I am wondering guys, on the s40 t5 and focus st what limits the engine being tuned to the potential of a t5? you did some focus' to 260 ish which is the standard figure for the s60 . they are the same block so what stops you going further? the turbo or fueling? i am just curious.
they are the same blockim afraid they are not the same block, the s40t5/focus use the narrow version.
[QUOTE=madness]I am wondering guys, on the s40 t5 and focus st what limits the engine being tuned to the potential of a t5? you did some focus' to 260 ish which is the standard figure for the s60 . they are the same block so what stops you going further? the turbo or fueling? i am just curious.[/QUOTE] The limiting factor is the compression ratio as it's higher than the traditional T5. This engine is VERY prone to detonation and when you tune for 98 RON and put in 95 RON, practically ALL the power is gone. On the plus side, it give a superb flat torque curve from about 2000-5000 rpm. Adam.
Yeah in simple terms its a gay T5 block, also has a smaller turbo but not sure which one exactly?
[QUOTE=After_Shock]Yeah in simple terms its a gay T5 block, also has a smaller turbo but not sure which one exactly?[/QUOTE] That is an excellent way of describing it!!! From now on, we can all refer to it as the gay T5 engine lol. Adam.
Thats what I call the mrs,s red bush tea bags without the caffine, do you want a gay tea dear!! slap I can just imagine someone walking into a pub and asking for a bottle of gay beer(kaliber etc)
Obviously no offence intended to anyone who may well be or who actually drives one of the 'softer' cars just an easy way of defining between a proper one and a not so good T5!
[QUOTE=volvotuning]That is an excellent way of describing it!!! From now on, we can all refer to it as the gay T5 engine lol. Adam.[/QUOTE]Not very PC Alan :rolleyes: after all who's to say that light weight gay Ford / Volvo b------d engine won't kick out some bad a-s BHP one day? :hilarious
[QUOTE=volvotuning]That is an excellent way of describing it!!! From now on, we can all refer to it as the gay T5 engine lol. Adam.[/QUOTE] ok so now we have gay gold and a gay t5 engine. geesh...!
I have no doubt that in time the F*rd tuning companies will start playing with the internals of the engine to allow big bhp to be achieved but fortunately for the cost of doing that it will probably put alot of people off.
People with a gay orange focus ST have something to tell the world me thinks.
[QUOTE=After_Shock]People with a gay orange focus ST have something to tell the world me thinks.[/QUOTE]Don't forget the blue ones I do believe they are AC / DC lol.
[QUOTE=Engineer]Don't forget the blue ones I do believe they are AC / DC lol.[/QUOTE] I guess blue must be for the lesbos. :bricks: Adam.
I saw a silver one the other day , I thought blue or orange only. I must admit i keep meaning to test drive one! I bet if it had a Volvo badge we would all want one , I bet they handle really well!
Ive tried, garage wouldnt let me out in one as im under 25 even though drive a proper T5 which found stupid!
[QUOTE=Andrew]ok so now we have gay gold and a gay t5 engine. geesh...![/QUOTE] Dont forget spesh as well LOL
they also do a black one (yuk), saw it at haynes of maidstone last week.
Black ST's just look like a normal Focus for some reason, the colour doesnt do them any favours at all, same as the new C70 really dont suit black.
well you wouldnt catch me buying anything with fo*d on it thats for sure. that includes a new s40 i have found 9 fomoco logos on one so far. anybody beaten this? not including diesels cos the engine is cheating exhaust, fuel tank, etc
the new focus rs, does seem quite common already, ive seen loads on the road and saw a lorry load of them heading north of glasgow.
Madness so what it shares a fuel tank and exhaust, those bits dont make a car do they! S40 is hardly a Focus underneath, the chassis is heavily modified from the Focus one, the suspension is also heavily modified from the Focus set up aswell. Considering the chassis and suspension are amongst the best in the market why is it a bad thing, just because they have F*rd stamped on them? Providing people choose one with a proper engine in it then they will be fine. Sounds like one of our valeters at work who hates life, been arguing for months with him about the new C70 as he saw the pics and said its just an S40 (which its not) therefore its a F*rd focus, so the defining moment in this month long argument was when the car was jacked up on the ramps, he then started running round like an idiot saying I told you so, so I said go on prove it, he says 'Its got F*rd stamped on the fuel tank' my response 'well f**k me that really affects the build quality and handling of the car doesnt it.
all your sales talk is wasted on me . i dont want to buy one !! :wink:
Thats o.k me neither but its not sales talk its fact.
lol