Time Attack ST170 Build - 17/05/11 - More Engine Loom & Dash Stuff
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Time Attack ST170 Build - 17/05/11 - More Engine Loom & Dash Stuff
Well, after pulling the plug on the 500bhp Escort RS Turbo project and selling some bits i've funded a new project!
About 4 years ago i joined the Ford Focus Owners Club after buying a lowly 1.6 Zetec Focus. I attended my first show with it and got chatting to a chap called Ian with a brand new Focus ST170 in Panther Black with an EGR bodykit fitted to it - he had some great plans for improving the power...
Well, having stayed friends with Ian ever since i've seen the car develop and evolve into a 310bhp Supercharged ST170 with 285 lb/ft of torque, OMEX management, coilovers, 6 pot brakes, Defi gauges, Nitrous and a host of other well chosen mods.
So you can imagine my surprise when he popped up on MSN 3 weeks ago and asked if i was still looking for a Focus RS?
I replied that yes i was and he asked if i'd consider his car instead... A deal was struck and i picked it up a week ago!
Chris Todd @ Torque Of The Devil has carried out the work on the car so it has been done to a good standard
There are a few bits i will ultimately change...
In the meantime i thought i'd change the cambelt, auxiliary belt and crank oil seal just to be on the safe side.
Oil seal changed:
What could possibly go wrong?
The new auxiliary belt lunched itself on the M62 last night and wiped out the water pump pulley in the process...
All sorted by lunchtime today though
I'll get some proper photos of it soon
About 4 years ago i joined the Ford Focus Owners Club after buying a lowly 1.6 Zetec Focus. I attended my first show with it and got chatting to a chap called Ian with a brand new Focus ST170 in Panther Black with an EGR bodykit fitted to it - he had some great plans for improving the power...
Well, having stayed friends with Ian ever since i've seen the car develop and evolve into a 310bhp Supercharged ST170 with 285 lb/ft of torque, OMEX management, coilovers, 6 pot brakes, Defi gauges, Nitrous and a host of other well chosen mods.
So you can imagine my surprise when he popped up on MSN 3 weeks ago and asked if i was still looking for a Focus RS?
I replied that yes i was and he asked if i'd consider his car instead... A deal was struck and i picked it up a week ago!
Chris Todd @ Torque Of The Devil has carried out the work on the car so it has been done to a good standard
There are a few bits i will ultimately change...
In the meantime i thought i'd change the cambelt, auxiliary belt and crank oil seal just to be on the safe side.
Oil seal changed:
What could possibly go wrong?
The new auxiliary belt lunched itself on the M62 last night and wiped out the water pump pulley in the process...
All sorted by lunchtime today though
I'll get some proper photos of it soon
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Ironic really - it was the M62 motorway that it did the belt on
There are a few bits and bobs i want to get done with it - but for what the car has cost me - it's a hell of a starting point
There's plenty of potential in the engine...
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nice car bet it whines like a whore! was gonna have my zetec at TOTD to have the supercharger put on, but opted out and put the rs engine in instead
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Really nice car.....
ive got myself a ST170 engine for my motor, and i really want it charged! id like around 250bhp-300bhp
What is the spec of your engine that let you get over 300bhp from the ST170? so i know what ill need.
ive got myself a ST170 engine for my motor, and i really want it charged! id like around 250bhp-300bhp
What is the spec of your engine that let you get over 300bhp from the ST170? so i know what ill need.
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The head doesnt need touching, its a totally different casting to the normal Zetec head and flows really well. Standard head bolts are fine, as is head gasket.
This car use the Big Boost Kit, but if you go for the normal kit, you can use standard internals quite reliably.
If your going to use the Getrag 'box, you'll need to ditch the dual mass flywheel as it doesnt last long under these power levels. Also a SPEC Stage 3 clutch is a good move (thats what in mine and Wills car).
Wills car is sort of the sister car to mine, as both the first ST170s to have significant power adders in Europe (as far as we know).
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This car use the Big Boost Kit, but if you go for the normal kit, you can use standard internals quite reliably.
apart from the supercharger kit what else have you tricked your engine with? larger injectors and cams...
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PS my cars turbo not supercharged. I just know a fair bit about this car as me and Ian talked over future mods on both of them before we did them.
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I remember this as 'evil bats' on ffoc, met him at TOTD. My mate Trev owns another supercharged one also built by Chris Todd, it's a green 5dr Ghia originally. Goes like stink!!! Not good news about the belt but good news its sorted... look after it mate, nice example you have
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Wills runs a chargecooler for the S/C, I run an intercooler for the turbo.
I prefer the turbo for the extra power, but mainly the extra torque. But the S/C conversion is miles easier as a conversion. Bolt it in and away you go!!!
I prefer the turbo for the extra power, but mainly the extra torque. But the S/C conversion is miles easier as a conversion. Bolt it in and away you go!!!
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The chargecooler reservoir is neatly tucked away next to the header tank.
The radiator for it is at the front in the opening in the bumper
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Hi gang, well I can confirm a few things about the car for you.
The blower itself is an Eaton M62 Gen IV based unit with a Powerworks housing and integrated chargecooler as designed by Cosworth/Mahle. As Will states, the cooling rad is situated behind where the lower grille would be, with a separate coolant reservoir and pump.
Injectors with the kit are 42lb/hr size, but we installed 60lb/hr sized ones after I ran some numbers regarding duty cycle and projected power.
Compression ratio was dropped to about 9.5:1, but plans this year (until I sold it) were to raise them again by fitting a 2.0 Zetec head gasket.
IASA custom pistons and Saenz con rods with an 85.5mm bore size (84.8 standard).
Chris Todd and Kester Cooke at TOTD carried out all the work in getting it to it's current spec.
Will has the current spec sheet if he wants to post it up at all.
Jan 2007 engine re-build:
2008 updates:
The blower itself is an Eaton M62 Gen IV based unit with a Powerworks housing and integrated chargecooler as designed by Cosworth/Mahle. As Will states, the cooling rad is situated behind where the lower grille would be, with a separate coolant reservoir and pump.
Injectors with the kit are 42lb/hr size, but we installed 60lb/hr sized ones after I ran some numbers regarding duty cycle and projected power.
Compression ratio was dropped to about 9.5:1, but plans this year (until I sold it) were to raise them again by fitting a 2.0 Zetec head gasket.
IASA custom pistons and Saenz con rods with an 85.5mm bore size (84.8 standard).
Chris Todd and Kester Cooke at TOTD carried out all the work in getting it to it's current spec.
Will has the current spec sheet if he wants to post it up at all.
Jan 2007 engine re-build:
2008 updates:
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