My boss drives the SVT Focus and loves to race. So, we took our cars out to run'em and he could only stay about 1/2 a car's length in front of me without being able to pull away.

The thing that gets me is that his car is 170hp stock and ours is 120. His car does not have any mods to it and mine only has an axleback 5Zigen exhaust I think.

I traded my Mazda 2003 Protege 5 in for it to try and get my monthly payments down. However, I didn't realize until after I had done the deal that the Lancer had about 10 hp less than my Protege5. I was a little disappointed at first, but soon realized that my OZ was faster then the Mazda. It seems like something else was done to the car, but I don't know what and I can't contact the past owner.

Any theories?????

 

Check the header, intake if there are stocks or not.

 

he was going easy on you? he can't drive? i dunno man, i test drove one and it didn't feel that fast, but it sure felt faster than our slow boats.

 

my personal opionion is that fords drivetrain eats up a lot of power. Every ford I have ever driven I end up disapointed with its power because the hp is usually good but it feels like the power to the wheels isn't much at all. Just an observation most of my family drives fords and i give them crap for it all the time.

 

You're forgetting what wins races: torque. Sure, the SVT Focus has 170 hp, but if I recall it still only has 130 torque (same as the Lancer). Bare numbers stock for stock, the Focus should pull on the Lancer right at the last second, but as said above, there's drivetrain loss and possibly a weight issue? I drove a Focus before chosing the Lancer. It was a no brainer.

 

i agree with this post i have a friend that has a few bolt ons done to his svt focus and i have alot more done than him but we play around all the time and he gets so pissy cause he spent more for the svt than we do for our oz's and our cars are bigger heaver and i still walk all over him and it doesnt stop there i aslo can play with si civics and last week i raced a integra gsr and he had about the same bolt on's that i did and it was a close race but he just didnt have the torque to keep up in the gears and i was shifting way before he did he just couldnt keep up now my oz is heavly modded with everything but NOS or a turbo

 

i took a geo metro! wooh wee it was a hard race. hehe j/p i dont see why u cant take a svt. is 130tq to the wheels? or crank? or at the tailights?

 

Yeah, its all about torque. I took a 97 accord se ( i believe its 130hp or 145hp and about the same torque 2.2 liter) and took him by 1 1/2 - 2 car lengths, strange cuz i really thought i was gonna lose. Also took a crx with exhause and intake, and won by 3 cars lengths. I really thought that slimmer pocket rocket was gonna take me. Also civics?.... haha, no joke... that 114 lbs of torque aint ****, my ***** has more torque.

At the time, all i had was an axelback exhaust.

 

happycharly, could you tell us what mods you have?

 

^^ what greenpsycho said

 

Thanks guys for the replies. I just now installed my AEM CAI. It's sweet. I love the sound between 3000-5000 rpm and it's not a whole lot of extra power, but every little bit helps.

 

When you raced your boss it could have also been the way he shifted gears too. If you were close to red lining it then you had more of advantage that he would if he didn't.

 

yea no problem guys i have a gready evo catback exhaust rrm testpipe rrm header injin cold air intake magna core wires apex air fuel converter whick some people say wont work on our cars but i believe different im a automotive technition imagine that lol anyway ah b&m short through shifter 17 ADR ultra light racing rims with falcon supper soft zr rated racing tires rrm bored ported polished intake manifold with matching throtle body and i am almost finished with my race motor have the short block completely done now looking for a good machine shop to have my head done at now i have a fer things on my car for looks like lights body parts different things but im mostly into the racing part oh and i have a nother car to chalk up at nopi sat. 24 i beat a eclips gst with minor mods by .8 sec. im verry pleased with my baby pluss having drag radials on her to wouldnt of helped much "wink wink" oh and if anyone is looking for a good drag tire that you can run on the street go with the goodyear racing tire i never used them till nopi came around but i was leaving the line at 5600 RPM's and never spun a tire well worth the measly 108 a tire oh yea and i do beleave i now have the fastest NA lancer posted with stock internals too now ran mid to low 15 all day long with mods listed about and i also took out the back seats with weigh only about 70 or so lbs i have the time slip just have to go over to my friends house to scan it and ill have it up here and as always

 

svt focus is like the turbcocharged miata, just dress up, i thin kthat blower adds about 30-40 hps, but the focus is junk in the first place so

 

So what are yall trying to say...that a OZ Lancer can take on a 04 SVT Ford Focus??? You've got to be kiddin' me!