Hack goes Tuner

[Hack Goby]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/IMG_1285.JPG http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/IMG_1284.JPG http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/IMG_1283.JPG

[RoyLPita]

Did you get the spare tire option?

[Drewstang]

Did you at least get the Sync setup?

[Hack Goby]

I haven`t had a flat in five years so I didn`t get the spare.(I`ll get one for sure now) and yes it has the Sync setup very cool.It`s loaded and with a 5 speed.With some extra money it could look like this. http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/08focus.jpg http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/steedaclubracerlive5.jpg

[OneBADLsE]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/IMG_1283.JPG


So are you buying the trilogy for this car? See as it has a 32v :D

[Hack Goby]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/IMG_1283.JPG


So are you buying the trilogy for this car? See as it has a 32v :D lol,Ya I haven`t figured out a new plate yet.

[Haggis]

lol,Ya I haven`t figured out a new plate yet.

Drive by 'coffin'? :lol:

Good luck with the new Ford, Hack. Glad to see you kept it in the family.

[magindat]

Do you actually FIT in that car?! :lol:

Kept it in the family.... hope you're able to be MM-ing again soon.

Good luck with it!

[Zack]

I dont see how selling the MM, then buying a 13-16k car puts you ahead of the game financially.

What am I missing?

[magindat]

Probly needed the cash but could afford the payment... probly with just difference in fuel cost!!!

[Hack Goby]

I dont see how selling the MM, then buying a 13-16k car puts you ahead of the game financially.

What am I missing?
I had a $580.00 note on the Marauder with a year and a half to go plus only getting 15-18 mpg.Now I have a $250.00 note plus 28-37 mpg.by the way its a 20k car.

[Zack]

ok, i understand now!

[offroadkarter]

mmmmmmm, i spy a typo in the title



Good luck with your new car hack :D

[Hack Goby]

mmmmmmm, i spy a typo in the title



Good luck with your new car hack :D Well it would not be the first time lol.

[STLR FN]

Not bad Hack.

[CRUZTAKER]

I dont see how selling the MM, then buying a 13-16k car puts you ahead of the game financially.

What am I missing?

Welcome to the world of Focus!

Just picked up a pair of diamond black headlamps to complete the stealth look on mine.

Bear in mind, it is so light, it has some difficulty in heavy snow. Even with my Blizzacks on all 4 corners I have struggled in up-hill icy conditions.

Mine is an automatic, and it has never gotten better than 31 mpg. I do drive it very hard and most often in the 3k rpm range running 80-85 mph. Only the 5 speeds get over 32 mpg average.

There are few after market goodies for the '05 and newer models yet. Cold air kits are not available to us either. A performance tune yields great power, but KILLS fuel economy. Ask Lidios friend...can't remember his name. He has a Lidio tuned one. It gets 16 mpg around town.

The only thing I really want to do is the SVT lowing/performance spring-shock kit. She sits way too tall, and it is noticable on power turning.

I love mine however, but you will see after a few bad encounters with a-holes on the freeway...your Marauder WILL be missed. There is no better payback to the moron in the import than V8 MUSCLE in Marauder dress:

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/6/2/6/FOCUS003Large_672740.jpg

[Motorhead350]

Paul thank you again for the vinyls. I was listeing to them today! Have fun with the new car.

[STLR FN]

Oh Hack, no fart cans are in the future I hope.

[Hack Goby]

Oh Hack, no fart cans are in the future I hope. Nope,Im a lease.DJ you disappoint me,It would not take a whole lot of mods to kick your ass without any "Fartcans".

[CRUZTAKER]

Damnit Paul....you leased it?
Oh well, no mods for you.:P


Oh Hack, no fart cans are in the future I hope.


Not sure about the '08s yet...but I am getting a nice Magnaflow catback sys for mine. Improves sound without the cans and adds a bit of HP.

There is a Jackson Racing blower available for some models. Nice!!!

http://www.fordracingparts.com/images/part/full/M6066ZX3.jpg

[STLR FN]

Nope,Im a lease.DJ you disappoint me,It would not take a whole lot of mods to kick your ass without any "Fartcans".Damn Hack sorry to not meet your expectations. Thought you knew me better than that to see I was kidding. Oh Well guess I was wrong. Enjoy your Focus.

[Hack Goby]

Damn Hack sorry to not meet your expectations. Thought you knew me better than that to see I was kidding. Oh Well guess I was wrong. Enjoy your Focus.
Sorry DJ,I wasn`t snapping at you.Doing research I found out that theres some nice stuff for these cars.Now come buy my snow tires.....

[CRUZTAKER]

I did the stealth tail light treatment to mine last weekend...and the grill black-out. Also deleted ALL of the '06 badging and added the '08 lettering.
Headlight blackout mod already complete.
Eastwood-ed the calipers and drums as well. Gloss red / gloss black.

The Magnaflow cat-back exhaust arrived today. :banana2:

By end of year...the SCT lowering kit booya!

I love my focus.

[Hack Goby]

Sounds cool Barry post some pic`s when your done.I would like to do more to mine but right now Im injoying my gas milage 31.0 city and 37.0 highway.I will see it in a month anyway.

[CRUZTAKER]

I was gonna take pics this evening but on the way home from Youngstown she threw a check engine light and started to run awfull. :confused:

I made it to the dealer, and thanks to my esp they put me in a free rental and off I went.

I'll get 'em up.

[CRUZTAKER]

Blacked out grill with black headlamps (difficult to see in this image.)
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/6/2/6/FOCUS2008008.jpg



Tinted tail lamps deleted '06 badging and '08 Focus badging added.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/6/2/6/FOCUS2008007.jpg



Eastwood calipers in red, rotors in gloss black (rear drums in gloss black).
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/6/2/6/FOCUS2008002.jpg



Magnaflow cat back goes on in the morning (pancake muffler delete).

[Shora]

With some extra money it could look like this. http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/08focus.jpg http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/steedaclubracerlive5.jpg

I pray that I will NEVER want something so ugly to drive when I'm 56 yrs old (talking about the above car...not yours). No offense, but I notice a HUGE difference going from my DD Crown Vic to the MM. I cannot imagine the change from a MM to a Focus. Also, I cannot understand the logic of selling a Marauder for a lease economy car AND THEN spending the saved money moddiing it. You end up spending the same amount of money (or more) after mods and end up with nothing at the end of the lease.

If you do spend the money making your Focus like the Focus above (which I bet belongs to a 16 yr. old) I recommend that you also spend the money for dark tints. Then, no one will not that your not teenager until you get out of the car. Might be a chick magnet if you can find a way to stay inside the car.

Please, the above is written with no insult intended. I just don't "get it" (not the first time and I bet will not be the last).

[Hack Goby]

I pray that I will NEVER want something so ugly to drive when I'm 56 yrs old (talking about the above car...not yours). No offense, but I notice a HUGE difference going from my DD Crown Vic to the MM. I cannot imagine the change from a MM to a Focus. Also, I cannot understand the logic of selling a Marauder for a lease economy car AND THEN spending the saved money moddiing it. You end up spending the same amount of money (or more) after mods and end up with nothing at the end of the lease.

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Please, the above is written with no insult intended. I just don't "get it" (not the first time and I bet will not be the last).
The times are changing my friend.If you can still afford to drive your cars at the rate gas prices are going well good for you.Me I am on a fixed income now and needed some changes.Other than the tire/rim package the car will stay stock and Im getting 32/37 mpg so Im happy with that.I loved my Marauder and I still love all my friends I have met on this website but also like change and this is what I chose.Thank you for your kind insult.
"If you do spend the money making your Focus like the Focus above (which I bet belongs to a 16 yr. old) I recommend that you also spend the money for dark tints. Then, no one will not that your not teenager until you get out of the car. Might be a chick magnet if you can find a way to stay inside the car" Now go eat a bug.....

[MarauderTJA]

Oh Hack, no fart cans are in the future I hope.

What he said Paul^^^^. Best of luck with your Focus. I sold my SVT Focus last year and bought a Mercury Milan V6. Love this car. I would love to see Ford make an other SVT type Focus with a six speed.

[Hack Goby]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/KentuckyMaraudermeet382.jpg
What he said Paul^^^^. Best of luck with your Focus. I sold my SVT Focus last year and bought a Mercury Milan V6. Love this car. I would love to see Ford make an other SVT type Focus with a six speed.Thanks for the kind words Tom your one of the "Good guys" I just hated waking up to Shora`s view of his world (No insult intended :rolleyes: ) Im still looking forward to comming down with John to Atlanta this year for all the fun and hanging out.It don`t get much better than that.

[MarauderTJA]

Thanks for the kind words Tom your one of the "Good guys" I just hated waking up to Shora`s view of his world (No insult intended :rolleyes: ) Im still looking forward to comming down with John to Atlanta this year for all the fun and hanging out.It don`t get much better than that.

I hear ya Paul:D. Hope to see you again at Atlanta this fall. Have fun with the Focus. Glad to see you continue to hang out here with us "older guys":lol:.

[Shora]

Now go eat a bug.....


Ate one. Happy?

In all seriousness, I like your Focus just not the red one. Also, I was referring to your comment about "spending money" to make your Focus like the red one. That is what I don't get the logic of. Now you stated that you are only putting a tire package. Well, that's a whole different ball of wax so let's be clear here. Ya hear?

With that said, I'll admit that my view of the world is still pretty F-ed up so I guess you're right on that point.

Also, I am surprised at the high MPG. Some smaller cars don't achieve such high numbers in the real world. Are you getting those numbers on a consistent bases or are they available to one who babies the throttle?

[MENINBLK]

I had a $580.00 note on the Marauder with a year and a half to go plus only getting 15-18 mpg.Now I have a $250.00 note plus 28-37 mpg.by the way its a 20k car.
$20k would have bought more than 5 years worth of gas for a SAFER Marauder......

[Hack Goby]

$20k would have bought more than 5 years worth of gas for a SAFER Marauder......Your right if I had 20k my Marauder would have been paid off but I don`t.I only put $300.00 down on the Focus.I like to change my routine every few years and try new things but I cant afford to try them all at once (I was a boater for 15 years and I miss that more than anything).I still have a good bunch of friends on both sites(And a few who don`t care for me) but that's ok too.Atlanta at the heavyweight shootout was when I knew it was time to move on.For as much fun has I had there was this element of weirdness because certain people could not unite for the common good of kicking Impala butt.Shora,Im sorry for popping off but you cought me at a bad time.My milage is pretty constent and I dont baby foot it but I dont really beat on it either.It`s a 5 speed so its still fun to go through the gears.

[MarauderTJA]

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/2/4/0/KentuckyMaraudermeet382.jpgTha nks for the kind words Tom your one of the "Good guys" I just hated waking up to Shora`s view of his world (No insult intended :rolleyes: ) Im still looking forward to comming down with John to Atlanta this year for all the fun and hanging out.It don`t get much better than that.

Damm those t-shirts look good;). Good thing I had them made in large sizes :lol:. That was a good night....