Friday, January 31, 2014

Vivid Racing Ford Focus ST FOR SALE

Up for sale is our 2013 Ford Focus ST project car.  This car has never been tracked or raced.  2000 of the miles are from “show” trips to California and Las Vegas for the SEMA show.  Total miles on the car is 2950.  The car sat on a lift for 8 months to do product development such as exhaust, intercooler, intake, widebody kit, pulley, suspension.  Basically like a brand new car with all options.

With the huge success of the Ford cars in rally racing, the Focus ST became a tuner car hit when it was released in 2013.  Vivid Racing bought this car brand new from San Tan Ford in Gilbert, Arizona in January 2013.  The 2.0L Turbo ECOBoost engine is a great little motor.  Ford really stepped up their game with this car giving a vehicle that inside and out was designed to compete.  The interior features Recaro reclineable seats that are fully adjustable and heated.  Comfortable and functional, the cockpit is very easy to get aquainted to.  The 6 speed manual transmission is very tight and the turbo spools up to give you great power and gas mileage even with the modifications on it.  The car is front wheel drive but Ford designed it to not be a overbearing torque steer monster.  The car is very useable as a daily driver.  With 4 doors and a room hatch, it can easily be used for family and fun.  As a Vivid Racing Project Car, the entire build was documented on their website with step by step installs, videos, and pictures.  It was used to develop different components on the car and then install final production pieces.  Nothing on this car has been left un touched.  The red paint body is flawless and the addition of the aerokit makes it stand out.

This is one of the best Project Cars we have built and a great daily driver, weekend racer, or show car for anyone out there.  No mechanical issues, no driving issues, no tuning issues, just a super fun car!  Here is the mod list:

Exterior

  • Widebody Fenders – Fiberglass design they are drilled into the body and secured with aluminum bolts and washers.  The body has been trimmed to allow for the wheel clearance.
  • Front Carbon Fiber 3 piece Spoiler – The front features 2 carbon fiber splitters and then a carbon fiber center piece to help form out the front end.
  • Carbon Fiber Front Grill – The custom carbon fiber grill is a replacement of the factory piece.  Giving the front end a look of the Fiesta ST rally cars, it features a different design that helps flow more air to the intercooler and radiator.
  • Carbon Fiber Diffuser – The diffuser is also a full undertray keeping the airflow under the car streamlined as it goes from the bumper to back axle.  Its strakes add a new dimension to the rear end.
  • Carbon Fiber Waist Spoiler – Below the rear window is a carbon fiber waist spoiler that has been painted leaving some carbon exposed.  This gives the rear end a bit more character.
  • Shorty Antenna – An aluminum shorty antenna replaces the big rubber RC car look one.
  • Everything has been professionally paint matched and installed.  All parts are Agency Power and made in the USA.

Interior

  • The interior is all OEM including the Recaro seats.  Nothing has been modified or touched.
  • Included is our removable harness bar from Agency Power in matching red powdercoat.

Suspension

  • KW V3 Coilovers with adjustable rebound and compression as well as ride height
  • Agency Power Rear Adjustable Toe Arms Anodized Red
  • Agency Power Rear Adjustable Camber Arms Anodized Red
  • Agency Power Rear Sway Bar to help with FWD understeer

Brakes

  • Brembo front 4piston monoblock big brake kit with 2piece drilled 365mm rotors
  • Rear calipers painted red

Wheels

  • 19×10 5×108 +15mm 3piece Niche Pulse Wheels Concave Flat Black Centers Gloss Black Barrels
  • Falken FK452 Tires 265/35/19 perfect condition no excess wear only 1500 miles

Performance

  • Cobb Tuning Stage 3 ECU Map with Cobb Accessport Making 275whp and 345ft/lbs of torque
  • Agency Power catless downpipe stainless steel
  • Agency Power catback exhaust system with triple titanium exhaust tip
  • Agency Power Cold Air Intake Box Powdercoated Wrinkle Black
  • Agency Power Turbo Inlet  Pipe from Intake to Turbo Powdercoated Wrinkle Black
  • Agency Power Lower Intercooler Pipe Powdercoated Wrinkle Black
  • Agency Power Lower Charge Pipe Powdercoated Wrinkle Black
  • Agency Power Big Intercooler Kit – Garrett Core
  • Agency Power Lightweight Aluminum Crank Pulley
  • Agency Power Aluminum/Urethane Lower Engine Mount Anodized Red

Brand new this car was $29,000 and it has approximately $20,000 (retail) in parts on the car.

Title is in hand and clear.  Private party NO SALES TAX.

For questions please contact us or call Dan 1.480.966.3040 x222.



Thursday, January 30, 2014

Stasis Engineering, Perrin and GTSPEC Inventory Sale

We’ve been flooded with vendors discounting items to make room for new inventory. We chose the 3 best deals out there. If you don’t find anything in those three deals, check out our clearance section. We are add new products everyday for hundreds of makes and models. If you’re interested in any of these deals or have questions about the other sales available, call or email us at sales@vividracing.com.

1. Statis Engineering FD-11 Forged Wheels
They only have a limited number available in size 21×10″. They are available in Silver and anthracite. Fitments are as follows,

  • C7, A7, S7, RS7
  • D4, A8
  • B8, Q5
   

2. GTSPEC Inventory Blowout

GTSPEC is getting rid of a grip load of inventory. If you’re looking for a chassis brace to stiffen up and bring your horsepower to the ground, then GTSPEC is for you. They are discounting products for BMW, Subaru, Honda, Acura, Mazda, Hyundai, Nissan, Infiniti, Toyota, Scion, Lexus and Mitsubishi. Not all inventory is reflected on our website. See all instock inventory HERE.

3. Perrin WRX/STI and EVO Sale

Perrin is closing out all remaining, instock, 02-07 WRX 22mm Swaybars and EVO 8/9/10 parts. Below is the instock inventory. Please call or email us if you’re interested sales@vividracing.com.


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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

GTI Golf MK6 Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo Gets Tuned

The newest 2.0L FSI Turbo engines from Volkswagen can definitely pack some serious power once tuned.  The turbos have plenty more power to give and once remapped, the power is unleashed.  The new Tricore processors in the ECU’s require them to be removed from the car and flashed on the bench.  The term bench flashing is loosely used like “off the shelf tunes”.  People associate bench flashing with removing a eprom chip and soldering.  Not the case these days…  These Bosch MED17,x,x ECU’s can be flashed quite easily with our system.  Utilizing spring loaded pins to touch the circuit board and input wires to place on the pins where the plug goes, the entire process is very safe and quite … Continue reading →
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Milltek New Release and Exhaust Sale

If you have an Audi, you need to know about Milltek. Although they are expert craftsmen for many other make and models, Milltek’s bread and butter is their Audi Exhausts. They just released a sound clip for the Audi S7. We’ve seen a couple other vendors come out with new product for the S7, but we are excited to release the S7 sound clip from Milltek. If you pre-order today you can be one of the first people to have this exhaust in the United States. The Exhaust will be released in the UK in mid February, but you can be the first to have it! Email sales@vividracing.com to pre-order yours today!

In other Milltek news they are having a sale on some other exhaust to make room for the S7, and other new products. You can save up to $800 on an exhaust. The sale includes the following exhausts:

This sale won’t last forever, so email or call us for pricing and details. Check out Milltek online HERE. Here’s the sound clip we promised you. For any questions email us sales@vividracing.com.


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Monday, January 27, 2014

Should We Upgrade to 2 Piece AP Racing Braking Rotors

When it comes to braking systems there are a couple of names that always come to mind.  Brembo, StopTech, Alcon, and AP Racing.  Brembo is most commonly associated with big brake kits or OEM as almost every high performance vehicle now comes with them from the factory.  Beyond these 4, there are several other big brake kit upgrades from companies not associated directly with motorsports.   But once you cut away the bling and how many pistons you don’t really need, you have brake technology engineering.  AP Racing is one of those that is synonomous with racing.  They are involved in Formula 1, Rally,  Stock Car Racing, street cars, and more.  Engineered and built in the United Kingdom, AP Racing’s aftermarket components are extremely popular worldwide and starting to gain steam here in the USA.

Recently AP Racing sent us a set of their J Hook style rotors to test fit on to our Project SRT Viper.  From the factory, the Viper comes with a Brembo caliper setup using a StopTech 2piece rotor.  Personally I think this is very weird as if someone were to put a Mustang engine in a Camaro.  Beyond opinions, there is probably some serious testing from SRT on this setup.  No shortage of braking performance on the SRT Viper, this AP Racing upgrade is purely for that next level of stopping or replacing the OEM when needed.  For reference, the stock brakes are a 4 piston caliper front and rear with 14 inch (355mm) slotted rotors.

So what is the difference or why change them out?  Lets go over the basics…  The rotors are both 2 piece with aluminum hats.  The AP Racing features their unique J Hook design where the StopTech is a standard slotted rotor.  In the racing world, both of these are “technically” better than drilled.  Drilled rotors look better, but under extreme braking use continuously, they can develop cracks.  Rotor grooves and cross drilling are used to better allow gases produced to escape.  This is also known as heat dissipation.  When the face of the rotor is modified, the friction characteristics are changed.  Different grooves or patterns will help the braking performance so theorhetically, this really depends on the application or needs.  The J Hook design is suppose to give improved bite over slotted.  Obviously braking is via friction and brake pad material is used up and can adhere to the rotor surface.  The J Hook design is also suppose to give more clearance for debris and reduce vibration or distortion that can commonly happen from over used rotors.  These features are enhanced because the J Hook design does not run out towards the rotor end.

In addition to the rotor type, another major determining factor is the rotor hardware.  This determines if the rotor is a true floating rotor or not.  Brembo uses the patented McLaren hardware which features a bearing with a spring to keep a true center line of braking.  If you have ever heard a Brembo GTR kit, you will notice that it rattles.  This is because in the racing applications, they do not use the bearing but the spring only.  Because of this patented application, other companies must use a different design that is up for debate on its longevity.  StopTech uses a Belleville Iconel washer and bolt setup.  The washers were originally just designed to be a high-heat lock washer. They have a very high spring rate so once they are torqued down they don’t allow the disk to move.   Thus making it not a true true floating rotor.  When a disk isn’t allowed to expand the hat may crack around the bolt hole area.  With a 2 piece rotor, the hat should not become a consumable item.  AP Racing uses a common bobbin pin design.  The bobbin pin design uses a spring clip that when the hat is bolted to the rotor, gives it resistance to “float” under braking pressure.  When you talk about a floating rotor, it is meant that the rotor truely “floats” on the hat.  When you brake, the pads are clamping equally on both sides of the rotor to help with pad wear, rotor wear, heat dissipation, and clamping ability.

So the end question would be, which would you prefer and why?

 


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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Sexy Vorsteiner Wheels on the Futuristic Tesla Model S

If you’ve discounted the Tesla, due to the fact that it’s an electric car, you’re missing the bigger picture. The technology that is in the Tesla is going to pioneer electric cars and their performance ability as we know it. The dash console looks like a giant ipad, the sun roof is like you’re in a moving sky light, and those are just two of the many features this car of the future has to offer. Visually the model S can be mistaken for a Maserati. So what is the first thing you should do with an already stellar looking $70,000 car… Throw some wheels on it!

Vorsteiner had the same idea. When they see the Model S, they see a blank canvass to modify and make unique and efficient. The V-FF 101 wheels from Vorsteiner are lighter, but just as durable as the 1-piece forged monoblock wheels. They were designed with uniquely staggered front and rear concavity profiles. These wheels are made to give your car that more aggressive look, without adding weight. Not to mention, they cost less than most 1-piece forged wheels too because of the construction. The Model S features the V-FF 101 in 20″ fitment, but Vorsteiner offers a variety of finishes and fitments.

Check out the V-FF 101′s here. Vorsteiner offers a lot more than just wheels for your car, so check out what else they have to offer here.

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Friday, January 24, 2014

Ford Focus ST Better Braking with Brembo Big Brakes

Our Ford Focus ST project car is 1 year old and with under 3000 miles, she is barely broken in.  With the Agency Power widebody flares, 19 inch Niche 3-piece wheels, Agency Power full power upgrades, and a Cobb Accessport tune, this car is dialed.  But with all this perfection, it is missing 1 thing… Brakes!  If I was ok with Grandma’s 1998 Ford Taurus brakes on this 300 wheel horsepower car, this blog would be done now.  We don’t, we aren’t, we can’t allow that.  Going fast and looking good is one thing, but functionality through the turns is always a way to build a well rounded Vivid car.

To be able to go fast in and fast out, you need a good set of brakes.  Sure some upgrade pads from EBC or Hawk with matching drilled rotors would be nice, but we want neck breaking.  Front wheel drive and front engine means 80% of the braking is done in the front!  Its not the amount of pistons you have, but the rotor surface area, the vanes of the rotor, and how that brake system dissipates heat.  Like many times before on past project cars (M3, CLS63, 997TT, 996TT), we have chosen to go with Brembo.  The Brembo brake system for the Ford Focus ST is a massive 365mm rotor.  The 2 piece rotor with patented floating hardware allows the pads to have true even wear under braking.  The drilled rotor design gives it the cool factor, literally, while the extensive vane construction allows for the primary function of heat dissipation to occur.  The 4 piston monoblock caliper offers extreme rigidity and has been engineered to the needs of the Focus ST.   The calipers are supplied with street performance pads that in our experience, take some real abuse.  As with all Brembo brake kits, steel braided brake lines are included which give the pedal a nice firm feel.

Installation on these brakes is quite simple.  Don’t expect to fit these under the stock Focus wheels though.  The rotor size will require 19 inch wheels.  As far as the price, everything has its justifications.  For function, there is no comparison to having a big brake kit on a car over stock.   This kit comes in around $3000.  But if that is to rich for your blood then Brembo still has your back with their 1 piece slotted brake kit at around $1900.  So how does the kit performance compared to stock?  You will just have to wait for the video on our YouTube Channel so make sure to subscribe!

Check out all our Ford Focus ST Tuning Parts Here

View more photos of this Focus ST Project Car Here


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