Indholdsfortegnelse for May 2021 i Fast Ford

WHAT'S NEW CLUB PROFILE ST220 ENTHUSIASTS We speak to Neil Woodcook to find out more about the flagship Mk3 Mondeo owner’s group When was the club first founded? June 2015 How many active members does the club currently have? We currently have 3100 Facebook members and 761 Instagram followers. We have members based all over the world, including New Zealand and Taiwan. Which models does the club cater for? We focus on the Mk3 Mondeo ST220 and ST TDCi models, but you do not have to be an owner to join – anyone who appreciates these cars is welcome. What does the club offer to new members? We offer help and advice, with many technically-minded members with years of car maintenance experience. We’re a very friendly club that does not tolerate…

FAST FLEET Check out what’s been going on with our projects this month… JAMIE FOCUS RS In a bid to get the RS ready for some action this summer, Jamie has been to FJRS in Essex for a full service and thorough check-over. Will the Focus be given a clean bill of health, or require more attention? PAUL COWLAND MUSTANG V8 Paul’s spacers have arrived and he wasted no time in test fitting them to see how the extra girth improves the Mustang’s stance. DAN FOCUS ST250 The Fondeo is back from Direnza and Dan’s no longer driving a BMW every day. Full update coming soon. HANNAH FOCUS COSWORTH Hannah’s keeping her fingers crossed that shows and events open again in 2021, as she can’t wait to get on track…

EBC BRAKES’ MK7 FIESTA ST CAN’T TOUCH THIS Now boasting a fairly incredible spec, the EBC Brakes ‘Ultimate Fiesta Build’ receives a Pandora Car Alarms security system to protect it from unwanted attention… QUICK SPEC EBC Brakes Racing Apollo Balanced Big Brake Kit • Eibach Pro-Spacer Kit • Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres • Pumaspeed Stage 4 tune with X58EVO turbo • Forge BOV • Cusco Type RS LSD • ST XTA coilovers • Eibach ARBs • Ultra Racing strut braces • Powerflex bushes • Yiannimize vinyl wrap • Rota Recce alloys • Northampton Motorsport geo/alignment setup • P3 Gauges digital air vent gauge • Motordrive bucket seats • Pandora Alarms Light Pro V2 system with Nav-X During a routine scroll through the web recently, we stumbled upon a rather…

#PRINTMYFORD See your very own fast Ford in full printed glory! Ever wanted to see your car appear in all its glory in the printed pages of a Ford tuning magazine? Well, if so, all you need to do is ask! Simply email us, or post a picture of your car on our Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram pages and add the hashtag ‘#printmyford’, and each month we’ll choose our favourites and print them in this aptly named feature. Alternatively, drop us an email with a couple of pics, a full spec list of any mods and upgrades, and a few details about your time with the car to fastford.ed@kelsey.co.uk with the subject heading ‘print my ford’ and we’ll pick our favourites for a slightly more detailed review each month too.…

FF TECH 10 MINUTE TECH COILOVERS This month we take a closer look at one of the most popular modifications you can make to a Ford – coilover suspension “Coilovers nearly always lower the vehicle’s ride height and offer uprated damping. They are designed with improved handling as a priority over comfort” WHAT ARE COILOVERS AND WHAT DO THEY DO? A coilover is literally a spring-over-damper suspension unit. The name is a bit misleading though, as most OE suspension is typically coilover at the front anyway – often with separate spring and damper units on the rear. But in the performance modifying scene, the term ‘coilover’ is mostly used to refer to suspension, typically aftermarket (although some car manufacturers do fit coilovers as standard or offer them as an…

WHAT'S NEW FORD STUFF The latest gear on the Blue Oval scene MODATEK COSWORTH YB ‘LONG ROD’ PISTONS £856.20 Modatek are pleased to announce the launch of their new Cosworth YB long-rod piston sets, designed and manufactured by Cosworth for the fabled YB engine. Based on their successful and popular 4WD design, these new pistons have the pin bore moved up 7.5mm and are designed to work with a longer (136mm) con-rod. Forged from high tensile aluminium, they feature valve cut-outs, anti-scuff bands, anti-detonation bands, oil drain holes, and come with a Xylan anti-friction coating too. Compression ratio is 10:1, and they are available in three bore sizes; standard (90.82mm), and +0.5mm and +1.0mm oversize. Price is for a full set of four pistons, rings, pins, and clips. www.modatek.co.uk MOUNTUNE…

MK2 FOCUS ST THE PINK PANZER With pink accents studding Stealth Grey paint, this Mk2 ST is not exactly subtle. But thanks to a hot motor and custom mods, there’s even more firepower than you might suspect Words DAN BEVIS Photos ADE BRANNAN The element of surprise was vital to the storytelling mystique of Pink Panther movies. The greatest narrative ingredient was the character of Cato, masterfully portrayed by Burt Kwouk, who’d always be waiting to leap out of a cupboard and pounce on Clouseau, his orders being to attack at random in order to keep the Inspector alert. It’s fair to say the menacing and rather noisy Focus ST we’re basking in the glory of today owes rather a debt to Cato; indeed, it carries on the…

SIERRA RS500 WHEN LESS IS MORE After 30 years of modifying and racing Fords, Ali McMillan created his ideal RS500 Words BEN BIRCH Photos ADE BRANNAN Maybe times have changed, but the thought of a Cosworth road car equipped with mega horsepower, straight-cut gearbox and rose-jointed suspension doesn’t sound quite as jolly as it used to. Sure, the odd blast on a track day would bring a smile to your face, but driving to shows or to a nice pub (remember those?) on a sunny Sunday crammed into a fixed bucket seat with your ears ringing and V-Power vapour burning your nostrils would be a bit… draining. The RS500 you’re looking at here may therefore be the perfect Cosworth road car; a blend of just enough power, just enough stance…

JAMIE FOCUS RS FULL SERVICE As Jamie prepares the Focus for summer action, a trip to FJRS was in order for a full service and health-check QUICK SPEC Mountune m400R • Velgen Classic5 alloys • Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres • H&R lowering springs • 3M wrap by VWC in Leeds • Mountune axle-back and sports cat • H&R anti-roll bars • Tarox brakes • Mishimoto intercooler, intake kit, and oil cooler kits • Quaife ATB It’s been a funny 12 months or so, hasn’t it? A lot has changed during the last year, perhaps none more so than at Mountune in Essex – the company has had to deal with all the coronavirus restrictions, David Mountain has returned at the helm, and two of their lead technicians (Fred Clack and…

TOP 10 TIPS FOR SPRING CLEANING After a year in lockdown, it’s about that time your fast Ford had a proper spring clean. We speak to Gtechniq to find out what you should (and shouldn’t!) be doing to get your Blue Oval back to looking its best It’s officially springtime. And with high hopes of enjoying some shows and events this year (see a full list of dates over on page 21) that means it’s high time we started getting our fast Fords ready for action. Last issue we bought you our 20-point checklist on making sure your Blue Oval was fit for 2021 (back issues available at shop.kelsey.co.uk), but this month it’s time to turn our attention to getting your Ford looking it’s best once more. After a year…

FF TECH BUYER’S GUIDE T34 ESCORT COSWORTH Big boost, big value and big bills – buying an original T34 Escort Cosworth is a big risk. Here’s how to bag a big-winged Big Turbo bruiser Words DAN WILLIAMSON Photos MATT WOODS WHY YOU WANT ONE… • Just look at it. No one can claim to be a fast Ford fan and not get a tingling in the trouser department at the sight of an Escort Cosworth. • Cossies are iconic throughout car culture, receiving well-deserved respect and financial appreciation in equal amounts. • If you want to go fast in a Ford, an EsCos is still an unequalled way to spit flames on any B-road, circuit or rally stage. WHY YOU DON’T… • Sometimes you shouldn’t meet your heroes. An ageing, stock…

ESCORT RS TURBO TICKLED PINK We’ve featured loads of RS Turbos on these pages, but none quite like Carl Taylor’s. The art of modifying just went to the next level Words DANIEL BEVIS Photos DANIEL PULLEN There are no secrets any more. We used to live in a world where you learned things by finding them out for yourself; in a society without mobile phones, you’d have to call your mates’ landlines on the off-chance that they were in, or just go round to their house and see if they wanted to hang out. If one of your buddies had a project car in mid-build, you’d only know what stage it was at by popping over with a few beers and pitching in with the spanners (or, perhaps, believing the…

SECRET FORDS ACCESS ALL AREAS: THE RS MONDEO THAT NEVER WAS This issue Steve sheds some light on a supercharged V6 Mondeo prototype In the early Nineties, Ford tentatively scheduled a Mondeo RS into their plans, but time moved on and some regarded the RS name as a bit ‘old-school Eighties’ in a ‘high-tech Nineties’ world, where Ford bankrolled the Stewart F1 racing team. Now, motorsport-related specialist machines would instead be termed ‘Racing’ (like the Puma), while volume-selling mainstream cars were branded ST for Sports Technology. The Mondeo ST250 Eco Concept was conceived as a brand-building ST halo car that was unveiled at the ’99 Geneva Auto Salon, alongside the production-ready Mondeo ST200. Ex-Ford designer Ian Callum had previously worked on the RS200 and Escort Cosworth, joined TWR to design…

MK3 FOCUS RS BACK IN BLACK Last time Paul Shelton appeared on these pages was with a minty white Mk2 Focus RS. Now he’s back in a stunning Shadow Black Mk3 Words and photos JON CASS He may have been in the modified Ford scene for more than three decades, but 53-year-old Paul Shelton still has an eye for detail, and the ability to ensure his car is the envy of the show field. Paul remains as passionate about his Fords now as he ever did, and his latest creation is this imposing 420bhp Mk3 Focus RS, containing an impressive inventory of well thought-out mods. It was no surprise Paul fell for Fords in his youth, as his dad always owned a Blue Oval. Often found tinkering with cars on…

NEWS See what’s going down in the world of fast Fords... MACH 1 ARRIVES FOR SUMMER In a world of electric vehicles and hybrid technology, Ford fans have got something decidedly old-school to look forward to this year – the most track-capable Mustang ever to go on sale in the UK is due to land in time for summer 2021. The new Mach 1 model is based on the successful GT, but comes packed full of factory upgrades. You’ll be pleased to hear the only battery on the Mach 1 is the 12v job required to start a proper petrol engine. And not just any engine, a full-fat 5.0-litre V8 that produces 454bhp thanks to a unique software calibration that revs to 7500rpm, coupled to an induction system and 87mm…

WHAT'S NEW DRIVEN FIESTA ST EDITION Jason’s been out driving the latest fast Fiesta, and he’s ready to give us his verdict… Words and photos JASON DODD Despite 2020 being a year to forget, at the back-end of last year Ford did give us some good news: the arrival of a limited-edition Fiesta ST. ‘Ah, but they already do a limited edition,’ you might be thinking, but this new, blue Edition model picks up where the previous, orange Performance Edition left off. Along with a change of colour, numbers are strictly limited – with just 300 coming to the UK. Not to be confused with the Nitrous Blue on the Mk3 Focus RS, the ST Edition is finished in an exclusive Azura Blue, with the same 18in gloss black…

JASON MUSTANG V8 ANTENNA GAIN Jason books the Mustang in for the first repair in three years – to replace a faulty GPS antenna QUICK SPEC 5.0-litre Mustang GT • Steeda axle-back exhaust, induction kit, and H-pipe • RTR diffuser • MAP remap • Steeda IRS bushes, lowering springs, engine brace, K-brace, front and rear anti-roll bars • Carbon fibre deck lid • Velgen VF5 alloys • Steeda discs and Hawk pads After almost three years of ownership, a fault appeared on the Mustang. The GPS signal had disappeared on the Sync 3 navigation system. I contacted the service team at Haynes of Maidstone, and they advised a system reboot might cure it, otherwise it would be time for a new antenna. I booked it in for them to look…

M-SPORT THE STORY OF… M-SPORT’S GREATEST HITS Graham Robson takes a look at some of the best Blue Ovals ever produced by M-Sport Words GRAHAM ROBSON AND JAMIE Photos M-SPORT& FORD PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES “His fifth consecutive drivers’ title, the first for M-Sport, and the first for any Ford driver since Ari Vatanen’s RS1800 Escort back in 1981” In 1996, Ford Motorsport was in trouble and had to face up to several major problems. One was that new World Rally Car regulations were about to be imposed for the 1997 season. Another was that the team had no suitable car that would be competitive under the new rules. And third, Ford’s top management was threatening to banish the world programme to an outside contractor to save money at Boreham. Boreham could…

THE NEXT STEPS… Want more? The Top 10 Tips for Spring Cleaning you’ve just read will be enough for most people to get their Blue Ovals in show-worthy condition ready for 2021, but – as always – there are a few extra steps you can try to really take things to the next level and ensure your car really shines (literally and figuratively!) at summer events this year. GLASS If you’ve spent hours perfectly prepping the paintwork, you really won’t want mucky fingerprints all over the glass letting the side down. Use a quality glass cleaner (like Gtechniq’s G6 Perfect Glass) to ensure your windows are as flawless as the paint finish. WHEELS Cleaning wheels can be a right faff, especially on-site at shows and events. So, make your life…