Nice!!! We have one also! Ours '02 is silver, with a jackson super charger. Miles, 170K, parked next to our Spec-V. I still have the issue of Sport Compact Car, Import shoot-out, Nissan/Ford/Mazda.
Love the video, I'd say it's fairly powered/ "fast" not that it's like throw you in your seat high powered but it's not bad. if you stay over 5k!! Miss mine... So fun
Lol How and why? I had to use a lot of profanity replacing the head on my Svt after giving it that bent exhaust valves mod the kids are doing now, timing belt all ripped up like David Lee Roth's pants etc. A few intake valves tilted juantily sideways like Billy the Kid's hat.
Totally agree on gut it, they left so much room on the table for weight reduc. I'm can't justify 2500$ for a jrsc but I can remove heavy and useless stuff- they even motorized the side mirrors.
I just bought one on impulse about a week ago, an 02 model, same color in the video, thanks for the cool information on the car, I didn't know much about what I was driving
You got that car in Tallahassee or Crawfordville. I used to own that exact one. I sold it back to the guy I bought it from. I bought for 4,500 spent over 7,000 in repairs and sold it back to him for 500. I couldn't afford to bring it back anymore and that guy Thomas did not take care of it. Engine bay is red right? Hit me up and ill give you info about what I've had done to it as far as repairs go. I have receipts. BTW I put the SVT emblem on the back there.
No check engine light and imrc was replaced a year ago. Only faults has been a evap and secondary o2 which has been resolved. Slow and gutless is all relative because I have had and have other cars that is double and triple the horsepower.
Svt focus is so underrated it’s insane. Bought mine when I had it for $1600 replaced a few suspension parts (motor mounts mainly all 3) put good tires on it and it was actually so much fun. Over 5k is where it’s at I was high revs all the time never had any issues 😂. Replaced timing belt as maintenance and drive belt too, had to do brakes but that’s normal shit. Alternator was kinda fussy for some reason idk why but besides that, things dope. Seats are insanely comfortable too. Went from 05 STI couldn’t drive it for more than like 40 mins without my back feeling like a grenade went off in it when I got out.. svt focus could legit drive all day did some 4 hr trips in it breezy breezy
In 2003 I chose between the Focus SVT and the MkIV Jetta Wolfsburg 1.8T. Wife pushed me into the Jetta for the nicer interior, but I still dream of the SVT.
225q is quite reliable w metal/silicone coolant system upgrade, red tops etc. and way easier to work on than the Svt. 29mpg over the hills with a longboard strapped on top on a Malone 1.5 reflash that can hold 20lbs on pump gas.
Always makes me sad to see front and rear bumpers you guys got stuck with. the Eu specs 17" radial alloys are sexy in white on your imperial blue. have a 2004 st170 in the same colour as my daily driver and love it but god damn theres a new fault code that's not unfamiliar to me every week. The SVT block will take a big ol turbo kit essentially turning it into the Rs. bit costly though to be fair
Well I imagine it would be easy to throw in a thick cometic then just retard the cams back to zero, maybe throw in studs. I can see the Svt taking quite a bit of boost when the high c/r is adjusted.
