Sexy-RS

I was running 240 on my old 1.6 engine and never spent big bucks it was more than enough power (until i got bored) lol was good fun and useable power to lol

RWD_cossie_wil

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The man speaks sense, listen to him.... You can make a shit car fast, but it will still be a shit fast car (No offence)

250 BHP with all the the right mods to hold it together and make the car drivable will be costing you 8-10k. You will sit there and add it up, and you will think it will be nowhere near that, but you WILL go over budget.

assuming the RST is worth 2-3k, you can buy a hell of a lot of car for 12k .

And FWD is shit... so don't bother

Rab

Sell it for an M3/MR2 Turbo/200SX god there's loads of cars out there that'll quench your thrill buds so to speak

Jim Galbally

dingy, can you fuck off and start you own "i know more about everyone else about engines and karl is the fookin daddy" thread please and stop this sensible one turning to shit

BillyCabrio

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Heres a basic and shortened overview of what i have in my cabbie:

• ·1600cc Rs Turbo Engine
• Standard bottom end (Engine was a brand new short engine from Fords about 40k ago)
• Standard head
• Standard cam
• Standard T3
• ·Mongoose exhaust system
• ·Pro Alloy large front mounted intercooler
• ·K & N flat panel air filter
• ·Ford Motorsport plugs
• Group A Coil
• Magnecor leads
• Group A Cossie Pump
• ·**cough*bleed valve**cough** lol
• ·B & M Quickshift kit
• ·S1 Rs Turbo Gearbox
• ·AP Clutch - On its way to being replaced with a 4 paddle
  
• ·Auto Specialists Tubular manifold
• ·Spax top adjustable shock absorbers
• ·Spax -30mm lowered and uprated springs
• ·S1 Rs Turbo front anti roll bar set-up
• ·Adjustable rose jointed track control arms
• ·Adjustable rose jointed front tie-bars
• ·S2 Rs Turbo rear anti roll bar
• ·Powerflex bushes – complete car set
• Comp-Brake 4 pots with grooved rotors and anodised bells & DOT 5.1 fluid
  

And its running 196bhp (Set up by My Todd - Keep ya comments to yourself!)

Its fun, reliable and i cain the granny out of it everywhere!! I have a HUGE weight disadvantage but it still makes me smile ALL the time when i'm out in her

All it costs me is the basic running costs..... I know as soon as i go over the 200bhp things will start falling off

Andy_R

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bit late for that now

Benni

Why not use a remapped focus RS engine? Better still, A Volvo T5 engine.

Benni.

R5FORD

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why not just drop a cossie lump into it?

Dingy

WHere have i turned this to shit - gave you some very factual answers....

Funny how you never pick on anyone elses comments aint it LOL....

Also - where did i mention Karl ?

Dingy

Good answer....

Mr S1

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Have to say Jim as I read it Dingy is absolutely right on both these points.......technical comments only and I can't see Karl's name mentioned anywhere.

Rab

Look, lets put this topic to bed. Because thats where I want to be

1. It is possible to build a 300bhp RS Turbo, but for fuck's sake don't....
2. Whatever you think it's going to cost, add 2k to that. Then double it.
3. Buy another car to use for everything else other than doing power runs at rolling road days, because the RST will fall to bits if asked to do anything else.
4. No matter what you do/say/spend, it will be faster if Dingy blesses it first.

Glad we cleared that up. Lets all go and buy EVOs

Mr S1

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Dingy

Thats scary....

My first post was this...

3k pmsl.....

Then double it and add another 2k

But i thought i would just be a little more gental......

Also you need a gearbox, brakes, diff and suspension for it....so add 2-3k for all that to LOL....

Infact spend the 2-3k on the rest and screw the engine cause a 300bhp standard setup rst will end up in the wall or no gearbox LOL

Rab

Dingy, these are Fords. The standard box and suspension and brakes will obviously be fine.

tonyk

The £3000 I mentioned was just for the engine and obviously did not include the turbo. intercooler and the other various bits. A 300bhp RS Turbo is easy to build providing you have the funds to do do. If you want to use it at more than rolling road days, then you need the budget to maintain it as well.

In my opinion Steven RW's RST was the best value for money, low budget built car that done the business and was reliable when he had it. 200@wheels and it done 150mph at brunters when other cars with massive budgets couldnt manage much more.

Oranoco

Mine currently sits at 260bhp proven and is a handfull. It achieves this power on a stage 2 Hybrod with .48 housing standard (although stress relieved rods) and a 5th injector.

I love it to bits and have been pricing up what it will cost to get it to 300bhp. I have to be honest and say I will be very unlikely to do it as I just can't justify that outlay on the car.

I would aim for a nice solid 220ish bhp as it's achievable and relatively cheap, easy and relaible.

300bhp just seems to be a buzz figure these days much like 200bhp was a few years ago. I would concern myself more with building a quick car and not worrying about how much power it's got. I mean if you aim for 300 and then get 290 are you going to take it apart and start again?