hi all,my cousin is on the hunt for an escort cosworth or focus rs,i think he's leaning towards a focus rs,im a car mechanic and im gonna be looking over some possible buys for him and im hoping you lot can point out some of the less obvious things to look out for.thanks

 

(rs focus)check for over heating tend to run a little hot,worth getting a ggr(graham goode racing) temp gauge and dash pod not cheap but worth it to stop risk of poppin headgaskets.
check water pump and cam belt are ok service regularly and you be fine cracking car for the money cant go wrong and plenty of mods can be done too, make sure you run it on 97 ron not 95 ron !!

 

Dont forget theres later ones and early ones, the early ones paint isnt as good quality and neither are the seats

 

No there aren't! Ford made a few mods throughout the life of the car, but in no specific order. Hence you could have an"early" car with stitched seats but no dimmer. Or, a "later" car with no stitched seats, but with dimmer , engine start, purple grommet...etc. But there are NO phases.
Dave

 

Check out this


http://bbs.rsownersclub.co.uk/showthread.php?t=102585

 

what sort of oil should they use?

 

5w30 or 5w40 fully synthetic.

 

should be looking at this 1 soon.
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk...leRegLetter=02

 

would love to buy one but dont have the money

 

if cooling is an issue would it be a bigger issue once chipped?and is it simple to cool it better?

 

bought it,lovely car but engine lacks a bit of power

 

can a atmospheric dump valve be fitted to these?

 

It can be fitted but they run much better on a recirc valve like a forge 007

 

Agree with above , i had series stalling problems thanks to my dv26, it went faulty, when i tuck it of and went back to standard, i felt there was a increase in power and the car ran much better. The only dv valve i would change to would be the forge007 now

 

do a search for the focus rs on here mate.
i put up a pretty exhaustive list on here when somebody else asked the same question of what to look for.
i owned one for 2 years, im on my second fpcus rs now and iv rebuilt this one from the ground up