First Thrash and Dash day!

[crossedmike]

sorry what litre is the boc and bhp sorry never really seen many of these

 

[sly200sx]

sorry what litre is the boc and bhp sorry never really seen many of these

1.4 TSi 180 PS

 

[crossedmike]

1.4 serious they look mean like a 20vt woulnd mind going down the drag strip with on

 

[crossedmike]

Why do i keep trying to read this over and over again...yet i still can't understand haha.

lol i think in plain engish he means he could not race at the drag strip but on his jorney home he was aprehended by the police haha

 

[char_baby]

lol i think in plain engish he means he could not race at the drag strip but on his jorney home he was aprehended by the police haha

LMAO. Thank you for the very english and proper grammar explanation.

 

[crossedmike]

LMAO. Thank you for the very english and proper grammar explanation.

haha your welcome

 

[vRSy]

Sadly the MK2 Focus RS is not 309bhp as some enthusiastic Fordophiles say, or anywhere near it. Ford have been how can I put this, "Generous" in thier estimates but it does seem to vary form car to car. My friend has one and he has 279 at the fly wheel. 60 plate lux pack 2 and completely standard. Some coming out of the box are just short of the magic 300 but not many, from what I have seen and heard.
Our Mk1 we have is 240bhp with the small amount of work I have done to it, plus the work done by the previous owner.

it turns out alot of the dyno runs especially dyno dynamics were carried out incorrectly. So much so that EVO had to withdraw its claims and produce another atricle admitting their mistake.

You may remember that a few weeks back I stuck a new Focus RS500 on a rolling road and the outcome wasn't that impressive - just 326.7bhp, some 20bhp short of the actual claim.
We put the story up on the website, Ford got to hear about it and it caused a bit of a kerfuffle. They wanted to know exactly how the test had been conducted, ambient temperature, etc, etc. Anyway, turns out they had a point - when we ran the original test the dyno had been set-up to calculate losses based on a four cylinder engine, while the Focus RS has five cylinders. To compensate for that you have to do two runs on the rolling road, one in 4 cylinder mode, the other in six, then average the two. Hands up for the **** up first time round - all my fault.

So yesterday I took the exact same Focus RS back to DMS Automotive and ran the tests again. Just to check Ford hadn't had a tinker with EJ10 OAP (unfortunate numberplate...) we ran the 4cyl test again and got 326.5bhp, an all but identical result.
We switched to 6cyl mode, which increases the resistance through the rollers, and expected to see a small gain, but little more. However...

So if you are an RS500 owner, you can now boast about you car nearly having the power it's claimed to - averaged out the RS500 develops 337bhp against a claim of 345bhp. But that's by the by really, the RS500, just like every other Focus RS, remains a pretty tremendous thing and feels like it has every one of the 345 it's meant to have.
Oh, one more thing. Last time we stuck a video up of the rolling road run and loads of you wanted to know how much power the RS500 was developing at the wheels. So here's another video with the result on it. The first figure you see is in 4cyl mode, the second is the 6cyl run.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXuWptJpeoU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Tried a few different combinations but the best seemed to be S mode and TCS off but it was hard to tell as i didnt keep tabs on what settings i had on what runs!

Anyway it was just a bit of fun for us, we had a good day away and didn't have to help with housework so it was worth it!

so were you applying revs and brake pedal whilst stationary, or did you onlyt apply the accelerator on the green light?

Its easy with manual, I kept mine stationary with the handbrake, clutch down with the left and accelerator ready with 3500rpm

 

[sly200sx]

so were you applying revs and brake pedal whilst stationary, or did you onlyt apply the accelerator on the green light?

Its easy with manual, I kept mine stationary with the handbrake, clutch down with the left and accelerator ready with 3500rpm

Well i did try that and lifted off the brake on green and it was like a death! Took a good half second to go! With TCS off there was wheel spin obviously but i felt it made a difference. I basically planted the left foot on green. Bit cheating with a DSG tho i feel.


What you really need is access to a private road and experiment

 

[mardon]

Watch your DSG with traction off mate.

 

[Deleted member 55317]

Lol, Where were you rossers87 at crail? LEft me to hold the Seat flag lol

sadly no i really want to head up soon but stuff keeps happening on sundays we are getting solar panels in today so after id cleaned my car i was up in the loft for a while and then footie was on....and after this weekend im not off on a sun till april

 

[chuckb]

I clocked 150's on the autobahn to

Fliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiping heck. In one of these! Jesus they weigh nothing. If a bird farted sideways you would have been screwed

 

[chuckb]

I will say this again I learn so much on this forum more so than any other including the RSOC site. Its all about the facts not willy waving!!

 

[Deleted member 55317]

I will say this again I learn so much on this forum more so than any other including the RSOC site. Its all about the facts not willy waving!!

+1 ive learned so much since joining here can't wait to eventually make it to a meet

 

[chuckb]

Shared inspiration I reckon

 

[jc_boc]

I had a fully loaded boot when I did 150MPH chuck and at that point the tail started wagging a little on her but I am sure if she is slammed on coilies that problem would not exist hehehehehhee

 

[CDNY18]

sadly no i really want to head up soon but stuff keeps happening on sundays we are getting solar panels in today so after id cleaned my car i was up in the loft for a while and then footie was on....and after this weekend im not off on a sun till april

Hold the god damn phone solar panels in Scotland someones been taken for a ride

 

[vRSy]

Well i did try that and lifted off the brake on green and it was like a death! Took a good half second to go! With TCS off there was wheel spin obviously but i felt it made a difference. I basically planted the left foot on green. Bit cheating with a DSG tho i feel.


What you really need is access to a private road and experiment

i need the car first. its arrived at the dealers today 4 weeks early. pick it up next week

 

[chuckb]

Why do i keep trying to read this over and over again...yet i still can't understand haha.

Same as,

 

[splinter26]

vRSy i think that's the first time i've heard of someones car coming Early! lol Congrats

 

[jc_boc]

Yeah congrats mate! Let the good times roll!