going to be!

w8less

i know exactly what your saying when i had my cavalier. i would murder my mustang when i would get to drive it

302army187

Thanks, I thought I got a pretty good deal too. But with an auction, you never know what your going to get.

good idea on the struts, ill check that out.

well plans for the mustang, is this (obviously)
https://mustangforums.com/forum/5-0l...ap-thread.html

and I will up the shot on the bottle. Once I have a rollbar in the car I will test to see the biggest shot my NX system can handle (IE 200-225shot)


Well Just be careful with the paint. I painted my old '88 ranger's wheels and it turned out great, but not sure how I will paint these. IDK, I might paint them, but powder coating just seems like a better choice.

That was more of what I was going for. A "smart" choice for something to daily drive. I was dead set on finding a eddie bauer Bronco with a 351 in it, and doing some stuff to it. (lift, tires, heads, etc) but it would just be another money pit like the mustang. With a kid now on the way, i cant be having two money pits!

All the cool kids are doing it!

good idea, I will check that out as soon as I have room in the garage. (mustang is pulled to far forward to have better access to everything.)

I moved here from Orlando FL. Only vehicle I had was a 2007 Suzuki SV1000s motorcycle, lol. So I know what you mean.

The leak appears to be coming from the top of the resvour, but the cap looks brand new? It will take some work to figure it out, the engine bay is VERY tight.

haha, Yea, after not driving the mustang for two month's this lil 4-banger feels a ton faster then my bronco, Cant imagine what the mustang will be like for the ol' *** dyno once this head/cam swap is done.



heres some more pictures

engine bay "before and after"
(mainly just whiped down the towers, some of the plastics, the power steering and coolant resivor, and swaped the battery.)





Zeeeeeeeee-TEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



stupid pwr steering leak


battery from 2006 all nasty.


screw'd doors...... might pay a pro to fix them..... or I might just try to tweek them myself..

motorman524

Nice! Welcome to the Focus community lol. They are such great cars.
Zetec>CVH but Duratec>Zetec

goathead75

Dude, WTF is with the doors? Does it have a salvage title?

302army187

you have a focus too?

and I have no clue what you mean by the last part, lol

im unsure, I think the car got slid sideways into a pole or something?

Like i said they do inspections, and they look for frame damage, It was not listed as it was on a couple other cars at the auction, and it does not have a salvaged title.

could even be the possibility that someone tryed to break into the back door, and thats what bent the frame?

motorman524

This is mine.