Beach

Well its about time i shared this project with you guys. Its been a long time coming but its finally come about. Ive ended up selling my grey car that i planned to fit the cage into. Ive now purchased a new car that we've fitted the custom cages multipoint weld in. Karl and Oli have developed a kit to allow the fitment of the mk2 focus RS gearbox and that will be finished off late this week, first rs turbo to use this gearbox to say im excited is an understatement!! The car will then be sent for paint at the end of the month

Im going to get some photos loaded up today and show you all what we've been doing over the last few weeks now the cage is fully fitted Stuff like the 600 series Tilton pedal box that Oli skillfully crafted into my bulkhead/steering colum.....a true work of art. Something that will make the car im sure.

Bit gutted im not going for that nice deep solid grey i wanted but my problem being so many have been done since i first decided i wanted it done. When werre were out in H593 JNE people constantly wanted to know the paint code etc, it stood out but people like to copy so Rosso red it is, who cares 400 bhp will look good in any colour

Watch this space

Beach

frsjon

look forward to the pics

studabear

Deffo interested in this thread. Esp the gearbox conversion.

smiley

I saw a s2 half rosso half grey running a mk2 rs focus box and a 405 bhp engine LOL
mate this is gonna be mental its kool weve both had plans and thier now becoming real plenty of fun to come look forward to watching this go together

RsS2daz

Looking foward to seeing updates on this! Love a high spec rs turbo!

mjonathan24

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Sounds good!!

Focosmitch

iTrader: (1)

Jessiers has a focus rs gearbox in his series 1!

Sounds a cool project though! Look forward to pics.

turbotrev

Sounds good mate!
Looking forward to the pics!

Cheers Paul

little bram

Sounds great. What engines going in?

Beach

Does he have a mk2 focus box or the mk1 that most people choose to use ? Be interested to find out

Beach

2lt cvh using the black top mk1 focus rs block with Robson steel rods, should be quite good

Beach

Lap, top is finally getting fired up, take me a night to remeber how to post photos etc!! Be a good update this eve

Focosmitch

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Mk1. Guessing yours is mk2 then..

Edit. Just read the opening post properly

jessie_rs

cvh? or zetec turbo?

studabear

Cvh-zvh

RsS2daz

Where's the pics buddy! Looking foward to it

smiley

He lives in the mountains mate has to wait for a satalite to orbit the earth befor getting a signal pmsl

Beach

So then this is what we started with plus a few extras that Oli needed



This is what we'Ve ended up with after many hours of Oli getting himself in some very funny positions making everything look nice and symmetrical





This is a closer shot of the Tilton pedal box that I'm having fitted, really nice work again from Oli, it really is a well thought out job. So happy with it.



Here's a sneaky shot of the mk2 focus box mounted to a black top zebec block, thats all I'm going to show you until it's mounted


Get some more pics when i pop up tomorrow

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

So does the bell housing bolt holes line up with the zetec block? Are you just using a standard fly wheel.

Beach

No its all totally wrong so has to be adapted to fit. Starter motor has to be relocated. Using a mk1 focus rs clutch for off the shelf ease. Flywheel is custom made. It will all look better once its sitting in the engine bay

Beach

Few more pics from today now Oli has fitted a flat plate in the spare wheel recess and another shot of how the cds tube comes through the inner wing to give extra strength.

Also the bits that tie in the rear suspension pick ups have been capped off to make them loo a little better. Busy two weeks getting it ready for paint on the 27th. Got to choose a grey for the cage and wheels then it can be done, windows to order, shocks to come back from Leda then it can all be put together and Karl can assemble the engine!!

Exciting times to say the least





One last shot just because i like the angle lol!!!

jonfoc

Now I know who's shocks I'm working on. Looks like it'll be a monster.

Beach

Aha now i know who's focus rear end i was looking at the other day. How they looking inside ? They been on the shock dyno yet

Sounds like your building a monster too, have you a build thread at all ?

jonfoc

Keep mum about the rear end chap.
Was just cleaning them externally today, will open them up on Monday after the dyno session. I looked at your quote and it says "400 bhp special" I wondered if it would show up on a forum. I'll do what I did with Mark's Mondeo cosworth units and send you pictures as I progress if you PM me an email and number.

little bram

Any pictures of the engine and box in? Also I take it nms are building the engine also? Looking good btw

Beach

No its not been modified for the gearbox mount yet. Should be in next week but im keeping quiet until its in and were happy Dont want to give too much away at this point as its Karl and Oli's conversion so when they are happy some more oics will come

Its in for paint on the 27th so imagine next week rest of the fab work will be done

Beach

Thats amazing mate ill drop you an email addy over!! No problems at all matey

Focosmitch

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Cage is impressive!!

Subscribed

smiley

Looks fanfuckintastickballs that does mate doing a propper job on it you must be buzzin watching it come together cant wait until you chuck me the keys

Beach

That's if you can fit into the seat hahaha

smiley

Your arse is fatter than mine like 2 cannon balls mine lol

muz

Looking good, mate. I like the bay reinforcement tubes.

james kiely

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that looks like its going to be a monster chris

whats the advantage of the mk2 focus box?

Beach

Mate i hope you dont mind me going red too!! Shell was too good to rob it of its Rosso red. Its really grown on me now, one of the things i always got stuck on was when i thought about your car its killed me off their being loads of grey cars come out this last year or so! Hows yours coming on ?

Anyway back on topic Muz, yeah they hopefully add a little strength to the inner wing especially as my box hanger is situated just below it too

Less.

Looks a great project top work fella

Beach

Mainly that its rated to 400 ft/lb of torque and in a car deemed to do 100k miles without too much issue, it has very close ratios to that of the BC believe it or not just with the addition of a 6th gear. One of the biggest plus points is that the whole setup isn't actually as wide as the old BC so no mods have to be made to the chassis leg to get it too fit. That with the fact it has the ATB diff fitted and equal length drive shafts makes it an ideal conversion. Should be bullet proof!

smiley

Should pull a good top speed with that box mate?

smiley

this is the man i gave your white s2 away too less lol

Beach

Geared for 185 at 8k Wont ever rev that high. Oli will

smiley

Youll be passing me bro mines being limited to save my license pmsl