New Wheels & Lifted Suspension! // Project Rally SVT Focus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Finishing up the suspension and installing new wheels/tires on my 2001 Ford Focus SVT rally project.
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I use winter tires all the time for off-roading never had an issue yet
Yep, and if you want stiffer tread then spray 303 protectant on the tread and it will make the tread more durable.
I've seen stiff winter compounds hold up really well during rallycross events. They will definitely get you by on a budget. That said I've been fortunate enough to find Rally clubs in my area selling used take-offs from their stage cars for a fraction of the price of a brand new set. Might be worth checking out if there are any ARA or SCCA events in your area.
Yee buddy mine been going all year
can confirm. i am a 4x4 junkie.
Winters definitely work on a budget
Lol I jus used some summers for off roading
I'm starting to get kinda hyped about this project
Epic find and choice on the wheels! Those snow tires will work great on dirt compared to most off the shelf passenger tires. Great idea. :)
I think the winters will perform well, but There’s got to be a better chunkier tire, I’d be concerned about the snow tires handling the abuse with the heat. Some kind m&s tire maybe?
@@robertt9342 Winter tires use a more pliable rubber and will wear down more quickly when warm, but do grip well on loose surfaces. The wear is less concerning on dirt. It's pretty common for a budget rally solution.
I need to do this to my Golf. Not for Rally but for the horrible city streets on my drive to work. Looking forward to seeing you let it rip on those dirt roads once you’ve got him armored up. 😀
4 tires for the price of 1?
Hell Yeah!
Anyone who has issues can:
A)- Buy you the legitimate tires..
B)- Suck it because they didn't..
C)- All of The Above..
Awesome score on the wheels
You're making me want to get another 1st gen Focus... and I've promised myself I'd never get another one. A rally wagon would be sick though.
How a caliper and the wheel's drop center both fit in the 1.6 inches between rotor and tire bead radius, I have no idea, but nice!
Now that you're actually letting yourself enjoy it, please electrically disconnect your airbag control module, metal boxy thing between the shifter and the parking brake ripper. You'll have a warning light, but you won't have an explosion in your face. Also keep in mind that if you lose fuel supply right after a little impact/landing, your inertia switch(top center of the screen at 12:34) can be reset by pushing in it's inverted nipple top.
Glad to see you behind the wheel of one of your own cars, great video Sarah.
Finally! The video that I was trying to find on here. I'm converting an old Focus for off road and farm use. Thank you!
Thank you for putting out this series. Received a 2015 ford focus se and going to do the same sort of thing. Living in Kansas and we have more gravel roads than regular. So the overlander/rally style is super necessary
here in the sticks. 3/4 of the roadways are gravel. there are two kinds of material used . Sand and gravel / milled limestone. Limestome makes a better roadsurface but eats up tires at a much quicker rate than sand and gravel Your mud and snows will last a remarkably long time.
“Plenty of room to put my finger in and wiggle it around...that’s what he said.” 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you talking about the women lady parts
Also, have you looked at the project rally Ross Focus that Grassroots Motorsport did a few years ago? May be some good intel there...
Your innuendos 🤣🤣 love it
As soon as you said 15s I was like o no, I'm shocked they fit, very cool.
I can honestly say that I enjoy watching anything and everything that you do and say; your work ethics your humour, humbleness and modesty are what keep me here.
In my humble opinion as a Canadian who's lived with extreme winters all his life, your winter tires will do great in rally. They are a stickier slightly softer rubber but with strong durable side walls as they are designed to tackle solid ice and ripping shards. They have aggressive tread so grip should be very good. This, again IMHO, is a very frugal and workable solution.
I recently raised my 2013 impreza with forester springs and shocks and it came out really good. Also, you should just plasti dip your whole car yourself.
Excellent Improvement on the looks with the new rims and tires Sarah
Really enjoy the Sir Codsworth rally vids! Excellent progress. Can't wait to see you climb the truck review hill! I know you will, and I know you will!
Nice to hear some innuendo again.
Seems like you got MORE instant gratification with the Rally car then all the other builds.
Kind of funny how that works the one you really don't care about perfection is the quick and snappy project car .
You looked like you had great enjoyment exercising the focus in the dirt.
I'd wait to you need to paint the exterior....it's Rally enough the way the paint is.
Paint the inside with BRITE WHITE bedliner. Put a couple of white rally stripes on it and save time and money on a respray.
I did pretty much the exact same mods on an Echo hatch and it was very fun to drive offroad and cool looking.
It's nice to see how it all atarted. Been watching the U-Wrench videos on fender flare fabrication lately - the project has come a long way by now. Very much looking forward to see you driving the finished rally car when it finally is ready for a rip in the desert. Also - the Counting-the-Gumps-music was right up my alley - loved it!
Very cool. Thanks for doing this on your Escort and sharing the video! 👍
Now you're learning about the different generations of Foci. Should have asked me. Who says you're not a mechanic. Good to see you're happy with the outcome.
I thought I was crazy until I found this. I have an '01 Focus Estate (station wagon). I already run it with winter tyres (I have a thing about this) and I want to lift it as well - this video convinces me. I also have a thing about the MR2 - desperately miss my mk1.
Love your content, always get a smile and learn something.
Looking forward to future adventures.
Haha, liking it a lot. With it sitting high and level, and with the new rims and tires, the thing look very capable. 😀
Sumito ice edge and general winter tires are both great for SCCA RallyCross.
I've been told Federal is one of the better ways to get Rally tires. Supposedly a whole set for 600$. Good luck
I also painted my car with safety orange and blue enamel paint. Came out great and is perfect for off road use.
Nice. I think those tires will hold quite well when driving on dirt/gravel, those small grooves are probably gonna suffer, but they're mainly for the traction on snow and ice anyway. I can see you're about to have a lot of fun with that Ford 🤘
Good idea using snow tires. Low risk for big potential upside.
good find on the wheels , one of the few wheels that clear those calipers.
Good thing you are fixing the foucs.
A friend of mine told me that his used up and bald Blizzacks were the best drag radials he's ever run.
We have the same tire for rally lol. I recommend 40 psi to keep the side wall from debeading off the rim. I learned the hard way when I sent it the first time to test the tires and had to buy a brand new tire.
For your tires ... I use Winter tires too on my 106 Rallye and it works great ! If they're rated "M+S" they're good to go !
Great video. Like the snow tire idea. Can't wait till you change it to white!
There may still be some snow on Mt. Lemon, take it for a rip up the back side control road, it'll be a blast in that thing for sure.
Sarah, I run winter tires instead of all-terrain tires year-round on my Grandpa Gump here in Tucson. No issues.
“That was smart. S M R T.” LoL
A wonderful Homer Simpson reference. :)
Doh !
You are making a non technical car enthusiast interested in the stuff underneath. Love your channel and the work you do. You are awesome :)
Be careful driving and idling over tall dry grass, catalytic converters can get up to 2000 degrees and cause huge wildfires. Maybe wrap it or heat shield it? Also, make sure your morning cold inflation tire pressure doesn't exceed your door jamb decal. Those tires will get super hot rallying and will expand quite a bit. Put some heat extractor vents on your hood too. ;) Good job, keep up the good work!! You got to figure out a way to keep those tiny brakes cool too. ;)
Snow tires have softer rubber compounds. They can also wear out faster. I know since i need them in northern Alberta
Nice white will look good. Some nice skid plates underneath and it'll be somewhere near. A white rollcage would be my choice! Keep up the great work.
May want to consider rally style wheel sweepers to try to keep rocks from jamming between the calipers and wheel. Love your channel, thanks!
Looking great! Happy Sarah makes me happy. I have a feeling the soft rubber compound on those tires won't hold up too rallying but like you said, they were relatively cheap so we'll all see.
I don’t see the winters being an issue in the loose dirt, it’s the hot asphalt that will chew them up. I sell winters in Canada and we generally recommend getting them off when the temp avg Is 45F and higher. Having said that I have customers who drive year round with them and they will get a couple years out of them, granted hot summer Canada is not hot summer Arizona lol
I will say, the stock svt wheels took every bit of abuse I gave them back in Tucson. Ripping mtn Lemon on the weekends and taking the dirt trails to bypass traffic.
Hello Sarah, if you dont like the snow tires Id suggest trying a Kumho Crugen HT51 or a Falken Wild Peak
Good job Sarah!
Very sound logic behind your decision making!
I have an '04 Forester I'm putting together to use as a city car. It's white so I got some white wheels too to replace the steelies. White wheels are difficult to keep clean though. Check out a product called Gliptone Rimguard. It makes it easier to wash off dirt and mud. I actually got it to keep brake dust from sticking to the wheels on my STI. Also rally wheels tend to have more bore clearance for their respective sizes. For example GD WRX's came with 16" wheels, but some 15" rally wheels will clear the calipers. Looking forward to a rallycross with the Focus.
Seeing this and the MR2 getting driving and enjoyed is absolutely awesome! Love it! Keep these coming!
After watching videos on this channel back to back for several weeks, I'm finally caught up and I'm glad I get to watch a new video when it's uploaded.
Nice wheels, they look the part. It will look even better when the front bumper is gets bumped off for a UK spec.
It's coming together. Keep up the good work
You should raptor line the interior, and if you like it the outside, Grear for off-road!
Love the wheels and I'm with you on the winter tires. Cheap trumps rally correctness every time.
Don't use Trump's name in vain..
@@vikingwarriorinfo hahaha, I forgot he's the second coming.
The lift, wheels and tires look awesome
Love white wheels for Ford racing products. An appropriate nod to the RS2000 and other Ford racing cars.
Tyres are a bit hard actually.
White enamel with hardner is tough and comes off the gun shiny. Though use a good brand. Cheap is not usually near as good or as tough.
I have used it forever on road race and speedway cars. And it does better than most roadcar 2 packs in straight colors. Both enviroments are rock blasting!
9:50 That's "dual WIELDING". Dual YIELDING is waiting for cars coming from two different directions...
David Zachmeyer lol 😂
And then there is dual shielding on electrical cables and the dual shielded process in my favorite subject, welding. 😁 Might as well cover the dual topics. 😉
Sarah -n- Tuned have you thought of painting your rally car with Raptor Liner or truck bed liner? It’s extremely durable and worry free.
Soft snow tire compound ... well, you could get some grip when they get even softer with heat, but they're not going to last very long after some "rally fun".
+1 for the Milwaukee cordless impact wrench! Love mine!
Kinda like the Malibu Blue Metallic. Another comment suggested to wrap it. Not a bad idea in case you return it back to stock which I'm not sure you'd do. In the meantime enjoy for what it is and what you want it to be.
Hey I have those tires on my Cobalt! They are the winter “shoes” , I also have some “summer “ shoes too.
Winter tires will probably wear quickly and could fail/blowout in hot weather. The compound used is much softer than all weather or summer tires.
Glad to see you are feeling better!
Changing the springs to longer ones you might also need to change the struts . The OEM ones may not allow for full spring expansion and not allowing full height.
Awesome news and progress, no wonder you sound so happy.
Those wheels are on point! I was wondering if you were going to use winter tires for rallying.. going to be interesting to see how well they hold up. 👏🏻👍🏻
Great to see the fruits of your labour paying off. 😉😎
Ahhhhhh, and the world is good again. Thank you for your videos sarah...
Fantastic cleaning music!
S M A R T.. yeah buddy!! cue that cleaning music..accordian ...we will all learn together..SO Much FUN watching Sarah -n- Tuned videos 😁
Rally mud flaps! When it's painted they'll protect it (to a degree). The works rally cars always suffered with gravel rash at the end of the sills.
Way to go Sarah! The wheels and tires look great! White paint will look great on the car!
Grate to see sir cosworth back on the move again .Grate bargan on the tyres .You seem to back back in good form again grate to see
Or even great*
Good fun! Nice work...
I'm interested to see how those winter tires perform/last.
Damn, that was a really smart use of the creeper to clean the wheels!
Nice work and sweet find on the tires and the wheels. I think it looks good. Can't wait to see the underbody shield fab process as well. Or however you deal with that.
oooh Walter Ostenek - The Polka King! Oktoberfest! Good for any time of the year, or car repair!
This is my first time watching the show, mybad. The humor as well fixing cars is redonkcilious!! I have a 2002 svt with 98 k miles 1 owner
07:07 Sarah you had me in tears, the innuendo Force is STRONG with you!
Tires with more sidewall tread will help you out quite a bit with steering on the lose dirt Sarah, for your next set of tires.
www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=All-Terrain%20T/A%20KO2&partnum=095SR5KO2RWL
I work for tire company out of Ohio. The company based out of Florida. Last summer they was pulling those Sumitomo ice edges from stores I deliver to cause of vehicles running on beaches and they was cheaper
You are right about not everything is cheaper used from the junkyard or just use in general a lot of times it’s cheaper on eBay or specialty stores.
Very entertaining video, tons of personality. Now I gotta catch up on this project since this is over a year old lol.
your personality is just awesome i randomly stumble upon this channel but kinda glade i did lol keep up the good work and spirits
GREAT VID/VLOG! GREAT MUSIC FOR THE SPRING PART!!! THE MOTIVATIONAL POLKA WAS A HOOT!! Car looks awesome!!!!....oh and nice job being frugal on the tires,what you did was honest sensible and besides a little R&D is in order.
Near wheels they remind me of group B rally car wheels
I love that 80's video game background sounds.
This rocked. Those wheels look fire. The tires sound like the perfect score. Winter tires for rallying makes all the sense in the world and if they wear quick, they can be replaced. Also, editing was on point. Loved the music tucked in there...specifically the Boom Shakalaka from Dumb and Dumber that totally had something dubbed over top. This was fun. Can't wait for Mr Dos' next appearance too.
Reminds me of little Sarah Great idea with the snow tires hopefully they really work out I was hoping for the hill test I’m sure that’s coming always good to have wiggle room😃
Just to comment on you removing the factory sound dampener. If you freeze it with some dry ice, liquid nitrogen, or whatever, it will come off really easy.
I like where this project is going!
They wont suck. Perfect for local RallyCross. Staying tuned for the fun!
Hope the brake calipers dont rub the wheel weights off ive had that problem before ...great vid enjoy it as always ...beautiful 👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✌️✌️✌️
Codsworth starting to look the part now the new wheels look great too :D
Those wheels are Da Bomb! ⚫ nice find Sarah!
You should look into Rhino Lining (or an equivalent liner) the lower quarter of the Focus for protection against chips. They have colors, especially basics.
Maybe Charlie can help fabricate a Prerunner style front clip with light bar mounts. You're going to need to protect that front bumper/fascia
I think she should use the Raptor liner it is tintable and it's a DYI whereas the Rhino Lining is not !!!
GREAT exterior color choice!! All my vehicles are white (not planned, just ended up that way)
Snow / Winter tyre is a good budget compromise for driving on gravel. Did that quite often when I couldn't afford real gravel tyres. Go for it! :-D
You're really putting in the work! Really enjoy your efforts!
good one Sarah and dont ever change