Mk1 Focus RS track car

[stevie_the_beard]

Looks good auld yin but yer still gettin smoked ths year

[davieb76]

Looking mighty fine.....................

[DALSY]

Thanks again for the comments guys

managed to carry on working on the car, and its now ready for its first outing this Sunday at Knockhill

I changed the graphix a little as i wasnt entirely happy with the rear of the car, but looks better now I think, and finished fitting the last of the bits including the WRC spoiler which I love to bits , really finishes the car off IMO

[andy-mac]

i cars looking good and the graphics do look better now

wish i could come up on sunday bit got to work

will be there next month

[ChristopheRS]

Cars looking really good Dalsy
And def a beard spanker now with that spoiler

[Stevie8ball]

[paul-h]

Looks minted mate!

[Kevin_Mc]

glad i reserved judgement cause i thought it wouldn't look right but i was wrong. It looks mental

black was the right choice and the new graphics on the rear arch look a million times better

[ped44]

A real cracker of a car Dalsy. I'll need to get myself a passenger run one of these days.

[Rorycraig]

The car looked nice on track at Knockhill, few pictures in here not the best photos but there is a few i think.

[DALSY]

Thanks for that Rory

[paul-h]

Car looks immense big man! Ill need to get through to knockhill again but work is making that difficult the now!

[DALSY]

Thanks Paul, yep get down to Knockhill for a run round in the car

Been continuing to work on the car, bought a new tubular manifold for the turbo, thanks to the Beard and 8 ball for a hand putting it on

ols manifold off



new manifold fitted



new wheels with Yokohama AO48 tyres fitted for intermedaite/dry weather





new header tank to go with the theme under the bonnet, with high pressure cap, to help with water temp, should work well with the aluminium radiator



had some dodgy guy ask for some stickers to be added to the car:D



Car is going for a full magazine feature on Tuesday if the weather holds up, and back to HQ Garage for some more mapping and more power

[Miss Emma_RS]

Id love one of those manifolds, looks cracking

Graham posted a pic of the spoiler on his facebook the other week!

[chrisescort]

Still needs the big bumpers.......

[DALSY]

So had the green wheels podwercoated by Custom Coatings who have a new anthracite colour, pics dont do them justice.

Very pleased with the finish and colour

[DANNY - PH400]

their lovely boss, matches the stripe on the car green does make ur car faster but, u do know that???? lol

[Shine&Show]

looks well nice

[DALSY]

Havent updated in a while, so thought Id show the progress the car was making

Managed to blow the engine up , and totally destroy the whole thing in the process, block, head, pistons, etc....., so it was a full rebuild

Ill update the engine build as the parts arrive, ordered brand new pistons, ACL race spec main and big end bearings, ARP bolts, Victor Reinz gasket set etc................ with a brand new Ford blacktop block, oil pump and water pump, so hopefully after its rebuilt will be reliable



Managed to get another Focus RS head, which was pressure tested, vacuum tested and skimmed for flatness, and will have the valves all reground in with new valve stem oil seals, and reshimmed to get the correct valve clearance with the solid lifters

Turbo is being sent to CR Turbos for inspection and cleaning to ensure all is well just for peace of mind

Whilst the engine and box was out, I thought it would be a good time to paint under the bonnet the same colour as inside the car, as I hated the black under the bonnet, and whilst the engine was all stripped down, I cleaned and painted all the parts, pics to follow

Here is the gearbox, all cleaned down and repainted , done plenty other parts, ill need to get some pics


Under bonnet inner wings painted to match inside the car , BMW Space grey, looks soo much better

[jimmyson]

SEE we all have an inner buffty..................
there was nothing wrong with the engine you just wanted to clean and paint everything

and p.s hope I don't need to know all this stuff to run the saxo
coz I didn't know what half them word's meant
sounds a bit technical to me............