Innehållsförteckning för September 2021 från Fast Ford

WHAT'S NEW NEWS See what’s going down in the world of fast Fords... ELECTRIC GT40 The news is full of stuff about electric cars lately, and the world of fast Fords is no different. But what happens when our need for clean, renewable energy meets our thirst for old-school performance and style? Well, that’s where companies like Everrati join the party. Everrati are a technology company specialising in future-proofing automotive icons through the integration of electric powertrains, and they have teamed up with Superformance (the people behind the GT40 cars used in films like Le Mans ’66) to create an electrified version of the legendary GT40. The Everrati and Superformance partnership will allow enthusiasts to drive an electric-powered GT40. A prototype chassis has been built and is being comprehensively adapted…

WHAT'S NEW DRIVEN MUSTANG MACH 1 After selling his S550, Jason’s back behind the wheel of a Mustang. But how does the new Mach 1 compare to his old track-tuned GT? Words and photos JASON DODD Now, here’s an interesting one: a Ford Mustang that’s been focused for track use, with 450bhp-plus under the bonnet, and with uniquely calibrated suspension that has been designed to fuse fast-road fun with track-day thrills. It sounds very similar to my recently departed Mustang GT: similar power, modified for the track with suspension and handling upgrades, plus lightweight wheels. So, as you can imagine, I was looking forward to driving the Mach 1 that Haynes of Maidstone has unveiled as a demonstrator. This example is set off in the Mach 1’s signature Fighter…

ON SHOW MARC JONES MK6 ESCORT We spotted this subtle-looking Mk6 Escort on the Welsh Ford stand and thought it might have been an RS2000 at first glance. But a quick chat with owner, Marc Jones, revealed that it’s packing a 350bhp turbocharged Zetec lump from a Mk1 Focus RS. “It started life as a 1.8, but over the years I’ve fitted several different engines, ending up with the Focus RS,” says Marc. A long-term project, it’s something that has constantly evolved and is still a work in progress. “There are lots of bits I still need to do, but it’s getting there,” smiles Marc. “It certainly surprises people.” QUICK SPEC 2.0 FRS Mk1 engine, PERON GT28 manifold, Milltek 2.5in downpipe, custom 3in exhaust, Garrett GT287R turbo, Ramair filter, custom…

JAMIE FOCUS RS ON TRACK After 18 months of very little use, things start getting back on track for the Mk3 RS – literally, as Jamie enjoys a track session at RS Combe 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 Summer is here. Restrictions are being lifted. And the sun has even popped out once or twice, too. It’s like someone’s turned the lights back on after a bleak year-and-a-half of misery. I must admit, I’d kind of neglected the Focus during the lockdowns; with so many other…

WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP The Safari Rally returns to the WRC calendar, followed by a frantic event in Estonia Words JAMIE & M-SPORT Photos M-SPORT M-Sport stars Gus Greensmith and Adrien Fourmaux both reached the top-five finishers at the end of the gruelling Safari Rally. A thrilling final day of the event brought five timed stages, and also the Fiesta WRC’s first stage win of the season. After wildly changeable weather on Saturday, the closing leg was held in warm, dry conditions. Gus Greensmith and co-driver Chris Patterson set off in fifth position on the road with team-mates Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul right behind them; through the opening stage of the day Fourmaux began to build a charge towards the front. The Frenchman was able to run soft-compound tyres and…

10 MINUTE TECH ENGINE OILS Far more than just a lubricant, modern motor oils are very complex blends that are vital to the overall health of an internal combustion engine. To find out more, we spoke to LIQUI MOLY’S Oliver Kuhn, as he explains just why this versatile fluid is so precious and needs to be considered with utmost care WHAT DOES ENGINE OIL DO? Although the main task of engine oil is to lubricate things, it also has many more jobs: it cools the engine components; it removes deposits and transports them to the oil filter; it seals the piston rings; and it protects the metal surfaces from corrosion. WHAT DO THE DIFFERENT GRADES OF OIL MEAN? There are many different grades of oil available, and the most common…

FORD STUFF The latest gear on the Blue Oval scene GAZ FIESTA ST GHA  COILOVERS £789.85 GAZ now offers a GHA coilover kit to bring ride height and damper adjustability to the popular Mk6 Fiesta ST150. GAZ damper units allow damping adjustment while on the vehicle by means of easily accessible adjuster knobs/top adjusters. The GHA kits feature shortened body and stroke lengths to allow a -25mm to -55mm ride height variation, with a coarse Acme thread form for easy adjustment. Each unit is zinc-plated to minimise corrosion and to ensure that the height adjusters will go on working for many years to come. All units are individually tested before leaving the factory and are covered by a two-year warranty. www.gazshocks.com MOUNTUNE MK4 FOCUS ST SHORT-SHIFT ARM £169 Mountune’s Billet Short-Shift…

ON SHOW CHRIS DOE FOCUS RS MK2 An engineer by trade, Chris has done almost all of the work on his Focus RS himself. This includes the engine, which boasts forged internals and a Garret GT30/76 turbo to produce 550bhp. “I asked the guys at Ramair if they could make me a custom crossover pipe and they came up with this,” explains Chris. The one-off bare aluminium pipe certainly looks the part and is fed by the large Ramair filter. A Syvecs ECU controls everything and is the one thing that Chris didn’t do himself. The rest of the car has been carefully upgraded to match the power, with AP Racing brakes and clutch, BC Racing coilovers and some tasty Rota wheels, redone in gloss-black to match the exterior. QUICK…

#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.…

MCRAE FOCUSES THE REAL MCRAE What could possibly be cooler than owning a genuine ex-works Focus World Rally Car once driven by the late, great Colin McRae? How about owning four of them…? Words and photos ROBB PRITCHARD Christmas 1988. That was when young rally fans received the Duke VHS tape of that year’s Shell Oils British Open Rally Championship. The main battle back then was between Pentti Airikkala’s Mitsubishi Starion, Jimmy McRae’s Sierra Cosworth and David Llewellyn’s big Audi. But it was the sight of a diminutive Vauxhall Nova at full chat around the lanes of the Isle of Man that kept us entertained; Jimmy’s son Colin was driving, and Steve Rider’s succinct commentary said it all, as Colin slid over the heather on the season-ending Manx Rally: “His…

FORDS IN MOTORSPORT BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP With three of the nine rounds of the 2021 British GT Championship completed, we look back at how the mighty Mustang suffered at Silverstone and dropped out at Donington Park Words MIKE RYSIECKI Photos LEIGH JONES It’s been a challenging season for the Academy Motorsport team and their Mustang GT car. At the Silverstone 500 in June, the team showed their versatility and speed of execution when a transmission issue between the practice session and qualifying was solved ingeniously and without drama. Having first thought they would have to completely miss the first GT4 qualifying session, the car made it back on track before the end of qualifying, though there weren’t quite enough seconds in hand to record a time. This meant that the…

FORDS IN MOTORSPORT LATEST UPDATES BRITISH RALLYING Words and photos PAUL LAWRENCE Rallycross competitor Mike Manning has branched out into hillclimbing this season with his home-brewed, and very potent, four-wheel-drive Mk7 Fiesta. Manning regularly competes in rallycross events in France, but with recent travel restrictions in place he’s taken the hard-charging Fiesta to hillclimb events at venues like Loton Park and Gurston Down. Mike, from Carmarthen, had Grant Rees start the project from a road-going Fiesta shell. “It was built for rallycross. Underneath is Escort Cosworth running gear by Julian Godfrey,” he said. It is a potent bit of kit but quite a handful on the narrow strips of asphalt that make up British hillclimb courses. With 600bhp and 663lb.ft, it’s a spectacular crowd-pleaser. “I love putting a smile on…

BUYER’S GUIDE FOCUS RS MK1 Tipped to be the next big Blue Oval investment, the first-generation Focus RS is a fantastic fast Ford that’s as great to drive as it’s gorgeous to behold. Here’s how to grab what Ford called ‘the closest you can get to a road-going version of Colin McRae’s Focus World Rally Championship contender’ Words DAN WILLIAMSON WHY YOU WANT ONE… • Few cars have this heritage – designed to celebrate Ford’s WRC success, developed by SVE, and tested by rally heroes Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz. • The perfect everyday investment – its value will rise even while miles are piled on, and you won’t spend your journeys to shows waiting for it to break down. • A real driver’s car, it’s a hardcore warrior that’s…

DREAM GARAGE THE GREATEST SHOWROOM Housed in a gleaming home showroom, Adam Smith welcomes us to his astonishing collection of fast Fords Words DAN BEVIS Photos JASON DODD The idea of the dream garage is something that a lot of us have idly chalked up somewhere at the back of our minds. Real life can often get in the way of building up a collection of the motors we’ve forever dreamed of owning, but there’s always the chance that one lucky Friday night your numbers might come up on the EuroMillions, and you’ll then be ideally placed to scoop up those iconic treats and generally win at life. It doesn’t have to take a lottery win, of course. You don’t have to buy all the cars at once. Playing the…

FORGOTTEN FORDS FORGOTTEN FORDS THE BLUE OVALS YOU’VE (PROBABLY) NEVER HEARD OF… This month we take a closer look at the Focus Ghia – an Escort Cosworth underneath a sleek two-seater sports body A Focus Ghia? That’s not a rare Ford; they were everywhere! Weren’t they..? Well, if you’re talking about the chrome-clad, walnut-dash version of Ford’s family run-around, then yes, they were quite common. But, of course, that’s not the car we’re talking about here. We are in fact talking about a unique concept car designed and built to show off at the Turin motor show back in 1992. As the name suggests, the concept came from Italian style house Ghia, and the project was intended to show the rest of the world the company’s flare and innovative design…

SERIES TWO RS TURBO LITTLE RED BOOSTER RS Turbos were hot hatch kings of the 1990s – so by continuing to modify his Series Two, David Platt created a masterpiece through the ages Words DANIEL BEVIS / Photos DANIEL PULLEN The most interesting characters in world history are those who go out of their way to do what they’re not supposed to. Likewise, it’s these maverick thinkers who colourfully shake up the car scene with their bizarre concepts. We love a weird project, and we’ve seen it all: from Viper-engined Sierras to VTEC-powered Fiestas. When you fuse this penchant for the jarring with the broad-reaching world of RS Turbo modifying, again it’s possible to track down examples of pretty much any outlandish notion you can think of. After all, back…

SHOW DATES The Ford show scene is the best in the business – check out some of these cracking events coming up soon… AUGUST AUGUST 8TH FORD FAIR Silverstone, Northamptonshire www.fastcar.co.uk/ford-fair AUGUST 28TH COSWORTH DRIVERS CLUB DAY AT BROOKLANDS Brooklands Museum, Surrey www.brooklandsmuseum.com AUGUST 29TH RSOC NATIONAL DAY Donington Park, Derbyshire www.rsownersclub.co.uk AUGUST 29TH THE FORD SHOW Santa Pod, Northamptonshire https://fordshow.co.uk SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 12TH FORD LIVE Knockhill, Fife www.knockhill.com/events SEPTEMBER 19TH FORD POWER LIVE – BRANDS HATCH Brands Hatch, Kent www.fordpowerlive.co.uk OCTOBER OCTOBER 3RD TRAX SILVERSTONE Silverstone, Northamptonshire www.fastcar.co.uk/trax-silverstone *These dates are subject to change. Please check with the relevant club/venue prior to purchasing tickets. BOOK TRAX TICKETS TODAY – head to www.fastcar.co.uk/trax-silverstone to book your club and entry tickets now! SHOW REPORT See all the action from the recent…

MUSTANG IN THE BLOOD Born into a car-mad family, Sana Siddiqui was always destined to drive a badass muscle car. She didn’t disappoint... Words BEN BIRCH Photos JASON DODD When your mum is an avid motorsport spectator and your older brother has you spannering on Corvettes from the age of six, chances are you might develop a passion for fast cars. Sana Siddiqui’s childhood was full of magical moments with her family, revolving around either watching race cars from the grandstands or fixing them on the driveway. Now that she’s a grown woman and successful entrepreneur, those early influences and her passion for speed are obvious to anyone who takes five minutes to talk with her. Sana currently has no less than five cars in her garage, and out of…

EVENT REPORT RS COMBE 2021 RS COMBE 2021 WHERE CASTLE COMBE CIRCUIT WHEN JULY 10 With life starting to get back to normal, we were super-excited to be able to join the Blue Oval fraternity once again at RS Combe Words & Photos DAVY LEWIS The RS Combe crew always put on a decent show, and it’s become a firm fixture on our events calendar. After missing a year due to the dreaded C-word, we were all really looking forward to returning to our friendly local circuit for 2021. In typical British fashion, the weather decided to throw a spanner in the works. With rain forecast during the morning, many people were put off and there were fewer cars than the last time we were here, in 2019. But…

ESCORT COSWORTH GO YOUR OWN WAY This Escort Cosworth bucks trends, fuses styles and was built purely for one man’s pleasure. Kevin Johns may have upset purists along the way, but the result speaks for itself Words JAMIE Photos MITCH BROWN Purists, look away now. You’re not going to like what follows. If you’re the kind of owner that likes to bang on about how fast your Ford appreciates in value rather than how fast it accelerates, this Escort Cosworth is probably not for you. We’re not saying there’s anything wrong with leaving your car exactly as Henry intended, but the fast Ford scene has been built on the back of owners modifying their cars for years. And at a time when high resale values seem to be overpowering the…

FIESTA ST IN IT TO WIN IT Raising over £20k for charity, EBC Brakes’s 380bhp Ultimate Fiesta Build has been won by Delmi Evans. Here’s what makes it so special… Words SAM PRESTON Photos DAMIAN HOCK If you’ve picked up any issues of Fast Ford from the last year or so, there’s no doubt that you’ll have stumbled upon the build diary of this striking little pocket rocket whose updates have been featured in our Fast Fleet section each month. Managed by Northampton-based performance braking powerhouse EBC Brakes, this Fiesta ST3 was snapped up in February 2020 in bone-stock form, with ambitious plans to develop it into the Ultimate Fiesta Build with the help of some of the biggest names in the tuning industry. As well as unsurprisingly installing EBC’s…

FAST FLEET Check out what’s been going on with our projects this month… DAN FOCUS ST250 After sorting out a few issues with the Fondeo last issue, this month has been a bit quieter for Dan. He’s no doubt been out and bought several more Fords in the meantime though... JAMIE FOCUS RS After not hearing anything from Jamie for a while, this month we’ve got a massive four-page update as his passion for the RS is reignited, and he even ventures out on track in it too. DAN SIERRA COSSIE Dan keeps promising he’ll get the Cossie back on the road, but keeps getting distracted. Progress is slow, but Dan says he’ll update us next issue. Maybe it will be ready in time for the 40th anniversary..? ADE SAPPHIRE…

MCRAE FOCUSES THE CARS V9 FMC V9 FMC had a decade-long career in competitive rallying. In McRae’s hands, it took sixth on the San Remo Rally in 2000, but the following year recorded two DNFs in Monte Carlo and Catalunya before being handed over to François Delecour for a couple of rallies. After that, it spent four years in Finland, where it was driven by Jouni Ampuja, who competed in the national championships in Finland and in neighbouring Estonia – the car won the RS Rally in Estonia in 2004. In 2006 the car moved to Sweden. It was bought by Mats Johnson, who won a few more local rallies in it, before the Focus saw out its competitive life with a couple of Swedish privateers. V3 FMC This is…

FORDS IN MOTORSPORT BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP The Motorbase Performance squad battled hard but hit tough luck at their Brands Hatch home Words JAMIE & MB MOTORSPORT Photos MB MOTORSPORT JAKOB EBREY The MB Motorsport Accelerated By Blue Square team headed into race day at Brands Hatch with high hopes after showing strong pace in qualifying ( Jake Hill lining up on the second row), and with Ollie Jackson having proved his ability to forge his way up the order in both previous rounds of the championship. With greasy conditions greeting the drivers for the opening race, Jake was jumped off the line by a couple of early fliers while Ollie held his position in the midfield. Ollie continued to hold firm and lap consistently throughout the race on the…

DUNLOP SALOON CAR CUP Words and photos PAUL LAWRENCE The Sierra RS500 Cosworths were under attack when the Dunlop Saloon Car Cup ran at Donington Park at the end of June. Sean Brown upheld Blue Oval honour with two second places, but was headed by Simon Garrad’s Nissan Skyline in the first race and by Steve Soper in a BMW M3 in the second race. It wasn’t a great weekend for the RS500s; Mark Wright’s car retired from the lead battle in both races, first with Dave Coyne at the wheel and later with Wright driving. Paul Mensley had a weekend to forget and finished his day in the Redgate gravel trap. Thankfully, the B&G car was on good form. From the Capri ranks, Gary Pearson bagged a fourth place…