I'm the owner of the Focus RS in question and browse this forum from time-to-time, so I kind of feel obliged to reply lol.
It has a de-cat pipe (maybe adding 10bhp) and an induction kit that adds nothing more than noise. Other than that, it's standard.
The reason my RS was particularly torque-steery in the test was because of tyres. Sadly the front two had less than 2mm on and I couldn't get new ones fitted in time. The LSD on the RS accentuates the problem of old tyres, but sadly this was not brought up in the write-up. Faults like the lack of feel at speed are genuine issues, however, and it was because of little things like this that the car went no further.
Right from the off I was expecting the Clio Trophy to win; it's much more adjustable and offers a lot more feedback than the RS. If it was the best fwd car for the track, I would be very confident about the RS winning, but, even with decent tyres I don't think the RS would beat the Trophy.
It has a de-cat pipe (maybe adding 10bhp) and an induction kit that adds nothing more than noise. Other than that, it's standard.
The reason my RS was particularly torque-steery in the test was because of tyres. Sadly the front two had less than 2mm on and I couldn't get new ones fitted in time. The LSD on the RS accentuates the problem of old tyres, but sadly this was not brought up in the write-up. Faults like the lack of feel at speed are genuine issues, however, and it was because of little things like this that the car went no further.
Right from the off I was expecting the Clio Trophy to win; it's much more adjustable and offers a lot more feedback than the RS. If it was the best fwd car for the track, I would be very confident about the RS winning, but, even with decent tyres I don't think the RS would beat the Trophy.