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    #2 son bought a car...

    06 Focus
    I'm teaching him to drive stick.... enough said.
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    There are a lot of go-fast goodies for those.

    Git R Done!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich_Long
    06 Focus
    I'm teaching him to drive stick.... enough said.
    Best of luck! When I started driving I only learned about a year and a half after I started driving automatic. And that was a few days spent with an '88 GMC Jimmy 5spd. Plenty to get the concept, but not enough to develop lots of skill.

    Only way I did that was to buy my Mustang. Now I slam gears with the best of them, and getting better at heel/toe downshifts. Uhhh not like you need to know either of those to drive stick, but helps on the race track.

    Thats the only way to learn is practice practice practice.
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    Hey Rich, any plans to add the '03 Cobra powertrain?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SergntMac
    Hey Rich, any plans to add the '03 Cobra powertrain?
    To the Focus?!!!!
    Hey.... good idea.


    It's a nice little car, the ZX5 Black. 2.0 I think he's happy to be in debt.

    I recall there was a company ( Kauffman? ) that did 5.0 conversions in these puppies.
    04 Crown Victoria Sport

    2008 Harley Davidson Nightrain- sold....

    2016 Harley Davidson Street Glide - Olive Gold

    1995 F150 4x2 4.9 5spd

    1995 Schwinn High Plains 21 speed, custom gearing.

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    I saw a video on www.streetfire.net some time ago of a ZX3 Focus stuffed with a built 351 and a Cobra independent rear!
    Really a sick ride!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Walsh
    Really a sick ride!!!
    That it is and "sick" in a very nice way.

    Dude, you want these rear rotors, or, not?

    Send me a shipping addy in 24 hours, or, Pedro the "metal collector" in my alley says thanks...Again. SergntMac@aol.com, k?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SergntMac
    That it is and "sick" in a very nice way.

    Dude, you want these rear rotors, or, not?

    Send me a shipping addy in 24 hours, or, Pedro the "metal collector" in my alley says thanks...Again. SergntMac@aol.com, k?
    YES!!Email sent.
    2020 Ford Ranger STX DFI Turbo 2.3L 10 speed Auto
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    1985 Mustang GT 5.0 Hatchback 4bbl 5 speed manual (525 HP 363 Dart block/AFR heads with Magnum 6 speed in the works)
    1984 Mustang GT 2.3 Turbo Convertible FI. 5 speed manual
    1966 427 Cobra (ERA) 468 all Aluminum FE 2x4bbl 5 speed manual

    SOLD : 2003 Mercury Marauder FI. 4 speed Auto
    w/Crower Cams & Springs, +1mm SS valves, mild port job on the cylinder heads.
    Extrude honed intake w/PHP spacer.
    Kooks Headers w/2.5" High Flow Cats & X-Pipe, Magnaflow mufflers, OEM tailpipes w/Megs Tips
    B&M Trans cooler w/fan, Level 10 Shift Kit, Art Carr Hughes Deep Sump Trans Pan,
    SVO Rearend Girdle, Redline Gear lube; OEM 3.55s
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    Rich,
    I couldn't stay with an SVT Focus in the twisties at Sebring. No problem running him down on the straights. The old Dude's instructor told mine that the car was so forgiving that he could run any line. There is a lot of upside to your son's ride. He can have a lot of fun with his Focus if he wants. Dennis
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    Stick, that's cool. Heck I'll be 42 this year and I'm still called #2 son, becareful with him he may be scarred for life like me
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevengerard
    Stick, that's cool. Heck I'll be 42 this year and I'm still called #2 son, becareful with him he may be scarred for life like me
    Heck, I'm a "middle" child and a Jr.... I know.
    04 Crown Victoria Sport

    2008 Harley Davidson Nightrain- sold....

    2016 Harley Davidson Street Glide - Olive Gold

    1995 F150 4x2 4.9 5spd

    1995 Schwinn High Plains 21 speed, custom gearing.

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    That Focus would look good with a barefoot dead pedal!
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevengerard
    Stick, that's cool. Heck I'll be 42 this year and I'm still called #2 son, becareful with him he may be scarred for life like me
    Heck, my mom introduces me as her "Baby"! "Number two son" or "other son" would be just dandy. My mom is a whopping 5'2" tall. I'm a foot taller than her. #4 child, younger son, anything but her "Baby".

    Yes, I have a complex about it!

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    My brother taught me to drive a stick in his (shiver) Honda Civic years ago. To this day I still prefer automatics. Musta been traumatized.
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