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jlee said:
You cannot pull "pretty damn hard" from 30mph on a FWD car with street tires.



I have half a mind to drive down sometime - I'm due for a road trip...but I know you won't show up.
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You should pick me up on the way

Ill take pictures!
 
You guys just can't admit that my $13K economy car will be just as fast as some $30k sports car. Get over yourselves. Come down here, we will go to the track and I'll let me and my car do the talking.

This bickering is pointless and only shows just how jealous you are of my new car that's going to be pretty damn fast once I'm done with it.
 
Right but your Focus will have cost you nearly that much with your awesome mods and it will still fucking suck.

You will get your ass handed to you by a Speed3 which will have cost you less than your modded Focus(now with 100% less warranty).
 
usapatriot said:
You guys just can't admit that my $13K economy car will be just as fast as some $30k sports car. Get over yourselves. Come down here, we will go to the track and I'll let me and my car do the talking.

This bickering is pointless and only shows just how jealous you are of my new car that's going to be pretty damn fast once I'm done with it.
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Wanna race my confused cross between a station wagon and SUV? Bone stock, no mods.

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ayabe said:
Right but your Focus will have cost you nearly that much with your awesome mods and it will still fucking suck.

You will get your ass handed to you by a Speed3 which will have cost you less than your modded Focus(now with 100% less warranty).
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A buddy of mine has a Speed3. It's insane for a little FWD car.
 
ayabe said:
Right but your Focus will have cost you nearly that much with your awesome mods and it will still fucking suck.

You will get your ass handed to you by a Speed3 which will have cost you less than your modded Focus(now with 100% less warranty).
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jlee said:
Wanna race my confused cross between a station wagon and SUV? Bone stock, no mods.
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Haha, station wagon? Lol. I'll win easy.
 
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I'm sorry, but your $13k eco box with the mods listed will not match most $30k sport sedans/coupes.
Hell, my $26k 4,00lb./4-dr without mods runs can run to 60 @ the 5s mark.

In short, you don't have a lustful modded econobox. You have an econobox that you thought would be cool to mod, but obviously have little understanding of what you are doing or what the end results would be.
Don't even mention tracking either. It would smash you in the quarter run and thru any of the twisties.
 
usapatriot said:
Wait, you really think all the stuff I've done by now will void the warranty? D: I was told by my uncle that as long as the parts I add improve performance that they do not void the warranty, some law called the Magnuson something says that.





Haha, station wagon? Lol. I'll win easy.
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HAHA!!! Magnuson is ONLY good if there isn't a DIRECT correlation to your mods and the failed components.
i.e. They cannot void your warranty by saying a cat-back exhaust caused a complete engine failure. BUT a header could be a cause of something. You had better do some research.
By the way, a tuned ECU is an INSTANT way to kill your warranty. You might want to check and see if your brainbox has a flash counter on it. If it does, you had better skip any tuning and wait till you warranty runs out or get another brainbox and have it flashed and do a relearn.
 
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JJ650 said:
I'm sorry, but your $13k eco box with the mods listed will not match most $30k sport sedans/coupes.
Hell, my $26k 4,00lb./4-dr without mods runs can run to 60 @ the 5s mark.

In short, you don't have a lustful modded econobox. You have an econobox that you thought would be cool to mod, but obviously have little understanding of what you are doing or what the end results would be.
Don't even mention tracking either. It would smash you in the quarter run and thru any of the twisties.
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You underestimate the Focus's handling abilities.
 
usapatriot said:
Wait, you really think all the stuff I've done by now will void the warranty? D: I was told by my uncle that as long as the parts I add improve performance that they do not void the warranty, some law called the Magnuson something says that.
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You're far too inept to uninstall anything so I can guarantee that the first powertrain related warranty claim you make on that car is going to be denied.

The funny part is you might have an argument that mod X didn't cause failure Y, but you'd be way too out of your element to argue that.
 
OMG. My parents are gonna kill me when they find out I voided the warranty on the car they bought me. Oh shit. Brb.

CRAP!!! The mechanic who installed the CAI kept the stock intake!!!!!!!! I HAVE TO GO GET IT. jesus christ why didnt someone tell me the warranty thing before i started modding?
 
usapatriot said:
OMG. My parents are gonna kill me when they find out I voided the warranty on the car they bought me. Oh shit. Brb.

CRAP!!! The mechanic who installed the CAI kept the stock intake!!!!!!!! I HAVE TO GO GET IT. jesus christ why didnt someone tell me the warranty thing before i started modding?
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Is there a reason we should have? You're the only one responsible.

PSA: Always keep the stock parts.
 
JESUS CHRIST! I am not trolling. I have to go get the stock air intake box from the mechanic, I'll be back in a few, I might need a bit of help reverting everything to stock before my parents get home, shit,.
 
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