Spec Focus Rally - Positive first look - Focaljet

**Knestis** · 09-10-2006, 08:48 PM

My favorite mechanic Cameron Conover is building his first SFR gearbox and his quote today was, "if the rest of a Focus is as easy to work on as the transmission, we gotta get us one." The parts from Ford racing were affordable, and they look to be pretty stoutly built.

The dealer didn't mention that there are two different P/Ns for one of the bearings - and of course, he provided the wrong one - so it's slowed up waiting for the new part, but its fun to be part of the new thing.

Somebody - let us build a whole car for you.

Kirk

**focaljet-1** · 09-10-2006, 11:14 PM

Good to hear!

**Simoniac** · 10-04-2006, 11:00 AM

Just to followup on this post: It was my transaxle that Cameron
was working on and it seems to be working just fine. Haven't stressed it yet - we're still building. The cage is done and getting painted this week. We did hit a snag with the clutch that maybe all you experts here already knew about: we overlooked bench bleeding the new slave cylinder and it was dry when we put everything back together. Had the devil of a time bleeding the damn thing - air kept getting into the system somehow. It was only after several frsutrating hours that we discovered the clutch line would draw air from the reservoir even when the fluid was well above the Min level. Once we started keeping the reservoir overfilled it went realtively smoothly. We now have a running Focus again.

Well, "running" is a bit of a generous term. It's running rough and I have no power to the brakes so I may have missed a vacuum boost or something. Didn't have time to investigate. Any suggestions as to what I sould look for when I get the car back from cage painting?

Thanks.

Simon
USUKRacing.com

09-10-2006, 08:48 PM	#1
Knestis Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 53	Spec Focus Rally - Positive first look My favorite mechanic Cameron Conover is building his first SFR gearbox and his quote today was, "if the rest of a Focus is as easy to work on as the transmission, we gotta get us one." The parts from Ford racing were affordable, and they look to be pretty stoutly built. The dealer didn't mention that there are two different P/Ns for one of the bearings - and of course, he provided the wrong one - so it's slowed up waiting for the new part, but its fun to be part of the new thing. Somebody - let us build a whole car for you. Kirk __________________ PhilsTireService.com Team GTI - ITB class winner - 2004 VIR 13 Hours, 2005 Summit Point 12 Hours - with KONI struts, OE and racing VW parts from Bildon Motorsport, and TOYO and HOOSIER tires from PhilsTireService.com

10-04-2006, 11:00 AM	#3
Simoniac Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 57	Re: Spec Focus Rally - Positive first look Just to followup on this post: It was my transaxle that Cameron was working on and it seems to be working just fine. Haven't stressed it yet - we're still building. The cage is done and getting painted this week. We did hit a snag with the clutch that maybe all you experts here already knew about: we overlooked bench bleeding the new slave cylinder and it was dry when we put everything back together. Had the devil of a time bleeding the damn thing - air kept getting into the system somehow. It was only after several frsutrating hours that we discovered the clutch line would draw air from the reservoir even when the fluid was well above the Min level. Once we started keeping the reservoir overfilled it went realtively smoothly. We now have a running Focus again. Well, "running" is a bit of a generous term. It's running rough and I have no power to the brakes so I may have missed a vacuum boost or something. Didn't have time to investigate. Any suggestions as to what I sould look for when I get the car back from cage painting? Thanks. Simon USUKRacing.com

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