Focus Cosworth RWD

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Inlet painted and rebuilt, and the block prepped ready.

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Aye mate, not at my spec though. Happy with the 4x4 inlet and 400ish spec, coupled with all the suspension upgrades it’s pretty formidable. How’s yours coming along?

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Perfection takes time :lol: mine is far from perfect, but I’m very happy with it now.....well, when it’s rolling again! But yours will be a work of art.

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Last bit of sanding and head on. Big update coming

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Exhaust manifold fitted. Keep an eye, big update coming Friday

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Hi mate, the dimples were simple bubbles which I managed to get out with an air gun/hair dryer. Any defects can be sanded out and more resin applied, just try to get it as even as possible with limited runs. There is a dip in the middle, which is due to the flocking underneath that had worn down over the years, which is why I wanted to carbon skin it. Easy enough to do really, easier still with a flat surface. It’s turned out really well now, pics don’t do it justice.

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Cams left to do and I can fire it up tomorrow

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Finished

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Road test all good, happy man!



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You’re telling me! Been lost without it :lol:

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Boost check today....in the wet! A few brown trouser moments ha!

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I can using Granada hub flanges because I run on 2wd Cossie hubs. But I’ve seen a few focus’ run on 5 stud, so there are options available.

Nah, unfortunately the brakes won’t fit under 17’s.

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Since the head work and gasket, I've been working on the rear turrets recently. It's always been something I wanted to tackle because, well as the pictures suggest they resemble a bit of work that was rushed to get the car sold. Which is a shame, because the rest of the car and front turrets are bang on. I might be a bit unfair, but regardless they needed sorting. So there's a couple of issues to content with, primarily the fuel tank in the way and the limited amount of material to work with. So I purchased some really tidy Sierra turrets, ground them down, rust treated and zinc primered. Then cut out the old top hats and just trimmed the new turrets to size in order to fit through the hole from underneath. 

Pics don't really do justice for the final product after seam sealing and stone chipping, but the turrets are far better and stronger than before. Now being double skin layered, the rear can withstand the coilover abuse as it does not have the spring in the beam and it's rosejointed throughout. No pics of the inside yet, which I'll spend more time on to make more visually pleasing than inside the arch. 

Old turret






New turrets








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Found a bit of play in the turbo, so that’s had a full overhaul including a new core and bearing. Map check at SCS next.






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All back on and ok now though lol

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Finished the other rear turret today, just need to paint, seam seal and stone chip it all. Next job is a map check on the 3rd May and then its ready for the June and July trips to the Nurburgring

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Underside sealed and stone chipped. 

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Big thanks to Jim and Ryan Gibbs at SCS for sorting out the map on my car today. Epic job all round!

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Just a wee blip

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Smoked ST170 headlights finally wired in. Looks better I think