Ford Focus Mk2 [ST] Estate Sleeper - Build Thread
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pingu393 said:
deltashad said:
Looks really crap.
I hope Chris sees this as the ultimate accolade 
.Almost all 'performance' parts are made to be seen as you want everyone to know you've got this or that, so it's quite hard to package everything into an unassuming shape.
Drove my ST for its MOT this morning on greasy roads and spent time wrestling the torque steer, which is laughable, probably something any other road user wouldn't expect you to have to do similar in a ratty estate LOL. They are great engines, although looking at the weight chart on the MOT station wall, the 2ltr diesel estate is 1.3 tonnes, the ST is 1.5 tonnes. That's a lot of engine and gearbox weight.
Justin S said:
Drove my ST for its MOT this morning on greasy roads and spent time wrestling the torque steer, which is laughable, probably something any other road user wouldn't expect you to have to do similar in a ratty estate LOL. They are great engines, although looking at the weight chart on the MOT station wall, the 2ltr diesel estate is 1.3 tonnes, the ST is 1.5 tonnes. That's a lot of engine and gearbox weight.
Some significant rounding going on there. Parkers gives the 08+ ST-3 5d as 1437kg, the 08+ 2.0 TDCI 5d (hatch not estate) as 1391Kg. So it's 46Kg heavier (which to be fair is still a lot).I rather prefer the difference between the 2.5T and the 2.0TDCI in the Mondeo, only 10Kg for a lot more power.
Fastdruid said:
Justin S said:
Drove my ST for its MOT this morning on greasy roads and spent time wrestling the torque steer, which is laughable, probably something any other road user wouldn't expect you to have to do similar in a ratty estate LOL. They are great engines, although looking at the weight chart on the MOT station wall, the 2ltr diesel estate is 1.3 tonnes, the ST is 1.5 tonnes. That's a lot of engine and gearbox weight.
Some significant rounding going on there. Parkers gives the 08+ ST-3 5d as 1437kg, the 08+ 2.0 TDCI 5d (hatch not estate) as 1391Kg. So it's 46Kg heavier (which to be fair is still a lot).I rather prefer the difference between the 2.5T and the 2.0TDCI in the Mondeo, only 10Kg for a lot more power.
Justin S said:
Fastdruid said:
Justin S said:
Drove my ST for its MOT this morning on greasy roads and spent time wrestling the torque steer, which is laughable, probably something any other road user wouldn't expect you to have to do similar in a ratty estate LOL. They are great engines, although looking at the weight chart on the MOT station wall, the 2ltr diesel estate is 1.3 tonnes, the ST is 1.5 tonnes. That's a lot of engine and gearbox weight.
Some significant rounding going on there. Parkers gives the 08+ ST-3 5d as 1437kg, the 08+ 2.0 TDCI 5d (hatch not estate) as 1391Kg. So it's 46Kg heavier (which to be fair is still a lot).I rather prefer the difference between the 2.5T and the 2.0TDCI in the Mondeo, only 10Kg for a lot more power.
Justin S said:
Drove my ST for its MOT this morning on greasy roads and spent time wrestling the torque steer, which is laughable, probably something any other road user wouldn't expect you to have to do similar in a ratty estate LOL.
Mine doesn't torque steers so much, it just spins wheels, or both wheels. I think I am certainly under-tyred! It must look very odd to other road users!CHR15 G said:
Whats the best thing to do with a home built, untested, overly powerful, project car? Long distance Roadtrip!! Throw the bikes on the roof and gear in the back and head to North Wales for a bit of mountain biking!
It made it with no problems at all, apart from the boomy exhaust. Happy with that.
Love it, but I think I'd put some wheel trims on. Reminds me of the guy who fitted V70R running gear into an XC70.It made it with no problems at all, apart from the boomy exhaust. Happy with that.
Edited by CHR15 G on Friday 13th November 14:23
Furyjoell said:
I absolutely love this car, fantastic build. I have a very scruffy old Mazda 6 wagon, I'd love to put the MPS engine in it. I don't think I could pull it off, though.
Thank you!You should do it, if it's Mazda to Mazda (and the engine was an option in that shape?) then it should be fairly straight forward.
Loving this, having read through from it being posted till today.
You sir, are utterly bonkers
Reminds me of my old E30 325i Touring, scruffy as sin, but underneath it'd been upgraded with coilovers and such, only clue was the 15in Team dynamic race wheels. It was a terror round MK for chasing the local reps in their audis
You sir, are utterly bonkers
Reminds me of my old E30 325i Touring, scruffy as sin, but underneath it'd been upgraded with coilovers and such, only clue was the 15in Team dynamic race wheels. It was a terror round MK for chasing the local reps in their audis
CHR15 G said:
Furyjoell said:
I absolutely love this car, fantastic build. I have a very scruffy old Mazda 6 wagon, I'd love to put the MPS engine in it. I don't think I could pull it off, though.
Thank you!You should do it, if it's Mazda to Mazda (and the engine was an option in that shape?) then it should be fairly straight forward.
Fastdruid said:
CHR15 G said:
Furyjoell said:
I absolutely love this car, fantastic build. I have a very scruffy old Mazda 6 wagon, I'd love to put the MPS engine in it. I don't think I could pull it off, though.
Thank you!You should do it, if it's Mazda to Mazda (and the engine was an option in that shape?) then it should be fairly straight forward.
I was thinking of a 3MPS as a donor as it's the same engine but it's a FWD car so should be a much more straight forward job.
It's just a pipe dream at the moment. I would love an awesome sleeper like this, though.
Edited by Furyjoell on Monday 16th November 22:03
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