phxSS

lol yea right, the SS would get completely annihilated But on a serious note, here is the video of the V8 Focus that Ford built at a Focus meet. That is one of the sweetest sounding engines! Now we need to make our cobalt's sound like this!

http://www.webtrendsguy.com/video/Fo...os/goatrs8.wmv

2006ArrivalBlueSS

That's crazy bro!!! Is this car gonna make it to production??

AZ_SS

Production.....never.

There are actually kits you can buy to convert any Focus to a V8. I think you just need the Focus, $10,000 plus for the conversion kit, and the Mustang V8 and tranny to put into it.
It is a nice car just because it is very rare but that is about it.

zinner

It's 10K plus the Engine and Tranny, what the heck comes in the kit, gold engine mounts?

DJNateGnau

That is a seriously hot car, I think it'd be neat to see a LS2 powered cobalt, but, The Focus has one advantage w/ the V8, It's already got a Shaft tunnel going backwards, Because in Europe, The Focus is a All Wheel Drive car.

phxSS

You can buy the conversion kit from ford racing. Pretty cool the factory itself sells the kit. It's like 20k though.

IonNinja

thats been done a few times already...theres also been a couple SHO engines, an SVT Contour engine, and I believe a 3L Duratec engine in a few Foci.

NiteViper

not a big ford fan but you cant deny how sweet that sounds

Mercury

There wasn't an SHO motor in a focus..... That thing wouldn't fit, also it wouldn't bolt up like the Duratecs would.

Chevy4Life85

I hate those cars.... they looks funny

lol anyways I think we need to maek a trhead explaining to people that there are now 3 very different SS models of the cobalt out.

so when you title your thread pleaseee make sure you say which cobalt ss

IonNinja

Yes there has, search around more on FJ and you will see.

there was one rear mounted v8 SHO Focus and a front mounted v6 SHO Focus. Of course its not a bolt on, neither is the 351...it takes alot of work as well and thats why its only been done a couple times. And they were both done by shops if I recall...

I still own a zetec Ford Contour and am on CEG, NECO, FJ and all that crap...I know about these things.

bourney20

THat car sounds awesome. I just don't like the looks of a Focus there ugly IMO

Mercury

I am on neco! my username there is mercurycougar. I don't understand why somebody would go through the trouble of putting the SHO v6 in those cars when it would require soooooooooo much work when they could drop an svt duratec and get the same numbers with the same wiring.

Toronto SS

LMAO

IonNinja

I think I've seen your sig on NECO before...are you a mod on there? My name on there is zetecninja, I don't post much there just mainly lurk in the pics & vids forum. My zetec is collecting dust needing a new head so its been replaced with the ION.

Anyway here are those SHO conversions...

v6 SHO motor here


v8 SHO motor here



and heres the 2.5L Duratec here

phxSS

yea, the SVT 2.5 was in the original concept SVT Focus. They canned it due to high cost of crash testing, emissions testing, etc. So they opted to just build up the Zetec instead.

tiny

dont forget, saleen made a focus
S121

http://saleen.com/n2o_s121.htm

Goat Roper

For the record I was the passenger in the RS8 who recorded that.

SHO engine can be done actually but man is it tight.

Goat Roper

And the second you hooked the NOS up it voided the warranty. Neat little bit of info they leave out.

Mercury

Yeah I am a moderator on NECO. I know of you, seen your username a bunch. This was my cougar

phxSS

hey Goat Roper! Yea, I saw your vid on focusfanatic, and had to post it here. I'm SVT03 on the focus site. BTW, how did you find this site?

Goat Roper

The thread thats spreading through car boards like a virus, the SS vs STi thread! I also saw that I was getting a bunch of referals from this site to that file.

I just responded to your last post by the way at FF, lol

IonNinja

I just noticed that the mid engine Focus has the v6 SHO...I thought it was the v8. Eh well...

anyway both of those are nice rides mercury

phxSS

Great, the SS vs. STi video Some idiot kid has already tainted the SS's reputation, and it just came out about 8 months ago

brianfcp

i couldve sworn the rs8 focus had a svt cobra motor. that SHO must be a different focus, cause it has a v6.