focus st3

[skidoo]

hi not from this forum so please dont call the cops for trespassing but i need to know if the focus ST3 mountune 5 cylinder duratec engine is belt drive or chain thanks in advance for your answers

[ClintonB]

Belt.

[skidoo]

yehh!!! i had a bet with me brother and i won! cheers for that looks like the beers on him

[mattmoxon]

Yep I'll second that it is a belt. Though when I bought mine I asked at the service desk in the dealer about the cam change intervals, I was told "err.. It is a chain so it doesn't need doing" I later learned from the STOC that it is indeed a belt.

Matt

[don kalmar union]

It is in fact the Swedish built Volvo RNCT B5254 engine found in all their current smaller T5s.

Wide bores, closely spaced and fragile if you get remapping wrong.

Regards, Don.

[White Lightning]

don kalmar union said:

It is in fact the Swedish built Volvo RNCT B5254 engine found in all their current smaller T5s.

Wide bores, closely spaced and fragile if you get remapping wrong.

Regards, Don.

I wouldnt say they were that fragile mate..........mine is pushing 280bhp and 320 lb/ft torque and there are guys pushing alot more than that with a standard turbo with no dramas.

So simply remapping it wont do much harm at all.......even ford themselves approve a 40 bhp power hike with the mountune kit.

Regards Dave

[dorme]

White Lightning said:

don kalmar union said:

It is in fact the Swedish built Volvo RNCT B5254 engine found in all their current smaller T5s.

Wide bores, closely spaced and fragile if you get remapping wrong.

Regards, Don.

I wouldnt say they were that fragile mate..........mine is pushing 280bhp and 320 lb/ft torque and there are guys pushing alot more than that with a standard turbo with no dramas.

So simply remapping it wont do much harm at all.......even ford themselves approve a 40 bhp power hike with the mountune kit.

Regards Dave

don kalmar union knows his stuff mate bit of an STOC veteran! and hes refering to badly remapped units, boost spikes have been know to crack the cylinder walls quite often on the ST engine from what ive seen on the OC.

Edited by dorme on Monday 24th May 15:50

[cs02rm0]

Am I right in thinking the service interval on the belt is something relatively large though - 100/120k ish?

[White Lightning]

dorme said:

White Lightning said:

don kalmar union said:

It is in fact the Swedish built Volvo RNCT B5254 engine found in all their current smaller T5s.

Wide bores, closely spaced and fragile if you get remapping wrong.

Regards, Don.

I wouldnt say they were that fragile mate..........mine is pushing 280bhp and 320 lb/ft torque and there are guys pushing alot more than that with a standard turbo with no dramas.

So simply remapping it wont do much harm at all.......even ford themselves approve a 40 bhp power hike with the mountune kit.

Regards Dave

don kalmar union knows his stuff mate bit of an STOC veteran! and hes refering to badly remapped units, boost spikes have been know to crack the cylinder walls quite often on the ST engine from what ive seen on the OC.

Edited by dorme on Monday 24th May 15:50

I stand rebuked.

Im personally running Dreamscience,no horror stories about them yet........touch wood. And christ does it shift.

[cs02rm0]

How many miles do you get out of a set of front tyres?

I'm struggling to make 5k yet and I haven't mapped mine!

[pinchmeimdreamin]

cs02rm0 said:

How many miles do you get out of a set of front tyres?

I'm struggling to make 5k yet and I haven't mapped mine!

Try feeding the power in a bit gentler I got a good 9K out of my last set of Eagles and Im running 314BHP.

[ClintonB]

cs02rm0 said:

How many miles do you get out of a set of front tyres?

I'm struggling to make 5k yet and I haven't mapped mine!

I get about 14k per set and would like to (and probably could, I suppose) do better.

Concrete soled shoes???

[Pkh72]

cs02rm0 said:

How many miles do you get out of a set of front tyres?

I'm struggling to make 5k yet and I haven't mapped mine!

Indeed.

I'm getting about 14k out of my front boots too, mines running the Mountune kit.

[cs02rm0]

I don't even get 14k out of the rears!

My fuel economy is usually around 26mpg so I can't be booting it that badly.

[madcat500]

Hi
Just got st-3 mountune and only managing 21 mpg and that is nursing it? anyone tell me how to find out exactly what it is running at?
Cheers
Madcat500

[Pkh72]

With mine i expect it to have the 260ps and anything else it has above that is a bonus depending on how healthy my particular engine is. Mine is certainly quick enough.

I don't believe the 285bhp/384 lb ft (IIRC) that EVO rolling roaded theirs at, i think that's a tad optimistic

If you get yours rolling roaded to find out it only opens up a can of worms about variations between dynos anyway IMO.

[djone101]

In spite of what EVO say - believe me a Mountune 260PS is 260PS.

We do a lot of work to ensure this is the case.

[madcat500]

Thanx but well happy with the performance mine as at the moment and hope it stays that way

[Pkh72]

djone101 said:

We do a lot of work to ensure this is the case.

And i've been enjoying that work since November

[madcat500]

Just done a run with it today 150 mile and got 34 mpg out of it so well happy with that!!!!! must try driving harder to get it lower lol