Well i was away with work for nearly six months of last year so saved up a load of cash for one reason to up the power on the 4x4.
I was thinking throttle bodies but decided against it. I phoned Lee at Devil developments in west sussex and had a chat with him and came up with a plan as well as chatting with a few members on another site i visit. I wanted what ever was done to look as if it was supposed to be there and as if ford had done it. Sort of standard modified if that makes sense.I dropped the car off to Lee on the 10th of october and picked it up this morning and to say i am pleased is an understatement
The old engine was removed


Then a car was sourced that had the engine i wanted.



[color:blue]The engine was remove along with all the bits needed.[/color]

And was then fitted to the 4x4





To keep the temps down an uprated charge cooler rad was fitted and it is massive but it fills the gap in the bumper nicely and does not look over the top and still looks discret.Also 2 uprated fans were fitted to the main rad, you can just see them in the pic below.



Lee also took a few pictures for his website and he even washed it for me so it looked nice when i went to collect it.





I am really pleased with how it has turned out the 4 hour drive home was fantastic the car pulls like a train sounds sweet and i didn't have the radio on once on the way home as i could listen to the sound it makes all day long. it has the standard recirculating dump vale on i was going to get another one but it sounds so nice as it is i am not going to bother.
It wasn't a direct fit the charge cooler needed to be modified to fit it needed a mk2 mondeo engine mount also and the throttle body elbow had to be extended by 3 inches as the charge cooler was in a different position. It had a new cam belt kit fitted a ap racing organic clutch a mongoose de cat pipe and a massive K and N cone filter, it came with the blue rouse motor sport boost hoses also had the air tec uprated charge cooler rad. Now the original plan was to use the focus rs ecu but it is so deep wired into the car it would have needed the whole floor loom and clocks so Lee opted for KMS ecu which also came with wide band lambda and an in car digital display which gives the air fuel ratio boost pressure and air inlet temp. it is running 1 bar of boost.
So there you have it a mk1 rs focus powered 4x4. A first i think. I am like a dog with 2 dicks at the moment i can't keep the smile off my face.

 

very nice mate bet it goes well

 

i really like this,well done. what power is it running?and how is the 4x4 copeing?

 

As said Dave, love it! wicked car mate

 

great stuff, thats a brilliant conversion
is the standard 4x4 stuff upto it? i've heard its a bit stronger than the running gear fitted to the escort rs2000 4x4?

 

looks great mate, out side looks better like, but now it has the power to match it

 

nice engine shame bout car its in

 

good work by the dd guys again

 

Can't please everyone!

 

still a nice project
just not fan of big cars to heavy

 

I love it mate.I just hope the 4x4 systam can cope with the power.

 

great engine transpalnt pal
love it sweet

 

Didn't think the 4x4 transmission was very good in these?

Hopefully it'll be alright, What kinda power you running?

 

I was looking at putting the 4WD drivetrain into my Mondy Saloon, and i looked it up and it turns out the Transfer box and Rear Diff would be eaten alive, and the FRS engine is only a little down on Power and Torque compared to when my engine was N/A, so i can only imagine your engine being too powerful for the drivetrain too.

 

That's how they should have been made

Nice job.

 

I know alot of people say this i know the escort rs2k 4x4 transfer box was not that good but i have not seen alot of proof that the mondeo one is as bad, alot seems to be hear say, The mondeo transfer box is a slightly different design than the escorts and is supposed to be stronger so thought i would give it a go, there is a zetec turbo 4x4 on a mondeo site i go on and that is more powerful than this and that one has been fine.

 

the mondeo and rs2000 transfere box's arent as weak as people think.
most fail due to over heating which is usualy caused by low oil in the t-box.

my rs2k 4x4 took so much abuse and never went wrong, it was driven extremly hard all the time.
aslong as the oil level is kept where it should be and not run low it will hold up.
for the rs2k t-box that means 300ml

i know the mondeo version is different, mainly the power spilt.
the mondeo power split is 60/40 in favour of fronts as opposed to the rs2k 4x4 60/40 split in favour of the rear wheels.

as long as you make sure the wheels are turning before you plant it and dont launch the car hard from standstill or do burn outs it will be fine.

 

No offence mate, but your obviously going to have less chance of failure when using an engine that is pushing out just 150hp if i remember rightly.

Abit different to 212hp.

 

Nice. Impressed with that. But that Intercooler box not being straight would drive me nuts

 

fair play mate. i like that

 

jason hodd was running 350bhp in his rs2k 4x4 turbo a few years ago and the t-box held up fine until he sold it on and the new owner was doing burn outs from standstill whilst red lining it,

thats proof enough for me that the t-box can handle more than my mesely 150bhp

 

Something Ford should of done in the first place when they did the Mondeo

Very nice now up the power, 350bhp should do it

 

very nice conversion mate!

 

That is awesome!!!

I would bloody love that!

Interested to see how it all holds up too, that must surprise a few people, and with 4x4 probably handles pretty well too

 

Yeah it handles like a dream as well as being 4wd it is fully poly bushed and lowered 35mm (bilstein shock and spax springs) and has front and rear strut braces and an uprated 21mm rear anti roll bar from the states, adjustable rose jointed tubluar rear arms and adjustable rose jointed front and rear drop links.

 

Very nicely done

 

one of the cool things about this car is how quick it has transformed from being tatty to totally mint, resprayed, all the suspension/body upgrades, custom interior and now this!

of course if it had cossy running gear it would be rock solid, despite the fact i have seen no end of cossies (or cars with cossy running gear) over the years at track and drag events breaking props, gearboxes, diffs etc

 

wot we really want is someone to see if evo running gear can be transplanted into these types of cars! now theres some running gear that can take abuse and you get to keep the transverse engine rather than having to go longitudinal

 

very smart mate

 

love that, love everything about it

 

the mk1 mondeo is approx the same weight as the mk1 focus (which is what you are doing your turbo 4x4 project on isnt it?) and when parked next to a focus they arent that much longer (the focus is wider and higher than the mondy though)

good to see constructive comments there.

 

power to weight tho mate work that out (cof cof) cosworth 4x4 i wasnt saying it's crap just not my cupa tea still had lots money spent on it an every one has there own tast an if a focus same lenght as mondy il eat my words

 

Great job, looks ace

 

hey i seen u on meg

 

look's smart that mate

i was going to take my project down to devil development's to have the wireing done, what's there work like, is it nice and neat? or abit rough? honest opinion please...

 

Nice car you have there, glad your pleased with results. Nice to see something a bit different proving all things are possible.

 

I am pleased with it? if you want to pt me your email address i can send you some more close up pictures of the wiring loom and ecu and other bits if you like.

 

cracking work there only thing i dont like are the buckets, trimmed recaros would suit better imo

 

oh nah, it's alright, i just wanted an honest opinion, there only 30-60min's drive away from me so think i might just go up there and see what they can sort out for me, cheers anyway dude

 

No worries mate, Lee is a spot on bloke