Focus Rs no 2376

[The Borg]

Max_Torque said:

great cars! and i think so much more honest and credible than the mk2 version.... although i am a little biased as a member of the original small development team on RS with many 000's of happy miles of RS thrashing under my belt:

trip cars catching a little lime light outside Dunton HQ


sunning themselves on the shores of the Adriatic


mountains:


more mountains:


Stelvio:


stuck at the top (pass wasnt fully opened yet, somethings even an RS can't climb ;-):



probably my fav RS pic:



sorry for the thread hijack, but thought you might like to see those pics (never been seen before) and enjoy your car !!!

Hello Max, would it be possible for me to contact you please, tried to send you a PM but not available in your profile?

[neiljohnson]

In the snow still gets me about it's slow going though!

[AshCos]

Looks like good fun ha

[Biker's Nemesis]

Just spent an enjoyable half hour looking through this thread.

[AER]

The Borg said:

Hello Max, would it be possible for me to contact you please, tried to send you a PM but not available in your profile?

Don't do it Max! It's a Ford Legal Department sting operation to find out which address to write on the search warrant...

[neiljohnson]

Well I've had a small bump in the snow car slid & couldn't save it & I bumped a kerb, I have managed to ruin my steering rack rang ford as the rs rack is unique to the model to be quoted £1028+ vat luckily there is a ford dealer that advertises on eBay that have a huge stock of rs parts & are selling them off cheap so have got one on way for £115.50 !i also need to fit a wheel bearing (slightly noisy) so am going to do that at the same time then set all the geometry back up & fingers crossed she will be as good as new '

[007 VXR]

Fingers crossed mate

[neiljohnson]

cars all fixed now new rack & also done the wheel bearing & it drives like new again to the national clearance centre who I got the rack from

[Andy_sx]

Do love the RS, have known a few people with them in the past and they seem to get under the owners skin very quickly!!!

hopefully see i on a run sometime soon, think i saw it at maidstone services for one of te earlier sunday services a few years ago (at a train station, but cant remember where it was now!)

Glad its all fixed, and at a good price aswell

[neiljohnson]

Andy_sx said:

Do love the RS, have known a few people with them in the past and they seem to get under the owners skin very quickly!!!

hopefully see i on a run sometime soon, think i saw it at maidstone services for one of te earlier sunday
services a few years ago (at a train station, but cant remember where it was now!)


Yes was me was at the ss on the run were you the one that broke down in the fiat???
Glad its all fixed, and at a good price aswell

[007 VXR]

[Andy_sx]

neiljohnson said:

It was indeed... but it was purely my fault, managed to leave the expansion cap off and lost all the water pro active approach didnt work quite as i hoped

I remember it sounding very healthy back then, god knows what your car must be like now!

[neiljohnson]

Andy_sx said:

It was indeed... but it was purely my fault, managed to leave the expansion cap off and lost all the water pro active approach didnt work quite as i hoped



I remember it sounding very healthy back then, god knows what your car must be like now!

Is was @ 265 bhp back then has a few more now

[Andy_sx]

neiljohnson said:

Is was @ 265 bhp back then has a few more now

sweet baby jesus!! i need to get a move on with supercharging my car to stand any chance! the Vx is alot quicker than the old fiat, but still....

[neiljohnson]

Bit of an update not had a lot of luck with the car recently first a customer at my work hit the front (just drove off caught by the CCTV) then two days later my mums friend hit the rear just getting paperwork for the front (insurance ) sorted so it can go in & be sorted, also had this the turbo oil feed banjo bolt snapped luckily I noticed an oil leak & it didn't let go completely while I was driving the car

I came extremely close to selling it recently but despite the recent issues Ive found myself falling in love with it all over again so once the paintworks sorted I will be doing a few other bits to freshen it up a bit

Also went for a bit of a run with sw02tec in his stunning mk2 focus rs yesterday which was lots of fun I must say that even stock they sound fantastic at full chat

[Biker's Nemesis]

Hello Neil, you've set me off wondering about that banjo bolt on mine now. I don't fancy paying nearly £100 for the pipe that comes with the bolt.

I'll see if Grahame can get me just the bolt.

I still think the FRS looks better with the standard colour wheels, I'll have too get mine done.

[neiljohnson]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Hello Neil, you've set me off wondering about that banjo bolt on mine now. I don't fancy paying nearly £100 for the pipe that comes with the bolt.

I'll see if Grahame can get me just the bolt.

I still think the FRS looks better with the standard colour wheels, I'll have too get mine done.

Im sure the bolt will be available from somewhere on its own but i didnt have time to mess around trying to find one

[Dift]

Neil, is this what your after?



Oil return line for the turbo.

[SirSamuelOfBuca]

I remember you wanted to sell it. What keeps drawing you back in? I really want one but am torn between one of these and something rwd. :-( I need something I would use as a daily though. And have a track type car which I don't think I could part with.

[neiljohnson]

Dift said:

Neil, is this what your after?



Oil return line for the turbo.

That's the return it's the feed bold that went is that for sale ??