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Not to stray off topic...but you can not get an AWD Focus ANYWHERE. It's still FWD.

Your kidding? I thought they *had* to produce an AWD focus due to WRC homologation rules? The Escorts got it, I though it went without saying that the Focus would also....hence the lack of really reading into it. :)

That engine with only FWD makes me long for the predictability and balance of a Clio 24v. :rolleyes:

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Your kidding? I thought they *had* to produce an AWD focus due to WRC homologation rules? The Escorts got it, I though it went without saying that the Focus would also....hence the lack of really reading into it. :)

That engine with only FWD makes me long for the predictability and balance of a Clio 24v. :rolleyes:

No joke. You think Hyundai ever made an AWD Tiburon turbo for production? There are other examples as well.

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IIRC the tib was never part of the WRC the accent was.

Yes, you may be correct, but the Tib I speak of was used in the US Pro Rally series (depending on who it was at the time, Rally America and SCCA) Although the Accent is just another example.

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The S60R is AMAZING!!

 

I got to drive it at Volvo's R&D center (Arizona) 1/2 mile banked oval track.

 

I am a hard core Volvo nut, having owned Volvos for 15 years, plus I worked at Byers Volvo for 4 years.

 

Want to make the S60R faster: http://www.evolvecars.com/site/index.php?id=176,338,0,0,1,0

 

Any questions about any Volvo please ask!

 

Joshua

SlowMotion Motorsports

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and everyone was hatin... tisk tisk. Like the frightened baby chipmunk, you are scared of anything that is different.

 

Volvo rules... old news... i figured this out back in 04. An S60R is in my near future ;)

 

With anything Volvo, you can do it yourself for much cheaper if you have the skills and tools... but be carefull, its very easy to overbuild the engine and start popping axels and wheel bearings.

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there was an AWD turbo (maybe twin) fully caged tib, although hyundai didnt produce it. bill smulo engineering (BSE) did...it was one of those "get the car for a dollar to develop products, but we're gonna wreck it in X amount of time"...he used the drivetrain from a hyundai santa fe...really was a pretty nice tib, but from what was said, there was probably 100k dropped into that car between all the parts/testing

 

http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49649&highlight=bse+tiburon looks like the pics expired

 

and someone also made a twin engine awd 97 tib that ran like 10.90s on some small IHI turbos.

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I thought they built a Focus RS in Europe that is AWD TURBO but I guess not..... ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Focus

Mechanically, the car was uprated in all areas and far more bespoke than the SVT/ST170 and most notably incorporated a Quaife differential to make the car more direct, responsive and to control the power more ably as the RS was still front wheel drive. The steering was quicker while the brakes featured larger discs (which filled specially developed 18" alloy wheels). The Ford Focus RS ended production in 2004 and left the legacy of being arguably the finest front wheel drive turbo car in history.

There was never a production AWD Focus. Not even the RS.

 

evan - Yes, I know about that car. Hyundai also built a handful of AWD turbo (using the 4 cylinder 'beta' engine) rally cars. They brought one of the cars out of retirement for the '06 X-games. I don't think they run Rally America anymore.

 

http://www.evolvecars.com/albums/album27/CIMG0715.sized.jpg

Dual calipers are worthless, overley complicated, and add extra wieght. I like most of the other stuff they do though.

 

SPLN SUX - No one ever said Volvo's aren't cool. Just not S40's. ;)

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I never thought twice about a volvo, when I hear that word I think of a station wagon falling from a building. Then I noticed a S60 R on the road and decided to look up the specs. Sleeper indeed, thats half the attraction to me.

 

I have always been a fan of imports, so this Ford platform has me leary, but what about the engines?

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I never thought twice about a volvo, when I hear that word I think of a station wagon falling from a building. Then I noticed a S60 R on the road and decided to look up the specs. Sleeper indeed, thats half the attraction to me.

 

I have always been a fan of imports, so this Ford platform has me leary, but what about the engines?

 

thats still the nice things about the S60 R... its a Volvo made car.. unlike the new S40 that shares it chasis with the Mazda 3, and focus...

 

The S60R is a well rounded sleeper that can easily suprise the best of sport cars..

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