Been fancying a change from the ST lately so basically did a straight swap for this:





















It's standard apart from an exhaust and a Bluefin but more to come eventually but got a few things to sort out first. Mechanically it's fine but cosmetically (IMO anyway) it's a little bit on the tatty side so needs a bit of paint doing, the drivers seat needs a repair to the upper and lower bolster fabric, steering wheel needs a retrim, the slam panel has been painted but looks proper shite as well and the whole car needs a bloody good clean and a nice polish!!

It drives very very well though and has stacks of history with it too which to me is the important bit! I'd rather have a well looked after car that needs a little cosmetic attention than one that looks absolutely mint but has never even seen a service!!

I do miss my ST a little bit but this is so much more fun to drive and is IMO more likely to depreciate less in the future than the ST will. Plus I always fancied one anyway!

 

Nice car Gary.

Still think about flogging the 3dr for one

Steve

 

Fair play mate I am the same as steve I keep thinking about selling the 3 door for one

 

Nice looking car plus if you get really bored you can put your yb in it lol

 

Nice deck chairs Gaz

 

Nice one matey I do like these mk1 rs.s. I could never understand why these didnt come with a heated front windscreen.

 

Looks nice that Gaz

 

Great cars

 

Nice bus Gaz and a good deal too

 

Nice car Gaz, nice when they get going.

 

It drives nice gaz way more fun than the ST

 

Looks quite nice that

 

Cheers boys!

I wish I'd never bought the saph and bought one of these instead!
I hate YB's!!!

I've got a nice beach umbrella to go with them too!!!

Cheers mate! No idea why really, maybe because it was seen as unnecessary in a performance car but then again it's got all the other gubbins

How you getting on with your cossie now?

Cheers boys!

Hello stranger! Cheers mate, need a few more ponies!

You know you want one!!!

I think I made the right decision!

Thanks mate!

 

Looking forward to going for a rip gaz

 

There a good car... well done mate

 

You'll want one once you drive it!

Cheers mate! Wish I'd bought one sooner!

 

Its daft they didn't have a heated screen the escort and fiesta rs turbo have them and so do cossies.

Yeh my saff is well. Its going back to Gaz.s. to get the rest of the car painted now lol.

 

Nice one mate! You got one then, you wont be disappointed, it will grip and grip and grip in the bends

Nice one, the better car imo

 

Very nice mate, do you miss the ST at all?

 

Nice one, a swap that I would have done too.

 

Never been in one of these yet :-( what are these like compared to a cossie mate? I hear nothing but great things about these RS's

 

I do like a mk1 frs, nice car

 

Lovely that mate .... Enjoy

 

It makes it lighter so it's faster!!!

It'll be minty mint after that then!

Oh yes!

So much more fun to drive! Just need to sort the power out!

I thought I would but in actual fact, I don't!

I actually think this drives better than my ST and I don't miss any of the toys (apart from the xenon headlights) that the ST had over the RS!

I was always paranoid about something going wrong with it so I'm glad I haven't got as many gizmos! I like my cars simple, a bit like me!!!

Cheers mate! Glad I made the move!

They're miles better mate, they work!

The power delivery reminds me a little of my old series 2 RST but without the feeling it was gonna blow any second!! Lol!

Cheers mate!

 

Cheers mate! Will do!

How's yours?

 

Hows the focus rs going matey. I hope you dont love it that much that you will sell the cossie.

 

All,going good at the minute matey cheers ! You got much planned for this ?

 

It's not going too badly at all mate!

The flexible section of the cat/down pipe is blowing now for which I've bought a decat pipe for but I haven't fitted it yet!

I had it on the rollers earlier this week just to make sure all is well. It was a little down on what it should have been as it doesn't seem to hold the boost properly and the power falls quite sharply at around 4250 rpm so I've ordered a new Forge actuator for it. It made 224 bhp and 270 ib/ft of torque so it's not too sad.

The way I feel about my saph these days mate, breaking and getting rid could be a possibility in the near future. I actually hate the car at this moment in time.

 

Shut up whinging bitch and get on with it

 

Yeah got a few things planned mate.

Got to get the bodywork sorted (new bonnet and get the front wings, both bumpers and inside the wheel arches painted and also get the car mopped) because I'm fussy!
Get the outer bolsters on the drivers seat retrimmed,
Fit the new actuator to get some ponies back,
Fit the decat,
Fit some new boost hoses,
Induction kit (don't know which yet),
Either an uprated chargecooler rad or front mount intercooler,
Proper manifold,
JohnFRS hybrid turbo,
Fit my boost and AFR gauges,
Fit a Scangauge as I hate not having a temperature gauge,
Fit some DS2500 pads all round and change the fluid for some decent stuff as the brakes are REALLY SHIT! They fade like fuck! ,
I may fit a decent stereo set up as well as I haven't had one for a while,

Maybe a few other bits but I don't want to go overboard with it, just want a nice, tidy, useable and reasonably quick fun car!

May go a little further if I out my cossie though.

 

But I like my deckchairs too much!!!

I ordered a full race windbreaker for it the other day!

 

Nice one mate - should be a really tidy one when your done then !

The brakes look great on MK1s but a lot of people say they are shat ???

 

Nice car mate

LIFE'S SHORT SO FLOOR IT.

 

Looked nice up chorleywood road the other day mate

 

Just keep on with the saff matey. Hopefully Gaz will be able to sort the bodywork out still. Glad your enjoying the focus.

 

I hear Gaz has just got a matching 909 bucket and spade to go with the deck chairs

 

It should be hopefully mate! I made the ST a nice car so I'll do the same with this one!

I'll try some decent fluid and pads and see how I get on, if that doesn't make them better, I'll slap some AP's on it! Could do without spending that kind of dough though!

The feel of them are pretty good but they just fade so quickly!!

 

Cheers mate!

Cheers Ad!

Long time, no speak! How's things with you?

The way I feel about my cossie at the moment mate, it's just going to stay in the garage until I work out what I'm going to do with it.

Wait until you see my Group A Hammock mate!!!

 

Dear god

 

if you start parking it in a row next to other focus rs models I will ban you