Ford Focus ST vs. 305c.i. v8 Pontiac Firebird

[sinister99gt]

i did just the opposite, took off the gt emblems and put a v6 bumper on it. i think the nitto315s and the sound of the kenne bell are a dead give away!

[kylesvt720]

The 305 is a dog of a motor, hell the 5.0 302 was a dog with the auto until you modded it. My Focus ST will take my roommates 88 5.0 auto. I believe it was the 305, that motor sucked...

[DJSlurp1200]

@AlmothePirate I love it when some people see this video and automatically assume because the firebird loses "It's not a v8! It has to be a v6!" LOL...

I figured by making the vid and uploading it folks would believe me but I guess since its up then people have to nitpick the video still...

[AlmothePirate]

@DJSlurp1200 dude. i didnt assume. i used a little bit of knowledge and logic to deduce that the guy has a v6 and told everyone he had a v8, like an idiot. mustang owners do it all the time. paint their car and put GT emblems on it, maybe some blowmasters, and people like yourself buy it.

[DJSlurp1200]

@AlmothePirate Feel free to continue to assume all you want.

[jsnappdaddy1988]

A zetec is alot better than a duratec. In that case a svt will stomp a 305V8 firebird. How do I know? Because I have both cars and the 305v8 and nothing but a boat anchor

[sparton04]

@jsnappdaddy1988 i beg to differ the turbo duratec destroys the supercharged zetec

[ROTTINGDEAD]

@jsnappdaddy1988 How in Gods name do you think a zetec is better than a Duratec?

[sparton04]

technically for all you focus haters its a mazda four banger. The duratec was built by mazda and since ford cant build a four cylinder they paid mazda to let them use it.

of course mazda got to keep the vct and turbo intercooler setup for the mazda speed 3.

[jacobgnarlif]

@sparton04 wrong!!!!!!!! in the first 2 years ford used a zetec engine witch was relesed some time in the 90s the zetec had replaced the zeta engine whtch has been in the ford famiely scince the 80s. In 2002 they replaced zetec name plate with a duratec name plate. while the original desgine for the 1.8L zetec was masda that engine was never in the ford focus and scince then the name has changed once and the displacement has changed 3 times so not there is no masda left in the ford focus!

[sparton04]

@jacobgnarlif and for u dude the zetec ended in 2004 where the duratec 2.0 and 2.3L came in in the end of 2004 and through current. The 2.3L was dropped from the new style focus after 2007, when they switched to new gen.

Also the zetec was introduced in 2002 I know trhis because ford tried to use old tranny with new motor pre may of 2002 and it didnt work at all. After may of 2002 they switched trannies and changed the shift knob to prove which tranny the car had in it.

[jacobgnarlif]

@sparton04 that is so BS the ford focus was launched in 2000 with a zetec engine option my focus is a 2000 (I have papers to prove it along with the recalled doors that it had and the dealer ship payed for) and it has a zetec engine my friend has a 2001 focus with a zetec engine and Ive seen it run the 13s on NOS (he drives it to collage like me) any way the tranny thing was just some people trying to put zetec engines on trannys desgined for duratec

[plane45036]

When you get to the end of the track you should of been like "WHAT HAPPENED!"

[juliojohn19]

After watching this video and taking into account what I know about chevy v8s...either that was a v8 and he didn't know you were racing or......it was a v6 and he also didn't know you were racing.

[DJSlurp1200]

we were at a track... and yes it was a v8 but it was a 305 which the 305 firebirds, olds and ect,... were dog shit slow... wasn't really much of any kind of bragging rights... just a fun race and glad I got it on camera.

[roushfocus1]

hahah awsome shit u kicked his asss

[AlmothePirate]

dude thats a v6. theres no way a ford 4 banger would come close to a chevy v8, no matter how much you riced it up.

[DJSlurp1200]

You obviously have no clue how slow the 5.0L chevy 305's are...

[AlmothePirate]

oh yea of course, because stock they ran 14 second quarter miles, when that focus would probably run a 16 or 17. i know people with chevy 305's and theyre plenty fast. that firebird was a V6 piece of crap.

[DJSlurp1200]

@AlmothePirate I haven't done anything to my car.... It's about 99.9% stock with the only mod being just a Steeda SRI. Again the 305 v8 is only a 170hp motor and not one of chevy's "sweetest" engines...

[AlmothePirate]

@DJSlurp1200 you sir, are a ruh-tard. that was the POS carbed 305. the decent 305 (which was not one of chevys "sweetest" engines, as you claim) was the TPI, which made 215 stock.

[DJSlurp1200]

@AlmothePirate either way carbed or TPI it's a v8 losing to a naturally aspirated 4cyl focus with just an intake...

[alpine247]

sounds like a 2.8 or a 3.1 v6 firebird to me no way it was a v8.

[DJSlurp1200]

What do you mean? You can't hear it over the sound of my intake! The car is a 5.0L 305c.i. which was a very weak motor... Only 170hp

[LPKMACH1]

Sweet!!!!!!!

[ZenRanger94]

Haha nice! along with your other vids, it looks like you did a great job reppin the Focus that night.