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yesterday on a impulse i went to my local ford dealer and ended up buying a ford focus st. for those not in the uk, the focus st is a 2.5L,turbo injection, 6 speed, 225bhp hatchback.I got £2500 off the list price plus mp4 plyer and a sat nav.Theres a 6 week waiting list,but ive ordered mine for march 1st, thats when the new 07 plate comes out,i cant wait:Dthats the color i have chosen,Electric orange.
Congrats! I'm more of a mustang guy myself, but I've seen a few of the SVT focus' driving around here and wouldn't mind having one myself. I don't think they are turbocharged though.
they have a 5-cylinder turbocharged engine:D
Sweet man, thats awesome. :thumbsup: :D
Gratz.
its only turbod stock in UK!
Not a bad looking car. Is that the brand new price, or is it used? Seems like a low price for a brand new car.
That's what he got off it lol. They're pricey, but everything is in England. My second hand can cost me 3000.. then the insurance tax... mot... the lot... bloody expensive to live in England... AND after all that we have to pay through the roof prices for fuel... that's why i got a diesel, they're more economical.
Oh, I see. I have to open my freakin eyes! :oQuote:
Originally Posted by LIP
Rofl, it's ok, you hit your head! lol. Your entitled to be confused... im like almost all the time rofl.
Btw Weedmaster, i've driven one of these and they're a fun car to drive. Not like driving a transit ROFL....
you'll be pleased...
I mean... that car does more than get you from A to B...
Weedmaster, I literally come in my pants when I see an Electric Orange ST come flying past me. It is the most beautiful car about at the minute.
Congrats.
I know what u mean lip,after the test drive yesterday the salesman was a green color and i had a big grin ,it's quick:D nochow it cost me £17500,i thought that wasn't a bad deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by LIP
That is not a bad price at all. I mean 225hp, that has some serious balls to it. It's already modified, and if one did that themselves, it would cost them even more in the long run. With labour costs and parts that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by weedmaster
Are you getting it in that color too? I love that color. It's like a rusty kind of, not too bright, which is nice.
Have fun bro! :thumbsup:
yes nochow i,m getting it in that color, its called Electric orange, the picture doesnt do the car or the color any justice.
Good luck with the new wheels Weed,,,looks cool...
I drive a diesel as well...thing gets incredibly good gas mileage for what it is (old suburban)Quote:
Originally Posted by LIP
Yeah man, i got a 1996 Diesel Manuel Ford Transit Van and a 2002 Diesel Manuel Ford Escort 75 Van.Quote:
Originally Posted by officerleeroy
LOL. That's not bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by weedmaster
My old 2 litre Ford Mondeo Ghia cost 17000 back when it was new in 1998.
It's on a S reg plate.
if I get a new car it will at least be a hybrid... I hope I live to see Hydrogen cars...
You know my little cousin was talking to me earlier in the year at some family thing, and he was on at me about helping him make a 49CC 2 stroke petrol/oil mixture engine run on water... It was pretty hard telling him it wouldnt work, because they'd be no lubrication, and it's just not the right engine, period. He thought he'd invented something lol, when he was talking about how to get the water, and devide it all out into it's originall make up and all this fun diddly-un stuff to get the hydrogen.
But hey, he learnt a lesson.
And now he's gone back to the drawing board with the right kind of idea... It's up to him though to get it to work out,.
I like the focus looks baardaaas,i like the mk5 golf gti more tho,but im a vw enthusiast,long live the the mk2 .
Lubrication isn't the problem with hydrogen fueled engines, it has to do with compression and timing. It's also different because you need a new fuel pumping system, your fuel pump can't pump a gas. But you could work on making hydrogen an additive, reducing the amount of gasoline injected and adding hydrogen, it seem like it would help emissions by reducing the total gasoline burned as well as reducing particulate and hydrocarbons by trapping them in H2O that forms from hydrogen gas combustion.
Also argon gas can be added to the hydrogen to make it more stable and prevent the hydrogen from damaging engine components.
I've got this old 1991 nissan than im gonna fuck around with. see if i cant get it to run on ethanol that i made.
then if i finally get some money i can build an electrolysis tank and figure out how to store it. then we could see how hydrogen fuels really work.
it's a nice car, but i don't like fords... i'm a chevy man..
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Originally Posted by SwirlyMass
It is the problem when you want to turn a all ready almost bored to the maximum 49cc 2 stroke, that needs the oil in the fuel mixture [petrol and oil] to lubricate the cylinder. Running it like he wanted wouldnt have worked, as there'd be no oil in the fuel [gas] the engine was running on, there'd be no need for the carbouretta in terms of fuel,only needed for air intake, which would be diffnernt, and like you said, they'rd be no way of getting the gas into the cylinders, as it'd float [id assume] si it wont travle down pipes without a pump of somesort, again, a new part to add to the 2 stroke engine, as previously it has been a gravity fed carb. That's why a 2 stroke would never be able to run on water or, as we know it hydrogen.
I know what im talking about, im a marine engineer by trade, and worked on a gas powdered engine [not hydrogen] which yes, is nothing special, but i get the concept.
Well that problem isn't project-breaking. You get a container used for storing gaseous hydrogen, H2, and like the one they have at Http://www.unitednuclear.com all you have to do it basically intravenously connect the fuel line from the hydrogen tank to the fuel line right before the FIS but after the pump and have a computer chip controlling when to heat the tank and release more/less H2 (see the webpage and go to research and development on the top of the page for info on their hydrogen conversion techniques, not very much detailed info but they solve quite a few problems)
Oil and gasoline could then be added to the ordinary gas tank and you could use a ratio instead of 100% gas or 100% H2. that way you could even run on like 10% gas/oil (which could be 50/50 to compensate lubrication) and 90% H2.
Never tell someone that something is impossible, you just need a little imagination and creativity and anything really does become possible.
So Weed,,,When U getting it???
It would be impossible to run a 2 stroke petrol oil mixture engine on hydrogen.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwirlyMass
Simple as that, it is impossible, you'd have to do so much to it it'd be a new engine.
i'm picking it up on march 1st.I tried to add a link to a video clip but not very good on computers and to stoned at the mo to figure it out lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skink
That makes 2 of us, on both points lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by weedmaster
lol, your the only person i know who smokes more than me lolQuote:
Originally Posted by LIP
well here in the states we dont get badarse cars like japan, europe, ect...so i built my own....Im a honda guy my self...and y they are the most reliable cars ever....ever...and i dont got more than 10k into my ek hatch and i run 12's.
You guys are so lucky in europe. You get the new focus and we get the shitty old focus that hasnt changes since 99 or 00.
Lol.