"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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John Cairns wrote:


Not one of these Foci:
http://www.ford-v8-focus.com/

Going to estimate you should be able to do a conversion for well under
25k, including the cost of the donor vehicle. They had a test a while
back, Focus V8 vs. Lamborghini Gallardo, it was a tie. The turnkey
version of the Focus they used for the test was listed at 85k IIRC.
http://www.fordracingparts.com/home/home.asp

Looks like Ford wants a piece of this pie.

Pretty cool John, what do you think of the Dodge Magnum with the 5.8 hemi!
Aint that the old 426?

Cheers
Marty


Don't know, not really a gear head. Nice looking car, you have to give these
guys credit, they've been building some nice looking cars for a while now
and their quality is finally up to snuff (almost) Plus, they derive the
added benefit of being able to use some of Daimler's latest and greatest
technology on their US built vehicles.
http://www.fast-autos.net/dodge/dodgemagnumrt.html
These guys are saying this engine was derived from the 426, more impressive
is the claimed fuel economy #'s, but I'd be surprised if you could reach
these in real world conditions.
John Cairns