Karl 3dr

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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...









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



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









Put the Focus badge back on, along with a new ST badge and the MR290 badge...











Next job though is to paint the brake calipers anything other than yellow lol, cos they're bloody horrible!!

Hope you like
Karl

Rsmat

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Looks well mate..glad tour happy.

Dal_

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Very smart!

Tarren

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!

Tarren

Karl 3dr

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Cheers for the replies

Shit mate, never gave it a thought! What a dumbass!!

scortpower

Looks great. I've had mine 5 months now and still love drivin it everyday. They are addictive

Karl 3dr

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Thanks mate, yeah they are, I don't use mine everyday, I couldn't afford to lol, how is yours on fuel? Mine averages just under 26, its actually slightly better since it was remapped

RichieST

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Very clean mate! What inlet plenum is that? Really missing mine now.

Karl 3dr

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Thanks mate, it's a Mountune one but it's had the Mountune bit machined off for some reason and then painted crackle black.

Ad4m RST

Nice...

Proper subtle but that's bang on

carlo

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Stunning car Karl

jimny33

Nice..(not that I'm biased) lol

I use mine every day but dual carriageways at 60 mph so get over 30mpg on the commute boring!

maxest

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Very nice car but for me it looks better on the original wheels

Karl 3dr

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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.

Jay,

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Well bollocks then

Just got a flocking machine so mine guna be all furry soon

pani_k

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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!

Karl 3dr

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Haha, sorry mate, seriously just never gave it a thought, fuck knows why lol

RSMK4TURBO

Really like that,cant go wrong with what you got the wheels for.

Karl 3dr

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I totally agree mate tbh, got no further plans power wise, really really happy with it just as it is, any more power and it would just be overkill anyway as far as grip goes so its pointless really, I did buy an AS cais for it but it made absolutely no difference whatsoever so that went on ebay last week lol

Gazzonator

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Lovely car Karl!

I agree with Maxest though, I prefer the standard wheels but like you said, the others were a steal!

I was actually looking on pistonheads at these last night! Lol!

Karl 3dr

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I don't think you'd regret buying one mate, really under-rated imo, especially when they've been remapped!

Glenn_

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Nice car that.Im not a lover of black wheels but for the price you paid you cant go wrong.

The back seat looks like it has never been sat in.

colarado red

Stunning that.

RSRoy

Nice example, love the mods it has

RichieST

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Ah, didn't think I've seen one like that before! Looks really tidy in the bay, most aftermarket ones look huge and very un-subtle! I'm ordering up an RS clutch kit for mine in the next few months so hopefully that will cure my slipping issues.

Karl 3dr

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Yeah, I quite like the fact that it looks sort of factory tbh, I'm sure the clutch will solve your problems mate, not cheap though are they??!!

scortpower

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

Jay,

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you need a furry dash now Mitchells focus and mine will be in bits by the end of the day

RichieST

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I know they are pretty horrendous! It seems that the only part that is different between the two clutches is just the pressure plate and it is the DMF that is the costly part. But knowing my luck if I were to leave the ofiginal DMF in and just change the clutch then it would fail a couple of weeks later so probably best to bite the bullet and get the whole lot done.

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.

RichieST

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Liking the sound of that Jay, how are you getting on with the front splitter?

pani_k

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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!

Jay,

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its all done just need to make one lol

Staffi

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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

james kiely

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thats looking sweet karl ,290bhp aint no slouch

does it get the power down ok?

rs_traynor

looks really good karl

Csm

Love these in white looks stunning matey

Karl 3dr

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Thanks for the comments!!

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

Be interesting to see the finished pics mate!!

Sounds interesting mate!!

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

Gazzonator

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I've been in a few now and driven a couple too and I do like them!

Got my heart set on an an E39 M5 at some point next year though, just an itch that needs scratching, I'll see what happens after that!

jason_nike

Very nice mate
I like both sets of wheels, both look good

Karl 3dr

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Is the E39 the V8 one? Sorry, not very clued up when it comes to BMWs lol. Nice cars though mate