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George@RTR_Parts · Feb 5, 2014

Ha thought you might have mate

You've a fair few bhp extra over a standard one

st3ve · Feb 5, 2014

Looks great Jon.

_Tom · Feb 5, 2014

385bhp? lol!

Xenons don't look as good as standard but function over form. I'd hate to be without them tbh.

Jonff · Feb 5, 2014

TomSx said:
385bhp? lol!

Xenons don't look as good as standard but function over form. I'd hate to be without them tbh.

That's the torque, power was 367bhp. It'll be a little less now though as I've wound the boost back to keep it safe. As for the xenons I;ve just taken them off and listed them on eBay lol, couldn't live with the looks of them especially how much better the standard headlights look.

Jonff · Feb 5, 2014

st3ve said:
Looks great Jon.

Cheers mate

_Tom · Feb 5, 2014

Jonff said:
That's the torque, power was 367bhp. It'll be a little less now though as I've wound the boost back to keep it safe. As for the xenons I;ve just taken them off and listed them on eBay lol, couldn't live with the looks of them especially how much better the standard headlights look.

Ah yeah. My mistake..still though! Bet its a riot to drive.

Jonff · Feb 5, 2014

TomSx said:
Ah yeah. My mistake..still though! Bet its a riot to drive.

Oh yes! It's certainly not shy lol.

chris_p · Feb 5, 2014

As awesome as this is, I think it'd drive better with 300bhp.
Shame the xenons don't look too good! Function over looks on this occasion.

Get a video up

Eddie. · Feb 6, 2014

Jonff said:
That's the torque, power was 367bhp. It'll be a little less now though as I've wound the boost back to keep it safe. As for the xenons I;ve just taken them off and listed them on eBay lol, couldn't live with the looks of them especially how much better the standard headlights look.

They looked decent IMO

Philip. · Feb 6, 2014

Looks so much better without the xenons, imo of course.

BlackGoldMatt · Feb 6, 2014

Have you considered darkening the inside of the xenon's? There's one like it on Pistonheads and looks far better IMO.

Jonff · Feb 6, 2014

I had done yeah but trying to get them to seal afterwards can be a pain and can often cause condensation to form behind the glass.

Jonff · Feb 8, 2014

Been to EFI again to run my car on Chris' RR to see what kind of figures the car was now producing after winding the boost back to make it safe.

As you can see I've lost a fair chunk of peak power and torque compared to last time but the key thing is the car is now safe to drive through the out rev range, plus I've not got any torque spikes anymore which has improved drivability.

Krys_23 · Feb 8, 2014

Super duper cool & fast nice car choice!

Jon.G · Feb 8, 2014

[video=vimeo;86198547]https://vimeo.com/86198547[/video]

st3ve · Feb 9, 2014

Nice figures, what was unsafe about it before? Was it running lean?

Stock lights do look better!

Jonff · Feb 9, 2014

st3ve said:
Nice figures, what was unsafe about it before? Was it running lean?

Stock lights do look better!

Dangerously lean yeah, was ok up until 5krpm but after that it was getting in to melted engine territory.

st3ve · Feb 9, 2014

Jonff said:
Dangerously lean yeah, was ok up until 5krpm but after that it was getting in to melted engine territory.

Really? Was the AFR showing this? Is it using an off the shelf map on stock ecu?

Jonff · Feb 9, 2014

st3ve said:
Really? Was the AFR showing this? Is it using an off the shelf map on stock ecu?

Yeah AFRs were getting in to the 13's way above the 11:8 regarded safe zone. Just a generic dreamscience map on the standard ECU yeah.

st3ve · Feb 9, 2014

Jonff said:
Yeah AFRs were getting in to the 13's way above the 11:8 regarded safe zone. Just a generic dreamscience map on the standard ECU yeah.

Does it have a manual boost controller?

Jonff · Feb 9, 2014

st3ve said:
Does it have a manual boost controller?

No, it's running direct, a boost controller is probably something I'll look in to at somepoint though.

st3ve · Feb 9, 2014

Jonff said:
No, it's running direct, a boost controller is probably something I'll look in to at somepoint though.

What do you mean direct? How did you turn the boost down?

Jonff · Feb 9, 2014

st3ve said:
What do you mean direct? How did you turn the boost down?

ECU controls the boost, i.e pegs it back if it picks up a problems somewhere. You can manually adjust the boost though via the adjustable actuator on the turbo.

st3ve · Feb 9, 2014

Jonff said:
ECU controls the boost, i.e pegs it back if it picks up a problems somewhere. You can manually adjust the boost though via the adjustable actuator on the turbo.

Oh you mean on the wastegate? Are you going to stick with the map that's on it or go custom?

welshname · Feb 9, 2014

No he means the actuator, the actuator controls the wastegate

Niall · Feb 9, 2014

Mk1 Ford Focus RS by Niall97, on Flickr

JoeyD · Feb 9, 2014

SILVER. WHEELS.
Great shot Niall!

Red Cup · Feb 9, 2014

I snapped a couple of this yesterday as well. Here's one:

FRS In The Rain by AdrianFRST, on Flickr

JoeyD · Feb 9, 2014

Yeah, that looks stunning.

Jonff · Feb 9, 2014

Love the shots you both got of mine from yesterday. Further proof why it doesn't need silver wheels Joe

JoeyD · Feb 9, 2014

Still not convinced. But if you're happy... Haha

st3ve · Feb 10, 2014

welshname said:
No he means the actuator, the actuator controls the wastegate

Indeed but it was late and I was tired.

Eddie. · Feb 10, 2014

Awesome photos, but it still needs silver content.

Stefan. · Feb 10, 2014

So nice, but it does need silver wheels..

welshname · Feb 10, 2014

Awesome photos. But you shouldn't have mentioned the wheels again lol

Jonff · Feb 10, 2014

So much broken on this page.

Black wheels > silver wheels

Gally · Feb 10, 2014

For a dirty track **** or similar black wheels would be fine, it deserves Silver wheels.

Jonff · Feb 10, 2014

Silver wheels are so boring though. If the car was a completely standard factory fresh example then yeah I'd agree and tbh chances are it will see some track time.

Eddie. · Feb 10, 2014

They're no more boring than black tbf!

Black/White/Silver are all the same in terms of excitement, if you had them luminous green I'd agree, but you don't.

You'll never listen, but OEM would look so fresh and clean, even with a couple of trackdays under their belt. The way I see it; you spend time cleaning and waxing the car, you've taken measures to prevent rust and to keep the car in top presentation, therefore it isn't a dirty track ****, and therefore I fully agree with Gally, it deserves the OEM look (just on the wheels).

All IMO of course.

Jonff · Feb 10, 2014

It's all subjective at the end of the day, I prefer black wheels you prefer silver. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I'll just do what I'm happy with.

Could be worse though I could have done this
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