Just wondering if anyone has ever got a Focus to 500 HP on pump gas.
A friend of mine said he would stop making fun of focus's once he saw that
A friend of mine said he would stop making fun of focus's once he saw that
500 HP Focus
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Does your friend know much about cars? If so, he'd understand that it's not about how much power you have and be a dyno queen, but rather how much power you can use and put to the ground effectively.
There are plenty of 400+ whp focus'. There really isn't a need for anything more due to traction issues.
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Just show him the FS Werks cars, Search Focus Sport and FS Werks on Youtube and you'll find their turboed Foci blowing the doors off some pretty serious cars on a road course.
In fact, show him this. Watch the little Focus reel in and pass Porsches and Corvettes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Zk4VCEgvo&videos=vsWfqUR46t8&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1
Watching the Focus all over those guys though the turns and pulling them on the straights is priceless!!
In fact, show him this. Watch the little Focus reel in and pass Porsches and Corvettes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Zk4VCEgvo&videos=vsWfqUR46t8&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1
Watching the Focus all over those guys though the turns and pulling them on the straights is priceless!!
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Like the other guys already said, unless it's a pure drag car with big slicks on it theres just no point to a 500whp Focus. You'd be spinning the front tires through all five gears on a street car.
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Its not 500whp but 462hp is pretty damn close... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po1VMeu0KA0
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Your friend obviously doesn't know much about cars... to base a decision on whether to ridicule, respect, or simply ignore any car, depending on whether a 2.0 liter can hit 500hp on pump gas is just plain totally ignorant :lol: :lol: :lol:
Tell him to keep his silly ideas to himself until he learns something about automobiles in general and engines especially. All the above suggestions should help him out a bit.
Tell him to keep his silly ideas to himself until he learns something about automobiles in general and engines especially. All the above suggestions should help him out a bit.
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why pee when sugar is cheap and readily available??!D) pee in his gas tank
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Well my friend seems to think he knows everything about cars....
in particular he thinks his mitsubishi galant is the best thing to ever roll off an assembly line on 4 wheels. He was giving me **** cause I bought winter rims and tires when im still using stock wheels during the summer. Im sorry but if you didnt notice my stock rims are the FRPP euro style SVT rims. This is a hell of a nice stock rim in my opinion. He was braggin up his "Ray's" rims that he got cause they are the company that makes formula 1 racing rims....wooopdeee doooooo.... But in the end he said he would stop making fun of focus's if I could show him 500 whp on pump gas.
in particular he thinks his mitsubishi galant is the best thing to ever roll off an assembly line on 4 wheels. He was giving me **** cause I bought winter rims and tires when im still using stock wheels during the summer. Im sorry but if you didnt notice my stock rims are the FRPP euro style SVT rims. This is a hell of a nice stock rim in my opinion. He was braggin up his "Ray's" rims that he got cause they are the company that makes formula 1 racing rims....wooopdeee doooooo.... But in the end he said he would stop making fun of focus's if I could show him 500 whp on pump gas.
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Uness his car is a VR4, there are plenty of stock Foci out there that can run his car into the ground. If it is a VR4, tell him to have fun when his crank decides to take up cross-country running... Also, with a basic turbo set-up, a Focus ( with Zetec, Duratec, or SVT Zetec) can provide greater power than his car with much greater reliability.
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you're friend is just ignorant, simply put. hah
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Wow... uhh... yea. I have a car that makes 550+whp and over 600lb-ft of torque. Driving my near stock Focus with mild suspension upgrades on race tires was ALOT easier, better and quite frankly more fun than the full on race car. I could and DID harass MUCH more powerful cars because the focus had better suspension. To be stuck with any one car is a wonderful way to work yourself into a corner.
good luck
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good luck
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Ask your friend whether his Mitsubishi Galant has gotten him promoted yet to Shift Manager at McDonald's. Then ask him if he's gotten the memo on the TPS reports.
Then inform your friend that the Ford Focus RS is the fastest ever production Ford track car, even faster around the track than the GT 500.
Then ask him if his 163mph car will surpass 38mpg.
Finally, if that doesn't work, ask him if he can get a rubber band-powered balsa wood glider to surpass 200mph. That should be an analogy to what a stupid question it is that he's asking.
Then inform your friend that the Ford Focus RS is the fastest ever production Ford track car, even faster around the track than the GT 500.
Then ask him if his 163mph car will surpass 38mpg.
Finally, if that doesn't work, ask him if he can get a rubber band-powered balsa wood glider to surpass 200mph. That should be an analogy to what a stupid question it is that he's asking.
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Did I mention that you should have him watch this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Zk4VCEgvo&videos=vsWfqUR46t8&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Zk4VCEgvo&videos=vsWfqUR46t8&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1
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