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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 07:52 AM
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whats the first thing you would do after buying a focus RS, any thing particularly annoying about them as standard, anything that NEEDS doing etc.

been trying to find a buying/modifying guide on the web but to no avail really

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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 07:56 AM
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put in a water temp gauge
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:08 AM
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put in a water temp gauge
Oil or Water?
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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put in a water temp gauge
Oil or Water?
huh?
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by dojj
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put in a water temp gauge
Oil or Water?
huh?

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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 10:04 AM
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Bluefin it.

Makes such a difference.
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 10:29 AM
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Bluefin and De-cat, fit oil pressure and water temp gauge.
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put in a water temp gauge
Oil or Water?
huh?
I mean't Oil pressure or Water Temp gauge.

I'll take one of these though
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Nash
Bluefin and De-cat, fit oil pressure and water temp gauge.
do a de-cat or a sports cat (so i dont have to swap every MOT)?
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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Decat, bluefin, filter and a recirc will get u 260. i ran mine around 300 for over 20k hard miles. looked after and the only thing i needed to replace was the discs pads and tyres cracking cars.

After those mods u'll want a manifold, boost controller and poss a new actuator for 280-300bhp

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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 12:17 PM
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Bluefin would be the very very 1st thing I'd do, followed by decat (about 20 minutes after...lol)
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gingeRS
...been trying to find a buying/modifying guide on the web but to no avail really...
everything you need is in here, just ask > http://bbs.rsownersclub.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=134
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