lewis.philcox

Hi guys

Will be buying a st 2/3 and just have a couple of questions!

Looking at a 07 plate with 28-40k on could you guys tell me the common faults with these cars have?

What is the best turbo back exhaust to run? Is dream science good to have and was the best way to get pops and bangs like you see so many of these doing what is a good power figure to expect out of these to?

Sorry if this has been asked

Cheers

Lewis

Carlos-Titx

Fault wise have a look on here http://www.focusstoc.com/forums/topi...e-second-hand/

Mine made a few extra pops and bangs off a remap with Dreamscience but decating it made it happen loads more! If you go that route buy a lambda spacer so the warning light doesn't come on.
Exhaust wise personal preference I guess. I had a scorpion and it was very nice sounding. Not droning or very loud till you booted it.

Carlos-Titx

Take a look at Revo remaps as well. Hearing good things with them.

lewis.philcox

Cheers for that mate! basically i want this sort of sound



Could you guys also tell me if i choose an exhaust system eg mongoose could i buy the down pipe and decat pipe and it will bolt to the standard cat back?

Is Dream Science safe and reliable to use there are no dangers with it?

Sorry for al the questions

Cheers

Carlos-Titx

Yeah they will bolt up to the cat no problems.

Never had an issue with my Dreamscience other than the clutch started to slip. Some do some don't so I upgraded to an RS clutch.
Only issue I had with the Dreamscience was i couldn't put it back to standard map so lost a couple of hundred quid as I couldn't sell it on then. Probably something simple but didn't have time to sort it before selling the car.

Other than that never had problems with the DS maps on my car.

lewis.philcox

i think il get the dream science.. do you know if the dream science exhausts are rated?.

Im only 18 coming up 19 so not planning on going mad with it! i just want a nice sounding st that gives nice power with some nice pops and bangs. i know you can do the throttle thing to make it pop and bang

Carlos-Titx

You looked at how much it will cost to insure? They ain't that cheap to run.

bookwyse

Se are running a Dreamscience on CLares ST3 and it sounds just like that one even with a standard exhaust.

We have a Mongoose full system sat in the garage waiting to go on once it is out of warranty!

lewis.philcox

Insurance is 1400 quid which is actually cheaper than the rs turbo so selling the rs to pay for that..

Its okay i dont do that many miles literally 10 miles to work and back a day and pottering around so not to worried as i have spare money

what stage Dreamscience are you running to get that sound out of interest?

Cheers

j6kyt

good cars i had one from 20 to 27000 miles and it didnt fault once. id leave it std exept a stainless exhaust.

James B

I didnt think that video sounded too great IMO.

lewis.philcox

So just a stainless exhaust and maybe a light map?

foci

Be prepared to use twice as much petrol as your rst mind

lewis.philcox

We worked out my rst is or was only doing 14mpg for some odd reason

Carlos-Titx

The DS set ups come with 5 maps on them mate so load them one by one, if the clutch slips them leave it on a lower map till you change it.

They react very well to mapping and a few more mpg.

lewis.philcox

excellent, im thinking then.. a st3 with full system on it cais intake and some dream science..

Given the choice of colours i want black or white which one would you guys go for the black ones seem quite a bit cheaper than the white any reason

Carlos-Titx

Start modding another bonus is you can just buy and download a map to suit that stage of tune

Colour is a choice for you only really. I wanted orange or black and waited till the spec I wanted was available to buy. It happened to be orange so bought it.

lewis.philcox

i think i may end up with black as white seems to be to expensive.. i have found a rather nice one with all the things i was on it would it be wise to get it now and put it in the garage for a couple of months?