Focus Rs no 2376

[anonymous-user]

oj121 said:

I think you have to be Sh*tting gold sort of lucky.........

The next car i took to Italy after the RS was this:


now how much do you hate me....... ;-)

[neiljohnson]

Black Sport 160 said:

I've had this blue warrier right up my chuff on quite a few hoons in the past

And its quick


Neil, you mentioned the 'Tubular manifold'. This isn't the one fabricated by Jim Valentine by any chance, is it?

not quite

[anonymous-user]

Few more pics:













They bring back some great memories!

[neiljohnson]

Max_Torque said:

Few more pics:













They bring back some great memories!

Awesome you are a lucky fecker

[i remember]

neiljohnson said:

Max_Torque said:

Few more pics:













They bring back some great memories!

Awesome you are a lucky fecker

Fantastic! Very jealous.

[neiljohnson]

Had my car detailed on Tues by http://www.bexleyvaletinganddetailingservices.co.u... & what can i say Rob & Jen have done a fantastic job & the car has never looked so good

A couple of pics

how it started







How it came out














As you can see an amazing job just got to try & keep it clean now

Edited by neiljohnson on Thursday 15th July 07:21

[TuckerYork]

Love an RS, saving up for the Mk2 and by that time price should have dropped and insurance too! Car looks gorgeous

[Danny S]

Stunning car, that engine bay looks alot better than how it did on page 1

[Beedub]

lovely car, i love the sound these make with an aftermarket exhaust, is this reliable with the extra power??? any issues?

[oj121]

Love this thread. Has made me 100% intent on getting myself one in the new year.

[neiljohnson]

Beedub said:

lovely car, i love the sound these make with an aftermarket exhaust, is this reliable with the extra power??? any issues?

Car has been very reliable only normal year and tear stuff over the last 50k biggest expense was a new turbo which gave me a reason to upgrade it

[neiljohnson]

oj121 said:

Love this thread. Has made me 100% intent on getting myself one in the new year.

top man i can honestly say i have never met anyone who has regreted owning one

[oj121]

What are part cost like?

I own a Fiesta ST so not the cheapest car in the world to run but still very reasonable and most bits come out of the normal ford part bin. The RS was specially developed in a lot of areas so im wondering how that transfers across in costs.

[neiljohnson]

oj121 said:

What are part cost like?

I own a Fiesta ST so not the cheapest car in the world to run but still very reasonable and most bits come out of the normal ford part bin. The RS was specially developed in a lot of areas so im wondering how that transfers across in costs.

Some of the parts can be expensive although quite a bit is standerd Focus stuff. A lot of parts are now available outside the Ford network now so not so much of a problem the Rs owners club is a great place to find them

Mine has been reliable & tbh the higher mileage ones seem to be better as like most cars they are built to be used not left in a garage for most of its life.

[Mutton]

Nice one Neil. I had 5 fantastic years in my one and would have kept it if I had room for it alongside my new car.

Regarding running costs, as long as you don't get hooked on the modifying then they can be pretty cheap to run. I unfortunately got hooked and ended up spending over £10k on mods, servicing and consumables over the 5 years..

Max_Torque said:

Now it's possible that those manifolds came from the pair of RS's that ran for a couple of years in the German VLN race series. they were unofficially supported by Ford germany, so it's possible they ranoff a series of "motorsport" manifolds for those cars???

I had one of the so called motorsport manifolds on my car. You could certainly tell the difference between it and the crappy standard cast item, especially the increase in torque.

Here's mine fresh from Germany:





And after being ceramic coated to prevent any thermal events from occuring..

[neiljohnson]

Mutton said:

Nice one Neil. I had 5 fantastic years in my one and would have kept it if I had room for it alongside my new car.

Regarding running costs, as long as you don't get hooked on the modifying then they can be pretty cheap to run. I unfortunately got hooked and ended up spending over £10k on mods, servicing and consumables over the 5 years..

Max_Torque said:

Now it's possible that those manifolds came from the pair of RS's that ran for a couple of years in the German VLN race series. they were unofficially supported by Ford germany, so it's possible they ranoff a series of "motorsport" manifolds for those cars???

I had one of the so called motorsport manifolds on my car. You could certainly tell the difference between it and the crappy standard cast item, especially the increase in torque.

Here's mine fresh from Germany:





And after being ceramic coated to prevent any thermal events from occuring..

Am lucky as all my mods have been carried out by me so have saved a fortune on labour need to do some minor tweaking then should be around 320-330 bhp

[Mutton]

You must be fairly close to that sort of power already now you have the manifold connected to your hybrid?

[neiljohnson]

Mutton said:

You must be fairly close to that sort of power already now you have the manifold connected to your hybrid?

not been on the rollers yet as want to get a better intake hose as its being sucked in by the turbo then going to go back on the rollers

[Mutton]

I would suggest going for Roose hoses as they are excellent quality, and are much better than stuff like Samco. I had the full compliment of hoses on mine and they were top notch.

[AshBaldry]

Go on Neil,give it some!