Focus Cosworth RWD

[Cochyn]

Aye does the job nicely, thought about the RS lookalike style but just makes sense keeping it standard looking. Probably find a front wing in black in a scrap yard for 5 quid :lol:

[Biker's Nemesis]

Cochyn said:

Fact you just said that, it's inevitable you'll go the Elite route :lol:

But just remember, although it's an epic piece of kit, you have to ask yourself why Punton's Escort keeps coming back up for sale on Ebay. Perfect in all aspects, but a sequential for road use just gets annoying and difficult after a while. Track though, phenomenal!

Punton, I know that fella.

[Caddyshack]

Cochyn said:

Fact you just said that, it's inevitable you'll go the Elite route :lol:

But just remember, although it's an epic piece of kit, you have to ask yourself why Punton's Escort keeps coming back up for sale on Ebay. Perfect in all aspects, but a sequential for road use just gets annoying and difficult after a while. Track though, phenomenal!

Yes, that is all true, I will not do that many miles in my car as it is just a toy, I was close to doing the sequential a while back and talked myself out of it...On track it would be the ultimate, I will see how much track time it does.

Yours looks fun on Track

[Cochyn]

Just adjusted the compression strut, as you can see in the pic its chewing the wing a bit

[dan_755]

Thats a mighty fine motor you have and love the fact of small developments/tweaks your doing to get it to where you like it...Well done

[Cochyn]

Cheers. Just waiting on harder coil springs now to stiffen up and reduce a bit more roll. Then it's just usual oil changes and count down to Nurburg

[Cochyn]

MOT time today, passed!  

Needed a new actuator too, old one a little weak. 







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[anonymous-user]

Always nice when you get a pass ! I assume the tester knows the car and didn't get a shock when he looked underneath ?

[selym]

Nice one, this is what I expected when the Focus RS was first suggested in the late 90s/00s.

[Cochyn]

Aye, they're normally quite surprised :lol:

[ApOrbital]

Just wow nice car chap.

[Cochyn]

Out for some fun adjusting boost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01mcLblxBp4&fe...

[ChocolateFrog]

Lovely car, you can see how much work has gone into it.

That diff is a work of art.

[GravelBen]

Great stuff - there was a similar idea RWD Mk2 Focus + 4.0 turbo straight 6 (from a Falcon) competing in tarmac rallying here for a while, quite a weapon.

[claymore]

Was this your previous Focus?

[Cochyn]

Yeah, I miss that car. Was a good one. Far too normal for me though :lol:

@ Ben

There's a few over here, this one's the most notable with close to 1000bhp and pretty much WRC spec.

[Olivera]

Cochyn said:

There's a few over here, this one's the most notable with close to 1000bhp and pretty much WRC spec.

Sorry to be the pedantic one, but the AG Motorsport car isn't actually a Focus in any way, it's a spaceframed prototype with carbon Focus WRC bodypanels draped over the top.

[Cochyn]

Potato, potata lol Either way, it is what it is. I'm just pointing out a well known Focus. Mine no longer resembles a Focus underneath either, but a far difference from Charlie's car.

A few other notable ones that are more like mine are here:

Edited by Cochyn on Wednesday 30th May 17:08

[Cochyn]

Taken over 10 years, but finally got a fire extinguisher in





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[Cochyn]

Polished and ready for the Germany trip next week







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