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#81 ·
The car that will be appearing in the series is a 2008 Coupe. The Silver SAP car is a current FocusSport project car. When the promo shots for the show were taken, the '08 wasn't even available yet. So, the Silver car was needed as a "stand in".

Here is a shot that was done just before the start of filming. Sorry, the pic quality is not as good as the others.

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#82 ·
as im unfrimiliar with the show, can someone explain the rules? i am particularly intrested in the idea of a d23 swap.
 
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#85 ·
I would imagine that it is going to be a D23 swap. Given FS' track record
 
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#86 ·
I lightened it up a little and cropped it, it lost some clearity, but you can see the car a little better.

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#88 ·
yeah something about the location of the grille and the headlights makes the mini look like it has downs syndrome
 
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#92 ·
HRK = Hot Rod Kris
 
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#93 ·
Note about first show time. The FJ front page states:

"The first episode will air on Fri, Oct 19 at 5:00PM. "

Checked the speedtv.com site to set up the DVR and it appears the first episode initially airs Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) , followed by the next three episodes at the same time on the subsequent Wednesdays. Check here:

Link ==> SpeedTV.com schedule page (you'll need to set the timezone manually)

Link ==> General program schedule (Eastern Time)
 
#95 ·
mysvtftoy said:
Note about first show time. The FJ front page states:

"The first episode will air on Fri, Oct 19 at 5:00PM. "

Checked the speedtv.com site to set up the DVR and it appears the first episode initially airs Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) , followed by the next three episodes at the same time on the subsequent Wednesdays. Check here:

Link ==> SpeedTV.com schedule page (you'll need to set the timezone manually)

Link ==> General program schedule (Eastern Time)
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Thanks for the heads up. They changed that since last night! I'll fix the front page.
 
#96 ·
focaljet-1 said:
I have no idea who HRK is, and the FS rendering was done by YNOT. :confused:
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I'm pretty sure he did one more for the Ford people...I forget. Maybe it was another FJ'ers I really liked.
 
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focaljet-1 said:
I realized that later. I thought he was talking about a company.
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She did actually give it some name. It was lake HRK Designs or somthing.
 
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#98 ·
Ted7rns said:
Not to take away from what FS did with their car at Jetfest2, That car was very fast for a Focus and FS built a great car. But, it still wasn't as fast as Dieter's Evo or the Crawford STi. Of course some of that could have been the suspension.

It's just really hard to compare a Focus with a AWD Turbo Evo, STi or S4. Those things can be monsters. Evo's took the top 3 positions in TTR at NASA Nationals.
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I agree totally Ted, really it was the fastest focus. But it has a good shoe behind the wheel, which is lots. Crawford had something like 200k in one of the STIs that Craig Dabbs was driving about 2 years ago. Its rival was a EVO prepped by "Road Race Engineering" and really the STI had it covered in the straights. I can appreciate what a nice job Focus Sport does, but to say that it would beat a Z06 with a good driver is a touch one for me. Especially at Fontana or Willow Springs!
 
#99 ·
The way the cars will be compared is HP gained over stock, style after mod, 1/4 mi drag (mod vs stock), hot lap (time difference mod vs stock). If the Evo goes from 300 hp to 415, they gained 115 hp. If the focus goes from 140 to 300, they gained 160 & beat the EVO in the hp gained.

Sure the evo has more horses than the Focus, but this isnt a max hp comparison.
 
#100 ·
I really like that metal throttle body... how can I get one, or would it even fit, looks different...
 
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