Very Fast Focus

[Alex H]

Currently being raced by Andy Gallacher, who's (apparently) spent a couple of hundred thousand on this beast. Not much info on it, other than it weighs 1020kg, 670bhp, 4x4, carbon fibre spaceframed shell.

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Will try get some videos from the racing tomorrow.

 

[Riad]

This was Testing at Oulton other week in Time attack!

So fast! Apparently the shell is Carbon fibre!

 

[Ridahz]

That looks very dangerous

Wouldnt spend 100k on a focus tho lol! :rasp:

 

[SkidMarx]

the car is a beast....Andy has 2 of them at exactly the same spec, a blue one and a orange one, both carbon fibre and both space framed, beasts of a car!

 

[kev 3dr]

He is at knockhill today in time attack meeting !!
current engine is about 650 bhp but got another engine being repaired which has been dynoed at 760 and another being built at the moment by Harvey Gibbs !!

It was running faster laps at Oulton park than any other time attack car til his front diff went and thats giving away at least 100bhp plus nitrous to the likes of Ollie Clarke !!

 

[clio_mad]

Shame it isnt road legal with it being space framed, that'd be an awesome b-road car!

Hasn't it also lapped knockhill in the quickest time ever???

 

[MarcoB]

It looks s**t hot but I wouldnt spend that on a Focus.

 

[kev 3dr]

Shame it isnt road legal with it being space framed, that'd be an awesome b-road car!

Hasn't it also lapped knockhill in the quickest time ever???

Yes i think its the fastest full bodied car around there with a sub 50' sec lap

 

[Djw Dave]

SO so so so fast, we saw it at crail Wow is all i can say!

 

[jesus]

Certainly looks the part!

 

[ukaskew]

Is it a silhouette then basically? Apart from the bodyshape I'm assuming there is nothing Focus about it.

Looks amazing though, would love to see it running in the flesh.

 

[jamie rigby]

Certainly looks the part!

who cares what it looks like when you cant even see it go past its that fast :rasp:...

seen it at time attack at oulton the other week, believe he had a problem with the diff or something...

 

[Englebert]

Being spaceframe doesn't make a car non-road legal...

It is an amazing car, no doubt. Problem, its not actually eligble for anything other than that crappy Scottish race series they do.

 

[jamie rigby]

Being spaceframe doesn't make a car non-road legal...

It is an amazing car, no doubt. Problem, its not actually eligble for anything other than that crappy Scottish race series they do.

wouldnt call time attack a crappy scottish race series...

 

[kev 3dr]

wouldnt call time attack a crappy scottish race series...

Its eligible for lots of different race series

Time attack - prototype class
Northern saloons championship - prob class A
Scotish saloons championship
Possibley others like the Combe saloons series and the dunlop series but im not sure on there rules but there are lots of space framed specials out there racing !!

Andy mainly does the scotish because Knockhill is about half hour away from where he is so it keeps costs down etc

 

[ukaskew]

Possibley others like the Combe saloons series and the dunlop series but im not sure on there rules but there are lots of space framed specials out there racing !!

Never, this would struggle to be eligible in many championships, let alone Saloon Car Championships. CC Saloons and the Dunlop series (and I assume most others as well) requires an almost standard road car in many respects, is there a single part of this car that actually comes from a road-going Focus apart from the light clusters?!

 

[Englebert]

Time Attack isn't a race series, nor is it Scottish. I meant the Scottish Saloons, which TBH is the only series i've heard the car being in.

 

[kev 3dr]

Warm up times from Time attack today !!

Andy Gallagher - Focos- 52.3
R Butcher -Evo 8 - 52.768
Olly Clark - Impreza - 52.834 - 133.2mph
Tom Ferrier - Impreza - 53.841 - 138.9mph
Steve Guglielmi - Lotus Elise 54.629 - 124.3mph
Russell Humphrey - Evo 5 - 55.141 - 128.1mph
James Nicholls - Evo 6 - 55.657 - 125.9

 

[Bazzon]

Nice car but was funny seeing him "showing off" at the RSOC at croft last year and smash it up, felt sorry for him but it was funny at the same time.

 

[Merk]

Just got back from knockhill...seen this flying around, engine bay is mighty impressive too.

 

[powey]

Is it a diesel?....lol

 

[jamie rigby]

lol

 

[carl_f]

here is a link to the build thread on passionford
http://passionford.com/forum/restor...llachers-carbon-focus-new-vids-last-page.html

 

[Djw Dave]

Nice car but was funny seeing him "showing off" at the RSOC at croft last year and smash it up, felt sorry for him but it was funny at the same time.

What happened? :S