Since my car is now going to become a track car decided to do a build thread....
Well here is my newer car - had it since October but havent been on here for a while
It is a 2007 model Focus ST-2
So started with 220-225bhp and approx 230Ib/ft
Bought standard bar the 19" alloys (not my cup of tea);




Next step
Parts fitted; grey plastics sprayed black and xenon white sidelight & numberplate bulbs added







Next up was a 275bhp & 325Ib/ft upgrade along with some cosmetic tweaks;
Parts fitted; Dreamscience Mod C map, induction kit, eibach pro kit lowering springs, decat pipe









Next up new front mount intercooler;
Parts fitted; Airtec Gen 3 intercooler



Now new wheels & tyres
Parts fitted; Pro Race 1.2 & Yoko Parada Spec 2's


Some nice pics;



Also fitted a larger air filter onto the induction kit along with some RS spark plugs to cure a slight missfire

New brakes & sunstrip
Parts fitted; EBC turbo groove discs and yellowstuff pads




Taken to rolling road and it produced the grand total of 298bhp and 351Ib/ft
A piper 3" system was then bought with a downpipe - fitted the catback but downpipe is still in the garage
It was then taken to Croft for its first trackday to see where more improvements are required;













After the trackday the car was left to cool overnight then taken back to Croft for some performance timings;
Managed 0-60 in 5.7 seconds which was the fastest fwd car of the day
Parts required for next stage;
Bilstein coilovers
Whiteline front & rear arb's
Stripped interior
Rear FIA approved cage
Full slick tyres with another set of pro race 1.2
Remap
Oil cooler
Radtec radiator
Quaife ATB
RS clutch, flywheel and pressure plate
EBC yellowstuff rear pads and turbo groove discs
6 Pot front calipers with 360mm discs
Should then be around 330bhp and 400Ib/ft
Also got this unfinished in the garage;

Picture from when fitting the intercooler;

Will try and keep this updated
Rob

 

Looks a lot better now!

 

Someones been busy

 

I was gutted its taken this long

Wanted it to have the chassis and transmission completed by now but had to do the oil filter housing and had to buy a new tv for the house

Rob

 

get the quaife in mate, whole different car

 

looks a lot better now mate.

 

nice one mate

 

Looking good, much better wheels then the first set, will be following this

 

Had the H&R coilovers fitted and wow - amazing....

Slightly lower than it was before but no much as want it practical

Anyway heres the pics;











How it sits now;




From a distance....





Rob

Also got the bonnet being finished in the bodyshop and bought an Escort mk6 escort so will use this for the daily hack

 

Very nice

 

Very nice don't see many of these used on the track, red and black is a awsome combo!

 

Well today fitted my Samco heater matrix hoses and cleaned down all the air filter & the MAF
Had an ESP System Fault as well but a simple battery off for 5 hours while I did the work;
Started the day looking like this;




Various pics from the jobs in process;










Samco hoses now;



Chaos in the engine bay









All fitted - engine bay getting cleaned tomorrow and bootlid getting wiper removed as it as usefull as a chocolate fire guard

Rob

 

Dewipered rear now sorted;



Next up - sort out what interior trim I need and dont need (plus what I actually want to make it liveable)

Rob

 

cool project. looks great

 

I like these cars more and more,great work mate.

 

Forgot about my thread on here - here is alot of updates;

Have been having a few issues with temperatures on track; decided to get more cold air into engine bay hence the newly modified grill;






My new vented bonnet arrives on Saturday so excited for that

Also getting car remapped again so should have some more horsey power

Rolling road is coming on wednesday so will post power graph once oiff the r/r

Rob

 

Well on the rolling road my car made a few different power levels but I decided to accept the lowest power as seemed more accurate

Rolling Road Result

310bhp & 345Ib/ft



Mine struggled with traction even with 6.5mm tread on tyres so was quite entertaining

Shown below is some of my other results which were achieved but I settled on the lowest reading







BAD TIMES

Well on tuesday the bonnet decided it didnt like opening so commited suicide - had to break into it then replace all the bonnet lock mechanism

Wednesday and coming back from the rolling road the front undertray decided to come loose and break into what looked like 100 pieces all over the road

Then this morning a puncture in front tyre so replacing both front tyres with new Paradas ready for Ford Fair

Hopefully things will go good again

Rob

Vids to add soon

 

New bonnet has landed at last - not perfect as a pattern bonnet was used (my original bonnet is now going to get a new set of RS Turbo vents fitted complete with the original RS mounts)

Anyway pics of the temporary vented bonnet;







On another note - rear needs dropping about 10-15mm as looks abit uneven to me

Also got 2 new Parada tyres fitted and waiting for my new undertray after the other one decided to fly away

Rob

 

Well time for another little update....

It was bothering me being able to see the red bumper when the foglights were removed as air ducts so sorted some ducting that goes into the bumper.

I also painted the scuttle panel satin black as fed up with it going white/grey with polish/was on it








Rob

 

Rocker cover now painted (this is a very rough version as my proper cover isnt finished yet and want one on for my next show






Rob

 

Forgot to add my FordFair section;

Went on track in the morning using my old Dreamscience Map then on the afternoon went on the 0-60 with a new remap - matched my PB of 5.7 to 60 very easily so once am used to the map I believe there will be some much better times in store.

Well just been sent these 5 pics through from various photographers so here they are;







Well only downside is that the brake fluid boiled and meant I missed my Dreamscience session

Vids of track and 0-60 can be found here;

http://www.youtube.com/user/robbie19.../1/4TZgTebp0dw

Next up is new rear brakes, upgraded lines and 5.1 fluid

Rob

 

thats a good vid
car looks very nice good work

 

 

am luyving that focus mate

 

looks stunning ST mate, you should be very PROUD of yourself as you've one hell of an ST

 

Well not much progress - got some Dreamscience stickers printed - heres the sunstrip completed now;







Got one in the making for the rear screen

Rob

 

Cheers for the comments people 8)
Another little update;
Got this little piece of kit fitted - was skeptical at what a Ł60 mod would do but have to report it is amazing piece of kit - gearchanges are superb and car feels more 'together' when hooning it around
Anyway here it is;

On another update got a tow sticker on front bumper (a crap update but chucked it in )

More boring crap to do this week - oil & filter change
Tomorrow car is back on the rolling road so will have a new power graph to post up
Rob

 

best st ive ever seen, dont like the the tow thing tho or sun strip but other than that its awesome

 

Well today I attended the rolling road where I made 309.1bhp previously;

Today I (once again) made numerous power readings - the most accurate of the readings being run 1 on the below graph;



It also made less and more on the rollers - the suggested mods to make are - better oil. new air filter, new downpipe as still on standard dp.

Should be good once that is done

Rob

 

Well todays boring job was the front brake calipers - tomorrow is the rears;


Rob

 

really good work mate!

 

Well cheap mods were required as not payday yet

Seen as I was off I decided to take advantage of the sun and paint the calipers all round and add my ST decals to the front calipers;




Once payday is here my new dampers will be coming from HTEC Elite (Bilsteain B8's)
Also will have my new 5w50 Millers Motorsport oil to go in along with new oil filter and larger K&N cone filter

Rob

 

out of all the ST's i've seen, i actuley like this one , i am not a top fan of these either

 

To be honest I'm not usually a fan of these but that's a lovely looking Focus, you've done a great job! Must go nicely with power and torque like that too!

 

UPDATE 27-10-2010

Parts have been getting collected ready for some more mods to appear;



New gaskets for exhaust
Turbo to downpipe gasket
Downpipe to turbo bolts




Motul 300V Motorsport 5w30 oil
Ford oil filter

Most important mod;




Magnex 3" downpipe - many thanks to Rick on STOC for this

All will be fitted on Saturday

Awaiting my new Bilstein B8 rear dampers

Rob

 

Cool project, looks great in red.

Best of luck

 

Very nice! always liked the ST even more when its getting used on the track! but you keeping the interior or going to strip it out?

 

Looks stunning


Brian

 

love this car, really looks the part

 

Cheers for the comments, vid with downpipe added;

http://www.youtube.com/user/robbie1988focusst

Interior is coming out - will be out next week. Have to wait until I get my new Micra delivered (the new daly hack)

Rob