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Jan 3, 2023
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Some of you may know I’ve owned a s1 now for ehhhh along time
over the last ten years I’ve just left it in the garage not bothered with it
lots of water under the bridge I decided It was time to get her back on the road
after lots of money and time she started again on Boxing Day
just thought I’d tell ya lol
#2
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Jan 3, 2023
lol pictures or it didn't happen!
Nah that's great to hear mate, well done!
#3
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Jan 3, 2023
Excellent.
I have a soft spot for the S1, it was my parents' first RS.
#4
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Jan 3, 2023
Thank you gents
She has Always given me grief from the day I bought her
I am amazed how much money stuff costs for them
I needed a sensor which had sold out across Europe. I ended up getting it from America. I could of got another car for what it cost
The RS Monica has a lot to answer for….poxy Old Ford’s
if the focus goes the same way and we can’t get parts this is not going to be a fun old age.
#5
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Jan 4, 2023
Glad to hear you’ll be driving it again
I love driving mine over modern cars now 😳
#7
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Jan 5, 2023
Cheers you lot
water pump sounds a little rough , I did cam belt and tensioner thinking the water pump would be ok
Next item to do before I really leave her running
front brakes are back on with new stud and nut kit
Rears next
need to find a gear knob and a battery
Clamp before I move on to ripping my shed apart to find the other bits I took off
moving house wasn’t conducive to parts relocation lol
#8
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Jan 6, 2023
This thread needs some pics imo
yeh I always change water pump when doing cam belt just in case no idea why lol
#9
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Jan 6, 2023
I’ve only ever changed the tensioner
but it’s not sounding good.
I’ve changed the starter to a transit Connect version. Wow that’s a difference
I’m not really a picture person but I may add a few to show how I’m going on
#11
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Jan 6, 2023
Looks stunning, here's a pic of my s2 that I sold few months ago
#13
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Jan 7, 2023
No
long story back In the day with heat
Old school fith injector no efi still mfi
she Was running noz but I’ve removed that now (I’m to old for that and if the boy gets the car he won’t have a clue lol)
#14
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Jan 7, 2023
No
long story back In the day with heat
Old school fith injector no efi still mfi
she Was running noz but I’ve removed that now (I’m to old for that and if the boy gets the car he won’t have a clue lol)
Are ok,the mf2 fifth injector ?,I ran that disconnected now as I had my metering head reworked at Kmi to run more power
you’ve got me interested now about your set lol
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#15
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Jan 7, 2023
It was a slippery slope back then
by the time I’m done she will be about 240 which is plenty
yes it’s the mf2 it’s a blue injector
I’ve got old pic of when it had the noz on it
I still have the bottle in the boot as I’ve left the purge kit In.
ive plumbed it to a spray bar on the intercooler
#16
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Jan 7, 2023
A lot of that chrome has gone.
I’m slowly moving to a more standard look
But obviously it’s modded a lot
And I don’t want to go standard
#17
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Jan 7, 2023
A lot of that chrome has gone.
I’m slowly moving to a more standard look
But obviously it’s modded a lot
And I don’t want to go standard
View attachment 856829
What manifold is that
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#18
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Jan 7, 2023
There was a company back then called Ava they built them
it keeps the turbo in the same place but the lengths are more equal compared Tothe cast original version
(Probably makes no difference lol)
I had the metering head modded for more but I only got to 210 back then
there is probably more that can be done now but I’m trying to keep the mods for the retro ness of them
it has water injection/meth aswell
#19
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Jan 7, 2023
Yeh Ava only made 6 of those manifolds did they fit it for you or did you fit it yourself ?
I’ve got one as well but not fitted it
#21
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Jan 8, 2023
Get it on dude, I had it unwrapped but the throttle cable didn’t like it
Nope fitted myself had to get a flex joint put into the exhaust aswell as they can crack or rip studs out
they did the first ones highly polished think mine was pulled from under the bench lol
#22
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Jan 8, 2023
Maybe one day just s1’s running mint a mo so don’t want to change anything just in case
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#25
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Jan 8, 2023
You and I probably know each other from other forums or maybe the rs owners club (ok ok now that’s a marmite subject)
I did do the 25year anniversary meet with the Register
And over the moons I have been on a few club stands at ford fair
So you in a mk2 focus or 3
Probably should of asked you that ages ago lol
Or should I be worried that youre a spotter
#26
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Jan 8, 2023
Me spotter noooooo
our paths have probably crossed loads without knowing
mk2 focus didn’t want another mk3 Rs 1 is enough in anyone’s life 🙈
#27
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Jan 8, 2023
Me spotter noooooo
our paths have probably crossed loads without knowing
mk2 focus didn’t want another mk3 Rs 1 is enough in anyone’s life 🙈
You never cross paths with Ric without knowing it!! 😂 😂
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#29
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Jan 9, 2023
Il need to see your s1 in flesh somtime this year just to see the manifold and how you’ve run everything leads etc etc
#31
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Jan 9, 2023
I placed two small spacers under each cross over post and had the leads run across the cam cover
but in truth they don’t touch
The throttle cable I’ve still not really sorted but it will melt if you leave it as normal
I’ve had to put heat proof on the cross over aswell
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#33
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Jan 9, 2023
To be fair that was exactly my route
Got the inlet and even got an external wastegate to be put into the exhaust
Screamer to
(Pretty sure I scraped the inlet and the rest is in the shed )
it became an obsession and that’s one of the reasons I left it alone for so long
#34
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Jan 10, 2023
great Minds ………..
I was the same for power just trying to prove you can get near 300bhp on Mfi but all I ever heard was Efi Efi but imo that’s not what I bought in car/running gear
#35
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Jan 10, 2023
They got 308 from mfi back in the day
So my view was if a race team can
Then I can
yeah it’s all I got too EFI ,EFi oh go away
honestly 300 is to much the sweet spot is 200 imo
I must admit I had 200 with a torn boost pipe lol on the rollers
#36
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Jan 10, 2023
Are right 308 too much imo best driving I had mine before I/it got stupid was 230bhp 240lbft loved it
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