Performance Ford 2015 February (UK)

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P07: What’s New – News P14: Talk to Frank
The latest news from the One man with a selection of fun Fords
world of Ford
P28: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
P08: What’s New – Products Supercharged Fiesta ST150 with big
The new goodies plans
released for your
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performance Ford
Anglia 105e with racing pedigree
P10: New Focus RS announced
P50: Ford Folk
What’s it going to be like?
One man’s love affair with the Blue Oval
We have no idea!
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with Fords, why not stay in
and play with them?
P47: PF Versus
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An update on Cubby’s fleet
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P91: Bunch of Fives
Five point buying guide for the Sapphire Cosworth 4x4
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P87: Tech
Syvecs ECU investigated
P94: Jargon Busted
Sort your AWD from your BDA
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Track Attack
We might still be stuffed with brandy and mince pies, but that
hasn’t stopped us from working out when we can get you guys
out on track at Brands Hatch.
We’ve opted for a track evening sure it’s running at its best. We’ll
on July 15th and a full day of keep you updated with more
track action on November 2nd, information as and when we get
so you’ve got plenty of time to closer. But, until then, just make
Pot Luck
get your car sorted and make sure you keep those dates free!
December saw the Government confirm another £6 billion investment
towards fixing the UK’s roads.
This means that, if all goes to plan, as it were. It will be dished out to
the total spend between 2010 and local authorities who will be able
2012 will be nudging £10 billion. to use the money to also fix street
The idea is that the UK will have furniture, lighting and signs.
not only the roads it needs, but Hopefully though, if the money is
also roads it deserves as we move spent right, it could soon be the
further into the 21st century. end of smashed undercarriages
However, all the money and bent alloys. At least, that’s
won’t go directly filling in the gaps, the dream!
RS Goes Global
Ford has confirmed it’s going to make another Focus RS and we have gotten all
excited about that in a couple of pages time.
It has also said the car will be 2020, all under the banner of Ford’s Performance team will come from
available globally for the first soon-to-be united performance the unison of Ford Racing, Ford SVT
time, further pushing the brand arm, Ford Performance. This will and Team RS. something we’d like to see, but
image of Ford’s performance bring all the global teams together, The Focus is the only confirmed what about a Mondeo RS or even
vehicles. The company has also allowing them to share ideas and car, but with a dozen more to go, a Ka RS? Who knows? As soon as
said it will be bringing out twelve technologies in a bid to produce we can’t help but wonder what we know more, you’ll see it on
new performance vehicles before those twelve new cars. The Ford they’ll be. The Fiesta RS is these pages!
Time Attack 2015
Want to put your car through its paces in a new and exciting form of
motorsport, or do you just want to spectate at one of these thrilling events?
If so, 2015 is the year for you, putting in good times, of course.
thanks to the Classic and Retro Crucially though, it’s a fun, exciting
Time Attack Championship, which and enjoyable form of motorsport
will be running alongside the MSA that will put plenty of old tin
Time Attack Championship over through its paces. And let’s face it,
six rounds. there’s nothing better than an old,
With a fairly open policy when it fast Ford being given some stick
comes to the cars that can enter, it on the track. If it sounds like
Up On The Roof really is open to anyone. It’s all something you’d like to be a part
about getting quick laps in and, of, just head over to
from there, you progress up the www.classictimeattack.co.ukfor
Mimicking the same publicity stunt pulled off in the 1960s when scoreboard, providing you keep more information.
the original Mustang was launched, Ford has once again looked
skyward in a bid to put out its message.
And, again, it involves a Mustang. But, unlike the original stunt, it
doesn’t involve the Empire State Building. Nope, this time it’s the world’s
tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The car was hoisted to the
122nd floor of the iconic building as part of an event to celebrate Ford’s
involvement with Dubai and Middle Eastern markets, with Executive
Chairman Bill Ford making an appearance to affix the pony emblem to
the front of the car. “Today we planted the Ford flag in the Middle East &
Africa, an exciting, vibrant region that represents the final frontier for
growth in the auto industry,” he said. “We also sent a message to the
world that Mustang is going global after 50 years as America’s greatest
motoring icon.” The Mustang will hit UK soil later in 2015.
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WHAT’SNEW
NEW PRODUCTS ON THE FORD MARKET
Wolfrace OE Style Wheels
Wolfrace has been in the wheel game for a long time now, so
it knows what the market needs. That’s why it has come up
with a new range of wheels that, while looking OE, will still
give your car a modern, fresh and, most importantly,
modified look. With sizes from 15’ to 20’, there’s something to
suit every car, and with a range of new designs, there’s
something for every taste, too!
Price:varies depending on wheel
Contact:www.wolfrace.co.uk
Rally Armour Mud Flaps
The roads these days are increasingly full of random
detritus that will hurt your paint should it get flicked up
by the wheels. And as we all know, there’s nothing worse
than immaculate paint that’s let down by chips and
scrapes. That’s why these mud flaps for 2013-onward
Focuses are a blessing. Made to the highest possible
standards, they bolt straight on and look damn near OE
quality. They keep your paint safe, your car clean and they
should last too. That’s a winner in our book!
Price:£139.00
Contact:www.tarmacsportz.co.uk
Mishimoto Baffled
Oil Catch Can
Designed to separate oil particles from the
PCV/CCV air that would normally have just been
routed back to the air intake. The internal air
diverter agitates the air longer and ensures all the
oil sinks to the bottom of the can, leaving nothing
but clean air coming out. Clever stuff, and it’s built
to the highest standards too.
Price:£120.00
Contact:www.Part-Box.com
Burton Power Catalogue
B-G Racing Mini
Remember when you were a kid and you’d lust after the
Folding Utility Station toys in the back of the Argos catalogue? Well, Burton
Power has got your adult interpretation of those desires
catered for, thanks to another new catalogue. Filled with
There’s nothing worse than going to a race meet or track day only to enough parts and goodies to build the ultimate
find yourself working out of a disorganised mess. That’s why this table performance Ford, there’s something for everyone.
is a bit of a blessing. It’s light, it folds up, it can house an array of tools as Wheels, brakes, roll cages, suspension, engine parts, it’s all
well as a bin and that all-important blue roll and, it’s just £120.95. You’ll there. Basically, if you’re reading PF, you need this
save that money simply by no longer losing sockets! catalogue in your life!
Price:£120.95 Price:Free
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Boom Max XL
Sound Deadening
We all like a bit of noise, but only if it’s a good,
GAZ Strut
hearty engine noise. We don’t want annoying
rattles or intrusive road noise, which is where the Reconditioning Service
Boom Mat XL comes in. Made from a butyl rubber
inner layer with aluminium stiffening top skin, it’s
pretty heavy-duty stuff. It should happily reduce The big news from GAZ this month is that they are
noise in even the most aggressive of cars, which now offering a suspension strut reconditioning service.
should make the drive a much nicer experience. This is especially for classic cars where replacement
struts and/or replaceable inserts are no longer
Price:varies depending on amount needed
available. Typical applications include Cortina Mk1 and
Contact:www.designengineering.com
MkII, 1600E and Lotus models for example. Struts can
be rebuilt to the original factory specification or
uprated for fast road use as required.
Price:From £85.00 plus VAT
Contact:01268 724585 for a quote
MOMO Prototipo
‘Anniversary’ Steering Wheel
Did we upset you by saying not to put the other steering wheel in a
Mk1 Fiesta? Sorry, come here, hug it out. We can make it better. You
see, there’s this lovely round wonder from MOMO too, and it’s
perfectly suited to Fords of an older disposition thanks to its period
look, leather and exposed spokes. It’s a bit easier to get hold of, too,
thanks to 2,000 being made.
Price:£199.99
Contact:www.b-gdirect.com
MOMO GT-50
‘Anniversary’
Original Type
Steering Wheel
Cosworth
MOMO is no stranger to making pretty Ignition Coil
round things, and this steering wheel is a
fine case in point. Apparently it’s “the most
advanced and innovative MOMO steering Webcon have 'got your back' if
wheel produced to date”, whatever that you want to keep your
means. We just think it looks nice. In fact, it’d restoration or road car
fit right in on the dash of a late-model Fiesta standard, as demonstrated by
or Focus. Though its lines may not work too this new ignition coil that’s an
well in an older Ford, so Mk1 Fiestas need exact remake of what the
not apply. There are only 250 of them factory car would have had.
though, so be quick! Built to the same exacting
standards you’d expect from
Price:£299.99 Webcon, it’s a durable part and
Contact:www.b-gdirect.com will work faultlessly. And it’s a
bargain, too!
Price:£43.95 plus VAT
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WHAT’SNEW
In December 2014, Ford finally
dropped the bombshell that we’d
all been waiting for; revealing that
there is a new Focus RS in the
pipeline. However, they weren’t
entirely forthcoming with any
really juicy details. One thing that
we do know for sure though, is
that with the RS badge comes
great responsibility.
There are manufacturers out there
that have slapped an RS badge on
the boot of a hotted-up model
purely because it makes it sound
more ‘racy’. However, when you
combine the letters R and S with a
Ford badge, you are tapping in to
years of heritage, years of very
special cars. All of which have
become cult classics in their own
right, and all of them spawning a
following like no other. But, given
the mild reception that the
current ST has received here in
the UK, what are Ford going to do
to elevate this Focus onto an ivory
tower all of its own?
There are a few things that we
do already know about the RS,
some of which are music to our
ears. Others, though, potentially
indicate that this generation
may fall short of the standards
set by its older siblings. The first
of which is that this is a ‘world
car’. That means that it will be
sold worldwide. Which in turn
means that compromises will have
to be made to pass regulations in
other countries. Yes, there is a
chance that Ford will tweak the
cars for each specific market, but
they won't be significant tweaks
as this will cost too much money.
We also know that it will be a five-
door, owing to the fact that a
three-door Focus doesn’t exist any
more. Whilst the absence of a
three-door model from the line-up
won’t bother most people, it will
bother some.
The engine, we know, will be previous generation of Focus RS,
the 2.3 EcoBoost similar to that and any other RS for that matter.
used in the 2015 Mustang. Power Tuning is a big part of what these
is expected to maybe touch cars are, it’s a big part of their
350bhp with similar, if not greater, following. So, let’s hope that these
torque figures. Which will be fears aren’t realised.
plenty fast. However, there is an It was reported that the RS
underlying feeling of concern would remain front-wheel drive.
expressed by the tuning world. However, it has since been
The current ST has a cylinder suggested that it will actually be
head that doesn’t lend itself to all-wheel drive, with an entirely
tuning. Hence this is why we new drivetrain developed for the
aren’t seeing, or are ever likely to rear end, and an intelligent means
see, massive power Mk3 STs. If the of splitting the power front to
RS uses a similar cylinder head rear. There’s even talk of you being
design, which it probably will – able to choose how much power
though maybe with two ports is sent to which end of the car.
rather than just one – the scope Which, rather than tame the fun,
for tuning will be far less than the could potentially deliver a whole
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