Hi guys - I'm not a newb anymore but here's my Ford Focus
12-07-2007, 10:47 AM
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Hi guys - I'm not a newb anymore but here's my Ford Focus
Hi there peeps.
FINALLY decided to register here...................some of you from the Focus world may already know me as your helpful, friendly technical advisor from FFOC but the time has come for me to branch out and maybe see if I can cut it in the wider Ford community
If it helps I'm an Electrical/Avionic engineer based up at RAF Coningsby (working on the 'fantastic' Eurofighter 
) so I'd like to think I know one end of a spanner from the other 
For those that don't know me...........here's the specs of my motor
Exterior
ˇ Collection front bumper with Focus RS side vents and pre-facelift rubber splitter
ˇ Collection upper grille
ˇ Smoothed wings
ˇ EGR sideskirts
ˇ Side strips, door handles and boot handle all colour coded
ˇ WRC Replica Spoiler
ˇ Ford Racing badges on B-pillars
ˇ 18” x 7.5” ACE Type 157 alloys for road
ˇ 18” x 8” Outlaw Uzi alloys for show
ˇ 17” x 7” ST170 alloys for track
Interior
ˇ Full Focus RS Interior
ˇ Sparco 3-Point Harnesses
. Focus Central Short Shifter with Momo leather gearknob
ˇ WRC velour mats
. ST170 pedals and door handles
. Coloured dash parts (will be changing colours when I get round to it)
Suspension + Brakes
ˇ Koni fully adjustable shocks and springs
ˇ Eibach front and rear anti-roll bars with polyurethane bushes
ˇ Focus RS front and rear anti-roll bar links
ˇ Powerflex polyurethane bushes
ˇ Focus Sport front and rear strut braces
ˇ ST170 front and rear brake conversion with Black Diamonds drilled discs and “Predator” pads all round
ˇ Braided brake lines front and rear with custom extended rear lines
ˇ DOT 5.1 brake fluid
Engine
ˇ BMC enclosed air filter with 90mm air intake ducting and silicone throttle body pipe
ˇ Ported 1.8/2.0 throttle body
ˇ Cylinder Head Developments ported and polished cylinder head
ˇ Piper Stage 2 (285 duration) camshafts with Turbosport vernier pulleys - being set up by Chris Todd at Torque of the Devil next week
ˇ Focus Central 4-2-1 exhaust manifold (decat)
ˇ Longlife exhaust with 4” outwardly rolled tip
ˇ SAMCO coolant hose kit
ˇ Focus Central underdrive pulleys (crank and water pump)
and some pics (which is all you are interested in really )
Show wheels
Road Wheels
track spec
and I like to do a bit of this whenever I get the chance
Couple of vids as well
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oBqhcmGp8oE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BjVDIR-ACec
the car's taken me about 3 years to get to this stage and, as I'm sure most of you can appreciate, it hasn't cost as much as you would have thought, I've done the majority of the hard work myself (usually with borrowed tools
) and learned a heck of a lot along the way, most of the parts have been sourced second hand for cheap (the joys of having lots of people owing you a favour )
Well that's it that's me..........go gentle with me
FINALLY decided to register here...................some of you from the Focus world may already know me as your helpful, friendly technical advisor from FFOC but the time has come for me to branch out and maybe see if I can cut it in the wider Ford community
If it helps I'm an Electrical/Avionic engineer based up at RAF Coningsby (working on the 'fantastic' Eurofighter ) so I'd like to think I know one end of a spanner from the other For those that don't know me...........here's the specs of my motor
Exterior
ˇ Collection front bumper with Focus RS side vents and pre-facelift rubber splitter
ˇ Collection upper grille
ˇ Smoothed wings
ˇ EGR sideskirts
ˇ Side strips, door handles and boot handle all colour coded
ˇ WRC Replica Spoiler
ˇ Ford Racing badges on B-pillars
ˇ 18” x 7.5” ACE Type 157 alloys for road
ˇ 18” x 8” Outlaw Uzi alloys for show
ˇ 17” x 7” ST170 alloys for track
Interior
ˇ Full Focus RS Interior
ˇ Sparco 3-Point Harnesses
. Focus Central Short Shifter with Momo leather gearknob
ˇ WRC velour mats
. ST170 pedals and door handles
. Coloured dash parts (will be changing colours when I get round to it)
Suspension + Brakes
ˇ Koni fully adjustable shocks and springs
ˇ Eibach front and rear anti-roll bars with polyurethane bushes
ˇ Focus RS front and rear anti-roll bar links
ˇ Powerflex polyurethane bushes
ˇ Focus Sport front and rear strut braces
ˇ ST170 front and rear brake conversion with Black Diamonds drilled discs and “Predator” pads all round
ˇ Braided brake lines front and rear with custom extended rear lines
ˇ DOT 5.1 brake fluid
Engine
ˇ BMC enclosed air filter with 90mm air intake ducting and silicone throttle body pipe
ˇ Ported 1.8/2.0 throttle body
ˇ Cylinder Head Developments ported and polished cylinder head
ˇ Piper Stage 2 (285 duration) camshafts with Turbosport vernier pulleys - being set up by Chris Todd at Torque of the Devil next week
ˇ Focus Central 4-2-1 exhaust manifold (decat)
ˇ Longlife exhaust with 4” outwardly rolled tip
ˇ SAMCO coolant hose kit
ˇ Focus Central underdrive pulleys (crank and water pump)
and some pics (which is all you are interested in really
)Show wheels
Road Wheels
track spec
and I like to do a bit of this whenever I get the chance
Couple of vids as well
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oBqhcmGp8oE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BjVDIR-ACec
the car's taken me about 3 years to get to this stage and, as I'm sure most of you can appreciate, it hasn't cost as much as you would have thought, I've done the majority of the hard work myself (usually with borrowed tools
) and learned a heck of a lot along the way, most of the parts have been sourced second hand for cheap (the joys of having lots of people owing you a favour )Well that's it that's me..........go gentle with me
Last edited by Davemurphy007; 09-10-2008 at 08:06 PM. Reason: Cochyn resurrected the bloody thread!!!
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11-08-2007, 12:46 AM
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Welcome to PF mate! I really like what you have done to your Focus, I think it's one of the bext modified examples I have seen for a long time now. Would you like me to make you a signature of your car mate?
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11-10-2007, 06:38 PM
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Welcome to the site
Ill be honest with you i wasnt really expecting much, just some wheels and maybe a drop, i.e BORING
but that actually looks sweet and i really like it, no chavy mods in site 
Ill be honest with you i wasnt really expecting much, just some wheels and maybe a drop, i.e BORING
but that actually looks sweet and i really like it, no chavy mods in site
12-10-2007, 11:57 AM
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Crikey, hadn't expected this to come back up the top!!!
AndyCanning - I've actually got 4 sets of wheels for the car
The 4th set (5 spoke Dezent 17's) have just been refurbished in white and will be having tyres fitted this weekend................but they will be going on the bird's Focus.
Cochyn - Yes I was next to you at Ford Fair on the FF stand..............kept meaning to introduce myself and say hi (I remember your car very well from FFOC) but everytime I was at the car you weren't so I managed to pretty much miss you across the entire day!
Benni - a sig would be absolutely fantastic if you can spare me the time, I'll provide some better photos if you wish.
Unfortunately these are the best pics you're gonna see for a fair ol' while as the car is now resting outside of our station's motor club feeling very sorry for itself...........
I sheared the driver's side engine mount in half last week and had to be towed back by the AA.
The engine is resting on what's left of the mount and the chassis rail! Has chewed the cambelt (but not snapped it thankfully) and the aux belt and, if I'm being realistic, the engine will have to come out to get everything checked out and fixed up properly. Realistically I can't afford to do this until the new year so I'm cracking on with my Corsa GSi resotration which will be re-appearing in the project/resto section shortly!
However it's not all doom and gloom - I'm now toying with the idea of fitting a 2.0 litre bottom end and gearbox to compliment the ported/polished head which Chris Todd believes could see me into the region of 165 - 170 bhp, if the engine is coming out anyways it'd be the perfect opportunity to get everything sorted and slot it all back in with the minimum of fuss........probs won't be till the new year though if I'm honest!
Some more recent-ish pics.
and a couple from Ford Fair
and my new bestest ever favourite photo of the car.
The car's also been in Performance Ford in their reader's cars which Simon Hughes got in touch and asked for some photos and specs for.
Thanks again for the warm welcome and the kind comments
AndyCanning - I've actually got 4 sets of wheels for the car
The 4th set (5 spoke Dezent 17's) have just been refurbished in white and will be having tyres fitted this weekend................but they will be going on the bird's Focus.
Cochyn - Yes I was next to you at Ford Fair on the FF stand..............kept meaning to introduce myself and say hi (I remember your car very well from FFOC) but everytime I was at the car you weren't so I managed to pretty much miss you across the entire day!
Benni - a sig would be absolutely fantastic if you can spare me the time, I'll provide some better photos if you wish.
Unfortunately these are the best pics you're gonna see for a fair ol' while as the car is now resting outside of our station's motor club feeling very sorry for itself...........
I sheared the driver's side engine mount in half last week and had to be towed back by the AA.
The engine is resting on what's left of the mount and the chassis rail! Has chewed the cambelt (but not snapped it thankfully) and the aux belt and, if I'm being realistic, the engine will have to come out to get everything checked out and fixed up properly. Realistically I can't afford to do this until the new year so I'm cracking on with my Corsa GSi resotration which will be re-appearing in the project/resto section shortly!
However it's not all doom and gloom - I'm now toying with the idea of fitting a 2.0 litre bottom end and gearbox to compliment the ported/polished head which Chris Todd believes could see me into the region of 165 - 170 bhp, if the engine is coming out anyways it'd be the perfect opportunity to get everything sorted and slot it all back in with the minimum of fuss........probs won't be till the new year though if I'm honest!
Some more recent-ish pics.
and a couple from Ford Fair
and my new bestest ever favourite photo of the car.
The car's also been in Performance Ford in their reader's cars which Simon Hughes got in touch and asked for some photos and specs for.
Thanks again for the warm welcome and the kind comments
09-10-2008, 08:04 PM
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Cochyn - cheers for the bump fella!!! Now I've got you AND Will on my case to get the bastard rebuilt!!! I'm not quite such a newbie now though!!!
Dave J - It's a 1.8 at the moment which, when running, pushing a (Dyno Dynamics) proven 147 horses!
For those not in the know (most of you I'd imagine) or only like looking at pictures.........the car ate the offside mount on the A1 almost exactly a year ago......snapped the 2 mounting studs clean in half leaving me in desperate need of a tow. What's wrong with this picture.......
Caused by these little f***ers
Thankfully I managed to get another one sorted courtesy of a good friend who works on a Ford parts desk and I managed to get everything sorted. Unfortunately as this was my only car at the time I had to get myself a runaround to get back and forth to see 'she who must be obeyed' and, being completely broke, had to find dosh from somewhere.............so parts started coming off the car! All the spare bits I had been hording went fairly quickly and I knew a lot of people had been after my Focus Central ceramic coated exhaust manifold so that went up for sale and sold in about 4 minutes which was good for me but also not good for the car!
Long story cut short the car has been in this state for nearly a year now................
I've managed to keep most of the good parts and have even begun acquiring some bits for the rebuiid. An ST170 manifold with additional pipework to mate up to the 1.8/2.0 litre flexi-pipe has been acquired but it needs heat wrapping, a lambda boss welding into it, an ST170 power steering pipe and dipstick and then installing. Before I can do that though I'm going to have to take an angle grinder to the bloody flexi-pipe as the bastarding bolts snapped taking the FC manifold off!!! I also picked up a Collection rear bumper as well this weekend which I'll have a play with and get sprayed and fitted too to finish off the back end of the car!
In an ideal world I would get hold of a 2.0 litre engine and dump that in.......unfortunately my misses would go absolutely spare if I did that (I had an engine/gearbox/ECU deal all sorted christmas last year but the misses went ape) and I'm looking to get onto the housing market soon which is kinda top priority at the moment..........I've had enough of living next to a runway with bastarding loud jets flying round at 3 in the morning and eating shitty mess food as well! But in the meantime I'll do what little jobs I can and get the car ready for a massive rebuild
Cochyn - Nice to properly meet you too after you parked up next to me at Ford Fair last year (only other Focus) then f***ing ignored me all day you ignorant c***
Dave J - It's a 1.8 at the moment which, when running, pushing a (Dyno Dynamics) proven 147 horses!
For those not in the know (most of you I'd imagine) or only like looking at pictures.........the car ate the offside mount on the A1 almost exactly a year ago......snapped the 2 mounting studs clean in half leaving me in desperate need of a tow. What's wrong with this picture.......
Caused by these little f***ers
Thankfully I managed to get another one sorted courtesy of a good friend who works on a Ford parts desk and I managed to get everything sorted. Unfortunately as this was my only car at the time I had to get myself a runaround to get back and forth to see 'she who must be obeyed' and, being completely broke, had to find dosh from somewhere.............so parts started coming off the car! All the spare bits I had been hording went fairly quickly and I knew a lot of people had been after my Focus Central ceramic coated exhaust manifold so that went up for sale and sold in about 4 minutes which was good for me but also not good for the car!
Long story cut short the car has been in this state for nearly a year now................
I've managed to keep most of the good parts and have even begun acquiring some bits for the rebuiid. An ST170 manifold with additional pipework to mate up to the 1.8/2.0 litre flexi-pipe has been acquired but it needs heat wrapping, a lambda boss welding into it, an ST170 power steering pipe and dipstick and then installing. Before I can do that though I'm going to have to take an angle grinder to the bloody flexi-pipe as the bastarding bolts snapped taking the FC manifold off!!! I also picked up a Collection rear bumper as well this weekend which I'll have a play with and get sprayed and fitted too to finish off the back end of the car!
In an ideal world I would get hold of a 2.0 litre engine and dump that in.......unfortunately my misses would go absolutely spare if I did that (I had an engine/gearbox/ECU deal all sorted christmas last year but the misses went ape) and I'm looking to get onto the housing market soon which is kinda top priority at the moment..........I've had enough of living next to a runway with bastarding loud jets flying round at 3 in the morning and eating shitty mess food as well! But in the meantime I'll do what little jobs I can and get the car ready for a massive rebuild
Cochyn - Nice to properly meet you too after you parked up next to me at Ford Fair last year (only other Focus) then f***ing ignored me all day you ignorant c***
10-10-2008, 05:44 PM
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You looked like you sucked donkey cock on a regular basis, I had to ignore you! 
Nah mate, sorry about that, I think my head was still up me own arse after the night before....a wee bit drunk. Hey, same excuse at Oulton really!
I come up to Barrow quite often, so pass you guys on the way. Need a remap shortly anyway, so will pop by MSD also. You can show me around places in Blackpool I havn't been before!
Nah mate, sorry about that, I think my head was still up me own arse after the night before....a wee bit drunk. Hey, same excuse at Oulton really!
I come up to Barrow quite often, so pass you guys on the way. Need a remap shortly anyway, so will pop by MSD also. You can show me around places in Blackpool I havn't been before!
