snobrdrdan
former GTI owner
- Location
- Southeast Michigan
I'm sure you've had this happen to you before....you think you're talking to a "car guy", but they're really not....
So I go to AutoZone the other day to return some spring compressors, after doing yet another spring swap....here's what happened:
AZ: Did they work okay for you?
ME: Yeah...just doing another spring swap I shouldn't be doing
AZ: I hear ya...I went coilovers on my Focus and I raise them when I'm going home and go low when I'm out racing.
ME: Oh, okay. I've had coilovers before, trust me, they're just a pain in the ass to adjust.
AZ: It doesn't bother me.....I had a SVT Focus before.
ME: Oh cool...me too years ago. What year was yours?
AZ: 2004 and it was hot pink. Bought it from a guy that worked for Ford. Had 30k miles on it and it just needed a serpentine belt.
ME: 2 door or 4 door? And hot pink? How much did you get it for?
AZ: 2 door, yeah the guy custom ordered it for his wife. Paid $3k for it.
ME: So it was painted in the engine bay and door jams and everything pink?
AZ: Yeah! You can get ANY color you want from the factory as long as you pay for it.
ME: Umm...okay, never heard of that.
AZ: Yeah you can. So after I got it I had it "media blasted" and then wrapped in Jet Black Iridium. Dark at night but sparkled in the day.
ME: Okay....so what was under the wrap?
AZ: Just bare metal.
ME: Got any pics of this car? I'm curious now.
AZ: No...now I just have this Focus outside (a very beat up '04 sedan Focus). I'm planning to put a JETTA transmission in it and make it AWD though.
ME: Cool
So what happened to the SVTF?
AZ: After I put 200k miles on it in two years driving to Californina and back, I gave it to my sister. She said it was too fast and I just had it crushed after I put $20k into it.
ME: Too fast? What?
AZ: Yeah...I put a "28mil" turbo on it to replace the factory one and she thought it was too fast.
ME: Ummm...the SVT Focus did NOT have a turbo on it.
AZ: Well the 2004's did. I pulled the factory one out & put a 28mil turbo on it and it was pushing 14psi of boost. Too fast for my sister.
ME: I know they didn't from 2002-2004....they had a dual stage intake manifold that always broke and some supercharger kits available (aftermarket), but that's about it. Custom turbos were different, not stock though.
AZ: Well this one had a turbo. I think I have one pic of my phone of the engine bay. Hang on...oh here it is. I Plasti Dipped the engine cover the same as the wrap and the headers are wrapped.
ME: (he shows me a pic I found on Google, see below).....That's just a cold air intake and where you think the turbo is, that's where the throttle body & intake manifold is. If it was turbo'd, the turbo would be off the headers in the front of the engine bay.
And the engine bay is painted SONIC BLUE (a factory color)....I thought you said it was all pink?
AZ: Well I'm not sure, but it was definitely turbo'd. And that's the wrap job in the engine bay
ME: Umm okay man, I gotta go...
This guy was so clueless and truly believed everything he was telling me
Here's the EXACT pic he showed me on his phone btw:
A factory painted SONIC BLUE SVTF with a AEM cold air intake on it and wrapped headers
So I go to AutoZone the other day to return some spring compressors, after doing yet another spring swap....here's what happened:
AZ: Did they work okay for you?
ME: Yeah...just doing another spring swap I shouldn't be doing
AZ: I hear ya...I went coilovers on my Focus and I raise them when I'm going home and go low when I'm out racing.
ME: Oh, okay. I've had coilovers before, trust me, they're just a pain in the ass to adjust.
AZ: It doesn't bother me.....I had a SVT Focus before.
ME: Oh cool...me too years ago. What year was yours?
AZ: 2004 and it was hot pink. Bought it from a guy that worked for Ford. Had 30k miles on it and it just needed a serpentine belt.
ME: 2 door or 4 door? And hot pink? How much did you get it for?
AZ: 2 door, yeah the guy custom ordered it for his wife. Paid $3k for it.
ME: So it was painted in the engine bay and door jams and everything pink?
AZ: Yeah! You can get ANY color you want from the factory as long as you pay for it.
ME: Umm...okay, never heard of that.
AZ: Yeah you can. So after I got it I had it "media blasted" and then wrapped in Jet Black Iridium. Dark at night but sparkled in the day.
ME: Okay....so what was under the wrap?
AZ: Just bare metal.
ME: Got any pics of this car? I'm curious now.
AZ: No...now I just have this Focus outside (a very beat up '04 sedan Focus). I'm planning to put a JETTA transmission in it and make it AWD though.
ME: Cool
So what happened to the SVTF?AZ: After I put 200k miles on it in two years driving to Californina and back, I gave it to my sister. She said it was too fast and I just had it crushed after I put $20k into it.
ME: Too fast? What?
AZ: Yeah...I put a "28mil" turbo on it to replace the factory one and she thought it was too fast.
ME: Ummm...the SVT Focus did NOT have a turbo on it.
AZ: Well the 2004's did. I pulled the factory one out & put a 28mil turbo on it and it was pushing 14psi of boost. Too fast for my sister.
ME: I know they didn't from 2002-2004....they had a dual stage intake manifold that always broke and some supercharger kits available (aftermarket), but that's about it. Custom turbos were different, not stock though.
AZ: Well this one had a turbo. I think I have one pic of my phone of the engine bay. Hang on...oh here it is. I Plasti Dipped the engine cover the same as the wrap and the headers are wrapped.
ME: (he shows me a pic I found on Google, see below).....That's just a cold air intake and where you think the turbo is, that's where the throttle body & intake manifold is. If it was turbo'd, the turbo would be off the headers in the front of the engine bay.
And the engine bay is painted SONIC BLUE (a factory color)....I thought you said it was all pink?
AZ: Well I'm not sure, but it was definitely turbo'd. And that's the wrap job in the engine bay
ME: Umm okay man, I gotta go...
This guy was so clueless and truly believed everything he was telling me
Here's the EXACT pic he showed me on his phone btw:
A factory painted SONIC BLUE SVTF with a AEM cold air intake on it and wrapped headers
