bought an st170 cat d as a runaround, was just going to repair it but developed other plans!

as i bought it :-








was panel damage only, this is how i got it home! lol






the RS engine as i bought it..

full conversion..


started the strip down..

 

Nice project

Keep us updated


Brian

 

Looks like the makings of a nice project

 

very cool mate sleeper style would be cool

 

Very nice mate

 

Nice little project you got there.

Keep us informed

 

nice project!

 

Looks like a good project, if it stayed looking like standard 170 that would be awesome

What are you doing with the existing 170 engine?

James.

 

I thought of doing the same with my ST so i will be watching this closely. Good luck hope everything goes ok and keep the updates coming.

Best colour by the way

 

thanks lads, keeping it looking as standard as possible, going for oem+ looks

full st170 conversion will be for sale, just shy of 80k miles with full service, includes everything i remove!!!
ie. complete engine, box, shafts, selector, loom, ecu, rad, tank,...e.t.c

anyway, heres some of the repair..




needed front panel, crossmember, both wings, bonnet, one headlight, both grills, and how hard are the spotlights to get hold off!!!

got a sprayer mate to paint the new panels and i fitted them up after checking it all lined up..








used a second hand bumper, had already been painted grey before but they obv didnt remove the strips! lol





i know this is the wrong grill, thats all sorted now


and this is how she stands now


wanted to get it roadworthy before i put the engine in so i knew it drove ok e.t.c...

managed to get hold of a standard rocker cover for now, dont know if il leave it on or get the old one (thats already been painted) repainted to match the car magnum grey...




got a genuine focus rs spoiler included in the conversion, but i dont know which way im going yet so might not fit it.. if i manage to remove it from whats left of the bootlid without breaking it!!


got some rs clocks too, but these wont be staying like this want to keep the st look somehow


finally started buying some nice little uprgrades on my search for 350bhp..

it already has a remapped ecu, decat and k&n.. so i got a forge recirc and forge actuator.. should be around 285 - 300bhp.. plus a sexy custom oil line for the turbo with a servicable filter



soon have a manifold then hybrid turbo when i get round to it.. need some supsension and brake upgrades first !

 

true

 

I like it.....................
but then agen i would




dont supose you have got the paint code have you alex?

 

great project pal
what you doing with the 170 engine

 

as said above mate, its done just shy of 80k, full service history, im looking to sell the lot in one go (everything i take off the car) for around a grand.

 

dont worry mate, will look very different to yours !

is that the st or the rs spoiler on yours??

paint code is k1 according to my plate fella

 

u not finished this yet pull ya finger out lol lookin gud so far m8 ill ave come up n have a look sumtime

 

not sure mate it was on the car when i got it as a 1.6? think its the st one tho its not as long as the rs one.

mine will be looking very diffrent soon aswell

 

Looks good mate i will be keeping a eye on this.What do you need to get the RS engine running.Do you need the ecu,body computer keys and clocks.

 

thought we would ov had an update this wkend !

 

yep, yep, yep, no but nice to have for the boost gauge lol, also one of these:-

(on the st170 with the blackoak ecu all the looms different) and also the fuel pump


@ dj ian c, sorry mate, i aint that daft, its snowing outside you know!!! ask your bird to let you out so you can give us an update on the `scort

 

looking good there mate

 

thats me told im gunna get it started again in jan n im gunna build the engine over xmas i fink its onli bin snowing a little lol

 

dont hang about then mate

 

managed to find a rs shell just basically missing the bits i already have, at a price that i just couldnt turn down!!! so im now going to use that instead of the st!

 

Nice project, for the keeping the ST170 look, what about changing either the oil pressure or oil temp. gauge to the RS boost gauge?

 

that was one of my plans mate, but im not going to use the st for the project now as said, picked up a genuine rs..

it might find its way into the rs tho

 

Fair play lol ST day to day and RS as project/toy

 

stick it all back together and sell it cat c st170 gotta be worth 2.5k

 

cat d mate (not as bad). a few people have said they reckon its worth about 3k.

straight and tidy average mileage ones are mostly selling around 4k on autotrader

 

get the rs project up m8