Someone told me I should start a thread of my RS's. Where to start?? Most or at least some of yall have seen my FRS replica in the RS build thread, should have started my own build thread, but was so busy with the build (10months) that most of my pics went on here http://forums.focaljet.com/euro-rs-conversion/599974-focus-rs-conversion-discussion.html starting on page 8, mid Sept 09
I had planned on using my S/C 04 SVT w/EAP with 50k, to convert, but had a friend suggest he purchase it from me and I invest in a beater being the SVT was to nice to be raped for this project. Deal was set in motion but was in a accident a week before he was to buy in Dec 09. After settling with insurance on payback I bought the salvage back for $800. Bought this 02 for $1200, all plain Jane, slapped my wheels and shocks on it to drive till I bought another daily driver, a Sonic Blue 04 SVT w/EAP in Feb '10.
So now I've got the donor car and a fully striped SVT
After 10 months and some sweat and emptying my wallet it now looks like this (since finished in Jan '11)
The other RS is my '89 XR converting(always in progress) Sierra RS Cosworth. To start I've had one 85 XR brand new in '85, lost in a divorce in '88. Then in '93 bought a '89 XR for my girl friend(soon to be second wife).
She wanted a truck instead so after my '89 Saleen was stolen(found a week later-just the shell) I got her in a truck and took the '89 XR. Since I've had it I've overhauled the engine with Wiseco pistons, T3/4 turbo, custom inter cooler, big valve head, hefty roller cam, tube header, "3 exhaust with custom center outlet, rear disc to replace drums, Recaro's, Euro grill, head lights, RS front bumper (was sitting in dry storage for 24years), RS steering wheel, RS hood louvers, RS grill, RS rear wings, RS sway bars, Eibach springs, Koni Yellow, converted the C3 auto drive line to A4LD with medium stall converter.
Now I've got a Cosworth YB drive line from Uk back in DEC '10, been in the process of going through the engine and gathering bits here and there to install sometime this year
I was asked once my WRCwannabe about installing the YB in the RS Focus I was building...............I gave it alot of thought.
First I'd just had the RS shell repainted, and I had to much invested in the FRS clone,,,,,,waaaayyyyy toooo much...22k before paint work
Second I'd need another XR4Ti to get the floor pan from, not going to cut up my '89, too nice
but I do think alot about it
Here it has the stock steering wheel, bottom has the Sierra Cosworth wheel added last year
Bought a 4speed shifter from UK out of a Ford Granada( Scorpio here) you'll see the gear indicators are on the passenger side of shifter
Here I have a early speedo that from a 85 model till I install the Cossie unit that reads up to 170mph with higher tach redline for the YB and no boost gauge
This pic show the center out exhaust I built from stainless tubing, the 3" system from T3/4 turbo flows through a DynaMax then twin outlet 2 1/2 around the gas tank and join back up at the center behind bumper
Yes Ataru, I was droping a lip the other night on that one, cream of a car, ideal car but that one I'd put the driveline out of my 89 and use my floor pan, but alass the FRS is finished, shy of the engine to replace this one now
This showing the RS shifter and cables, set up is different than our ZX3 and SVT
Yes I've got a RS console but very undecided about giving up cup holders, gotta wet the whistle while I work
This pic was taken before boost got put in instrument bezel
you'll see here the Euro headlight switch with height adjust, hope to wire that up this year,
knee booster replaced with pocket shelf, not in the pic is the Euro climate control panel, clock and bezel on the way
If you want more than I'm showing there's like 814pics just in my RS Build album alone. All you have to do if you haven't already is ride on this hyper link to my PhotoBucket http://s714.photobucket.com/albums/ww142/nzwinrz/
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