2000 Ford Focus

Hatchback

4 - Cyl.

Manual

3FAFP3137YR173838

Gasoline

2000 Ford Focus. Great fun car, professionally modified, cobbled together home built job. The basics: 2000, 2 door hatchback, 103k miles. 5 Speed. I have owned it for about 5 years. I actually get stopped and asked what it is on a pretty regular basis. It's reliable, gets good fuel mileage, and attracts attention. It's only been driven a few thousand miles in the last 4 years or so. New baby, so the cool 2 door car does not get used too much. I'm usually stylin' the minivan now- practical but boring. Paint and interior in good condition. Not quite to show standards, it's street driven. But it is obviously well cared for and looks far better than a 2000 should. The fun stuff: Rousch intercooled turbocharger. Runs 6psi boost (safe for stock engine internals). Remapped Rousch ECU. Not a pieced-together installation, bought the complete engineered kit from Rousch. Changed to a Tial external wategate instead of the Rousch internal. It sounds better. Vehicle has never been equipped with a boost contoller that would allow excessive boost. This turbo system is excellent for street use, it starts building boost about 3k rpm, comes on very strong by 5k. Random Technologies high flow catalytic converter. Custom exhaust from cat back by Wisconsin muffler. Quiet, has a nice low tone, not a "fart can" type exhaust. Sounds serious, but not intrusive. You can easily hear the turbo spooling up over the exhaust. This car passes emissions easily, on the "fast pass". Driven conservatively it gets about the same mileage as stock. Driven with authority, it doesn't get such good gas mileage, but you will be grinning so much you won't care. Uses regular premium fuel, no octane boosters or additives needed. New clutch about 2k miles ago. New windshield less than 1k ago (stupid road construction dump trucks....). Carbon fiber hood. The real carbon fiber they made a few years ago, not the black dyed fiberglass you get now. Ford Motorsport headlights with high performance blue tinted bulbs. Kaminari body kit. Looks great without being "rice". Minor damage to front skirt, I hit a parking lot curb. One spot of chipped paint and small cracks at the stress point by the headlights. Lowered with Steeda suspension and Tokico struts. Handles great, very responsive. 20" ICI wheels with 30 series Hankook tires. Black wheels with polished lips. Less than 6k on wheel and tire package. Looks absolutely fabulous. If you are into cars with cool wheels, this will make all your buddies jealous. This car makes Civics with 17" or 18" wheels look like a joke. Slotted rotors and performance pads in front, stock brakes in back. Interior upholstery has been upgraded to red Katzkin leather with dark gray suede inserts. It's the premium Corinthian leather, very soft. Carpet has been replaced. The interior panels were kind of beat up when I got it, so I changed them all out for the 2003 panels (slightly darker gray, nicer looking). Includes a nice audio system. Alpine CDA9886 with iPod input (2008 model). JL Audio ZR front component speakers (These were $800). JL Audio XR rear speakers (these were $400). TMA 4 channel amp (little brother to JL Audio). Wired with premium JL audio wiring and RCAs. Prewired for a subwoofer if you want to add one. Stinger battery. Has a Viper alarm system (2007). The bad stuff: Air conditioning does not work. It may have been unhooked by the previous owner or it may be broken. All the parts appear to be in the car. I never really cared, I like to drive it with the windows open. Front ground effect has parking curb damage. See above. Gauge cluster was replaced, so mileage appears about 40k lower than actual. The title states "not actual mileage". The original instrument cluster did not have a tach, so I added this one. The new cluster is from a car with ABS, so the "abs" and "brake" lights are on. I have not been motivated enough to see if I can take the light bulbs out. Unfortunately, the tech at my last emissions test would not listen, and put in the lower milage shown rather than the actual. So now Carfax is hating on the car, they say it has odometer tampering. Kindly overlook that, no harm meant. Not including the car itself, there are about $16000 in modifications in this vehicle. It's a great car. My insurance company had no problem writing a policy for $18000 replacement value on this vehicle. This is your opportunity to won a very cool car for a very reasonable price. This vehicle is being relisted due to a non paying winning bidder, please remember that your bid is a contract. I will end the auction early for the right offer. The Focus is available for inspection near Milwaukee WI. If the winning bidder wishes to fly in and drive it home, I will pick you up at the airport. Questions can be addressed through Ebay, or you can call or text me at 262-510-6188. Keywords: ZTS, turbo, modified, Civic, Integra, GSR, Type R, Eclipse, import, tuner, lowered, Honda, MR2, Toyota, MitsubishiOn Jun-14-11 at 16:31:07 PDT, seller added the following information: Wow, I made a great typo in the first line here. Supposed to be "NOT A cobbled together home built job". Sorry about that.