Innehållsförteckning för October 2021 från Fast Ford

WHAT'S NEW CLUB PROFILE TANGERINE SCREAM ST OWNERS’ CLUB We catch up with one of the most colourful owners’ groups in the fast Ford scene When was the club founded? The club was started five years ago; it officially started on 6 September 2016. Why did we start it? Well, that’s an interesting one... Basically, when we first found our ST, we had never really seen any cars this colour before and it is such a beautiful colour for a car that we immediately went searching on the internet and social media to find photos of others. That’s when we discovered that a club for cars in this colour didn’t exist, so we decided to create one. We had no idea it would prove as popular as it has. How…

EVENT REPORT FORD FAIR 2021 FORD FAIR 2021 After a year away, it was fantastic to be back at Silverstone for the biggest Blue Oval bash of the year, and it didn’t disappoint. Here are some of the best bits from Ford Fair 2021… Words JAMIE Photos JASON DODD, DAN SHERWOOD, DAVE MOORE, JULES TRUSS, JAMES SMYTH WHERE SILVERSTONE WHEN AUGUST 8 After missing out on most shows and events in 2020, Ford Fair sponsored by Mountune made a welcome return to Silverstone on 8 August. Ford fans were keen to get back out and enjoy showing their cars alongside fellow Blue Oval enthusiasts, and even the rain didn’t dampen their spirits. We’ve been going to Ford Fair for years, and can honestly say this is the first time we’ve…

#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.…

DAN FOCUS ST3 ALL THE FUN OF THE ‘FAIR Dan makes sure the Fondeo is ready to show off at Silverstone QUICK SPEC Focus ST-3 • Direnza MVT intercooler and hard pipes • Gravity sports cat • Gravity full exhaust system • Peron/AET Motorsport stage one remap • Steeda cold air inlet system (CAIS) • Turbosmart dump valve • Steeda short-shifter • H&R 25mm lowering springs • H&R 20mm wheel spacers • Powerflex Handling Pack • Focus RS Brembo callipers • EBC USR discs • EBC Bluestuff front/Yellowstuff rear pads • EBC braided brake lines • ST Mk4 19in alloys Ford Fair is pretty much the only event on the car-show calendar that I try not to miss. Okay, I had a few years off in the days of Max…

BTCC POINTS HAULS Strong results at Oulton Park and Knockhill keep the MB Motorsport Focus BTCC cars in the mix for the second half of the season Words JAMIE & MB MOTORSPORT Photos BTCC.NET Ollie Jackson wasted little time in ascending the order as the lights went green at Oulton Park, climbing seven places on the opening lap alone. Unfortunately, a five-second time penalty hampered his progress. Not one to hang about, Ollie once again made a lightning restart after a red flag, to move up four places into P12 with teammate Jake Hill just ahead in P8. Both drivers made superb starts once again for the second race, climbing to P4 and P8 on the first lap. Jake began to challenge for the podium places, but Ollie was unfortunately…

BUYER’S GUIDE MONDEO ST220 Now that Ford’s pulled the plug on the Mondeo, the 2002-to-2007 ST220 reigns supreme as the best, the fastest and the final fast Ford family saloon. Here’s how to buy a car that combines V6 grunt with perfect poise, luxury equipment and rapidly increasing rarity Words DAN WILLIAMSON WHY YOU WANT ONE… • Ford will never again build a machine like this: normally-aspirated V6 petrol power and sublime handling in a big, family-car package. • If you’re looking for practicality, the ST220 takes some beating – the saloon and hatchback have massive boots, and the estate’s load space is truly cavernous. • Anyone in the know appreciates the ST220 as a genuine driver’s car with a fabulous chassis – and as they’re becoming rare, their value…

TECH SPEC ESCORT COSWORTH 1993cc Cosworth YBT, Autronic SM4 engine management mapped by MA developments, MA inlet cam, vernier pulleys, Aquamist water injection, Garrett GT3071R turbo, Mongoose exhaust, new engine loom with slimline fans, Spec-R intercooler, coil pack conversion, 200 block with lightened and balanced crank, Mahle pistons, ported and polished head, 2WD exhaust manifold, 1000cc injectors, extended driveshafts, Bara-built gearbox with Quaife big-tooth gear set, strengthened front diff housing, AP Racing six-paddle hydraulic clutch, B&M short shifter, Koni adjustable dampers, poly bushes all round, AP Racing big brake kit, 18in Azev A alloys, 225/40x18 Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres, 480bhp FOCUS RS 2522cc Duratec I5 turbo, de-cat, Mongoose exhaust with 3in downpipe, Stage 2 Airtec intercooler, Collins Stage 2 remap, hydro-dipped engine covers, K&N Group A-style air filter, Airtec inlet…

WHAT'S NEW DRIVEN HENDY PERFORMANCE FOCUS RS Jamie gets behind the wheel of Hendy Performance’s 500bhp-plus Mk3 Focus RS, the eye-catching #HP500 development car Words JAMIE Photos JASON DODD As a Mk3 Focus RS owner, I spend a lot of time behind the wheel of the most recent Rallye Sport model. In fact, it was my own Focus RS that I took to Hendy Performance HQ to test the team’s #HP500 demo car. Hendy’s #HP500 isn’t exactly a newcomer to the fast Ford scene, and avid Mk3 fans have no doubt already seen videos on the internet of YouTubers and other RS enthusiasts giving their feedback on the big-turbo bruiser. But, until now it’s always been something of a ‘work in progress’ rather than ‘finished product’. And today we’re lucky…

FULL FEATURE COMING SOON IN THE SPOTLIGHT STEVE RAYBOULD SAPPHIRE COSWORTH Steve’s car caught our eye as we were scouting through the awesome selection of cars on the Cosworth Collective stand. Just as we started to get chatting to Steve, the heavens opened for one of the brief downpours that plagued the morning, but getting a little damp around the edges wasn’t going to put us off finding out more about this stunning Sapphire. We won’t give away too much here, as Steve and his Saph will be appearing in a full feature very soon, but the Cossie looked so good on show that we just had to include it for a little cameo in this show report. Under the bonnet, the YB has been fettled to produce a strong…

FULL FEATURE COMING SOON IN THE SPOTLIGHT STEVE MCLUCKIE MK2 FOCUS RS Steve McLuckie’s Mk2 Focus RS was a fresh reveal for Ford Fair 2021, and despite owning it for four years, Stephen only really started the mods just before lockdown struck. The engine is currently running a full CP400 upgrade, along with Airtec Stage 3 intercooler and Section 59 exhaust, but a fully-forged engine build is already under way at Pumabuild. “It went in to Pumabuild to get the underside sorted, as it was quite bad under there,” says Steve as he explains how the standard dream car slowly started its transformation into show stunner. He continues, “I was going to get it resprayed in a fresh coat of Frozen White before I planned to get it wrapped in…

FAST FLEET Check out what’s been going on with our projects this month… DAN FOCUS ST250 The Fondeo makes the trip to Silverstone to be part of the magazine’s display stand at Ford Fair 2021. Dan and Jamie parked alongside Ian Taylor’s ST in a little Mk3 Focus threesome! 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..? PAUL COWLAND MUSTANG V8 Paul’s addressed all the big jobs on his to-do list: suspension, wheels and tyres, exhaust and remap. Now he’s just enjoying the fruits of his labour, but it won’t be long before the next batch of mods…

SILVERSTONE CLASSIC RS500s STILL DOMINATING ON TRACK Legendary Sierra RS500 Cosworths are still racing – and still winning – as a field of iconic racers take to the track for the Historic Touring Car Challenge at The Classic, Silverstone Wordsand photos PAUL LAWRENCE Two weeks after Lewis Hamilton and Jos Verstappen had their territorial dispute at Copse Corner on the former wartime airfield in Northamptonshire, Ford RS500s took on Nissan Skylines – and it was Mark Wright and Dave Coyne who scooped a memorable win for the Blue Oval. By every possible measure, The Classic, Silverstone, is the biggest festival of historic racing in the UK (and probably Europe). Back after a COVID-induced absence in 2020, and with a slightly tweaked name, this year marked a delayed 30th anniversary of…

WRC TOUGH TIMES IN WRC Gus Greensmith battles to the finish in Belgium despite a difficult start to the rally Words M-SPORT & JAMIE Photos M-SPORT Rallying can be a cruel mistress. When things go right, the elation is indescribable. But powering through such treacherous terrain at breakneck speeds is fraught with dangers, and it’s all too easy for things to go wrong, with any chance of victory quickly snatched away before you’ve really had a chance to get going. Unfortunately, at the recent Ypres Rally, it was M-Sport’s turn to endure one of those difficult weekends. Gus Greensmith and Adrien Fourmaux showed early promise in the WRC cars as Belgium’s classic Ypres Rally debuted as a round of the World Rally Championship, but were forced to retire both Fiestas…

FAST FORD TRILOGY THE LUCKY WINNER IS… Paul Harrison won a stunning EsCos in a dream car giveaway, completing his perfect trilogy of fast-road and track-day fast Fords Words and photos JON CASS Can you imagine being able to buy an Escort Cosworth for less than £50? You’d be lucky to get a scale model for that price these days, but lucky Paul Harrison managed to bag this stunning Radiant Red example by entering a dream car competition on the internet – and it cost him just £49.72. Paul, who is a self-confessed Ford fan, also happens to own a neatly converted Fiesta track car, while his daily driver is a tuned Mk2 Focus RS. As dream garages go, he seems to be on a winner. Paul tells us, “It…

FORGOTTEN FORDS FORGOTTEN FORDS THE BLUE OVALS YOU’VE (PROBABLY) NEVER HEARD OF… This month we look at the Contour Concept from 1991, with its transverse-mounted straight-eight engine and four-wheel drive The Contour may well have become the American version of the Mondeo, but that’s not what the name was originally given to. Back in the early 90s Ford developed a concept car to be shown at the 1991 Detroit Motor Show – the Contour Concept. And the name couldn’t have been more appropriate as there wasn’t a single flat panel on the car! The Contour also featured a very unusual engine configuration – a straight-eight! And it was transversely-mounted... and then mated to a 4x4 transmission too! And when you look closely things start to get even weirder. For example,…

FIESTA ST POWER PLAY Fusing a show-car finish with useable horsepower, Steven Howells’s Mk7 ST blends form with function Words DAN BEVIS Photos ADE BRANNAN Cars, it goes without saying, are for driving. Sure, there’s a lot to be said for the low-and-lazy cruise to let everyone see the effort you’ve put into your pride and joy. And, of course, we’re very much on board with the show scene, displaying those intricate details that fill your beloved build. But for the sheer visceral thrill of human being and internal combustion in perfect harmony, all you need is one good road and a little time to enjoy it. It doesn’t really matter what you drive – if you set your alarm for 5am and head out onto your favourite roads while…

FORD STUFF The latest gear on the Blue Oval scene BC RACING MK4 FOCUS RM COILOVERS £1049 We’ve got a feeling that Mk4 Focus tuning is going to really take off this year – especially with upgrades like BC Racing’s new RM-MA Series coilover kit offering genuine performance improvements without compromising on everyday usability or reliability. BC Racing says the RM-MA is the kit it recommends for the best balance of performance and comfort, combining the ideal compromise of spring rate, ride height, top mount design and damping rates to suit the vast majority of applications. Full details of the kit can be found on the BC Racing website. www.bc-racing.co.uk MOUNTUNE MOUNTUNE m365 power upgrade, m365 software - £689, sports cat/ downpipe - £575, sports GPF - £525 Mountune has…

FOCUS RS LEAKY’S BLINDER You can turn any Focus RS into a show car, but it’s still a road-racer at heart. Leaky’s punchy Mk2 is a clever mix of brutal power and unique style... Words DANIEL BEVIS Photos RICHARD SHELDRICK The sweat beads on the brow as the pulse quickens. Tick, tock. Tick, tock. The sound of inevitability, those minuscule slivers of time edging by as you wait for the flag to drop. Tick. You’re pushing against yourself; the best times you’ve set, the highest speed, the latest braking, the most extreme lateral G. Tock. Everything you’ve achieved in building the car, hurtling towards this one make-or-break dash for the chequered flag. Tick. You’ve built it well, with quality parts and a clear strategy; everything that happens now is…

SAPPHIRE COSWORTH EARLY LEARNER What was your first car? We bet it wasn’t a flame-spitting, tyre-shredding, 600bhp-plus Sapphire Cosworth. For Tommi Huttunen it was… Words JAMIE Photos JAPE TIITENEN Cast your mind back to when you were 17 years old (we know that’s a lot more rewinding to do for some readers than others...), and remember when you were deciding on what your first car should be. Older readers might recite things like 1.1-litre Mk1 Escorts, those in their 30s might have been looking at base-model Mk3 Fiestas and Mk4 Escorts, while younger readers have a much more appealing choice of sporty-looking, turbocharged 1.0-litre Fiestas and the like. But not many people would have bought, rebuilt, and then tuned a rear-wheel-drive Sapphire Cosworth to use as their first ever car.…

MK1 FOCUS RS SWEET SPOT Fusing hardcore track-day performance with show-car quality, Jazmin Harrington’s formidable Focus RS really hits the spot Words JAMIE Photos JASON DODD Like so many of us Blue Oval enthusiasts, Jazmin Harrington can trace her love for all things Ford back to her parents; in this case a youth spent (mostly sideways) as a passenger in her dad’s Sapphire Cosworth. With such smoky, smile-inducing memories etched into her head, it was only natural that Jaz would turn to the good Ford when she turned 17 and was able to source a car of her own. She remembers, “My first car was Ka – a far cry from Dad’s Cossie, but my passion for Ford started when I was young, so I was always going to have…

EVENT REPORT RS CROFT 2021 RS CROFT 2021 We joinDerbyshire and Durham RSOC at their annual Croft Circuit event Words and photos JON CASS WHERE CROFT CIRCUIT, NORTH YORKSHIRE WHEN SUNDAY 18 JULY 2021 One of the few events that managed to go ahead last year was the annual Durham and Derbyshire RSOC track day and show at Croft Circuit, near Darlington. Although it was an enjoyable day with plenty of track action, with all the Covid restrictions in place the show was understandably tiny in comparison to previous years. Fortunately, for 2021 things were pretty much back to normal, and the incredibly high standard and volume of show cars we’ve come to expect from this popular event was back once more. The mix of a track day and show…

FULL FEATURE COMING SOON IN THE SPOTLIGHT TOBIAS ARKELL MK3 FIESTA XR2i One of the things we love most about shows like Ford Fair is that, despite living in an age where everyone’s every move is plastered all over social media, there are still some folk out there who keep themselves to themselves and spend their time busy working away in the garage building something truly special. Making the long trip up all the way from deepest Cornwall was Tobias Arkell and his – at first – innocent-looking Fiesta XR2i. Having been kept away from the internet and not having any shows to attend for the last 18 months, Tobias has spent that time converting his beloved Fiesta to rear-wheel drive. “It was already running a Zetec turbo from previous…

JAMIE FOCUS RS ROAD TRIPPIN’ Jamie’s RS makes a cameo appearance in a Classics World film as a quartet of new and old Blue Ovals make the pilgrimage to Ford Fair 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 After getting out and about in the Focus more often in the last few weeks, when I was invited to join the Classics World crew for a road trip to Ford Fair, it was an offer I couldn’t refuse. The plan was to meet up at Haynes Motor Museum nice…

BRITISH GT MUSTANG WINS IN GT4 The Academy Motorsport team bounce back from disappointment earlier in the season with fantastic results at Spa and Snetterton Words MIKE RYSIECKI Photos LEIGH JONES Just as we had predicted in our last British GT Championship report, Academy Motorsport have cast out their demons, allowing drivers Matt Cowley and Will Moore to really stake their claim on the top step of the GT4 podium. Ever calm and professional, even under duress, the team were rewarded with a series of satisfying results, starting with the championship’s annual visit to Belgium’s spectacular Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Spa is familiar ground for the team and driver Will Moore, but this was the first visit for Matt Cowley. He soon had the circuit mastered, and despite the low visibility, was…

10 MINUTE TECH ADDITIVES Miracle potion, or pure snake oil? We talk to the experts at LIQUI MOLY to find out more about the wide range of additives available for your fast Ford WHAT ARE ADDITIVES? The best way to think of additives is as vitamins for your car; it won’t work properly without them. And you’re already using them, whether you know it or not. Even simple mineral engine oils – which no longer come close to meeting the requirements of today’s motors – contain as much as 15 per cent additives. More modern engine oils, including fully synthetic varieties, are often as much as 30 per cent additives. Also, every time you fill your car up with fuel, you’re adding additives; modern fuels are packed with additives in…