Had the ST a couple of months now so thought I'd post some pics
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I've had the ST a couple of months now and I'm really surprised by it tbh, I hadn't given one a second thought while I had the Sapph on the road and lots of people told me I'd be bored of it but I can honestly say I love it!
It's an Frozen white '08 plate facelift ST-3, full Ford service history, had done just under 25K when I bought it, it's on 27.5K now, when I bought it it had already had the Mountune MP260 kit carried out, which is a K&N panel filter, bigger intercooler and a remap.
It also had a full Mountune exhaust fitted, uprated downpipe and sports cat, Mountune inlet plenum, Focus RS oil cooler Bilstein dampers, Eibach springs, whiteline rear anti roll bar, uprated front discs and pads, basically it had everything needed for the MR290 upgrade, it just needed the remap doing.
When I first bought it...
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img404/4741/sam0959f.jpg)
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img844/4315/sam0958n.jpg)
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img4/5971/sam0967o.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/20120915_180408.jpg)
I was originally going to do the standard wheels gloss black but then I managed to get hold of a brand new set of 18" RS wheels through work for £350 so bought them instead
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/20121013_173301.jpg)
I then took the trip to Essex to Mountune to have the MR290 map done (£100)
Really happy with it now, got loads more midrange torque, definitely feels faster that 290bhp, although they said that it is a conservative power claim, although now the standard clutch is slipping, luckily when I bought the car, my mate who I bought it from threw in all the standard parts with it and also a Focus RS clutch and flywheel so that's the next thing to be fitted, also refitted the d-cat last week
Some pics I took today, I want to get some spacers for the wheels just so the fill the arches slightly better but on the whole I'm really pleased with the car![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1153.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1140.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1137.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1141.jpg)
Put the Focus badge back on, along with a new ST badge and the MR290 badge...
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1138.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1139.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/interior1.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1148.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1152.jpg)
Next job though is to paint the brake calipers anything other than yellow lol, cos they're bloody horrible!!
Hope you like
Karl
It's an Frozen white '08 plate facelift ST-3, full Ford service history, had done just under 25K when I bought it, it's on 27.5K now, when I bought it it had already had the Mountune MP260 kit carried out, which is a K&N panel filter, bigger intercooler and a remap.
It also had a full Mountune exhaust fitted, uprated downpipe and sports cat, Mountune inlet plenum, Focus RS oil cooler Bilstein dampers, Eibach springs, whiteline rear anti roll bar, uprated front discs and pads, basically it had everything needed for the MR290 upgrade, it just needed the remap doing.
When I first bought it...
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img404/4741/sam0959f.jpg)
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img844/4315/sam0958n.jpg)
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img4/5971/sam0967o.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/20120915_180408.jpg)
I was originally going to do the standard wheels gloss black but then I managed to get hold of a brand new set of 18" RS wheels through work for £350 so bought them instead
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/20121013_173301.jpg)
I then took the trip to Essex to Mountune to have the MR290 map done (£100)
![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
Some pics I took today, I want to get some spacers for the wheels just so the fill the arches slightly better but on the whole I'm really pleased with the car
![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1153.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1140.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1137.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1141.jpg)
Put the Focus badge back on, along with a new ST badge and the MR290 badge...
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1138.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1139.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/interior1.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1148.jpg)
![](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/sapph1/ST/SAM_1152.jpg)
Next job though is to paint the brake calipers anything other than yellow lol, cos they're bloody horrible!!
Hope you like
Karl
Last edited by Karl 3dr; 18-11-2012 at 08:45 PM.
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Karl,
Simply stunning!! Really suits the wheels and gives it that mean look
Can't believe you come down south and drove past me
I could of hooked up with you and we could of all had dinner at Jays house LOL! ![Big Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Tarren
Simply stunning!! Really suits the wheels and gives it that mean look
Can't believe you come down south and drove past me
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Have to say it did look nice on the original wheels but for how much I paid for the multispokes I just thought it was worth keeping the originals how they are cos they are absolutely mint, no marks at all etc, then if I ever decide to sell I can always swap them back.
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I'd say for a road spec with the RS clutch that it is more or less bang on perfect mate. My 280ish bhp ST is more than enough for me and road driving and I'm a firm believer that stage 2-3 is bang on for these so my humble advice is don't number chase and enjoy for what it is. I also prefer the standard ST wheels to the RS ones also but now you have two sets you can always switch!
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Really like that,cant go wrong with what you got the wheels for.
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I'd say for a road spec with the RS clutch that it is more or less bang on perfect mate. My 280ish bhp ST is more than enough for me and road driving and I'm a firm believer that stage 2-3 is bang on for these so my humble advice is don't number chase and enjoy for what it is. I also prefer the standard ST wheels to the RS ones also but now you have two sets you can always switch!
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Mines running a dreamscience map, airtec cooler and panel filter and driving round town I'm getting 27mpg driving normally. It's not bad as my old Astra Sri turbo was doing 27mpg and that was only 170bhp lol so can't complain. On a long run ive got 40mpg driving like a old man
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Cheapest place I've found the full kit is ebay although Dreamscience do xmas offers in december so might see if they come up cheaper then.
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Has anyone ever tried an uprated ST fast road clutch? Can't remember where I saw the damn things but there is a stage 1 fast road clutch and a stage 2 cera-metallic fast road clutch kit also. If I can remember who sells them I'll post links up.
EDIT: Found them!!
http://www.performancefordparts.co.u...s.asp?Cat=1823
EDIT 2: JW Racing also sell SPEC fast road clutches also again cheaper than an equivalent RS clutch but those sold at BD Performance are cheaper still!
EDIT: Found them!!
http://www.performancefordparts.co.u...s.asp?Cat=1823
EDIT 2: JW Racing also sell SPEC fast road clutches also again cheaper than an equivalent RS clutch but those sold at BD Performance are cheaper still!
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Hi Karl, I have to say that looks very nice, it,d be my choice of color too if I ever bought one, I like the rims, make it look abit more aggressive IMO mate, glad you,re happy with it mate, they,re very good cars
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Thanks for the comments!! ![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
When you put it that way it doesn't seem so bad lol, it did well on a run when we went to Essex tbh, and like I say, it's actually slightly better on fuel now it's been re-re-mapped lol ![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
Be interesting to see the finished pics mate!! ![Big Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Sounds interesting mate!! ![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
Thanks Pete, quite surprised you like it actually, I know they're not really your thing lol, I think with the wheel spacers it should look a bit more aggressive as well
Thanks James, yeah, it really does go well, definitely feels faster than 290bhp tbh, dunno if it's the torque that just makes it feel faster or not though lol, puts the power down nicely although the traction control kicks in a lot more now with this map,
The clutch started slipping on the way home from Essex lol, doesn't do it all the time, just in 5th &6th, midrange when overtaking really, tempted to put a quaife diff in it when I do the clutch as well if I can afford
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Mines running a dreamscience map, airtec cooler and panel filter and driving round town I'm getting 27mpg driving normally. It's not bad as my old Astra Sri turbo was doing 27mpg and that was only 170bhp lol so can't complain. On a long run ive got 40mpg driving like a old man
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Has anyone ever tried an uprated ST fast road clutch? Can't remember where I saw the damn things but there is a stage 1 fast road clutch and a stage 2 cera-metallic fast road clutch kit also. If I can remember who sells them I'll post links up.
EDIT: Found them!!
http://www.performancefordparts.co.u...s.asp?Cat=1823
EDIT 2: JW Racing also sell SPEC fast road clutches also again cheaper than an equivalent RS clutch but those sold at BD Performance are cheaper still!
EDIT: Found them!!
http://www.performancefordparts.co.u...s.asp?Cat=1823
EDIT 2: JW Racing also sell SPEC fast road clutches also again cheaper than an equivalent RS clutch but those sold at BD Performance are cheaper still!
![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
The clutch started slipping on the way home from Essex lol, doesn't do it all the time, just in 5th &6th, midrange when overtaking really, tempted to put a quaife diff in it when I do the clutch as well if I can afford
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Very nice mate
I like both sets of wheels, both look good
I like both sets of wheels, both look good