I was at work last night hating my job as usual so i started day dreaming about what i would build if i were building the ultimate sleeper. I thought about trying to find an old Ghia coupe or maybe a Fairmont, but these days you can't build either one and really be a sleeper because people expect them to be sleepers. Then i thought about maybe doing a V8 Miata, but i'm not into convertibles and i think they're chick cars. So, i decided i would build a V8/RWD Focus with a twist.
I'd start with a plain Jane white Focus, and i'd take the factory rims and have the backs widened to fit some decent rubber under it...no aftermarket wheels here. Then of course i'd do the necessary K member and rear end work to make it RWD. I thought about maybe a DOHC Cobra 4.6, but they're heavy and i want this thing to stay as light as possible, so i'd go with a World Products Man-O-War tall deck 351 and stroke it out to 460ci (yeah, they'll go that big). Then i'd back it with a Transzilla T56. I'd have a narrowed 9 inch built for the rear end and i'd house it with something around a 3.27 gear....because this baby is also getting twin turboed. Engine bay space is limited so i'd do one of those tail pipe turbo setups and tuck them up as high as possible to keep them out of sight. I'd even go so far as to have the duel exhaust routed flush side by side out one side of the rear end to keep the "duel exhaust" look out of the picture..i don't want any hints.
The beauty of this is that when sitting still and not running, the only way you're gonna have any clue as to what this car is packing is if you're curious enough to poke your head up under the car and you notice that it's RWD and you notice the turbos. Beyond that it's just gonna look like a typical white Focus commuter car until it fires up. Can you say twin turbo big block power in a light weight car?
I'd start with a plain Jane white Focus, and i'd take the factory rims and have the backs widened to fit some decent rubber under it...no aftermarket wheels here. Then of course i'd do the necessary K member and rear end work to make it RWD. I thought about maybe a DOHC Cobra 4.6, but they're heavy and i want this thing to stay as light as possible, so i'd go with a World Products Man-O-War tall deck 351 and stroke it out to 460ci (yeah, they'll go that big). Then i'd back it with a Transzilla T56. I'd have a narrowed 9 inch built for the rear end and i'd house it with something around a 3.27 gear....because this baby is also getting twin turboed. Engine bay space is limited so i'd do one of those tail pipe turbo setups and tuck them up as high as possible to keep them out of sight. I'd even go so far as to have the duel exhaust routed flush side by side out one side of the rear end to keep the "duel exhaust" look out of the picture..i don't want any hints.
The beauty of this is that when sitting still and not running, the only way you're gonna have any clue as to what this car is packing is if you're curious enough to poke your head up under the car and you notice that it's RWD and you notice the turbos. Beyond that it's just gonna look like a typical white Focus commuter car until it fires up. Can you say twin turbo big block power in a light weight car?