White Lightning - 2005 Focus Build
 

So Little Red got laid to rest after deer hunting, and now
White Lightning is to replace it, I am looking to do pizza pan wheel covers and change the tires to one size taller after these wear out, I am also gonna do a grille block and some extra lights, this car has power locks and windows, cruise, tilt/slide steering wheel, as to where the last focus had manual everything, and all the options work....bonus!!!:D

All ideas will be greatly appreciated

And I found that this vehicle uses PWM for TCC lockup and I am not going to go into that!

Well, I don't know exactly why this landed in the Unicorn Corral. Looks like a nice enough car and if the pictures are any evidence, it actually exists.

Why is this here?

Probably where I started...lol

Yeah, and misleading title. I thought it was going to be about building a still to make your own ethanol fuel :-)

And that wouldn't have been a unicorn either, since under the right circumstances distilling your own ethanol for fuel has been the most economical choice in the past and may be again in the future.

A PWM for TCC from what I have read is used to softly engage converter lockup.

Congrats on the new wheels. I look forward to seeing what you can do with it!

Do not fear electronics! Learn it and a whole new world will open up to you. :)

Still slowly working on my car and making it more efficient, hard to get results right now because the weather has been all over the place, but I did redneckify a lower engine cover from a 2012 focus to fit my car.

Is there a way to put this in the Aerodynamics threads instead of unicorns?

Picture update!!!
 

Lower cover and close up of 2 of the 4 smooth caps until I can afford plastidip:D

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Just looked at the pics again, looks like I need to do some more smoothing up of the little stuff, I think I will wait until it is warmer as it is 22F with a 15mph wind

Just put a horn on the front of it and you won't have to have the thread moved.

I like your wheel covers. nice and symmetrical with the zap straps.

Daox = Admin

Just ask.

/Phew....white lightning!!! (hiccup)

So I had the pcv hose changed out a few months ago, changed out the idle valve (hanging idle) and did a fresh tune up with new motorcraft plugs and coil boots, now possibly gonna work on the WAI, looking to retrofit the airbox from a 2012 Focus and hope to build a custom box to have pvc screw in caps for the WAI or CAI depending on everything else, also I am needing to rethink my lower airdam because the factory one sits back from the front bumper, more pics to come.

Well after a long hiatus in the posting department of my own stuff, I am proud to have hit 38MPG in my car, I was able to hit 29MPG avg for 50 miles with my wife's Mercury Mariner doing the same route and techniques

55MPH in a 60 or 65 with cruise on, 42MPH in a 55 zone with cruise on, coasting down all major hills, and shutting off engine at stops all the time!

I have another ECO Mod to report, this one is at face value!!!

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Yes, I know, time to get serious with the ecomodding!!!

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I was able to get a pic of the rear of the car with the led brake (except high mount lamp) and reverse lights

So I have been doing some research, and I am getting ready to make a cold air intake for the retail price of around $30 using factory ford parts!!!

2012 Focus air filter, maf adapter and that is it

Remove resonator on top and the tube that houses the maf on the 2005-2007 focus, may also apply to the 2008-2011.

Keep in mind, I am still going to do a warm air solution, but my air box is one of those "lifetime filter housings"

Sorry, I will get pics posted when I get it completed....waiting on the lunch hour!

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And....Done!!!

Now time to gas up after work (needed to fill up anyhow) and see what the next tank brings!!!

47 miles in and looks like I am doing better with the new intake.

Time will tell when I fill up this new tank in a couple of days!!!

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Which app is that?

Apps
 

It is the Dash Command App with the Regal skin.

You can check out all the different skins on DashXL.net.

Today was a good day, I think I might have figured out a better route, but if I get this all the time, I will be hitting my goal soon!!!

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Woohoo I'm still climbing in MPGs, I can't wait to fill up to see if I finally hit 40MPG average.. Goals, gotta start somewhere!!!

Very nice mileage from a Focus! :thumbup:

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Another gain from a round trip to work!!!

It's only .2 MPG, but a gain is a gain in my book!

WOOHOO I gained 1/10th of an MPG average!!!

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I worked extra hard the past couple of days!!!!

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So close this fill up to 40MPG...ended up with calculated 39.29MPG

More work to do to beat this!

WOOHOO, after fill up this morning, I am #5 on the list...but it took me half a morning to remember to look....lol

Congrats!

Well I just found the owners manual for my car so I looked at the fuel tank capacity and it shows 14 gallon, so I will have to adjust my instrumentation to reflect on next fill up, should be next Friday morning as I will be leaving on vacation and travelling Route 66 from Springfield MO to Oklahoma City OK!

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Best one yet!!!

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On another note, my highest calculated MPG is .07MPG over my Red car!

Well so much for instrumentation, lost Bluetooth connection from obd to phone, at least dash command won't recognize it, will try torque after work

That probably doesn't have as much to do with the app as it does with the phone / OBD dongle.

Well I don't know for sure what it was, I had a brand new dongle in the door pocket so I tried it, tried my other phone, it was something crazy because I lost bluetooth to my obd dongle and my other phone lost bluetooth to the radio, that lasted for almost 2 days, now all works normal.....go figure!

Torque worked last night and Dash Command worked like normal this morning.