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The Car...

This here is my AEM Cold Air Intake. It's a nice polished red, and snakes behind and under the battery. This picture is after I cut the pipe to add the bypass valve.

I've also swapped out the old filter with a brand-new K&N.

Here's my pride and joy! Usually, cars are supposed to have girl names, but I'm choosing to go with a guy name: Maynard. This is mostly due to the fact that I have a nice vinyl design on the hood compliments of Kern Advertising here in town. I put down $40 USD and handed them the cover art for one of the Perfect Circle albums, and they had the design ready to install in under a day. Gotta love the guys there. They do good work.

Here's my "stock" sound system. I've no idea what the exact wattage on the amp is, but I DO know that the sub's 10" wide...

Behold my coffee can...It comes out the back at a slight angle rather than popping striaght out, but it's a custom job, so I guess that's to be expected.

Here's a night interior shot of my car. Please note the seat cover, steering wheel cover, the painted speaker cover, and the neon tube up under the steering wheel. I've got another tube in the footwell on the passenger's side, and another larger tube in the back footwell.

Car Profile:

Make/Model/Year: Black 2000 Ford Focus SE, Sony Ltd. Ed.
Engine: 2.0 L Zetec DOHC
Horsepower: ??? (dyno run planned)
1/4 Time: 17.504 @ 79.25 mph
Gears: Automatic
Performance Mods: Custom exhaust, AEM cold air intake w/ bypass valve (K&N filter), AFX underdrive pulley, FocusSport strut bar, Pacesetter shorty header,
Focus Central 65mm throttle body, Ford Racing 9mm spark plug wires
Cosmetic Mods: Red custom hood vinyl, interior purple neon lighting, hand-painted silver speaker covers, window tinting, custom red mesh grille, red split loom in engine bay, do-it-yourself shorty antenna mod, "camoflauge" emblem debadge, model debadge
Projected Performance Mod Purchases: Crane Cam cam shafts, AEM cam gears, 4-2-1 racing header, suspension (still trying to decide on a brand), SCT chip
Projected Cosmetic Mod Purchases: Custom tribal vinyl design for sides w/ hood wrap around, Varad ULX 300 LED undercar lighting kit, 17" gunmetal rims, chrome spark plug wire cover, lots and lots of Niteshade for my tails

Background...

I purchased this car unmodded from a friend in December of 2004, who was using it for delivering pizzas. The ironic thing is, that's what I'm using it for now, so the mileage on the vehicle is astronomical. I've decided to NOT go with forced induction, and instead complete the projected performance mods and then work on weight reduction to hopefully get this car into the 14's.

Maynard doesn't pack much of a punch at the moment, but I can get him a little more to my liking hopefully before the summer is out so I can start tearing up some Hondas.

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