Indholdsfortegnelse for April 2021 i Fast Ford

INTRO WELCOME Finally, things are starting to look up. There seems to be light at the end of the Covid tunnel and while some shows may have been forced to postpone, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it won’t be too much longer before we can all get back out and start enjoying our cars again. It’s been too long – my own Focus RS has been sat unloved for months, and only covered a few hundred miles in 2020. But after being sat idle for so long, it needed a bit of TLC to get it back up to speed again, which inspired our ‘Post Lockdown’ feature on page 70 – a 20-point checklist for things to look out for when getting your Blue Oval ready for action again…

TECH SPEC FIESTA ST ENGINE 1596cc EcoBoost, original block, crank, rods and pistons, Laird Performance S5T1 turbo, Sitech Racing Stage 2 inlet and exhaust cams, Sitech Racing custom fuel pump, Laird Performance 5Triple1 crossover and intercooler, Laird Performance Outlaw Yakuza 3in exhaust system and de-cat, Laird Performance ported exhaust manifold, Turbosmart dual-port BOV, Auto Specialists oil catch can, SiCo Developments V3 induction and cold-side pipe, NGK7 plugs, Nexus 4N mapping, JW Racing engine torque mount, Vibra-Technics fast road engine mounts POWER 405bhp and 300lb.ft TRANSMISSION Fiesta ST Getrag Ford Durashift B6 six-speed, dual-mass flywheel, Stage 2 competition clutch, SiCo Developments short shifter SUSPENSION Fiesta ST factory dampers, Eibach Pro -35mm lowering springs, BAF Motorsport K-brace BRAKES Front: Fiesta ST callipers with 278x23mm discs, PBS Pro Race pads and Goodridge brake…

FAST FEUD If you’ve been on our Facebook page recently (www.facebook.com/FastFordmag) you will have seen the new series of polls we’re running – the Fast Feud, sponsored by our friends at Power Maxed. Use the code FASTFEUD15 on the Power Maxed website for 15 per cent off purchases. Just for a bit of fun, we’re going to find out which fast Ford really is the people’s favourite. We’ll be pitching 32 different fast Ford models head-to-head, until we narrow them all down to the last Ford standing, which will be declared the winner. We’re three-quarters of the way through the opening round now, with 12 cars already safely through to the next round. Here are the latest results: Poll 9 MK7 FIESTA ST VS MK8 FIESTA ST Winner: Mk7 Fiesta…

DRIVER SPEC RICHARD GREEN AGE 50 JOB “Full-time carer to my daughter” FIRST FORD Mk2 Cortina two-door BEST MODIFICATION “The whole car, as I’ve done it how I wanted it” FAVOURITE FORD SHOW OR EVENT? Goodwood Festival of Speed TRACK DAY OR SHOW & SHINE? Track days LESSONS LEARNT FROM THIS PROJECT? Try not to rush jobs on the restoration WHAT’S NEXT “I’m in the middle of overhauling my Mk2 Cortina track car” THANKS “I would like to thank my wife Alexis and daughter Holly for putting up with me while I was restoring the car. Thanks also to Jamie Knowles for sorting out all the powder-coating – sadly he passed away before I got the car finished; he was a big Ford fan himself, his Fiesta RS Turbo was…

DRIVER SPEC DANNY TANTON AGE 37 JOB Tunnel fitter INSTAGRAM @danny_asbo_st FIRST FORD Mk2 Fiesta (with a whale-tail) BEST MODIFICATION EMU Black ECU FAVOURITE FORD SHOW OR EVENT? Ford Power Live TRACK DAY OR SHOW & SHINE? Both SIERRA RS500 OR FOCUS RS500? Sierra WRC OR BTCC? WRC LESSONS LEARNT FROM THIS PROJECT? Don’t tell the wife how much things actually cost! WHAT’S NEXT Go more track-focused and lose some of the shiny bits THANKS Andy and Jamie at BRC Performance for their hard work and guidance, and to David at Z Cars for all of his help…

DRIVER SPEC MATT DAVIS AGE 46 JOB Building and conservation director INSTAGRAM matthewdavis9831 FIRST FORD Mk3 Escort 1.6 Ghia THREE FORDS IN YOUR DREAM GARAGE? “My S1 that I currently own, Mk2 Mexico that I have recently purchased, which is undergoing a light restoration, and Sierra RS500” FAVOURITE THING ABOUT YOUR FORD? “The paint finish and ceramic coating, or the alloys” FAVOURITE FORD SHOW OR EVENT? RSOC National Day TRACK DAY OR SHOW & SHINE? Show and shine SIERRA RS500 OR FOCUS RS500? Sierra RS500 WRC OR BTCC? BTCC LESSONS LEARNT FROM THIS PROJECT? Settle on a plan and stick to it WHAT’S NEXT Music system upgrade and custom boot build, underside restoration, and Matt Lewis forged engine build with bigger turbo THANKS “My partner Vicki for her patience to…

DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS Different cars doing different jobs will require very different ARB settings to perform at their best. A stiffly-sprung circuit racer with big, fat, slick tyres and lots of lateral cornering forces might want a very stiff ARB setting to keep everything nice and flat through the corners. Whereas a rally car that needs to have much softer suspension with a much larger travel to accommodate all the bumps of rough terrain would need to address the body roll issue completely differently; a stiff ARB would actually prevent the suspension from doing its job by restricting the ability of each corner to move up and down independently. In these applications a softer ARB setting is required, and the body roll/ weight transfer is managed via the spring rates –…

TECH SPEC FIESTA RS1800 ENGINE 1796cc in-line four-cylinder, 16-valve, DOHC, belt-driven Zetec, cast iron block, alloy cylinder head, high-lift camshafts, 10.0:1 compression ratio, Ford EEC-IV engine management TRANSMISSION Front-wheel drive with B5 five-speed manual gearbox, 220mm clutch and 3.82:1 final drive ratio. Gear ratios: first 2.86:1; second 1.91:1; third 1.41:1; fourth 1.10:1; fifth 0.87:1; reverse 3.82:1 SUSPENSION Front: MacPherson struts, gas-pressurised dampers, uprated coil springs, 16mm anti-roll bar; rear: semi-independent with trailing arms and torsion beam, uprated coil springs, gas-pressurised dampers, 20mm anti-roll bar; PAS and quicker rack (2.8 lock-to-lock instead of 3.75) standard from February 1994 BRAKES Front: 240mm ventilated discs; rear: 203mm drums; optional ABS WHEELS & TYRES 5.5x14in five-spoke alloy wheels (diamond-cut until February 1994; painted thereafter) and 185/55x14 tyres EXTERIOR Three-door Fiesta with body-colour bumpers, wheelarch…

TECH SPEC GROUP A RS1600i ENGINE 1596cc CVH, forged pistons, lightened and balanced crank, Group A-spec head, 300-degree race camshaft, Mk4 Escort 1.4-litre CVH distributor, V6 metering head, RS1600i cast-iron exhaust manifold, custom stainless steel exhaust system with catalytic converter POWER 155-160 bhp TRANSMISSION Escort RS1600i BC gearbox with homologated straight-cut gears (long first), Ford Motorsport limited-slip differential, 4.7:1 final-drive, cranked Puma gearlever, cerametallic clutch with heavy-duty pressure plate, adjustable clutch pedal SUSPENSION Front: Bilstein Group A coilovers with rose-jointed top mounts, Ford Motorsport rose-jointed track control arms, RS1600i crossmember and anti-roll bar; rear: Bilstein Group A dampers with separate race-spec springs, adjustable rear arms; uprated bushes all round BRAKES Front: Brabus/Alcon four-pot callipers, alloy bells, 295mm grooved and vented discs; rear: Mk5 Escort RS2000 discs and callipers WHEELS &…

WHAT IS THE MOST ‘FUN’ FORD YOU’VE OWNED? “My Cossie was fun, but unreliable. My Mk3 RS is fun, but expensive if it goes wrong. The most ‘care-free’ entertainment came behind the wheel of a Puma-engined Mk5 Fiesta, or Fast Ford’s Mk6 Fiesta ST project car - both of which were ragged hard every singe day and always made me smile.” JAMIE, EDITOR “When it comes to fun I immediately think of hooliganism, and RWD. My Sapphire Cosworth has been comically fun at times, but the award must go to my old 24v drift Saph. So many good times, such as the British Drift Championship, Ford Fair shows and even driving though central London in a stripped, caged and fully-liveried nut-case of a car!” ADE, PHOTOGRAPHER “It would have to…

DRIVER SPEC CRAIG HOWARD AGE 39 JOB IT business development manager FIRST FORD Fiesta XR2 3 FORDS IN YOUR DREAM GARAGE? S1 Escort RS Turbo, Fiesta RS Turbo, Sierra RS500 FAVOURITE THING ABOUT YOUR FORD? The ‘dentist drill’ turbo FAVOURITE FORD SHOW OR EVENT? Ford Fair TRACK DAY OR SHOW & SHINE? Track day SIERRA RS500 OR FOCUS RS500? Sierra RS500 WRC OR BTCC? BTCC LESSONS LEARNT FROM THIS PROJECT? Make sure your wife knows everything about the project WHAT’S NEXT Watch this space… THANKS “Ross Laird at Laird Performance, Simon Smail and Nik Beswick at Sitech Racing for creating this monster, and of course my wife Emma for supporting me with this crazy build”…

INSIDE GUIDO’S GARAGE Tucked away down a side street, Guido’s workshop is a heaven for Mk3 Escort fanatics. Choice parts line the shelves, and Annette sits alongside an original Group A car in Fuji livery that also belongs to Siggi, plus Guido’s Herbst Escort and AutoVeri RS1600i race car. The garage will comfortably house five cars, but right now there are seven fighting for space, with friends’ Mk3 Escort estate and Mk2 Fiesta both in for some specialist attention from Guido. There’s also Guido’s latest road-car project — a Mk4 Bantam imported from South Africa via the UK, which is painfully near seeing a TüV test. Deliberately packed with lots of 1990s’ touches, including softline wheels and bonnet vents, the Bantam is powered by a 2.0-litre Zetec, and Guido plans…

WHAT'S NEW CLUB PROFILE ROLLING OVAL This month we speak to Amy Wood from Rolling Oval to find out more about the all-inclusive Ford club When was the club first founded? The club was founded by Gary Ainsworth and Dean Rochford on the June 12, 2014. They had a passion for Fords – and mates who shared the same passion – so decided to create a group to enjoy the Ford scene together. Tim Walker and I joined in December 2015, and we now have some amazing admins to help us run the group, which has gone from strength to strength. How many active members does the club currently have? We currently have 8300 Facebook members. Which models does the club cater for? Rolling Oval welcomes all models of Fords,…

TECH SPEC SIERRA COSWORTH ENGINE 1993cc Cosworth YBB, fully rebuilt, 205 block, I-beam forged steel rods, oversized pistons with valve cut-outs, decked mirror-finish block and mildly ported head, multi-layer head gasket, ARP bolts, Bosch dark green 803 injectors, rebuilt T3 turbo with 360-degree thrust bearing, Airtec Group A air filter, RS500-style intercooler, uprated radiator and fans, alloy header tank, Bailey oil breather, Airtec swirl pot, Roose Motorsport boost and water hoses, new engine loom, fan loom and fuel pump loom, uprated fuel pump, Group A coil, uprated HT leads, full Mongoose exhaust system with 3.5in outward-rolled tailpipe POWER 340bhp (owner’s estimate) TRANSMISSION Cosworth RWD BorgWarner T5 gearbox, quick-shift, Helix uprated clutch, stock Sierra Cosworth 7.5in rear differential with Group A mount SUSPENSION Bilstein gas-filled dampers , Ahmed Bayjoo-spec lowering springs,…

TECH SPEC MK2 FOCUS ST ENGINE 2522cc turbocharged Duratec five-cylinder, Wossner forged pistons, PEC forged conrods, block mod, Newman high-lift cams, BRC Performance ‘development’ fuel pump, 1000cc injectors, Garrett GTX3076R turbo, Turbosmart external wastegate, Focus RS oil cooler, Funk Motorsport turbo heat blanket, BRC Performance custom downpipe and screamer pipe exiting at rear of bonnet, Anembo Engineering inlet plenum, oversized throttle body, Airtec ported lower inlet manifold, Airtec intercooler, Airtec breather kit, Hardrace and Powerflex engine mounts, Pro Alloy big boost pipes, Syvecs MAF-less crossover pipe, RamAir Proram filter, KMS Thunderstorm exhaust, Auto Specialists engine dress-up kit, hydro-dipped engine bay plastics, DnA custom bonnet prop, Ecumasters EMU Black engine management system POWER 515bhp (will be capped at 550bhp after further tweaks) TRANSMISSION Focus ST Getrag M66 six-speed gearbox, Quaife ATB…

TECH SPEC FOCUS RS MK1 ENGINE 1988cc four-cylinder 16V DOHC Duratec RS with forged pistons and connecting rods, 8:1 compression ratio, uprated oil system with oil-spray nozzles and oil cooler, modified valve seats, sodium-filled exhaust valves, uprated valve springs, Garrett GT2560LS water-cooled turbocharger, 1.2 bar maximum boost, redesigned throttle body and induction system, water-cooled intercooler, high-capacity water pump, uprated cooling fans, Ford EEC-V engine management, high-flow injectors, uprated fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator, recirculating dump valve, large-bore exhaust system TRANSMISSION Uprated MTX75 five-speed gearbox with revised ratios, Quaife Automatic Torque-Biasing differential, uprated driveshafts, AP Racing uprated clutch, Sparco aluminium gear selector with quickshift SUSPENSION Front: MacPherson strut suspension with uprated, 25mm lowered coil springs and Sachs dampers, 65mm increased track, uprated lower A-arms with unique hydro bush, revised negative…

TECH SPEC MK2 FOCUS RS ENGINE 2522cc turbocharged Duratec five-cylinder, Milltek Ultimate exhaust system with black ceramic tips, Milltek downpipe with 200-cell sports cat, Forge recirculation valve, Revo torque mount, Anembo inlet plenum (textured black finish) with engine cover plate, Airtec cold air induction system (matt black finish), Spec-R intercooler, header tank, oil cooler, and power steering tank (all in black), uprated injectors, Revo Stage 4 software, Auto Specialists ECU cover (matt black), Roose Motorsport matt black hoses POWER 406.6bhp and 375.5lb.ft TRANSMISSION Focus RS Getrag/Durashift M66 six-speed gearbox, factory-fitted Quaife ATB diff, Helix Motorsport heavy-duty organic clutch and single-mass flywheel conversion SUSPENSION Focus RS dampers with H&R lowering springs (-35mm front/-25mm rear), Whiteline anti-lift kit, JWR carbon-fibre strut brace BRAKES Front: Revo-by-Alcon big brake kit comprising six-pot Alcon monoblock…

FF TECH BUYER’S GUIDE FIESTA RS1800 A forgotten fast Ford but a gem to drive and a diamond-encrusted investment, the Fiesta RS1800 sealed its place in history as the final RS-badged small Ford. Here’s how to buy one... Words DAN WILLIAMSON Photos JON HILL WHY YOU WANT ONE… • If you’re dead-set on owning an RS, the Fiesta RS1800 is the cheapest way into the Rallye Sport brand, and even a concours museum piece is relatively affordable. • It’s the last-ever Fiesta RS, which means it’ll be a desirable model in no time at all – and you can guarantee it’s an excellent investment. • Don’t tell everyone, but the RS1800 is (arguably) nicer to drive than any other early Fiesta – RS Turbo included. WHY YOU DON’T… • Despite…