cossynut2

One of the guys at my local Travis and Perkins builders Merchants is trying to sell his Focus ST2. He says it has been modified up to 380bhp and it only averages 12 to 14mpg and when pushing on 8mpg!!! Surely this is not right? I asked him if it has any running issues and he reckons no.
Anyone else with a modified ST found they get this sort of shit mpg? He is selling it because it costs so much in fuel, no wonder if his claims are right!!

Glenn_

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I think standard your lucky to get 30 mpg.

RichieST

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Mine was more economical at 300 and a bit bhp than it was standard lol. It would average 26-28 standard and about 30 modified. When giving it some welmet it was well down in the single figures though!

nick46

If you're thinking of buying it steer well clear cos it sounds like he drives it like he's stole it all the time - therefore it will have had a very hard life.
Mine was running around 300bhp and I didn't notice any change in my mpg. I averaged around the mid 20's but on a steady run could get it in to the 30's.
When mine was totally standard (apart from a cat back exhaust), I did a track day in it and averaged 9mpg. So his quote of 8mpg is realistic, but you would really and I mean really be pushing it hard to achieve that - and quite frankly if he pushes that hard on public roads he doesn't deserve a driving licence cos sooner or later he's going to kill someone! My 9mpg was achieved by keeping up with and staying ahead of some BMW M3's just to give you an idea of how hard I was pushing on a track!

Fudgey

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well that's bullshit.
I have a mk3 focus ST250 remapped to 300 bhp and average 25/26mpg usually but its very easy to get 15mpg without driving like too much of a cunt!
I've not been well this week and actually driving like a fucking pussy, 40mph everywhere and getting 35mpg out it...

Won't last long mind as its boring as fuck and no doubt I'll be back to the early 20's in no time.

cossynut2

Not at all interested in buying it, I was just interested if other Focus ST owners got such crap mpg. Seems others get quite good figures, maybe depends on what has been done to get more power?

cossynut2

So do you think the guy that is trying to sell it is bullshitting to big himself up?
Seems odd that other ST owners are still getting reasonable figures even when they have upped the power.

studabear

My wife's standard ST2 averages 19mpg on her commute around town and it never sees any real boost with her driving it.

STeve

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mines got the cp340 kit and map and its prob around mid to high 20s but under load around mid teens

Rowe

see it all the time on the owners page on Facebook..........

you've got the lads which claim mega low mpg, and the ones which are getting over 30.....
i think it's just some form of ego booster

i used to get around 24mpg out of mine in a normal week of driving to work - it'd easily do over 30 on a 70mph run.
My RS gets about 30mpg on the trip display but it works out to between 20-24, as the computer gets confused with the 750cc injectors.

Glenn_

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Did you sell your ST170 then Steve? How long have you had the MK2 ST??

Any pics.

studabear

Are you taking it to Ford Fair to spend the day revving the cock off it? 😂

STeve

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nope me and ford fair and the like are done, it will take new organisers and new set up to get me back there as for revving no thanks that does not interest me one bit

yes mate the 170 went to good home who has stuck it in storage, no pics yet as still fettling the mk2 to my standards


drive it like miss daisy and you may see 30ish but im with you it if does 25 then thats a result

foci

My ST3 Mountune average 8-13 around the doors. We went on a road trip to scotland and kept to 60 all the way. Managed 26mpg!

Fudgey

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No, it all depends on what type of driving he does.
Long motorway runs will obviously see a higher figure but short stop/start town driving etc will of course see a lower figure.

But to say someone doesn't deserve a driving license and is going to kill someone without any proof of their manner of driving is total bollocks.

cossynut2

8 mpg still seems to me the car cant be running right, its not a 1500bhp drag racing car or a huge V8 engined thunder saloon!! I thought with all the modern tuning packages for cars like a Focus ST2 it would still give a reasonable mpg?

cossynut2

There are enough Focus RS owners doing it now at most shows when they are waiting to get in!!!! Really annoying and childish IMO!!!

charlie luciano

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In my experience the mpg of these five cylinder engines is absolutely abysmal

As_Bo

Thanks for the interesting thread.
Thinking about getting a MK2 ST.
With fuel going up to over Ł1.20 a litre again and making sure it has the block mod and a decent clutch I'm not so sure.

cossynut2

If the guy is telling the truth about the mpg on his modded Mk2 ST and you do a fair few miles every week it would cost you a fortune in fuel costs if you bought one like his!!!

cossynut2

This has been an eye opener for me, I didnt realise the 5 cylinder engine is such a petrol guzzler.

Jay,

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My mk2 frs on the read out says normally around 19 and a bit more on a run and god knows what it does when been driven hard but I never give it much thought as I never expected it to be good lol so just fill it up and use it lol

Jay,

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Funny enough I did 11 shows last year and only 2 suffered this , one was fordfair and it was all ove the show and the other was the uxbridge classic car show where there was a couple of pricks on the passionford stand doing it through the day but all in all i think the novelty is wearing off lol

RoscoST

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I Used to see around 21-24 mpg in my old MK2 Focus ST , Very similar in my MK2 FRS (Both modified) with a mixture of driving styles (although as stated above a lot better on a long steady run) , im the same as Jay though , if it needs the motion lotion i just put it in ! No good owning one of these and being conscious about fuel consumption

charlie luciano

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The computer on my one says 26-27 mpg and probably the best I’ve ever got it I attended the frsoc Essex meet towards the end of last year, from Heathrow to Brentwood back to Heathrow I blew over Ł50 in fuel so they are terrible imo, myself and Jim OB were doing some spirited driving though on the a12

But yes mate the same as that, not that I use mine that often but when I do it’s just fill and forget lol

thebigmacmoomin

My totally standard ST (Mk2.5) gets 20mpg

cossynut2

I hope so Jay! My local Show is Simply Ford at Beaulieu and last year there were a group of guys all driving Focus RS models one behind the other revving the shit out of them to get the pops and bangs and thinking they were cool. Most people thought they were morons!!!