focus ST225

**Tim Williams** · Wednesday 8th March 2006, 20:07

I would like to thank Adam Mirk Hamish and the team at volvo tuning for all the time and effort they put into doing a 260 bhp upgrade on a focus I brought in. The final figures were 246whp and 365 wheel torque , well up on what was expected.

Hamish was even polite when I brought it back a week later finaly running on shell optimax as he origanaly asked for.
The car is being used as a demonstrator at a local ford dealer and has had nothing but positive feed back from all the customers salesmen and mechanics who have had the pleasure of driving it .
As some of you will already know the focus has a 2.5 ltr light pressure turbo volvo engine which is enough to now see just shy of 160 in sixth .

Ps the only time the car is now on the forcourt is when it is needing yet another dose of its daily fix of optimax .

thanks again to all at volvo tuning and hope to be back soon for another to be done.

**After_Shock** · Wednesday 8th March 2006, 20:10

Interesting results! Can I ask why a ford dealer is running a modified car though?

**volvotuning** · Wednesday 8th March 2006, 20:11

Originally Posted by After_Shock

Interesting results! Can I ask why a ford dealer is running a modified car though?

To sell cars!!!

Adam.

**After_Shock** · Wednesday 8th March 2006, 20:13

What along the lines of,'here mister customer drive this example, now this is a special example that you cant buy direct from us but we can sell you a slower one'! However if you want one like this you can have it for an extra £XXX but you wont have a warranty?

**volvotuning** · Wednesday 8th March 2006, 20:18

Originally Posted by After_Shock

What along the lines of,'here mister customer drive this example, now this is a special example that you cant buy direct from us but we can sell you a slower one'! However if you want one like this you can have it for an extra £XXX but you wont have a warranty?

When a customer buys a car, they can do with it as they please! Someone may want to buy it for the sole purpose of tuning it.

Adam.

**After_Shock** · Wednesday 8th March 2006, 20:20

Very true but its very unlike a dealer to alter a cars spec to aftermarket specifications just to try and sell them, its really for the manager isnt it as he wanted a quicker one than the business manager!?

**Babybadger** · Friday 10th March 2006, 12:09

Originally Posted by volvotuning

To sell cars!!!

Adam.

Adam,

Just out of interest, my mate has just ordered an ST and I told him about you guys RICA'ing my one. He is interested to know how far can you chip it, and what is the cost? Can you do a 304/310 upgrade on a ST?

Cheers

Babybadger

**After_Shock** · Friday 10th March 2006, 12:10

At a guess if you have a look on the VT website and see what they can do to an S40/V50 T5 then thats probably as far as can go with the Focus ST for the time being as its a different engine and a smaller turbo compared to the bigger T5's.

**lance** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 13:51

Well I thought in 3 or 4 years I would be able to get a decent focus St for £5k! Well I was wrong you might get a cat d right of/ stolen and recovered minger etc!

In the end I opted for a V50 T5 it is the best of both worlds mainly because

1 You dont look like a chav init
2 Its a Volvo better interior and build quality
3 The Ford Chassis is super
4 Im sorry for calling this version a Gay T5 unit, To explain the power delivery better imagine a D5 and a T5 combined and that is the power delivery! Serious punch from just 1500 rpm
5 You can now buy one of the Volvo versions less abussed than an ST , cheaper to insure and for some weird reason more economical than an St for a £K less!
6 More Practical
7 Cheaper insurance
8 People will still talk to me on here
9 Stealth factor has got be warp factor 10 mine looks like a 1.6d
10 It was a good excuse for a thread reconstruction!

**t5_monkey** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 14:03

Holy Thread resurrection!

Find an ST that hasn't been spanked.. is like finding a needle made of straw, in a haystack!

They don't have to be that stealthy...

As for power delivery, yes you can tune up some of the S60's much more and the 2.4 T5 is a great tuner ... but virtually no turbo lag and proper push from 1500rpm is rather nice too when doing 'normal' driving.

It is a Petrol car that thinks it's a Turbo Diesel in the way it drives.

Plus when Focus RS's and their parts come down, I can put an RS block good for 500bhp in mine

although.. I'd settle for 360 like the stage 3 RS's

**p fandango** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 17:31

a women at work used to have an orange Crocus ST & said she was averaging about 19mpg lol, sold it & got a Mini Cooper now

**t5_monkey** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 19:35

Originally Posted by p fandango

a women at work used to have an orange Crocus ST & said she was averaging about 19mpg lol, sold it & got a Mini Cooper now

That's pretty good! don't know what she was complaining about

**cherry1809** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 19:51

Lol

**JelT5** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 17:58

Originally Posted by t5_monkey

Holy Thread resurrection!

Find an ST that hasn't been spanked.. is like finding a needle made of straw, in a haystack!

They don't have to be that stealthy...

As for power delivery, yes you can tune up some of the S60's much more and the 2.4 T5 is a great tuner ... but virtually no turbo lag and proper push from 1500rpm is rather nice too when doing 'normal' driving.

It is a Petrol car that thinks it's a Turbo Diesel in the way it drives.

Plus when Focus RS's and their parts come down, I can put an RS block good for 500bhp in mine

although.. I'd settle for 360 like the stage 3 RS's

Very good looking motor

Really like the TD wheels on it.

Edit: ooops I mean the OZs lol

**MIKESC70T5** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 18:50

Originally Posted by JelT5

Very good looking motor

Really like the TD wheels on it.

Monkey no like TD wheels, he thinks there rubbish, i think he has OZ's.

Also how can you find a thread from 2006, as it was before the big crash. Also i don't think the original poster, Tim Williams has a single good word to say about Hamish any more lol.

**cherry1809** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 19:18

Originally Posted by MIKESC70T5

Also i don't think the original poster, Tim Williams has a single good word to say about Hamish any more lol.

Lol, Was gonna say that

**t5_monkey** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 19:33

Originally Posted by MIKESC70T5

Monkey no like TD wheels, he thinks there rubbish, i think he has OZ's.

Also how can you find a thread from 2006, as it was before the big crash. Also i don't think the original poster, Tim Williams has a single good word to say about Hamish any more lol.

well I know the set I had were rubbish

maybe just a bum set and most are good but who knows.

They're OZ on at the moment!

**JelT5** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 20:07

Originally Posted by MIKESC70T5

Monkey no like TD wheels, he thinks there rubbish, i think he has OZ's.

Thanks, my bad...they all look the same to me lol

**After_Shock** · Thursday 24th February 2011, 20:30

Found a couple in the low £6's bracket so my prediction was not too far off lol

Although I am surprised they arent a touch cheaper with the running costs involved and the price of fuel these days, plus alot of them about.

**lance** · Friday 25th February 2011, 10:16

What I would like to know is the Focus is meant to be mega thirsty with most owners reporting low 20s mpg or less yet the S40 V50s seem much better mine is averaging 27.8-29 so far and that brisk open road nr 100 mph crusing on my private long run way and a fair bit of urban work!