A return to glory.... and then some.... VERY pic heavy!

[Shmee]

So most people will have no idea what this car is about so here's a little back story....

This was one of THE first Focus' to get a V6 swap and is currently the ONLY car left in the world that has a true SVT-Contour V6 swap vs a few that have standard Contour/Cougar bottom ends(maybe heads) with SVT top ends or just SVT-C IM's. Originally built by Shawn Lang of MMP, the Original owner of ZX3Tuning before I bought the company from him, this car was built as a company showcase/Sema Car/Mag Whore.

this was how she was in her glory back in the day!








Fast forward almost 6 years later to late 2009 and this is how she looked when i bought her, just 10 days after picking her up of her former owner...








she was in pretty rough shape after 2 years of storage and I've still got a lot of work to do just to get it back to an even keel so to speak. I'll just let the pics do the talking as this is sort of all a copy&paste from other threads so much of the text is useless.....
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V6 mistake
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And of course how she sits now:



P1012633 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012635 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012641 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012643 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012646 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012648 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012650 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012652 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012653 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012655 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012660 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr


P1012663 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr

Yes. the bolts are pink, as are the barrels. while it might be a odd color choice, in the sun light, the 3 different colors of metallic flake explode with the pink far better than they did with straight chrome or gold bolts. the pics really do not the color of the centers justice....


Front: BBS RS 17x8.5 32et, 195/40/17

P1012667 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr

Rear: BBS RS 17x9.5" 40et (34et actual after a 6mm spacer) 215/40/17

P1012672 by ZX3Tuning, on Flickr









ZX3Tuning 2000 Ford Focus Specs:

Performance:
- 99 Ford Contour SVT 2.5L 6 Cylinder Engine/Transmission 200hp 170tq
- Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
- Custom 3” T304 Stainless Steel Cold Air Intake System
- Custom Down pipe
- Vibrant Exhaust System with modifed Turn down for shaved Exhaust notch
- Performance Mods By Schritt Performance And Fabrication
- SVT brake swap front and rear; Centric blank rotors, Hawk Ceramic pads, Russell SS lines, ATE Super blue
- SVT/03+ fuel pump
- Deka 15lbs batter

Suspension
- KW V1 coilovers at full down
- SPC rear camber bolts
- Dominant Engineering Rear Toe and Camber arms
- Dominant Engineering front sway bar links
- LCR Race camber plates
- Eibach 25mm rear sway bar
- custom rear shock spacers
- 2.8* camber front, -3.9* rear

Wheels and Tires
Old wheels:
- ARE 16x7" 3piece wheels with 195/40/16 Yoko S-drives

New Wheels:
17x8.5" 32et and 17x9.5" 40et (34et actual after 6mm spacers), 1.5" front lips with 6.5" barrels & 2" rear lips with 7" barrels, powdercoated Bronze Burst Sparkle then shot in super durable high gloss clear, barrels and bolts shot in RAL 4010 Pink with Conti-3's in 195/40/17 and 215/40/17

Exterior
- 98-01 front European bumper with shaved bumper signals
- 98-01 front European rubber lip
- Trend upper and lower grills
- European Glass fogs with 3000k HIDs
- 98-01 rear European bumper with smoothed bottom valance and shaved exhaust notch.
- Smoked European Tails
- Smoked UK rear bumper lights:
- European fenders with smoked markers
- ST170 headlights with 4300K HIDs
- European Chrome hatchstrip
- R/S collection hatch wing
- 00 NA textured sideskirts
- European Folding mirrors
- European Ghia optional Roof rack with tons of attachments


Interior
- Momo Shift knob
- ZX3 Tuning Stainless Steel Door Sills
- 2001 Ford Cougar Instrument Cluster
- Edead-45 throughout the entire car
- Alpine 12" Type-R DVC sub
- Old School Alpine Deck
- Alpine MVR-F707 (sub)
- Alpine MVR-F303 (speakers)
- Polk Audi 5x7s
- Wiring by Scosche and Streetwirez
- Custom sub box and false floor
- Black suede headliner, A,B&C pillers
- SVT EAP Recaro seats and rear bench
- SVT EAP Recaro Door cards
- Panavise dash mount and ipod holder


not bad for 1.5years of ownership, i think at least!

[Mystic S60]

One of the better looking Foci I've seen latley. Great job.

[fuhfuh.Focus]

Ive seen this car plenty of times before but never knew the full story behind it.

Truly awesome man, this car looks so good. I love all the euro parts.

[Dudermagee]

was like
"meh"
"meh"
"meh"
"meh"
"meh"
"meh"
"holy shit whats that"
"not bad"

needs to go about 1/2 inch lower and change the bolts on the wheels to black

[KürBFèéleR]

Thank u so much for saving this car! It's better than ever now imo. I still **** the Chrome peice on the back, but besides that its just right. Good work sir, let's make sure this ends up in the showrooms section.

[Pantyraider]

I opened this up and instantly faceplamed. but now its doesn't look that bad. Legit for a focus

[Shmee]

You have to remember the first pics were from 2001-2003 and it was a sema car... Sorta had to look like that not to mention what did the rest of the car scene look like in the post-apocalyptic-fast&furious-era... :lol:

[dmyers151]

Is it fast?

[C-Hutch]

props for making a focus look presentable, no clean. Actually clean. And double props for bringing it back from something I built in NFS underground when I was 12.

[JasonB]

holy dynamat batman! looks actually decent. quality stereo work too.

[Mattphi]

Wow, the RS's change the look completely. Lose the pink bolts and you've got a winner. Maybe go with gold bolts? Or even just silver.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Nice install, and Dominant parts are sick

[Shmee]

some good shots in here of both my cars... http://vimeo.com/23782002


my other car is the Black 930 cab!

More on that one, later! :P

[Dr.AK]

I really, really like this. Some more low in the front and all is good!

[lilcraigford]

Nice turnaround on this car! I'd never heard of the Contour V6 swaps before. I fell in love when I got down to the BBS's. Interesting color choice for the hardware for sure.