I've seen stiff winter compounds hold up really well during rallycross events. They will definitely get you by on a budget. That said I've been fortunate enough to find Rally clubs in my area selling used take-offs from their stage cars for a fraction of the price of a brand new set. Might be worth checking out if there are any ARA or SCCA events in your area.
How a caliper and the wheel's drop center both fit in the 1.6 inches between rotor and tire bead radius, I have no idea, but nice! Now that you're actually letting yourself enjoy it, please electrically disconnect your airbag control module, metal boxy thing between the shifter and the parking brake ripper. You'll have a warning light, but you won't have an explosion in your face. Also keep in mind that if you lose fuel supply right after a little impact/landing, your inertia switch(top center of the screen at 12:34) can be reset by pushing in it's inverted nipple top. Glad to see you behind the wheel of one of your own cars, great video Sarah.
I need to do this to my Golf. Not for Rally but for the horrible city streets on my drive to work. Looking forward to seeing you let it rip on those dirt roads once you’ve got him armored up. 😀
In my humble opinion as a Canadian who's lived with extreme winters all his life, your winter tires will do great in rally. They are a stickier slightly softer rubber but with strong durable side walls as they are designed to tackle solid ice and ripping shards. They have aggressive tread so grip should be very good. This, again IMHO, is a very frugal and workable solution.
4 tires for the price of 1? Hell Yeah! Anyone who has issues can: A)- Buy you the legitimate tires.. B)- Suck it because they didn't.. C)- All of The Above.. Awesome score on the wheels
I can honestly say that I enjoy watching anything and everything that you do and say; your work ethics your humour, humbleness and modesty are what keep me here.
here in the sticks. 3/4 of the roadways are gravel. there are two kinds of material used . Sand and gravel / milled limestone. Limestome makes a better roadsurface but eats up tires at a much quicker rate than sand and gravel Your mud and snows will last a remarkably long time.
Thank you for putting out this series. Received a 2015 ford focus se and going to do the same sort of thing. Living in Kansas and we have more gravel roads than regular. So the overlander/rally style is super necessary
Sarah please take care of yourself first and foremost, you still look under the weather. I love your channel and will wait if you need to heal up . Your so fun to follow . Thank you for your entertaining media.
Now you're learning about the different generations of Foci. Should have asked me. Who says you're not a mechanic. Good to see you're happy with the outcome.
I think the winters will perform well, but There’s got to be a better chunkier tire, I’d be concerned about the snow tires handling the abuse with the heat. Some kind m&s tire maybe?
@@robertt9342 Winter tires use a more pliable rubber and will wear down more quickly when warm, but do grip well on loose surfaces. The wear is less concerning on dirt. It's pretty common for a budget rally solution.
Nice wheels, they look the part. It will look even better when the front bumper is gets bumped off for a UK spec. It's coming together. Keep up the good work
It's nice to see how it all atarted. Been watching the U-Wrench videos on fender flare fabrication lately - the project has come a long way by now. Very much looking forward to see you driving the finished rally car when it finally is ready for a rip in the desert. Also - the Counting-the-Gumps-music was right up my alley - loved it!
Tires with more sidewall tread will help you out quite a bit with steering on the lose dirt Sarah, for your next set of tires. www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=All-Terrain%20T/A%20KO2&partnum=095SR5KO2RWL
We have the same tire for rally lol. I recommend 40 psi to keep the side wall from debeading off the rim. I learned the hard way when I sent it the first time to test the tires and had to buy a brand new tire.
I thought I was crazy until I found this. I have an '01 Focus Estate (station wagon). I already run it with winter tyres (I have a thing about this) and I want to lift it as well - this video convinces me. I also have a thing about the MR2 - desperately miss my mk1.
Really enjoy the Sir Codsworth rally vids! Excellent progress. Can't wait to see you climb the truck review hill! I know you will, and I know you will! Nice to hear some innuendo again.
Sumito ice edge and general winter tires are both great for SCCA RallyCross. I've been told Federal is one of the better ways to get Rally tires. Supposedly a whole set for 600$. Good luck I also painted my car with safety orange and blue enamel paint. Came out great and is perfect for off road use.
I recently raised my 2013 impreza with forester springs and shocks and it came out really good. Also, you should just plasti dip your whole car yourself.
GREAT VID/VLOG! GREAT MUSIC FOR THE SPRING PART!!! THE MOTIVATIONAL POLKA WAS A HOOT!! Car looks awesome!!!!....oh and nice job being frugal on the tires,what you did was honest sensible and besides a little R&D is in order.
Be careful driving and idling over tall dry grass, catalytic converters can get up to 2000 degrees and cause huge wildfires. Maybe wrap it or heat shield it? Also, make sure your morning cold inflation tire pressure doesn't exceed your door jamb decal. Those tires will get super hot rallying and will expand quite a bit. Put some heat extractor vents on your hood too. ;) Good job, keep up the good work!! You got to figure out a way to keep those tiny brakes cool too. ;)
I will say, the stock svt wheels took every bit of abuse I gave them back in Tucson. Ripping mtn Lemon on the weekends and taking the dirt trails to bypass traffic.
After watching videos on this channel back to back for several weeks, I'm finally caught up and I'm glad I get to watch a new video when it's uploaded.
I don’t see the winters being an issue in the loose dirt, it’s the hot asphalt that will chew them up. I sell winters in Canada and we generally recommend getting them off when the temp avg Is 45F and higher. Having said that I have customers who drive year round with them and they will get a couple years out of them, granted hot summer Canada is not hot summer Arizona lol
Looking great! Happy Sarah makes me happy. I have a feeling the soft rubber compound on those tires won't hold up too rallying but like you said, they were relatively cheap so we'll all see.
Seems like you got MORE instant gratification with the Rally car then all the other builds. Kind of funny how that works the one you really don't care about perfection is the quick and snappy project car . You looked like you had great enjoyment exercising the focus in the dirt. I'd wait to you need to paint the exterior....it's Rally enough the way the paint is. Paint the inside with BRITE WHITE bedliner. Put a couple of white rally stripes on it and save time and money on a respray.
You look like you're feeling better and I hope you are. Budget builds are about functionality and performance over price so if it works well for a cheaper variant then I'd count that as a success.
Just to comment on you removing the factory sound dampener. If you freeze it with some dry ice, liquid nitrogen, or whatever, it will come off really easy.
Out Fn STANDING...!! Can't wait to see this car come together.... My neighbor ..she has this same lil car 🚗 ☁....in white.... This gonna be Summin...Keep up the great work... Oh yeah... It Snowed up in northern. AZ today... Rock out with .... Well I know the rest....
Kinda like the Malibu Blue Metallic. Another comment suggested to wrap it. Not a bad idea in case you return it back to stock which I'm not sure you'd do. In the meantime enjoy for what it is and what you want it to be.
I have an '04 Forester I'm putting together to use as a city car. It's white so I got some white wheels too to replace the steelies. White wheels are difficult to keep clean though. Check out a product called Gliptone Rimguard. It makes it easier to wash off dirt and mud. I actually got it to keep brake dust from sticking to the wheels on my STI. Also rally wheels tend to have more bore clearance for their respective sizes. For example GD WRX's came with 16" wheels, but some 15" rally wheels will clear the calipers. Looking forward to a rallycross with the Focus.
Nice work and sweet find on the tires and the wheels. I think it looks good. Can't wait to see the underbody shield fab process as well. Or however you deal with that.
I use winter tires all the time for off-roading never had an issue yet
Yep, and if you want stiffer tread then spray 303 protectant on the tread and it will make the tread more durable.
I've seen stiff winter compounds hold up really well during rallycross events. They will definitely get you by on a budget. That said I've been fortunate enough to find Rally clubs in my area selling used take-offs from their stage cars for a fraction of the price of a brand new set. Might be worth checking out if there are any ARA or SCCA events in your area.
Yee buddy mine been going all year
can confirm. i am a 4x4 junkie.
Winters definitely work on a budget
Lol I jus used some summers for off roading
How a caliper and the wheel's drop center both fit in the 1.6 inches between rotor and tire bead radius, I have no idea, but nice!
Now that you're actually letting yourself enjoy it, please electrically disconnect your airbag control module, metal boxy thing between the shifter and the parking brake ripper. You'll have a warning light, but you won't have an explosion in your face. Also keep in mind that if you lose fuel supply right after a little impact/landing, your inertia switch(top center of the screen at 12:34) can be reset by pushing in it's inverted nipple top.
Glad to see you behind the wheel of one of your own cars, great video Sarah.
I need to do this to my Golf. Not for Rally but for the horrible city streets on my drive to work. Looking forward to seeing you let it rip on those dirt roads once you’ve got him armored up. 😀
In my humble opinion as a Canadian who's lived with extreme winters all his life, your winter tires will do great in rally. They are a stickier slightly softer rubber but with strong durable side walls as they are designed to tackle solid ice and ripping shards. They have aggressive tread so grip should be very good. This, again IMHO, is a very frugal and workable solution.
4 tires for the price of 1?
Hell Yeah!
Anyone who has issues can:
A)- Buy you the legitimate tires..
B)- Suck it because they didn't..
C)- All of The Above..
Awesome score on the wheels
I can honestly say that I enjoy watching anything and everything that you do and say; your work ethics your humour, humbleness and modesty are what keep me here.
At the time your car was made, Focus was the best selling car in the world. Parts are super available and amazingly cheap.
here in the sticks. 3/4 of the roadways are gravel. there are two kinds of material used . Sand and gravel / milled limestone. Limestome makes a better roadsurface but eats up tires at a much quicker rate than sand and gravel Your mud and snows will last a remarkably long time.
Thank you for putting out this series. Received a 2015 ford focus se and going to do the same sort of thing. Living in Kansas and we have more gravel roads than regular. So the overlander/rally style is super necessary
I'm starting to get kinda hyped about this project
Very cool. Thanks for doing this on your Escort and sharing the video! 👍
Sarah please take care of yourself first and foremost, you still look under the weather. I love your channel and will wait if you need to heal up . Your so fun to follow . Thank you for your entertaining media.
M Goding I’m not under the weather, I lost weight from being on a strict diet to clear up my gut issue.
Glad to see you are feeling better!
S M A R T.. yeah buddy!! cue that cleaning music..accordian ...we will all learn together..SO Much FUN watching Sarah -n- Tuned videos 😁
Now you're learning about the different generations of Foci. Should have asked me. Who says you're not a mechanic. Good to see you're happy with the outcome.
Epic find and choice on the wheels! Those snow tires will work great on dirt compared to most off the shelf passenger tires. Great idea. :)
I think the winters will perform well, but There’s got to be a better chunkier tire, I’d be concerned about the snow tires handling the abuse with the heat. Some kind m&s tire maybe?
@@robertt9342 Winter tires use a more pliable rubber and will wear down more quickly when warm, but do grip well on loose surfaces. The wear is less concerning on dirt. It's pretty common for a budget rally solution.
Your Rally Car is coming along nicely!! Don't forget Front Rally Lights!!! Minimum 4!!!
Good thing you are fixing the foucs.
Nice white will look good. Some nice skid plates underneath and it'll be somewhere near. A white rollcage would be my choice! Keep up the great work.
A friend of mine told me that his used up and bald Blizzacks were the best drag radials he's ever run.
You're making me want to get another 1st gen Focus... and I've promised myself I'd never get another one. A rally wagon would be sick though.
Fantastic cleaning music!
You are making a non technical car enthusiast interested in the stuff underneath. Love your channel and the work you do. You are awesome :)
I did pretty much the exact same mods on an Echo hatch and it was very fun to drive offroad and cool looking.
Good idea using snow tires. Low risk for big potential upside.
Way to go Sarah! The wheels and tires look great! White paint will look great on the car!
Those wheels are Da Bomb! ⚫ nice find Sarah!
good one Sarah and dont ever change
For your tires ... I use Winter tires too on my 106 Rallye and it works great ! If they're rated "M+S" they're good to go !
Keep doin your thing girl, crank out YOUR projects and don't worry about the haters
I can’t believe I barely found this channel! You’re amazing !👏🏼
This is my first time watching the show, mybad. The humor as well fixing cars is redonkcilious!! I have a 2002 svt with 98 k miles 1 owner
Ahhhhhh, and the world is good again. Thank you for your videos sarah...
Nice wheels, they look the part. It will look even better when the front bumper is gets bumped off for a UK spec.
It's coming together. Keep up the good work
Awesome news and progress, no wonder you sound so happy.
Great video. Like the snow tire idea. Can't wait till you change it to white!
Your innuendos 🤣🤣 love it
As soon as you said 15s I was like o no, I'm shocked they fit, very cool.
It's nice to see how it all atarted. Been watching the U-Wrench videos on fender flare fabrication lately - the project has come a long way by now. Very much looking forward to see you driving the finished rally car when it finally is ready for a rip in the desert. Also - the Counting-the-Gumps-music was right up my alley - loved it!
Good job Sarah!
Very sound logic behind your decision making!
07:07 Sarah you had me in tears, the innuendo Force is STRONG with you!
Tires with more sidewall tread will help you out quite a bit with steering on the lose dirt Sarah, for your next set of tires.
www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=All-Terrain%20T/A%20KO2&partnum=095SR5KO2RWL
We have the same tire for rally lol. I recommend 40 psi to keep the side wall from debeading off the rim. I learned the hard way when I sent it the first time to test the tires and had to buy a brand new tire.
I thought I was crazy until I found this. I have an '01 Focus Estate (station wagon). I already run it with winter tyres (I have a thing about this) and I want to lift it as well - this video convinces me. I also have a thing about the MR2 - desperately miss my mk1.
Grate to see sir cosworth back on the move again .Grate bargan on the tyres .You seem to back back in good form again grate to see
Or even great*
Excellent Improvement on the looks with the new rims and tires Sarah
Really enjoy the Sir Codsworth rally vids! Excellent progress. Can't wait to see you climb the truck review hill! I know you will, and I know you will!
Nice to hear some innuendo again.
Sumito ice edge and general winter tires are both great for SCCA RallyCross.
I've been told Federal is one of the better ways to get Rally tires. Supposedly a whole set for 600$. Good luck
I also painted my car with safety orange and blue enamel paint. Came out great and is perfect for off road use.
I love that 80's video game background sounds.
They wont suck. Perfect for local RallyCross. Staying tuned for the fun!
your personality is just awesome i randomly stumble upon this channel but kinda glade i did lol keep up the good work and spirits
May want to consider rally style wheel sweepers to try to keep rocks from jamming between the calipers and wheel. Love your channel, thanks!
There may still be some snow on Mt. Lemon, take it for a rip up the back side control road, it'll be a blast in that thing for sure.
Mostly those tires will just wear out faster, so who cares! You be rallying girl! Love the video, love the channel!
Super excited for Sir Cosworth! Keep it up 🦾
Sarah, I run winter tires instead of all-terrain tires year-round on my Grandpa Gump here in Tucson. No issues.
Haha, liking it a lot. With it sitting high and level, and with the new rims and tires, the thing look very capable. 😀
Sir Codsworth Mad Max - hell yeah!
I recently raised my 2013 impreza with forester springs and shocks and it came out really good. Also, you should just plasti dip your whole car yourself.
Love white wheels for Ford racing products. An appropriate nod to the RS2000 and other Ford racing cars.
GREAT VID/VLOG! GREAT MUSIC FOR THE SPRING PART!!! THE MOTIVATIONAL POLKA WAS A HOOT!! Car looks awesome!!!!....oh and nice job being frugal on the tires,what you did was honest sensible and besides a little R&D is in order.
Be careful driving and idling over tall dry grass, catalytic converters can get up to 2000 degrees and cause huge wildfires. Maybe wrap it or heat shield it? Also, make sure your morning cold inflation tire pressure doesn't exceed your door jamb decal. Those tires will get super hot rallying and will expand quite a bit. Put some heat extractor vents on your hood too. ;) Good job, keep up the good work!! You got to figure out a way to keep those tiny brakes cool too. ;)
I will say, the stock svt wheels took every bit of abuse I gave them back in Tucson. Ripping mtn Lemon on the weekends and taking the dirt trails to bypass traffic.
Sarah you should paint Mr. Cosworth. New wheels deserves new paint. Great background music 😄
Those wheels are absolutely stunning !
You should raptor line the interior, and if you like it the outside, Grear for off-road!
Very entertaining video, tons of personality. Now I gotta catch up on this project since this is over a year old lol.
Seeing this and the MR2 getting driving and enjoyed is absolutely awesome! Love it! Keep these coming!
Competition White ! Thank You Sarah
Hello Sarah, if you dont like the snow tires Id suggest trying a Kumho Crugen HT51 or a Falken Wild Peak
Leave it blue and white wheels. Reminds me of little Sarah.
First class wheel choice!!! Get some longer ARP wheel studs and open ended lug nuts👍
The lift, wheels and tires look awesome
After watching videos on this channel back to back for several weeks, I'm finally caught up and I'm glad I get to watch a new video when it's uploaded.
So glad you didn’t die with the spring compress.
+1 for the Milwaukee cordless impact wrench! Love mine!
good find on the wheels , one of the few wheels that clear those calipers.
“Plenty of room to put my finger in and wiggle it around...that’s what he said.” 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you talking about the women lady parts
I like where this project is going!
I don’t see the winters being an issue in the loose dirt, it’s the hot asphalt that will chew them up. I sell winters in Canada and we generally recommend getting them off when the temp avg Is 45F and higher. Having said that I have customers who drive year round with them and they will get a couple years out of them, granted hot summer Canada is not hot summer Arizona lol
Rally mud flaps! When it's painted they'll protect it (to a degree). The works rally cars always suffered with gravel rash at the end of the sills.
Looking great! Happy Sarah makes me happy. I have a feeling the soft rubber compound on those tires won't hold up too rallying but like you said, they were relatively cheap so we'll all see.
Seems like you got MORE instant gratification with the Rally car then all the other builds.
Kind of funny how that works the one you really don't care about perfection is the quick and snappy project car .
You looked like you had great enjoyment exercising the focus in the dirt.
I'd wait to you need to paint the exterior....it's Rally enough the way the paint is.
Paint the inside with BRITE WHITE bedliner. Put a couple of white rally stripes on it and save time and money on a respray.
You look like you're feeling better and I hope you are. Budget builds are about functionality and performance over price so if it works well for a cheaper variant then I'd count that as a success.
Also, have you looked at the project rally Ross Focus that Grassroots Motorsport did a few years ago? May be some good intel there...
A happy Sarah makes for a happy UA-cam!
GREAT exterior color choice!! All my vehicles are white (not planned, just ended up that way)
Snow / Winter tyre is a good budget compromise for driving on gravel. Did that quite often when I couldn't afford real gravel tyres. Go for it! :-D
i think im in love with sarah
Just to comment on you removing the factory sound dampener. If you freeze it with some dry ice, liquid nitrogen, or whatever, it will come off really easy.
Good fun! Nice work...
I'm interested to see how those winter tires perform/last.
Out Fn STANDING...!! Can't wait to see this car come together.... My neighbor ..she has this same lil car 🚗 ☁....in white.... This gonna be Summin...Keep up the great work... Oh yeah... It Snowed up in northern. AZ today... Rock out with .... Well I know the rest....
Sarah's innuendos crack me up to no end. :)
Kinda like the Malibu Blue Metallic. Another comment suggested to wrap it. Not a bad idea in case you return it back to stock which I'm not sure you'd do. In the meantime enjoy for what it is and what you want it to be.
The Focus is looking good! I like the new wheels.
Theirs nothing like getting great deals on parts. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Ground clearance + snow tires = great ski car
I have an '04 Forester I'm putting together to use as a city car. It's white so I got some white wheels too to replace the steelies. White wheels are difficult to keep clean though. Check out a product called Gliptone Rimguard. It makes it easier to wash off dirt and mud. I actually got it to keep brake dust from sticking to the wheels on my STI. Also rally wheels tend to have more bore clearance for their respective sizes. For example GD WRX's came with 16" wheels, but some 15" rally wheels will clear the calipers. Looking forward to a rallycross with the Focus.
Nice work and sweet find on the tires and the wheels. I think it looks good. Can't wait to see the underbody shield fab process as well. Or however you deal with that.
Love it! So cool. Congrats Sarah
use dry ice for sound deadening repair, makes it easier,faster and safer to do