Originally posted by JBone:
It has to be possible for the swap, look at the Rally Focus, isn't it AWD? Where did they get the parts.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Heh...that's almost as bad as comparing a Winston Cup Lumina to a Chevy Lumina on a dealer's floor. The body might be the close, but that's about it.
Info on the RS WRC AWD from a WRC info site:
Permanent four-wheel drive with M-Sport designed and manufactured electro-hydraulically actuated active front, centre and rear differentials. Electronic differential control units. M-Sport/Xtrac type 240 six-speed sequential gearbox with electro-hydraulically controlled shift option. Sachs pull-type clutch.
Yeah, so basically it's 3 separately (computer) controlled electronic viscous differentials. You're going to install this on your car for how much? I gotta agree with the others that said get a WRX or an EVO. It's almost rediculous to do this yourself on a budget. You'll never get a car that ends up even remotely as reliable as, say, a stock WRX for $25k. Your Focus was most likely $12-14k, how are you going to install AWD (and 100 hp) for $11-13k and have a daily driver? That last part is the most important. A WRX is a daily driver...a $12,000 AWD mod to a focus won't even be close. Yeah, you can't afford a WRX all at once now, boo hoo. Neither can I. I'd love one to no end. Stick with what you have now and save your money...it's hard, but I've personally wasted a LOT of money modifying a car (not the focus) and now have a Discover card payment that's more than half my Focus payment. It ****ing sucks. Do the smart thing man. Think the whole thing through. What's cooler? Having an AWD Focus that almost noone else does that is in the shop constantly costing you more $$$$ getting fixed or waiting a few years and getting something production?
Dave
Ever notice the only people that say "Money isn't everything" are the ones that have plenty of it?