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MarkCup's 2017 Ford Focus RS
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MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Nice one Jeff. Once I'm used to some big angles let's go destroy some tyres LOL
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Great car and great video mark. I'd be chuffed to bits like you if I bought a new Rs, they look epic.
Hope it serves you well mate
Hope it serves you well mate
c4pob
ClioSport Club Member
A terrible one
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I genuinely thought I'd hate this...but it makes me giggle like an 8 year old every single morning ha ha!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
It's not so much 4th or 30mph that's impressive...but the 350 lbs ft you have at a shade over 2k rpm.
Just look at the bloody state of it! Have you never been on the Internet? According to t'web, all brand new cars should be subjected to 5 days cleaning and coating before seeing daylight. I'm sorry Mark, but a 172 cup will be worth more than your rs in 5 years now. [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I'm 1,100 miles in now and it's still not been touched. I almost broke out the pressure washer earlier this evening but though "f**k it" and went for a blast across the Downs instead LOL
Word. Low down torque is seriously underrated. It feels so weird when before you'd have had to chuck it down a couple of cogs to do a nippy overtake on the motorway... When you've got torque you just squeeze the go pedal and it does exactly that!
Sounds great does that. I'am happy it's being used as intended, and not being wrapped in cotton wool 'cause it's got an RS badge attached. Looking forward to more, i know MPG is not important, but what are you averaging ?
Fiesta ST-3
Looks great Mark! Really curious as to how it compares to the 290 real world! There's the obvious FWD/AWD differences, but I mean in terms of living with the thing! Will be following
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MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I can get early to mid thirties if I put my mind to it...I've managed it for one trip to work so far and then my inner child took over again...which then gives me 25 to 26 mpg. I'm happy with that.
It's been used domestically all day today...and the only slight issue was that the two plastic crates I take crass cuttings to the tip in only just fitted...I almost had to take the shelf out. Other than the boot compromise, and the fact that I keep getting asked to take it out of sport suspension mode when it's already in the softest setting, it's just a Ford Focus.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Demonstrations, just plain LOLS, and Goodwood pit lane getaways only for this...
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Ha ha that's awesome
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
That was the first time they'd been properly used in anger in 1,000 miles from new. Quite a few have reported them smoking like that when they first get hot.
In this one they managed flames...
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Awesome stuff.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Just out of interest do you fill up with a particular brand of fuel or just go for the higher octane (98-99Ron)
Sounds well on the launch control vid
Nothing too special...Tesco Momentum 99RON - that's all my Fiesta ever had so I'm sticking with it for the RS.
leeds2592
ClioSport Club Member
Bean 182 + E70 X5
I can't even take the mick out of this video, I was smiling all the way through it and chuffed that you are so happy with it!
i don't know how to subscribe to a thread but if I did know how I would subscribe to this one.
Just some constructive criticism.
1) In the 1st video I would have liked you to sit in the drivers seat and pretend to drive, gear changes the lot Brrrrrr brrrrmm eeeerrrrrr brrrrrrrrmm.
2) That collection video is near on awesome. That grin reminds me of xmas circa 1989 when I got the Manta Force Red Viper spaceship. Couldn't wipe it off for a week.
EDIT: 3) Forgot to add geeky as hell.
Just some constructive criticism.
1) In the 1st video I would have liked you to sit in the drivers seat and pretend to drive, gear changes the lot Brrrrrr brrrrmm eeeerrrrrr brrrrrrrrmm.
2) That collection video is near on awesome. That grin reminds me of xmas circa 1989 when I got the Manta Force Red Viper spaceship. Couldn't wipe it off for a week.
EDIT: 3) Forgot to add geeky as hell.
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Brutal! I loved launch control in my old 6 MPS, do these come with flat foot shifting Mark?
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
In a Ford RS engineering team technical talk that a load of RSOC members went to they said that launch control should be sidestep the clutch and flat for the first shift. I wanted to try it out, but I've never done it before and it just feels wrong! I'm paranoid I'll time it wrong and use 350 lbft to create some gear crumble. I do want to give it a go though.
The brochure says 'Launch Control' optimises the AWD system for the launch and also lifts the torque limit. No one, as far as I know, has ever tested how much the car normally limits boost by in the first two gears or by how much it's lifted when launched versus full boost in third.
From what they said I think launch control will cancel all torque limiting until the flat foot at launch is lifted from the throttle, so to really get the full torque launch control benefit in second gear you have to flat shift or else torque limits are restored before you've got the clutch back up.
I intend to datalog and find out for sure :smiley:
BMW M4; S1000 RR
Lol. Just do it!
Side stepping is cool and a pretty cool party trick with that car I'd have thought!
Side stepping is cool and a pretty cool party trick with that car I'd have thought!
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Arrange a test drive at another dealership and do it to their car. Problem solved.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
1,400 miles now, two weeks of daily use, after my initial 4 day 1,000 mile marathon...thoughts?
I can see why people tune them. Doesn't feel especially fast in a straight line, its immense torque is so progressive in the way it rapidly builds that there's no hint of drama at all.
Around turns though, oh yes.
Understeer. We've all felt it. That sense of the front wheels scrubbing just very very slightly beyond their perfect slip angle?
That's what this car feels like but from the rear, every single time you get on the power around a corner. It's not oversteer in the sense of having to adjust your steering, well, not unless you want it to be which it does very easily even in the all systems engaged 'Normal' mode...but it feels like it's just always scrubbing, just slightly. Oversped rear wheels at play? That does equate to what I'm feeling.
Giving it a bootful out of second gear roundabouts is way beyond hilarious. When it starts to go, you're all ready for it, because it's been going just slightly all the way around the turn already.
MPG is bad. The fuel light coming on at 1/3 of a tank is comical.
1 warranty issue already. Nothing major, lug bent on interior trim piece so it doesn't fit perfectly. Been to the dealership today to sort. they were bang on as usual. Saw @Jeff simply 's actual abandoned car there...
I can see why people tune them. Doesn't feel especially fast in a straight line, its immense torque is so progressive in the way it rapidly builds that there's no hint of drama at all.
Around turns though, oh yes.
Understeer. We've all felt it. That sense of the front wheels scrubbing just very very slightly beyond their perfect slip angle?
That's what this car feels like but from the rear, every single time you get on the power around a corner. It's not oversteer in the sense of having to adjust your steering, well, not unless you want it to be which it does very easily even in the all systems engaged 'Normal' mode...but it feels like it's just always scrubbing, just slightly. Oversped rear wheels at play? That does equate to what I'm feeling.
Giving it a bootful out of second gear roundabouts is way beyond hilarious. When it starts to go, you're all ready for it, because it's been going just slightly all the way around the turn already.
MPG is bad. The fuel light coming on at 1/3 of a tank is comical.
1 warranty issue already. Nothing major, lug bent on interior trim piece so it doesn't fit perfectly. Been to the dealership today to sort. they were bang on as usual. Saw @Jeff simply 's actual abandoned car there...
Evo 5 RS
Yeah, power delivery does make a big difference. That said, mine has lag and still has a slightly better book time than these.
Get it mapped!
Get it mapped!
c4pob
ClioSport Club Member
A terrible one
Recommendation from ford for best launch is drop the clutch (when I did it I depressed the clutch with my toes then moved my foot down and let the clutch pedal spring back) and flat shift into 2nd. When testing the original setup, they apparently did 30 launches in a row with no adverse issues with the car.
c4pob
ClioSport Club Member
A terrible one
So what are you getting mpg wise and how many miles to a tank? 1,200 miles I would guess is 4 trips to the watering hole? I thought the same on the fuel light when it first came on. I was thinking "but I've got so much left", well you don't!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I'll happily take some dynamic excitement when driving around corners over a laggy power delivery. It's certainly not lacking in a straight line unless you're comparing tenths vs an RS3/Golf R/A45.
Including the initial fill up I've put £362.68 into it so far :fearscream:
The fact that it's cheaper to insure than our C-Max makes up for that though.
Without a doubt it is...it just doesn't feel any quicker.
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