Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:33 am
by stevie_the_beard
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:25 pm
by davieb76
Looking mighty fine.....................
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:35 pm
by DALSY
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:58 pm
by andy-mac
i cars looking good and the graphics do look better now
wish i could come up on sunday bit got to work
will be there next month
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:20 pm
by ChristopheRS
Cars looking really good Dalsy
And def a beard spanker now with that spoiler
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:16 pm
by Kevin_Mc
glad i reserved judgement cause i thought it wouldn't look right but i was wrong. It looks mental
black was the right choice and the new graphics on the rear arch look a million times better
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:23 pm
by ped44
A real cracker of a car Dalsy. I'll need to get myself a passenger run one of these days.
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:58 am
by Rorycraig
The car looked nice on track at Knockhill, few pictures in here not the best photos but there is a few i think.
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:55 pm
by paul-h
Car looks immense big man! Ill need to get through to knockhill again but work is making that difficult the now!
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:56 pm
by DALSY
Thanks Paul, yep get down to Knockhill for a run round in the car
Been continuing to work on the car, bought a new tubular manifold for the turbo, thanks to the Beard and 8 ball for a hand putting it on
ols manifold off
new manifold fitted
new wheels with Yokohama AO48 tyres fitted for intermedaite/dry weather
new header tank to go with the theme under the bonnet, with high pressure cap, to help with water temp, should work well with the aluminium radiator
had some dodgy guy ask for some stickers to be added to the car:D
Car is going for a full magazine feature on Tuesday if the weather holds up, and back to HQ Garage for some more mapping and more power
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:35 pm
by Miss Emma_RS
Id love one of those manifolds, looks cracking
Graham posted a pic of the spoiler on his facebook the other week!
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:23 pm
by chrisescort
Still needs the big bumpers.......
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Sat May 04, 2013 1:37 pm
by DALSY
So had the green wheels podwercoated by Custom Coatings who have a new anthracite colour, pics dont do them justice.
Very pleased with the finish and colour
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Sun May 05, 2013 9:16 am
by DANNY - PH400
their lovely boss, matches the stripe on the car
green does make ur car faster but, u do know that???? lol
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:35 pm
by DALSY
Havent updated in a while, so thought Id show the progress the car was making
Managed to blow the engine up , and totally destroy the whole thing in the process, block, head, pistons, etc....., so it was a full rebuild
Ill update the engine build as the parts arrive, ordered brand new pistons, ACL race spec main and big end bearings, ARP bolts, Victor Reinz gasket set etc................ with a brand new Ford blacktop block, oil pump and water pump, so hopefully after its rebuilt will be reliable
Managed to get another Focus RS head, which was pressure tested, vacuum tested and skimmed for flatness, and will have the valves all reground in with new valve stem oil seals, and reshimmed to get the correct valve clearance with the solid lifters
Turbo is being sent to CR Turbos for inspection and cleaning to ensure all is well just for peace of mind
Whilst the engine and box was out, I thought it would be a good time to paint under the bonnet the same colour as inside the car, as I hated the black under the bonnet, and whilst the engine was all stripped down, I cleaned and painted all the parts, pics to follow
Here is the gearbox, all cleaned down and repainted , done plenty other parts, ill need to get some pics
Under bonnet inner wings painted to match inside the car , BMW Space grey, looks soo much better
Re: Mk1 Focus RS track car
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Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:46 pm
by jimmyson
SEE we all have an inner buffty..................
there was nothing wrong with the engine you just wanted to clean and paint everything
and p.s hope I don't need to know all this stuff to run the saxo
coz I didn't know what half them word's meant
sounds a bit technical to me............