The work is in progress! Let's take a look at what Mountune are doing to my Ford Focus RS to reinforce the engine ahead of the extra power that's coming. Not only that, but I also took their development car out for a little spin for an early taster of what it offers and what mine will be like!
Love it! But I still think you should do some red paint or wrap on the carbon hood. It's a bit too much, if you ask me, in full carbon. Needs to be toned down a bit. Leave the vents in carbon, and a wide racing stripe down the middle in carbon, then paint/wrap the rest in color matched red with maybe a dark gray pinstripe between the red and carbon bits?
Doesn't the crackles and bangs get a bit annoying, while cruising around urban areas? On your red car, will you have the option of a quieter/louder (open/closed) exhaust?
Agent Smith nah I mean like on a GTR (not that I’m a particular fan of JDM), like you go on a GTR pure sound video and all you can hear is gun shots and tinnitus
He most likely gets information of camera from the guys there, being able to name a parts doesn't mean he actually "knows" car. I do get what you are saying though, Tim seems to be at least able to tell the difference between a supercharger and a turbo
I'm certainly considering options and maybe even doing a Topaz Skin to just make the side bits of it red - should be possible to do that in the not too distant future.
@Shmee150 I think you should leave the vents in carbon, along with a wide racing stripe down the center hump in carbon, and paint/wrap/skin the rest in race red. The photos of other RS's with their carbon hoods painted, except for the vents, look pretty nice.
Muhammad Ali Khan nah. Wouldn’t be worth it. £6000 plus. The maintenance needed for it would be a lot. Plus I don’t think it’s wise to drive on it except from track use. That’s just me though
tommihommi1 not exactly the Focus RS is also fast but manual only while the hyperhatch are like super fast But I like the RS3 tho more than the A45 AMG
@@Magezzz Common nomenclature uses the term super before hyper. Call it a super hatch maybe. I drive a 400hp tuned Golf R. It's a hot hatch. It doesn't deserve super or hyper in the name.
Love seeing this. I obviously have a hyundia sonata 2.0l turbo. That I have alittle over 400whp on stock motor internals. It's making 30psi with a stuffed turbo, open dump external wastegate mod, 625ml shot of vp m1 methanol, fully bolt ons, large fmic 2.5" piping with synapse bov, 3inch turbo back exhaust. Serously surprised what a sonata is capable of making, and how quick it really is and cars its has beat including a audi rs7 sportback coupe. Anyway thanks for posting these types of videos and cheers from just south west of toronto Canada
Wish I could.post some pics of my build on it. I bought it little over a year ago. And have built the hole car from bbk, suspension, aero, performance and some interior. All work and fabrication I have done 100percent myself. Hopefully next time I will no your in toronto and will come show the car and let you try it.
I believe a lot of people is still waiting for you to turn your focus rs bonnet red instead of expose carbon fiber since it does not fit the red really well. Perhaps you can do it with topaz skin.
@@xenonram not if it does not fit the paint job of the car. That is just too much carbon and it does not match with the A pillar of the car painted in red.
well I don't know about that, but I just don't get why ford is stopping production, the economy will eventually goto shit, and people will want small cheep cars again ,
Great video Tim! Is it possible for you to show us more in depth detail on the work that is going on on the engine? As in show the mechanics working on it and explain the engineering some more? Also would be awesome to see you take the car out on a ford power track day at Brands Hatch. You live in London, so not too far either! Cheers!
I talked about it in the video driving the car to Topaz, but basically it was to do with the "rocker assembly" and seems to be quite a common GT issue, but easily resolved as per with my car.
Yes, genuinely could be interesting! Don't forget that the Heritage has the FPM375 package so it's already more than stock, but that would be really interesting to see
Hi Tim 😱So Mountune Have Had Your Red Focus RS ,! Totally Stripped It Down In Bits 😭😭 !!And Sent It To The Scrap Yard 👏👏👏👏👏 Wherever All Fords Should Go 👇👌👌 Very Good ,C U Tim👅👅👅👅
Love what your doing with the RS, Just wondering where I can get that Ford Performance jacket I see you wearing all the time, I have been looking everywhere for one and can't find one exactly like it!
This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but I'd love for the Focus and GT to have gold wheels to complete the Alan Mann livery. I really like a story behind a livery!
What was done to reinforce the cylinders themselves? Hopefully at least they've been sleeved. It's rather disappointing that Ford left it an open deck block
I'm surprised the stock conrods are not forged also, only not as beefy and without machining operations to eliminate stress points developing of the mod ones.
The one problem I see with the focus motors is the open deck I mean the siamese bores help but without a block guard it cant go much more over 500 without block upgrades
Thats way to many pops and bangs for my taste. I think a car should only be that loud above 5k rpm. That would get so old so fast. Everything else is cool though have fun Tim!
Would love the bigger turbo on my RS. Even my simple Accessport, Intake, exhaust and BoV turns it into an animal. Can just imagine what that will be like!!
Shmee if you wouldn't mind disclosing the price what is the rough price of these mountune mods as I'm looking to do mountune to my fiesta. I know it's not the same car but just looking at a rough price I can go from. Thanks
They haven't actually released the exact pricing of this package yet, and nor the full details as you can probably tell from my wording so all of that is still to come. For a Fiesta it won't quite be the same as well, depending what you want to do. The best is to start on their website and links in the description and go from there.
We should get together and I'll bring a Dragy (telemetry device). Can test the RS's 0-60 against my Golf R... It would be a fun video to do together. 👍
Oh c'mon... You really like that sound? Bring us back old Volvo grumbles and bubbles from brutal 5-cyl. engine!! Greetings from POV automotive channel :)))
I don't know how much the 2.3 L engine can handle but do you think about swapping the engine to the 2.5 L 5 cylinder from the Mk2 RS? Correct me if I'm wrong but for my knowledge the 5 cylinder motor can handle 500hp easily
Man how much does it cost to upgrade the car? Seems quite a lot. The end product must be amazing. I want to tune my 2015 GTI and upgrade parts but I have no money :(
Your new conrods are a different length to the old ones so assume you are having a new crankshaft as well. Not sure on the gearbox ratios but will you be changing those as well as this is a nurberging car. Those pops and bangs every gear change are really annoying. Aside from that can't wait to the dyno sheets
The work is in progress! Let's take a look at what Mountune are doing to my Ford Focus RS to reinforce the engine ahead of the extra power that's coming. Not only that, but I also took their development car out for a little spin for an early taster of what it offers and what mine will be like!
Any plans on the GT?!
Shhquad
How does this feel compared to the abt rs3
That car will be an absolute blast to drive this summer and I can’t wait, this will be the “Summer of Shmee150!”
Love it! But I still think you should do some red paint or wrap on the carbon hood. It's a bit too much, if you ask me, in full carbon. Needs to be toned down a bit. Leave the vents in carbon, and a wide racing stripe down the middle in carbon, then paint/wrap the rest in color matched red with maybe a dark gray pinstripe between the red and carbon bits?
So cool to see this work being done and to see the engine disassembled.
Really interesting actually, I learned quite a lot about what was going on during my short visit
Your fleet is missing the mighty Dacia Duster. The King of SUVs.
😂
i believe it was a contender when he ordered the G63 ;-)
Doesn't the crackles and bangs get a bit annoying, while cruising around urban areas? On your red car, will you have the option of a quieter/louder (open/closed) exhaust?
If you disable Sport mode, that stops happening to anything like the same extent
Cosworth needs to do a Focus RS!
They'd better put their 11.000 rpm 3 Cyl prototype inside a Fiesta ST !
Cosworth already did the head and helped out on the turbocharger
The Focus RS is already awesome, but can’t wait to see this one finished. Should be incredible to drift and will be a rocket for the street.
Am I the only 1 who enjoys the ford focus content more than the GT.
Shmee's GT Handover was Epic for realz ! That awd Focus is rad too 🏁! Glad the GT made it through traffic 🚥 Cheers !
I really hope that childish exhaust popping goes out of fashion as quick as denim flares.
Finally, someone else who dare to say it. With You with this.
+Agent Smith
You'll never get rid of it on highly tuned engines, it's just part of it, especially when changing gear.
Agent Smith I’m only 17 and I hate it, you can’t actually hear what the car sounds like over all the obnoxious banging
This noise is artificially created. Don’t be fooled.
Agent Smith nah I mean like on a GTR (not that I’m a particular fan of JDM), like you go on a GTR pure sound video and all you can hear is gun shots and tinnitus
What's funny is that each cylinder in your engine makes more power than all four cylinders combined in my chevy spark lol😂
lol
Why I love Schmee over Salomondrim: he actually knows cars and truly loves cars. He can identify parts and how the components work. Great video
He most likely gets information of camera from the guys there, being able to name a parts doesn't mean he actually "knows" car. I do get what you are saying though, Tim seems to be at least able to tell the difference between a supercharger and a turbo
@@theoc8717 exactly Theo. The fact that he takes the time to learn what is what i like too
Great video, but for the love of God.. Make sure you paint the Bonnet of your RS
I'm certainly considering options and maybe even doing a Topaz Skin to just make the side bits of it red - should be possible to do that in the not too distant future.
@Shmee150 I think you should leave the vents in carbon, along with a wide racing stripe down the center hump in carbon, and paint/wrap/skin the rest in race red. The photos of other RS's with their carbon hoods painted, except for the vents, look pretty nice.
No Tim, I forbid you to be tasteful ..... We're gonna 'Kev' the hell out of this beast!
Even placing products in the answers of the comments... Amazing 😩
God - you are so................right
Car will be a beast. Hope you take it on lots of track days and up Santa Pod a few times.
You have convinced me to get a RS... About the only car I can afford brand new in your prestigious stable of autos..🍻
Looks like you were enjoying yourself there. It was good to talk to you Tim in the Mountune workshop last week.
Awesome video content Shmee and great to see the Red lemans cruiser back on the road after a while...
Classic! Your inner hooligan coming out! I knew u had it in you.
You should get their Quaif Sequential Box.
Muhammad Ali Khan nah. Wouldn’t be worth it. £6000 plus. The maintenance needed for it would be a lot. Plus I don’t think it’s wise to drive on it except from track use. That’s just me though
Car already has one it's the red edition.
deathcrashtest64 no it doesn’t. I think you might be thinking of the LSD it comes with. Not the gearbox
Sam Weatherley Not our money mate ;-)
Yeah shmee well done! We want to see more moods and tunes in your cars!
Wow! Mountune work so neatly.
Shmee have you thought about the new Quaife sequential gear box to this car?
I just love the Focus RS
One of my favorite hot hatches
it's more of a hyperhatch like the RS3, compared to the classic hot hatches
tommihommi1 not exactly the Focus RS is also fast but manual only while the hyperhatch are like super fast
But I like the RS3 tho more than the A45 AMG
tommihommi1 you might say super hatch at this level. I’d still say hot.
It's a hyper hatch. If it isn't then neither is an a45 amg as this is quicker than 1 round a track. Hot hatchs are focus and fiesta st
@@Magezzz Common nomenclature uses the term super before hyper. Call it a super hatch maybe. I drive a 400hp tuned Golf R. It's a hot hatch. It doesn't deserve super or hyper in the name.
You should look into Darton Sleeves if wanting to push it to 500+hp and is a good idea since the rods are out of it.
Love seeing this. I obviously have a hyundia sonata 2.0l turbo. That I have alittle over 400whp on stock motor internals. It's making 30psi with a stuffed turbo, open dump external wastegate mod, 625ml shot of vp m1 methanol, fully bolt ons, large fmic 2.5" piping with synapse bov, 3inch turbo back exhaust. Serously surprised what a sonata is capable of making, and how quick it really is and cars its has beat including a audi rs7 sportback coupe. Anyway thanks for posting these types of videos and cheers from just south west of toronto Canada
Wish I could.post some pics of my build on it. I bought it little over a year ago. And have built the hole car from bbk, suspension, aero, performance and some interior. All work and fabrication I have done 100percent myself. Hopefully next time I will no your in toronto and will come show the car and let you try it.
That Mountune Project RS IS Sooooooooooooooooooo SICK Shmee😎👍🏻👍🏻.
I’ve never seen a guy smile and giggle so much . Definition of Happy 😆
That Mountune exhaust sounds like a gun that never stops shooting.
I hate bangs. I love when the rev drops without those bangs.
The combination traffic jam and the gt makes me nervous AF.
you should add the hydraulic hand brake to the project focus RS
Deserve every bit of happiness and success for real, you don't stop and it's inspiring.
"yaa.. my inner hooligans is very much coming out & having a good time with this car right now in sport mode"
Shmee150
2019
👊😆 😂👍
I understand the mods are neccessary for the 500hp but that's a lot of money to spend for an increase of 150hp over standard.
I believe a lot of people is still waiting for you to turn your focus rs bonnet red instead of expose carbon fiber since it does not fit the red really well. Perhaps you can do it with topaz skin.
Exposed carbon is always better.
@@xenonram not if it does not fit the paint job of the car. That is just too much carbon and it does not match with the A pillar of the car painted in red.
Get the sequential gear box from mountune 😍😍😍
The modifications you are doing are going to make your CSR a animal congratulations bro
Tim is so excited hes almost as red as his Ford GT :)
Great to see the GT again, it is stunning!! 😊
It's sad we won't be able to purchase a new focus in the states!! I love your spec I appreciate the car more after you introducing it on your channel.
I have an 2012 focus, and now don't want to put any miles on it , sounds dumb, but people want focus's on the used market,
@@harryhenderson792 you definitely have a gem!
well I don't know about that, but I just don't get why ford is stopping production, the economy will eventually goto shit, and people will want small cheep cars again ,
Turbo 4 cylinder with big power cars are always a blast.
If I were to make one it'd be an Evo 5 though
The way that project Focus sounded nice
Tim's the type of guy to be driving a 500hp focus and feed the wheel through his hands like he's doing his driving test
Great video Tim! Is it possible for you to show us more in depth detail on the work that is going on on the engine? As in show the mechanics working on it and explain the engineering some more? Also would be awesome to see you take the car out on a ford power track day at Brands Hatch. You live in London, so not too far either! Cheers!
Great fun to watch 👍
Well done tim great channel superb presenter
Shmee!!! Proper hatchback right there
This is AMAZING WORK!
Shquad 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗Hi Tim, the focus is looking great😉
This car is going to be brilliant soon!
Can you explain about that dashboard noise in your GT
I talked about it in the video driving the car to Topaz, but basically it was to do with the "rocker assembly" and seems to be quite a common GT issue, but easily resolved as per with my car.
@@Shmee150 the older gen DB9s had the same issue funny enough
Hi shmee where do u get the number plates done and surrounding looks so so good ...
i love the fps of your cams
Very cool, how much would something like this cost?
Love the project RS. The hyper cars are ace, but ford does what it does best, Bringing power to the people. 5 seats & a boot yes please.
Oh I just love the focus vids, I mean I love them all but these especially.
Would be fun to do a drag race with your other Ford focus to show how much of a difference the upgrades are making
Yes, genuinely could be interesting! Don't forget that the Heritage has the FPM375 package so it's already more than stock, but that would be really interesting to see
Hi Tim 😱So Mountune Have Had Your Red Focus RS ,! Totally Stripped It Down In Bits 😭😭 !!And Sent It To The Scrap Yard 👏👏👏👏👏 Wherever All Fords Should Go 👇👌👌 Very Good ,C U Tim👅👅👅👅
" Hi guys, i'm Shmee, hello and welcome back"...!
You and Harry Metcalf should have your own TV show with Doug Demuro and Ed Bolian guesting from time to time
The Red Rocket is just so awesome!
Love what your doing with the RS, Just wondering where I can get that Ford Performance jacket I see you wearing all the time, I have been looking everywhere for one and can't find one exactly like it!
Yeah but when are you going to get the bonnet painted?🙄
Oliver Watson oooo it would look good with a carbon stripe down the center maybe.
This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but I'd love for the Focus and GT to have gold wheels to complete the Alan Mann livery. I really like a story behind a livery!
Hi Tim I really like all your videos, but I couldn't drive a car that cracks and bangs every time you change gear
What was done to reinforce the cylinders themselves? Hopefully at least they've been sleeved. It's rather disappointing that Ford left it an open deck block
I'm surprised the stock conrods are not forged also, only not as beefy and without machining operations to eliminate stress points developing of the mod ones.
Great video 👍
The one problem I see with the focus motors is the open deck I mean the siamese bores help but without a block guard it cant go much more over 500 without block upgrades
Excellent video (Y) Might sound like a silly question, but are you having water less coolant put in after rebuild?
You should get the OZ Leggera's for your Red Edition. 1.5 kg's lighter than the BBS. Better looking too imo.
Dyno when done
Drag race when done
Top speed when done
Why exhaust popping goes out all the time? Is it a suitable feature for the engine in long term?
Are the iron cylinder sleeves standard or is that a Mountune modification?
Surprised it’s running sync 2, maybe tuning purposes?
Watching your vid at 3 am 😉 best thing to do
Very nice tune indeed!
Great stuff 👍
Awsome tech video with some driving of a awsome Ford gt
Thats way to many pops and bangs for my taste. I think a car should only be that loud above 5k rpm. That would get so old so fast. Everything else is cool though have fun Tim!
Would love the bigger turbo on my RS. Even my simple Accessport, Intake, exhaust and BoV turns it into an animal. Can just imagine what that will be like!!
Hi Tim, was nice to meet you at Mountune while my mk2 was in for a service, how about the sequential box to go with the extra horses !
That may be the next step! We shall see how it goes
When is the ringwing ting
Are you going to get a valkyrie or a project one?
great video shmee!!!
Shmee if you wouldn't mind disclosing the price what is the rough price of these mountune mods as I'm looking to do mountune to my fiesta. I know it's not the same car but just looking at a rough price I can go from. Thanks
They haven't actually released the exact pricing of this package yet, and nor the full details as you can probably tell from my wording so all of that is still to come. For a Fiesta it won't quite be the same as well, depending what you want to do. The best is to start on their website and links in the description and go from there.
@@Shmee150 thanks Tim always a pleasure getting a response from you
We should get together and I'll bring a Dragy (telemetry device). Can test the RS's 0-60 against my Golf R... It would be a fun video to do together. 👍
Oh c'mon... You really like that sound? Bring us back old Volvo grumbles and bubbles from brutal 5-cyl. engine!! Greetings from POV automotive channel :)))
Great video as always Shmee, love the RS. I have just sold my Evo X should I get an RS mk 3 or Nissan GTR?
As impressive as a GTR is, the Focus is so much more fun and is a lot more practical
can't wait for the supra!! plsss modify the crap out on that car :)
Please dont let your focus' engine crack so much
Are u gonna track day your focus on some uk tracks
Let's see what happens during the year
That car will be a brute👍
I don't know how much the 2.3 L engine can handle but do you think about swapping the engine to the 2.5 L 5 cylinder from the Mk2 RS? Correct me if I'm wrong but for my knowledge the 5 cylinder motor can handle 500hp easily
Man how much does it cost to upgrade the car? Seems quite a lot. The end product must be amazing. I want to tune my 2015 GTI and upgrade parts but I have no money :(
So glad you got the GT instead of Suckamandrin :)
is the standard RS laggy?
Will you run the RS on both E85 and 98ron gas?
Great video
Your new conrods are a different length to the old ones so assume you are having a new crankshaft as well. Not sure on the gearbox ratios but will you be changing those as well as this is a nurberging car. Those pops and bangs every gear change are really annoying. Aside from that can't wait to the dyno sheets
At 7.40 that white van in the back appears to be keeping up