Indholdsfortegnelse for February 2018 i Fast Ford

WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY ISSUE Firstly, let me start by wishing you all a very Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed a fantastic Christmas, and I hope you're not too full up on mince pies and eggnog! I also hope you got the pressies you wanted - something for your beloved Blue Oval, no doubt? Speaking of presents, we've got a rather special treat for you this issue too – how about the most powerful Mk2 Focus RS in the country!? RS tuning has really pressed on over the last few years with 600bhpplus five-cylinders now being somewhat 'commonplace' at summer shows and events. But owner of this month's cover car, Grant Butler, wasn't going to stop at a mere 600bhp! He briefly claimed the title of 'most…

FIESTA RS TURBO BLOOD BROTHERS Always in awe of his brother’s Fiesta RS Turbo, Adam Pope couldn’t believe his luck when he got the chance to own it... Words DAN BEVIS / Photos ADE BRANNAN Older siblings are as much a blessing as a curse. Some days they like to give you handy tips about how to manipulate teachers, or buy you illicit contraband from shops. Other days, they’ll be knuckle-rubbing your scalp and stealing your piggy bank. But that sibling bond is one that endures, and for Adam Pope it’s helped to steer him down a lush and verdant path of retro Ford appreciation, ultimately leading to the improbably shiny RS Turbo you see before you. “This is all my older brother’s fault,” he confirms with a chuckle. “He…

GROUP A ESCOS STAR FIGHTER PILOT This Pilot-liveried Cosworth is a period-correct snapshot of rally perfection; an aggressive Group A fighter with stellar capabilities and a show-winning finish… Words DAN BEVIS / Photos ADE BRANNAN Rose-tinted glasses are one of the most dangerous concepts in the human sphere of consciousness. We love to reminisce about the good old days, to eulogise about how everything used to be brilliant, and we’re so often proved wrong when we delve anywhere deeper than merely mentioning it in passing in pub conversations. ‘Things were so much better in the 1990s,’ someone might say without apparent irony, as their thumb dances across the screen of their smartphone, ordering themselves a cab home and a takeaway to await their arrival, all while checking their likes and…

CLUB MEET PEOPLES FORD MEET Peoples Ford in Edinburgh clear out their showroom and invite fellow Blue Oval owners in for a meet, and this one had a distinct Escort Cosworth flavour… Words & photos ADE BRANNAN WHERE PEOPLES FORD, EDINBURGH WHEN JULY 2017 On the surface, it may just be a simple meet, but every year Stevie Hinks of Peoples Ford in Edinburgh puts on one of the best Blue Oval gatherings in the UK. Yes, once a year the showroom is emptied of new age metal and some of the best RSs from the local area and beyond are invited to be on display in their place. And it’s not just cars, guest DJs and plenty of fantastic food make it a real event. Plus the car park…

FF TECH GET READY FOR THE ROLLERS! Before you strap your car on the rolling road, you need to make sure it’s fully prepared. Here’s how… Words DAN FURR Many owners of modified Fords take their car to a rolling road after fitting the latest upgrades in order to see how much power has been achieved, but it’s just as important to get a reading in advance of any work being carried out so that you can be absolutely sure that the car is operating without fault before you start tinkering. It also gives you a perfect base figure to be able to compare and contrast dyno graphs (ideally registered on the same rolling road) before and after tuning has taken place, thereby giving you the opportunity to see what…

WHAT'S NEW WARRANTY-APPROVED UPGRADES See what’s going down in the world of fast Fords... Ford Performance recently revealed the first wave of specially-developed Ford Performance Parts at the Essen Motorshow. This new range of performance upgrades will be made available to order, and have fitted, through Ford’s dealer network, and the best bit is that they are all Ford-approved and won’t affect the car’s warranty! Developed to further enhance the sporty character and award-wining driving dynamics of Ford Performance vehicles – which includes the all-new Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Focus RS, Mustang, and even the new GT– the new Ford Performance Parts range offers components from chassis and suspension upgrades to exhaust systems, engine tuning, and styling options. Developed in conjunction with renowned specialists including Roush, Borla, KW and Remus,…

S2 RS TURBO CALLING DIBS Von and Jon have owned their S2 RS Turbo for so long, it’s become part of the family… Words DAN GOODYER / Photos MATT WOODS It’s strange but everyone seems to call this car Dibs,” laughs Von. “Officially our daughter Jasmine named the car Dibs when she was just a toddler. She’s 22 now.” That gives you an idea of how long Von and Jon have owned this stunning black Series 2 Escort RS Turbo. Like all family members, sometimes Dibs has tried their patience. Other times it’s made them proud. Ultimately, Dibs is now part of the family and you can’t sell family members, as much as we might like to sometimes... Von still remembers the day they first set eyes on the 1.6-litre…

SAPPHIRE COSWORTH PROJECT CREEP When Michael Dutton bought this all-original, low-mileage Sapphire Cosworth in 2006, he planned simply to tidy it up to standard spec. But then he started getting ideas… Words DAN BEVIS / Photos ADE BRANNAN Mission creep’ is a uniquely human concept. It refers, in essence, to our inability to leave things alone. We’ve all experienced it at one time or another; that situation when a project just keeps running and running way beyond any of its original goals or expectations – any early successes in the process tend to carry this thinking along on an unstoppable tide of potential further victories. ‘It’s going well so far,’ the thought process goes, ‘so let’s see what happens if we stick at it’. A notable example is the Korean…

FF TECH TUNING THE MK3 FOCUS RS We join Revo as they tune the Mk3 Focus RS from totally stock to snarling 435bhp Stage 2 spec… The Mk3 Focus RS has been with us for approaching two years now, and in that time tuners have been busy developing various packages to further improve upon the 2.3-litre EcoBoost’s already impressive 345bhp standard power output. Last year saw the first round of upgrades hit the market, most of which were simple Stage 1 kits and centred around revised software settings to give the RS a bit more bite. We’ve driven a few of the various offerings from different tuners and have to say that even the Stage 1 upgrades make a huge difference to the driving dynamics of the RS. But now,…

FF TECH DECODE YOUR DYNO GRAPH What exactly do all the figures on a dyno graph mean? Take a look as we explain… We’ve all had our car on a rolling road at sometime or another. We pay our money and get a nice graph with a load of figures on in return. Usually we’re only ever interested in the power and torque figures, but look closely and you will notice that your dyno graph contains an awful lot more information than just that. But what do all those figures mean? And how do they affect the graph? Well, let’s take a closer look at a dyno graph and study the various pieces of information it contains… THE NUMBERS As you can see from the graph most of the figures…

OGIER AND EVANS TO LEAD M-SPORT IN 2018 Fresh off the back of winning his fifth WRC Driver’s title, Sebastien Ogier has confirmed his commitment to the M-Sport team for the 2018 season. 2017 Wales Rally GB winner, Elfyn Evans, has also been confirmed as part of the Cumbrian-based team’s driver line-up for 2018. Alongside them, their respective co-Drivers, Julien Ingrassia and Daniel Barritt. With both crews having good knowledge of the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC, development can continue at pace – Ogier and Evans both determined to add to M-Sport’s repertoire of podiums, wins and championships in the year to come. Negotiations with both crews have been on-going for some months and, during a team celebration at Dovenby Hall recently, Ogier spontaneously took the lead – he and Evans…

DRIVEN MOUNTUNE’S MR410 FOCUS ST We get behind the wheel of mountune’s big-turbo Focus ST, the MR410, to see what the RS-rivalling hatch is really capable of… Words JAMIE Photos MOUNTUNE While the entire world, as it seems, has been focussed (pun intended) on the Mk3 RS, mountune’s latest power upgrade for its ST sibling, the MR410, appears to have almost gone unnoticed. Almost, but not by us. We’ve had our eye on the big turbo-equipped Mk3 for a while now and have been itching to get behind the wheel to see what it’s all about. And I’m pleased to report that it’s, quite frankly, awesome! It delivers the same rawness and ‘just nail it and hang-on’ thrills that you’d normally associate with highly tuned RS Turbos and old-school Fiestas…

1010BHP FOCUS PURPLE REIGN With a dyno-proven 1010bhp, Grant Butler’s show-stopping Mk2 is the world’s first Focus RS to break into four-digit power figures… Words DAVY LEWIS / Photos ADE BRANNAN Man has always had a desire to be the first at things. Whether it’s landing on the moon, flying around the world or simply getting to the bar on a busy Friday night; being first matters. It’s in our DNA (probably hard wired from the days when we lived in caves.) So it’s no surprise that in the Ford world, there’s an innate desire to be the first: the first to own the latest RS model, the first to fit a new set of wheels, the first to have a 1000bhp Focus RS. But Grant Butler didn’t set out…

OPEN DAY TARNOCK GARAGE CARS & COFFEE WHERE TARNOCK, SOMERSET WHEN SEPTEMBER 2017 We catch up with Ford fans from the South West as they head to Tarnock Garage’s Cars & Coffee meet… Words & photos JAMIE every available inch of the site! The sheer number of people and cars attending was a surprise, even to the team at Tarnock Garage, but it really shouldn’t be – the South West is a bit of a hotbed for modified Blue Ovals. Not only does it host some seriously enthusiastic clubs (Bristol RSOC, Swindon RSOC, and Ford Sport South West to name just three!), it also plays home to one of the best Blue Oval events on the calendar at RS Combe, and is even where your favourite Ford tuning magazine is…

FF TECH A LL ABOUT DYNOS Far from just being a way to measurer a car’s power output, dynos are invaluable tools when it comes to engine tuning. So, let’s take a closer look at what they do, and how they do it… Words STEVE ‘STAVROS’ NEOPHYTOU WHAT IS A DYNO? Dyno is an abbreviation of dynamometer, which is a universal name for a device used to measure torque. It does this by using various types of braking force to put an engine under the same load it would see while being driven hard on the road/track, but in a static vehicle, or attached to a test bench. The amount of force produced by the engine attempting to turn the braked dynamometer is measured, and then converted by the dyno’s…