Focus ST 1/4 mile video

[Caligula]

Stock 2013 Ford Focus ST Drag Run - YouTube

[Tokay444]

Maybe overheating street tires is bad for 60" times. Idk.

[Haltech]

Dog with fleas. Needs a lot of work. A year from now it should be pretty peppy.

[MSFer87]

Why did he go in the wet box and do a burnout on stock tires?

[Caligula]

Originally Posted by MSFer87 Why did he go in the wet box and do a burnout on stock tires?

Because racecar.

[Tokay444]

Because ricecar driver.

[Caligula]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 Because ricecar driver.

Lol Steeda driver.

[Haltech]

Steeda, thats why. They build fast mustangs for tracking, but drag racing isnt what they are known for.

[ericrapp0507@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by Ruination Stock 2013 Ford Focus ST Drag Run - YouTube

it's a start.
the fact that Steeda is behind it already is a good sign.

[MS3inDC]

Lol... it chirped shifting into 3rd... riiiiiiiiiiight

[Haltech]

Originally Posted by ericrapp0507@gmail.com it's a start. the fact that Steeda is behind it already is a good sign.

Meh, you will see more come out of the ST platform from the mazda community then you will from all of these domestic tuners combined.

Steeda will do a decent job producing some suspension and a shifter.

Expect the real fast parts to come from our people... Steeda knows as much about turbo cars as Saleen does.. nothing

[bcmurphy87]

Not a bad start for sure, i do think it will be interesting to see where that platform is in a year.

[3Gee Tee]

Man I hate that catfish grill.

Lol @ trap.

[MSFer87]

2.2 60 ft I'm sure someone will get this down to at least a 14 flat.

[predapio]

lol Even I was faster than that.

[3Gee Tee]

It's really not that bad of an ET for a stock turbo 4; sadly, I've seen stock MS3s in the low 15s from dragtimes.com, ugh.


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[Domino81]

All joking aside I usually do a small burnout just to scrub off the tires. That's a little excessive, though.

Originally Posted by predapio lol Even I was faster than that.

I...

[greenespeed]

97 mph trap time is a joke, especially with a 2.+ 60' time. That shows me a lack of balls. Hell my old 91 Z28 Camaro pulled 101mph stock.

[Tokay444]

With 4 extra cylinders, a bunch more displacement, rwd and finished a tank of gas while it was at it.

[Caligula]

Hahaha, look what I started:

Steeda runs the Focus ST on the drag strip - Page 4

At least we got more information from Steeda.

[boostyms3]

Originally Posted by Haltech Meh, you will see more come out of the ST platform from the mazda community then you will from all of these domestic tuners combined. Steeda will do a decent job producing some suspension and a shifter. Expect the real fast parts to come from our people... Steeda knows as much about turbo cars as Saleen does.. nothing

Idk about that one love the Mazda community but there's some big time focus tuners out there!
http://topspeedperformance.net/
http://www.focus-power.com/view.php?showme=Home
http://fswerks.com/

[greenespeed]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 With 4 extra cylinders, a bunch more displacement, rwd and finished a tank of gas while it was at it.

More displacement but not more power, the car dyno'd 245whp and 245wtq bone stock. And those times were with street tires and a crappy trans.

[Tokay444]

That's what the st is making at the crank. And it's fwd.
So how did your v8 not have more power?

Originally Posted by Ruination Hahaha, look what I started: Steeda runs the Focus ST on the drag strip - Page 4 At least we got more information from Steeda.

He's been doing this a long LONG time but doesn't know when a car is falling off its power band?

[greenespeed]

[QUOTE=Tokay444;1599442]That's what the st is making at the crank. And it's fwd.
So how did your v8 not have more power?

The 91 z28 with the 350 tpi was rated at 245 bhp, mine just so happened to put that down to the wheels. And I typoed on the wtq, it should have read 345. And it also weighed a bit more than the ST weighs, not alot but about a hundred or so lbs. We are talking about a 20+ yr old car vs a brand new car. The third gen camaros were not know to run 13s stock, 14s and 15s were the norm.
My point was with a car that has the power the ST has and the tech it has it should have trapped more than 97 mph, and the fact that he spun alot should have led to a much higher trap but he only did 97mph. So imagine if he hooks, he won't even trap 95.

[Tokay444]

Sooooo camaro and st both suck?
Agree.

[greenespeed]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 Sooooo camaro and st both suck? Agree.

Actually I agree. Point was just not impressed with what the ST has and does. Could have and should have at least made it much better than the current and past MS3.

[treyclash]

Thats whats up. Thats the steeda here in valdosta along with the track right down the road. Dude driving drives a 9 sec stang street car around town. They will be pushing out some power soon enough i would imagine.

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by treyclash Thats whats up. Thats the steeda here in valdosta along with the track right down the road. Dude driving drives a 9 sec stang street car around town. They will be pushing out some power soon enough i would imagine.

Does he know when his 9 second street mustang is out of its power band?
Who knows, maybe it's an 8 second street mustang.

In for steeda's boom using old school muscle car tuning techniques on direct injection turbo 4.

[SRTie4k]

That's right around where I expected the ST to be. A better driver should be able to get the ET down slightly, but I have a feeling the trap speed is dead on.

[amoosenamedhank]

Originally Posted by boostyms3 Idk about that one love the Mazda community but there's some big time focus tuners out there! Top Speed - Ford Focus Performance Parts Leader, Eastern North Carolina Dyno Tuning, SCT Dealer, Garrett Turbos, TiAL Focus-Power -- FSWERKS (Formerly FocusSport) - Performance parts manufacturer for Ford Focus

All of these companies are going to be behind the curve because they have no where near the experience with DI turboed engines as someone like Cobb for example. The only issue Cobb could have is penetrating the market. However, if they have a good marketing guy, they shouldn't have too much troubles there.

[boostyms3]

@ amoosenamed...
You should do some research before you say stuff like that!
Cobb is still a year away from tuning foci! I talked to them personally,
Focus power and fswerks are the biggest tuners in the focus world!
I think fswerks has one up on everyone they have tuned and built turbo kits intakes exhaust suspension parts and more for the duratec motor since 2003 2004 when the duratec motor was introduced from Ford!
I've been in the focus world since 2005
And have purchased my parts from these companies

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by boostyms3 @ amoosenamed... You should do some research before you say stuff like that! Cobb is still a year away from tuning foci! I talked to them personally, Focus power and fswerks are the biggest tuners in the focus world! I think fswerks has one up on everyone they have tuned and built turbo kits intakes exhaust suspension parts and more for the duratec motor since 2003 2004 when the duratec motor was introduced from Ford! I've been in the focus world since 2005 And have purchased my parts from these companies

Ummmm, duratec direct injection?

[amoosenamedhank]

Originally Posted by boostyms3 @ amoosenamed... You should do some research before you say stuff like that! Cobb is still a year away from tuning foci! I talked to them personally, Focus power and fswerks are the biggest tuners in the focus world! I think fswerks has one up on everyone they have tuned and built turbo kits intakes exhaust suspension parts and more for the duratec motor since 2003 2004 when the duratec motor was introduced from Ford! I've been in the focus world since 2005 And have purchased my parts from these companies

This isn't the old focus... this is a brand new platform. FSwerks has been building and tuning PI durtec engines.... this is a whole new ball game. The new 2.0 (both N/A and turboed) employ a DI fuel system. Which no focus has previously used.... however, this new Focus fueling system looks remarkably similar to the MS3... which Cobb just so happens to have a little experience in.

This is also the first turbo charged Focus from the factory. That means ECU complexity that FSwerks has never even heard of. STC has made a tuning solution (most likely the software fswerks tunes with) for every previous model focus... yet they haven't even released the software for the 2012 NA focus. They keep stringing everyone along telling them this is a very complicated ECU and they are still working things out.

Which would you rather have.. a complany who is familiar with building tuner turbo kits for port injected cars... or a industry leading company who specializes in factory turbo charged cars with direct injected fueling systems.

Maybe you should do a little research before handing out such advice.

[lug]

Originally Posted by boostyms3 @ amoosenamed... You should do some research before you say stuff like that! Cobb is still a year away from tuning foci! I talked to them personally, Focus power and fswerks are the biggest tuners in the focus world! I think fswerks has one up on everyone they have tuned and built turbo kits intakes exhaust suspension parts and more for the duratec motor since 2003 2004 when the duratec motor was introduced from Ford! I've been in the focus world since 2005 And have purchased my parts from these companies

FYI, COBB has an ST on their rack now, has already posted their first 3 stock Dyno runs, and are breaking down parts.

http://fordstnation.com/focus-st-per...sults-etc.html

[boostyms3]

FYI I know Cobb is a good company but who has more experience tuning foci not Cobb
I love Cobb for my ms3 but I'd go to fswerks over Cobb for my focus any day

[Tokay444]

And FYI, there have been factory turbo focus RS and ST for a long time.

[Boatcop1]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 And FYI, there have been factory turbo focus RS and ST for a long time.

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[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by amoosenamedhank This is also the first turbo charged Focus from the factory. That means ECU complexity that FSwerks has never even heard of. STC has made a tuning solution (most likely the software fswerks tunes with) for every previous model focus... yet they haven't even released the software for the 2012 NA focus. They keep stringing everyone along telling them this is a very complicated ECU and they are still working things out. Maybe you should do a little research before handing out such advice.

Originally Posted by Boatcop1 ?

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[Caligula]

FYI.... i just wanted to post FYI.

[boostyms3]

I'm not trying to get in a typing argument
I think the focus companies will be just fine with the new focus
All these tuners have experience with tuning focus from Europe that come factory turbo
The focus has been a pussy car in the US for years
But in Europe no sir factory turbos for days