COCHYN

Well as everyone knows, my Focus Turbo, which its history can be seen here....

https://passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/231169-focus-turbo.html

.....died a very horrible death, as can be seen in this thread....

https://passionford.com/forum/general-car-related-discussion/235738-well-its-over-guys-car-in-flames.html

Inevitably, the loss of the car has left a major void in my life as it has always been the sole thing I could turn to when everything else seemed dull. No regrets, gave me a hell of a lot of enjoyment and I really wouldn’t change a thing…except maybe knowing the oil pump was on its last leg

So in the first week of almost going crazy without a car, I literally took a step closer to madness by buying a very nice 2.6 Twin Turbo RX-7. The colour was questionable, but damn was it a fun “look at me” ride People always tell me, “once you go Jap, you don’t go back”, so I went and bought a proper one. It was fun, but not a patch on a fast Ford.

So I continued my search for an Escort Cosworth, and although I found the one I want….well, wanted for the better part of 10 years, the owner won’t sell up just yet. So another toy is needed in the mean time.

The phrase “stick to what you know best” kinda has a big part here…

Here she is, number 0788. Owned it for a month now. Very clean car TBH, a few bits n’ bobs needed seeing to, but nothing major and were sorted in my driveway within a few minutes. Lovely car, but not a patch on my Black Focus.

How she looked before I picked her up…





As mentioned before, some bell-end nicked around £2,500 worth of gear off my Focus while it was in the “secure” lock up, but they failed to spot my custom stainless intercooler pipework. Although the intercooler itself was not salvageable and the Roose hoses were all destroyed, I managed to get all the key bits and sent them of to my local sand blaster and also had them coated in satin black. Not trying to copy the Black Focus’s engine bay, but roughly the same setup. All I need now is to get another Intercooler and Roose hoses and I get sell the Chargecooler system complete.

Ding in the long pipe where the engine mounts melted and everything collapsed on the pipe...


I cut the ding section out and tig welded a new piece in before powder coating...


I was a bit concerned when I took the car to my local playground in Ogwen, driving it hard into the usual corners to see how she compares to the Black Focus. Pretty good in all fairness, but feels a bit like a good handling boat due to the height. So decked it a bit with some H&R’s. Also, whilst I took everything off the front end, I gave the struts a once over with some paint and cleaned everything up etc (and no, the yellow bucket isn’t used as an axle stand ) Oh, and I had a mate paint the bumper vents and fog surrounds in gloss black, while the upper grill was colour coded.

I got me some nice new smoked ST170 lights.















Thought this was a nice touch...



Mods so far…

K&N Gen II with Pumaspeed 400 elbow,
Bluefin and decat file,
Miltek exhaust,
Miltek decat (Thermo-Tec wrapped),
Custom intercooler system,
Turbosmart recirc. Valve (already on it),
H&R springs,
White wheels (already on it)
Gloss painted bumper fins and fog surrounds,
Colour coded grill,
ST170 headlights

Still missing my Focus so much, can’t believe it’s gone so quickly. The whole experience has been heart wrenching and I pray that none of you will ever have to experience anything as bad.

So in conclusion…I’m back in the game

COCHYN

Here's a bit about the recycled intercooler

On my black Focus....


After the fire, you can see the inlet pipe behind the engine and beside the front wing, and the long pipe from the compressor side of turbo is sitting on the drivers side seat, after being chucked from the road after the fire...






After picking them out of the car...



After cutting the dented bit out, tig welding a new piece in, sand blast and powder coat in satin black for a little change from the original look...



With some custom Roose hoses and a 700x220x70mm intercooler, trial fitting so far so bare with me Still need to get some more hoses to extend the filter like my old one was, along with a nice big Group A again






Getting there slowly, had the car a month now, but I think in that time the work I've done is quite impressive, baring in mind the loss of the black one is still hovering

Zetecfiesta

looks good!

Fiesta_ie

good to see you're back and in style ;P

Dan

This pic made me smile mate, nice to see that you've still got the same enthusiasm for the modding! I'm glad you have too, your black Focus was absolutely beautiful!

Try and make this one stand out from the crowd again, a tough job with an FRS!

jonnyrsturbo

nice 1 mate


dont break this 1

blacky.

you dont waste any time do you

Luca

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Top work my friend looking sweeeeet....

Be back at Brunters in no time mate and progressing from where the black beauty left off.

COCHYN

Cheers guys, appreciate the "egging me on" comments!

Can't wait to get back to Brunters, it kinda feels like where we should be!

Turbocabbie

damn you have some stunning area's around you

Rab

Nice!!! Needs the wheels painting. Silver or Black I think.

Pity about the black one, it was a lovely motor! But if you did that with a 1.4 shopping car, where will the RS end up. 500bhp monster?

COCHYN

I'll make it into something special, don't you worry But it'll never replace the black one. Hence why this is just a toy until I get an EsCos

The wheels are going, hate standard stuff. Wanting some nice MO's

Benni

Fantastic car mate, I think the wheels would be better standard, but I love it! I made you this, Won't last long on here, so you might want to use one of the three images. But, will be okay for most other forums.




Keep up the good work, Benni.

COCHYN

Www, that's clever, cheers for that Benni

But the wheels have got to go, their immaculate, but the Compomotive's are IMO the best wheels on a Ford. Gotta be done again

Oh, look out for me in Liverpool Benni, I'm there a lot

Benni

I'll keep my eye out for you mate! I did a photoshop for someone a while ago of a Focus RS on new style comps in antherite if you wanna look?

Benni!

COCHYN

Newly revised Intercooler system now fits a treat, after a bit of alteration work to allow more clearance from the air con, as the black didn't have that.

Note, the filter is for sale after next week when the Group A comes

jonnyrsturbo

stunning mate

rst-g

looks well smart!!!

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

Wouldnt mind one tbh, Nice cars.


Keep it up .

COCHYN

Will do, not got long now till the Fair, so need to work harder to do a few more custom bits

COCHYN

Just some updates to keep this thread alive

Had some time to fit my new wheels today, so here's a couple of pics. Sorry, no arty farty pics like usual, didn't have much time, hence the blurryness...








These are for sale if anyone wants them. Packed and ready to go to a new owner...







And off subject of wheels, who wants to guess what I'm making for track days? Looks very rough here, started making it a day after my tonsilectomy :doh: so wasn't really up to it, but these were taken a while back and it looks much better now, and will soon have a nice gloss black coating. Will feed enough air to me nice big Group A

ph2003

looks like the beginings of a lovely car!

slammedorion

Looks mint on the new wheels... Perfect choice for a Focus RS...

That bit of fibreglass above... looks like a air feed, looks like it'll fit neatly where the n/s headlight is suppose to be...

Very nice...

jonnyrsturbo

really liking the new wheels mate

COCHYN

Spot on!

turbo_boost

Sorry mate but imo the focus rs wheels look better. However nice car

COCHYN

your gay!

CliffRS4

iTrader: (1)

Gutted for you with the black Focus.

It's the dedicated that fight back. Looking forward to keeping an eye on the new mods that will undoubtably happen.

Love the wheels now.

COCHYN

Took some pics this morning of how she stands. A little dissapointed I couldn't get a manifold in time, but I don't think it looks too bad after just 2 months of ownership

The headlamp pod will be ready, so that will be on in the show too!

luke89

iTrader: (1)

car looks lovely mate !!

PeterRST

iTrader: (1)

Yep, awesome car you've got there!

Seen the other thread about your black one going up in flames and was proper gutted for you.

Glad to see there's a happy-end!

PeterRST

iTrader: (1)

Oh, great pictures, too, btw. Nice car AND landscape!

COCHYN

As you've probably read in one of my previous threads, I was busy making a duct for my Group A filter for track/show use. Here's how it started, using a posh Carte Dor ice cream tub for the duct





But because it was quite difficult to work with from the outside mold, I made another mold from the inside of headlamp lense. Which IMO looked more original because the fibreglass resin showed all the small details like the lines on the upper lens and the Ford logo etc.





Making tatty brackets, which will be changed when I have enough time to focus on the pod more after Ford Fair. Which includes all impure sections due to lazy filler rubbing ...





Then had it painted in gloss black to match the bumper fins and fog surrounds...

The hardcore ending

macca33

Alright mate good job, love the wheels.. Are you going to do your bonnet the same as the black one?

COCHYN

Nah, gonna keep this one more or less standard on the outside. Just a few nice touches

Brian

iTrader: (2)

Looks stunning mate


Brian

Allyc85

Your car makes me want a Focus RS so bad! That air vent looks brilliant mate

escort van s.n

cracking looking rs that mate

rst-g

love that air intake mate!!!!!!!

COCHYN

Want one?

Here's a few from Ford Fair