Mk2 Focus RS 405bhp
19 January 2010, 08:09 PM
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Mk2 Focus RS 405bhp
A local tuner SCC in St Albans have had there Mk2 Focus RS Rollin roaded @ 405bhp now that didn't take long.......
19 January 2010, 08:18 PM
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It will be a mighty car but i will wait for the haters to say its fwd and to heavy
also the rumers are about again that mounttune are ready to release a ford warented tune 350/370bhp
will be intresting
also the rumers are about again that mounttune are ready to release a ford warented tune 350/370bhp
will be intresting
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19 January 2010, 10:50 PM
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Are there warranty valid mods for evos btw?
20 January 2010, 09:07 AM
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Makes you think though. If Montune can produce a 350/370bhp RS. Wouldn't it have been brilliant if they'd given it AWD with 350/370bhp in the first place? I'd have bought one.
20 January 2010, 10:07 AM
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^^^ It is the extra £££ it would have cost, maybe another £10k retail. A lot for a focus. But lots of the technology existed in the focus chasis based Volvo V50 T5 AWD. I bet a MK2 FRS awd concept will turn up in years to come though.......
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20 January 2010, 10:15 PM
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Think Ford have realised there is a huge market for tuning of the Focus RS. Especially as stories are around the Internet that RS's are struggling to get 300bhp on rolling roads.
Makes you think though. If Montune can produce a 350/370bhp RS. Wouldn't it have been brilliant if they'd given it AWD with 350/370bhp in the first place? I'd have bought one.
Makes you think though. If Montune can produce a 350/370bhp RS. Wouldn't it have been brilliant if they'd given it AWD with 350/370bhp in the first place? I'd have bought one.
21 January 2010, 11:37 AM
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was up at bedford on saturday and there was a blue one there and i have to say out of all the cars there including my 500bhp sti 5 that it got most of the intension all day.
they guy who owned it had removed the cat in it and biy what a sound it made on full throttle almost sounded like a v8 when he got on full beans, sounded the nuts.
so to any owners on here decat the thing sounds bloody great!!!!
they guy who owned it had removed the cat in it and biy what a sound it made on full throttle almost sounded like a v8 when he got on full beans, sounded the nuts.
so to any owners on here decat the thing sounds bloody great!!!!
21 January 2010, 11:40 AM
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I'd love one, if only it was not just fwd 
Fwd is the most dull and boring way to put power down onto a road. At those power levels it just has to have a rwd bias for it to be truly fun to drive Sorry.....
Fwd is the most dull and boring way to put power down onto a road. At those power levels it just has to have a rwd bias for it to be truly fun to drive Sorry.....
, when was the last time you drove a modern Ford...?
21 January 2010, 12:57 PM
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I was too young to buy a new Escort Cosworth. This FRS was meant to be the new Escort Cosworth. Only it wasn't.
As for it doesn't need AWD. Admittedly they have made a good job of containing torque steer, but it still does. Just like the MK1, some are better than others. Ford didn't give it AWD cos it would have weighed 1600kg and cost more money.
Give it 350/370bhp with AWD and they could have charged £30k+ easily, and still sold them all. Look at the Evo FQ360. £37k.
21 January 2010, 01:02 PM
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I think the FQ360 is in a different league completely even if the FRS did have AWD and 350ish bhp. 0-60 in 3.9s for the IX - that's supercar territory and beyond.
The Evo is a totally focussed car - the FRS is a hatch with fast bits added on - while forgetting to reduce weight. I still think 1500kgs for a FWD hatch is bonkers.
The Evo is a totally focussed car - the FRS is a hatch with fast bits added on - while forgetting to reduce weight. I still think 1500kgs for a FWD hatch is bonkers.
21 January 2010, 01:07 PM
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I think the FQ360 is in a different league completely even if the FRS did have AWD and 350ish bhp. 0-60 in 3.9s for the IX - that's supercar territory and beyond.
The Evo is a totally focussed car - the FRS is a hatch with fast bits added on - while forgetting to reduce weight. I still think 1500kgs for a FWD hatch is bonkers.
The Evo is a totally focussed car - the FRS is a hatch with fast bits added on - while forgetting to reduce weight. I still think 1500kgs for a FWD hatch is bonkers.
Yes 1500kg for a FWD hatch is stupid, really stupid. The Focus is a massive car. And if give AWD and 350bhp, it would be slower than the Evo, as the Evo is 1500kg with AWD already.
21 January 2010, 02:42 PM
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But where the Escort had a big performance cap betwen it and the rest of the range (and other manufacturers) the Focus RS, is just another fast Hatch. One of many for sale today. Guess your Escort Cosworth owner was luckier back then.
21 January 2010, 03:18 PM
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i have always had a soft spot for fast fords and think the new frs is a nice looking addition to there line up. as said i do belive it would have benefitted from awd like the escort cossie did though!
21 January 2010, 05:38 PM
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I think a state of the art AWD system would have made the car a superior machine, but by how much will be debated until the end of time...
Regardless, she needs to lose a few hundred kilos from her ****
Regardless, she needs to lose a few hundred kilos from her ****
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I think the FQ360 is in a different league completely even if the FRS did have AWD and 350ish bhp. 0-60 in 3.9s for the IX - that's supercar territory and beyond.
The Evo is a totally focussed car - the FRS is a hatch with fast bits added on - while forgetting to reduce weight. I still think 1500kgs for a FWD hatch is bonkers.
The Evo is a totally focussed car - the FRS is a hatch with fast bits added on - while forgetting to reduce weight. I still think 1500kgs for a FWD hatch is bonkers.
Its 30mph plus that really shows how quick a car is, and a evo fq360 isnt that quick once rolling in this day and age.
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