Evo 5 RS
Mark, on all accounts...
...Good effort lol
...Good effort lol
Mark, on all accounts...
...Good effort lol
From Ford though, not surprised on the pricing. Fun comes at a cost. It's how my kids were created.
A wise man once said, there are no pockets in shrouds.
Press seem to rate the CTR as the better of the two.
I think every review I've read has given the driving experience of the new CTR a thumbs up, it's just the styling that's a little OTT.
Really enjoy your videos Mark, keep them coming.
Would love to see you drive the new Type R back to back with the RS and offer your thoughts.
Press seem to rate the CTR as the better of the two.
The mint and standard mk2 Focus RS
You still need a go in my fiesta st as I think you would love it and be selling the rs and coming back to the fiesta flock .
hurry up with that one, just for me LOL
Yes I do and likewise you can have a go in the RS! Let me sort my current s**t out then we must set something up!
The thing is, the standard parts from Ford are the cheapest I could find, anywhere...I guess it's all down to the fact that there's a lot of material in them...the 350mm front discs are comically large compared to what I'm used to handling.
There's plenty of brake 'upgrades' available, but they're all significantly more expensive, RS 'tax' at play me thinks. If there was an alternative that was a couple hundred £s cheaper I may have given them a punt. As there isn't (that I could find) that's all the motivation I need to keep my car 100% standard and on genuine Ford parts.
Have you tried Matt Lewis for parts?
Now I've finished this one I can finally get on to sorting through my Goodwood footage...until then...
A year on is the Fiesta ST still as good as I remember it to be?
So has it been written in the record books that the Focus is actually the best car ever made, ever?
Don't your friends ask why are you wearing oven gloves?
Let me know if you need any parts moving forward @MarkCup - I could have got that lot delivered to your front door for £600.
A little trivia - The Focus RS air filter is the same filter as fitted to most 1.6 Petrol / Diesel Ford engines.
Of course not. They all know not to dis' the gloves.
Useful, thank you. Is this for genuine Ford parts?
Re. the air filter...this was after 16k miles, would they really still be good, flowing, and not choked up at 37.5k?!
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Graphtastic episode that one
Mental running costs for the day, I’m glad the Mazda doesn’t get through pads etc like that! And glad to see no lasting damage.
I know you’ll prefer the Mk3 to the Mk2, but definitely enjoy that engine
Why are you using standard road pads? OEM pads aren’t designed for that sort of abuse the Mk3 focus is a heavy car, you should look at moving to a fast road or track pad which can cope with the temperatures. It’s completely up to you what you spend your money on but those tyres and discs didn’t look like they needed changing. The last few cars I’ve had have been heavy cars you just need to teach yourself to do cool down laps or even driving up and down the paddock to cool brakes down.
P sure mark knows how to drive on a circuit.
Also, IIRC Ford banged on about how the car could handle 25 mins of solid track use at one go.
I maybe thinking of the diff, but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a hot hatch to be able to do a few hard laps without disintegrating.. this was just a few too many laps I guess..