100k modifying a focus RS
06 February 2018, 03:04 PM
#1
100k modifying a focus RS
Seems an awful lot of money to have already spent and not be at 1000 brake?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...fying-11972682
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...fying-11972682
06 February 2018, 04:52 PM
#2
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To me it looks absolutely crap and is complete lunacy... I genuinely preferred it as standard; but if he's happy, then that's the most important thing and who am I to judge.
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06 February 2018, 08:16 PM
#8
I’m glad he likes it. That is awful. Could’ve just modified what needed doing for the power upgrade, then spent £30k on the engine and drivetrain. He must’ve wasted a fortune to have spent £100k. Especially if he does most of the work himself! Money cannot buy taste.
07 February 2018, 03:39 PM
#12
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Yeah I agree, I couldn't see where the £100,000 figure came from either.. sure I read somewhere on t'internet (so it must be true!) that he got sponsored by companies to use and showcase their stuff, so if that's true then he won't have paid for some of the modifications either?!
£30,000 - Base Car
£10,000 - Interior
£5,000 - Brakes/Suspension
£10,000 - Bodywork
£20,000 - Engine & Ancillaries
They are pretty ridiculous figures that I've used; I assumed that he's probably gone through different stages of modification in each area and I have also added in the initial cost of the car... but I still can't get to the £100,000 he's apparently spent.
£30,000 - Base Car
£10,000 - Interior
£5,000 - Brakes/Suspension
£10,000 - Bodywork
£20,000 - Engine & Ancillaries
They are pretty ridiculous figures that I've used; I assumed that he's probably gone through different stages of modification in each area and I have also added in the initial cost of the car... but I still can't get to the £100,000 he's apparently spent.
07 February 2018, 07:54 PM
#13
no denying the costs involved with getting nearly 700 brake though ,quite a spec list with this car lads
-custom engines. manifolds, turbos, ecus, exhausts ,brakes ,interiors ,stickers, spraying,carbon bits,suspension cost a bloody fortune- tbh i err quite like it
apparently in the dry the lsd fitted gives solid grip off the line and very little torque steer.
the article also says he,s the landlord not the barman
-custom engines. manifolds, turbos, ecus, exhausts ,brakes ,interiors ,stickers, spraying,carbon bits,suspension cost a bloody fortune- tbh i err quite like it
apparently in the dry the lsd fitted gives solid grip off the line and very little torque steer.
the article also says he,s the landlord not the barman
08 February 2018, 09:10 AM
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09 February 2018, 06:27 PM
#17
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You lot are harsh.
Yes he is mad spending that amount of money but it's his money and i'm sure not everyone likes all the cars we all drive. I think it looks quite a good effort for a rally rep.
Me personally i'd have spent the money on a 2nd hand GTR and got that nicely sorted.
Yes he is mad spending that amount of money but it's his money and i'm sure not everyone likes all the cars we all drive. I think it looks quite a good effort for a rally rep.
Me personally i'd have spent the money on a 2nd hand GTR and got that nicely sorted.
11 February 2018, 04:42 PM
#21
LOL that was screaming to get some hate.
Get it on a two post lift and let's see underneath: If I had spent £100k I'd be wanting to see a seam-welded chassis, tubular subframes. Spherical bearings replacing the bushings and rose joints replacing the suspension arms. And the gearbox would be a Quaife WRC spec sequential jobby. That's even before touching the engine.
But if it makes him happy...
Get it on a two post lift and let's see underneath: If I had spent £100k I'd be wanting to see a seam-welded chassis, tubular subframes. Spherical bearings replacing the bushings and rose joints replacing the suspension arms. And the gearbox would be a Quaife WRC spec sequential jobby. That's even before touching the engine.
But if it makes him happy...
12 February 2018, 03:50 PM
#23
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Personally I think £100k is an easily achievable figure for a big build. In the late 90's I won a Max Power cover car and the build cost for that was over £70k and that's over 20 years ago.
Not everyone's cup of tea...
12 February 2018, 04:31 PM
#24
In circa 1998...
...I was hooning on Braintree bypass in my Integrale Evo I and that MP Cossie ^^^ came flying up behind me, past me and into the upcoming roundabout.
The driver was mad lol. Would it have been you?!
...I was hooning on Braintree bypass in my Integrale Evo I and that MP Cossie ^^^ came flying up behind me, past me and into the upcoming roundabout.
The driver was mad lol. Would it have been you?!
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12 February 2018, 05:13 PM
#25
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Probably wasn't me, I Think it was April 1999 that they eventually ran the competition to give it away. It was built over about 6 months during 1997 and then spent some time being hammered by just about every journo on the magazine going to cruises and shows. Then it had some repairs to the damage they caused and then it sat around for best part of a year before they gave it away. When I got it the horn didn't work, neither did the indicators or the alarm. The face off for the stereo had been lost and the Infinity amps were pre-production units and the main one that powered the 4 sub-woofers was blown.
They did obtain a new stereo front for me and sent the amp back for fixing (but it blew the second it was installed again. I got an alarm firm in to sort the alarm as I couldn't lock the car and then set about various other bits and bobs, including repainting the bonnet as the vent in the centre was cracked where some models sat on it during a photoshoot. It wasn't long before one of the prototype Spax shocks started leaking so they had to be remade by Spax and that took another 6 weeks getting parts from France.
As the car had been shipped to so many companies to have jobs done, there were so many issues with no-one in the middle to sort them that it was never quite right in all honesty. Mountune built the engine to what I think was called an F2 gravel rally spec and while this made it quite quick no mappers knew how to make it work well for the road so it was lumpy as hell and just backfired under 3000 revs until eventually I found someone who could remap it. It went to 9000 rpm though so was a real screamer! It also meant things like the throttle pot which would be changed after every rally was now in a road car and was never going to get changed frankly and the over fuelling was so bad that unless it started immediately it would flood meaning the coils and plugs had to come out and the engine spun over to force all the fuel out the plug holes just to get it re-started. It was also never going to pass an MOT as the emission were through the roof.
It cost me a fortune in the 7 years I owned it and I probably only did 1000 miles per year in it as I couldn't really trust it for daily use - the first sniff of traffic queues and it would get red hot very quickly and if it cut out it wasn't going to re-start in a hurry. But I did enjoy owning it and taking to various shows, shoots and even a TV programme. It has made me re-think how I see heavily modified cars and it put me right off.
They did obtain a new stereo front for me and sent the amp back for fixing (but it blew the second it was installed again. I got an alarm firm in to sort the alarm as I couldn't lock the car and then set about various other bits and bobs, including repainting the bonnet as the vent in the centre was cracked where some models sat on it during a photoshoot. It wasn't long before one of the prototype Spax shocks started leaking so they had to be remade by Spax and that took another 6 weeks getting parts from France.
As the car had been shipped to so many companies to have jobs done, there were so many issues with no-one in the middle to sort them that it was never quite right in all honesty. Mountune built the engine to what I think was called an F2 gravel rally spec and while this made it quite quick no mappers knew how to make it work well for the road so it was lumpy as hell and just backfired under 3000 revs until eventually I found someone who could remap it. It went to 9000 rpm though so was a real screamer! It also meant things like the throttle pot which would be changed after every rally was now in a road car and was never going to get changed frankly and the over fuelling was so bad that unless it started immediately it would flood meaning the coils and plugs had to come out and the engine spun over to force all the fuel out the plug holes just to get it re-started. It was also never going to pass an MOT as the emission were through the roof.
It cost me a fortune in the 7 years I owned it and I probably only did 1000 miles per year in it as I couldn't really trust it for daily use - the first sniff of traffic queues and it would get red hot very quickly and if it cut out it wasn't going to re-start in a hurry. But I did enjoy owning it and taking to various shows, shoots and even a TV programme. It has made me re-think how I see heavily modified cars and it put me right off.
12 February 2018, 05:52 PM
#26
Blimey. 
Thankfully tech has moved on significantly in the twenty years since.
Yeah, post-April 1999 would've been pretty much when my Evo got written off......by a drunk in a Golf.
It certainly would not have been the period of my anecdote.
Thankfully tech has moved on significantly in the twenty years since.
Yeah, post-April 1999 would've been pretty much when my Evo got written off......by a drunk in a Golf.
It certainly would not have been the period of my anecdote.
12 February 2018, 06:32 PM
#27
Project 2000!!! 
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I had a mk5 XR3i (130ps) at the time. Spent alot of time on axle stands missing its gearbox (three times). Eating into my Scooby savings pot (Well, legacy actually, as 4cam turbos were cheaper at the time). It also went through phases that it'd start first time, but cough and cut out 1 second afterwards...then ensued up to 30mins of cranking (escort diesel battery). It was never a car to make a fast getaway!
It may have been an Escort "thing" LOL
:I had a mk5 XR3i (130ps) at the time. Spent alot of time on axle stands missing its gearbox (three times). Eating into my Scooby savings pot (Well, legacy actually, as 4cam turbos were cheaper at the time). It also went through phases that it'd start first time, but cough and cut out 1 second afterwards...then ensued up to 30mins of cranking (escort diesel battery). It was never a car to make a fast getaway!
It may have been an Escort "thing" LOL
14 February 2018, 02:50 PM
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He could spend 100K on a new optioned up F90 M5 or two lightly used RS6/7. Both tune only would see 700 HP reliably. Or a variety of other machinery of course.
14 February 2018, 07:22 PM
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