Never seen an aerocharger setup before, very cool! You win father of the year award!

 

Whoa sweet. Now throw a new air filter on there!

 

Looks great! You will have it looking great in no time.

 

Nice find Steve! Hope your son doesn't get into too much trouble with it.
Would like to see some more pictures of the Aerocharger setup, when you get the chance.

 

Have to get underneath for more Turbo pics, I do hope he can control his right foot or else the Turbo will have to go into storage for a while.

 

I love the shift um... Button! Ultra short, no doubt! Slightly cool dad!

 

I agree with Kirk. What a cool car to have as your first chariot.

 

Should give him the svt and run this stead ;-) bring it back to tip top condition! Badly needs a euro grill!

 

Euro grille is in the garage, just needs the trim painted and as much as I do like this car I still much prefer my SVT.

woah. hes so lucky! really cool find, you think its the only running aerocharged car left?

Hard to say really, I know at least one other Aerocharged Focus was in Minnesota but I haven't seen it in years.

 

woah. hes so lucky! really cool find, you think its the only running aerocharged car left?

 

Edited the first post but in it's prime the car made 187whp @ 5400rpm and 214wtq @ 3400rpm at 9.5 psi.

And looked like this,



-Steve

 

with a little bit of work this car could be awesome!

 

Oh, that is pretty nifty, Steve! Your kid is going to have a good time with that one. I'm almost certain I've seen pics of this car before...are any of the previous owners members here?

 

This car was built a LONG time ago, the original owner (Doughboy) sold it to the guy we got it from (Zurno) back in 2005, there was a period that it sat for a year or two after the old built engine went south due to an oiling issue.

It's now on a stock Zetec and as long as it's coolish outside it still rips right to 7000rpm and pulls really well, Tends to get heat soak though so when it's hot out it doesn't like to pull past 6000. It is a lot of fun but it's also really uncivilized with a rock hard ride, no A/C and the left rear rubs over almost any bumps especially if you hit the bump when turning right.

We'll make it right again, a little at a time, can't wait to get these generic wheels off and get the Motegis on the car.

-Steve

 

Very nice Steve! Glad to see someone will take care of it.

 

Quick update, my son has been busy cleaning up the car and making things right and we just swapped out the turbo for one that actually works right. Car now makes about 10psi and revs right to 7000, only issue is I can't seem to get a clean 1-2 shift out of it after a WOT 1st gear pull.

Quick shot my son took, it's sitting on the Motegi Track-Lites now.



The "new" turbo on the left,



I'll see about some decent shots of the car as it sits now in the next day or two.

-Steve

 

And if you look closely you can see the turbo tucked in there below the intake manifold.

 

Update, got the hood refinished, new(used) seats etc.











Thinking of going bronze with the wheels, what do you think?

 

Update, got the hood refinished, new(used) seats etc.

Off the wall observation. I don't know what kind of tires those are but I am pretty sure you have them on the wrong side of the car. The uni-directional pattern is going the wrong direction.

 

I would say gold personally

 

Car looks killer, what a nice ride for your son! Love how the hood looks now, how did you refinish it?

 

Welcome, Jake!

I would suggest silver for the wheels, but you know me/my car. I'm not one for crazy colors. :lol:

 

Also, maybe give it some new light tint, whatever is on there now has a 'mirror' vibe from some angles and it ages the car.

- Naz

 

The breather filter has already been removed and the stock hose reinstalled going to the airbox.

We'll see what direction he goes with the wheels, they'll get rattlecanned for now so it's easily changed, powder coating can come later once he falls in love with a color.

It does have mirror tint, it's still in good shape so I'm pushing him towards keeping it for now since he has to pay his own car insurance. He's going to have to choose is expenditures wisely.

-Steve

 

Not sure which PCV is in it now, one more thing to add to the list of things to check and yes that's my old SVT plate frame on the back.

-Steve

 

Almost forgot, I also have this waiting in the wings. Need to figure out how it's going to work out though because it's a lot larger than the one in the car now and we have to get brackets made up and welded on this one.



-Steve

 

I'm available for adoption Steve! I think bronze for the rims too.


Sent via poles, wires and telegraph 2.

 

Nice! I had the exact same wheels as your silver ones on my old ST. Never saw another set before. Car looks good, never saw that turbo setup before.

 

You mean the wheels in the first pictures I posted of the blue car? I kind of like the way those looked but they're badly bent and driving on the freeway was torture for the car and passengers.

This little Aerocharger turbo is a pretty cool setup, won't set any records but it's a lot of fun to drive.

-Steve