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
