a couple of folk on here owned the car ,more than once looking at the v5

i bought the car around 2 years ago and brought it upto scotland,and parked it up,havent used car until last week,have spent time on car over this period but only recently got into it properley

big changes to tbh a very nice car,never welded but looking liking seat mount on drivers side will need a small patch soon

few bodgies as per on a cosworth i wasent happy with but major changes to spec now,for anyone intrested(please dont hold it against me)lol

comp brake front 6 pots and discs chucked in bin as utter crap in favour of ap 6 pots 362mm discs

new rear calipers new 300mm discs,feredo ds2500 pads

coilpack conversion

nms chip map greens etc changed for msd 380bhp closed loop chip
siemens 55lb injectors

t34.48 gone in place of t35.55 turbo technics new

standard rad chucked in favour of alloy rad,new fans and ind rad fan loom

secs monitor,ford racing guages

full rwd conversion with escort cosworth anti roll bar,uprated diff mount ,solid rear mounts 6 degree rear beam

and all the under bonnet chrome tat will be sold shortly

car made 313bhp@wheels and acts letting it down so better intercooler required,but around 365bhp @fly i dont think is bad,for a stage 3 car with cams and headwork


defo wasent a 370bhp 4x4

 

I know the car.A lad called Carl from around the Sunderland area used to own it.It always looked like a nice car.Has it still got all the chrome under the bonnet.

 

The tarcel breather and kid on braided hoses are gone.wasent plumbed up correctly.in favour of proper ggr 3 port breather.the rest of the chrome stuff will be getting sold except the strut brace

Rear springs had had a coil grinded off them and sat stupid.these are now gone in favour of ahmed springs

Group a pump fitted

Timing belt changed as whoever fitted the last 1 had tensioner on wrong way round and was rubbing off thermostat housing bolt.im lucky it didint snap.

Alcon 6 paddle fitted in place of standard

 

I agree with Glenn it used to be a nice car when Carl had it.

 

I remember it, had a really bad sagging front bumper? Always let it down imo

 

It still is a nice car.alot better now though

Bumper was replaced mate

 

Pics

I might have to convert mine to RWD, such a different car!

 

Am i right in saying its old reg was B19 YBT?

 

yeah it used to have that reg mate

 

will put pics up once its finished,doesnt look like same car anymore

rwd will too true mate rwd so much more fun to drive

i couldnt find a decent one at time so bought the 4x4 on its condition to convert

 

Yeah it's Karl's old car, px'd it for a 3-dr. Now has an M3 and sadly after speaking with him I think he's walked away from the RS scene.......

I have a good few pics of this car on my PC at home

 

it is a really well looked after car mike

was just whoever done recent work on it wasent the best
all sorted now

feel free to post pics

 

I might have a couple of pics of it from when I did some work under the bonnet for Karl. It had the usual rusting around the strut top where the top bolt for expansion tank is and a couple of other bits. Ill post them up of you want?

 

Id be expecting closer to 390 with cams and the correct map

My old .55 TT t34 light blues and standard head made 379.5 bhp

Its a nice state of tune for a YB they go like stink

 

i noticed when i viewed it,it had crack in paint on that side like the usual rust under the paint,but ive looked under splash guard and no holes

weve upped the fuel pressure as chip was making it lean high up the rev range

does anyone know what bbr leman spec cams are equivlent too?i heard bd12s but unsure

with a decent cooler and cams set up i think it will be a decent 380bhp ,ideal road car in 2wd
all rolling roads tell you diffrent i think,when i bought car it had just been on rollers and was said to be 357bhp at flywheel on 21psi t34 .48,greens etc

its now on .55,55lb siemens and 28psi,2 less wheels to drag

 

The rust was only on the top skin and was ground out back into the clean metal then welded back up and had a very light skim of stopper for shape. That was about 5 years ago if I remember.

 

 

nice job ern,yeah it still looks good only 1 minor crack in paint around strut top

car looks alot diffrent now

i drove it 300miles home,put it in garage with a cover over it and only just motd it last week,il see if i have any pics

 

Its a stg 4 on 55lb should be seeing more than that with cams and headwork

 

stage 4 who decides?

my last cosworth was on t4 1000cc injectors what stage do you call that lol

in my eyes anything on a t34/t35 is a stage 3 reguardless of injectors,just my opinion

depends what rolling road you use i suppose but i like to go with the tuner up here ive used for many years and trust

i could of taken it to sitech,dastek,extreme etc and got 400bhp but i like to be realistic

 

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anyone know what clown fitted the strut brace with self tapers? ha

 

Self tappers???? noooo.

 

Exactly..........

Breather was piped up to return oil to drivers side block above oil level and 2 pipes to atmosphere aswel

 

Thought so, i bought the plate some time ago.

 

Really ? You post a thread about your car then out of nowhere try (and fail) to have a dig at tuners and dastek dynos.

No doubt you will use your internet sourced tuning and dyno knowledge to improve your saph

 

Not having a dig at tuners atal.simply stateing dastek rollers over read.and yes i do know that from personal experiance and this is my 8th cosworth.and no where near the spec i have run in previous cars.and spent alot of time and money tuning/setting up previous cars

What did you think i was 17 and just bought my first car

 

All dastek dynos over read and you have tried them all, brilliant post

 

2 ive used and another ive seen yes

What makes you so qualified take it you work/ use sitech?

 

internet souced tuning and dyno knowledge ,just had to reread that as was on my phone earlier

got to laugh at that

did your best buddy simon(si tech)the best thing in GB for focus rs mk2s ever refund the poor bloke that came in when his focus rs was restrictive on boost

and sitech said his turbo was fooked(supplied and fitted)
then plugs,leads,sensors,coilpacks(supplied and fitted)
then swirl pot,tank etc(supplied and fitted)
thousands of pounds later
+hours on rolling road without the guy under bonnet noticeing this

oh no still doing it

and all it was was a boost hose collapsing on boost £30 fix

yip i take everything back your tuner is spot on and worlds apart from every other tuner on focus rs`s

just to add i had no intention of telling this true story on here until you decided to mouth off about said TOP TUNER

 

Sorry to butt in but I'm stuck.. I'm selling something on ebay and have no idea what it costs as my boyfriends isn't here to tell me its an unopened TIM Superdash Boost Gauge ??

 

Hello Joanne and welcome to pf.

 

Youve went bit quiet jed???????

 

Im sorry but I cant take someone who makes a whole post without using a single capital letter or full stop seriously. You are the epitome of a keyboard warrior who attempts to make himself look clever by making pathetic, bitchy digs at people over the internet. Its obvious this will fall on deaf ears so I wont waste anymore of your time.

 

Not really my place to say but coming back into an argument with nothing other than pointing out grammar mistakes makes you look a fool lol
God I hate under cover school teachers

 

^^^ lol , tbh i dont really trust any rolling road set ups in scotland and thats the reason i am going to go to msd as they seem to be one of the more trusted tuners . lots of money could be lost with a person who thinks they know how to do it

 

Ha ha well said ajamesc

Because i only got a standard grade 2 for english must deem me totally useless when it comes to tuning cars?????????

Just goes to show jed aka sitechs number 1 bumboy either has no knowledge on said job or involved in costing said customer thousands totally unnecessarily due to pure ex f1 team abilities...what a joke

 

Looks like a nice car an good to see another one being saved, get some updated pics up.
Not wanting to get into the tuner wars but all places have good and bad stories ava and sitech included.
I look at rollers to uses as a before and after way of checking if mods work.
AVA's rollers were always known as heart breakers as they always showed less than other , what they were good at was loading up to show full boost as seen on the road due to there size.