New Focus ST Info thread. - Page 32

MKE13 · 22-05-2013, 06:55 PM

Typical!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully it clears for the weekend!!!!

phil545 · 22-05-2013, 07:46 PM

OMG first drive in the rain for me and my god does this thing axle tramp soo bad! Slightest bit of boost and bang bang bang! Does the old XR5 tramp that bad? Can't wait to get my E-Focus mount installed! I really hope it clears it up

pajoda · 22-05-2013, 07:50 PM

It will not clear it up completely Phil, but it does minimise. I know from experience. I have no real real comparison if other aftermarket options are better, thinking good power with no LSD it will be the nature of the beast.

pajoda · 22-05-2013, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by XRFALCON03

Typical!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully it clears for the weekend!!!!

Lets hope, but hell, plenty of fun either way. The fact it gets dirty is a sh#t though.

**DJM83** · 22-05-2013, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by phil545

OMG first drive in the rain for me and my god does this thing axle tramp soo bad! Slightest bit of boost and bang bang bang! Does the old XR5 tramp that bad? Can't wait to get my E-Focus mount installed! I really hope it clears it up

Yeah XR5 tramped aswell. I guess i havnt giving mine enough curry to get axle tramp yet.

phil545 · 22-05-2013, 09:31 PM

Ahh ok, i've read alot bout the E-Focus mount and it being pretty much the same as the aftermarket kits so will see how it goes

WILDB · 22-05-2013, 10:56 PM

I'm curious as to how you guys are driving and what vehicles you have come from?

I've owned an XR5 prior to the ST and can't say I ever experienced any huge amounts of axle tramp unless I was getting serious wheel spin or flat shifting etc.

The same goes for the ST, I drive mine quite hard and while I did notice slop in the lower engine mount (the feeling of movement between gear changes) I can't say I've experienced anything to an extent of what you guys are describing.

I have changed my lower mount to an Elevate torque mount, but only to eliminate the play in the mount during shifting - which it has done quite well.

**DJM83** · 23-05-2013, 07:00 AM

Agreed, as above.

phil545 · 23-05-2013, 08:17 AM

Hmm, its raining again today and I got alot of driving so ill see how it goes today. Ive come from a BF Falcon which was modded quite alot but i love the ST

MKE13 · 23-05-2013, 07:35 PM

Well picked it up today and can't wipe the smile off my face!!! Has ample power, drives great and the features are unreal!!!

I highly recommend the new sales team at Metro Ford in Brisbane, what a great bunch of people to deal with!!!!

phil545 · 23-05-2013, 10:52 PM

Nice mate! Yeah its so much fun everytime im in it! Just cracked 1000km today and i havent even had it a week hahaha

aratic · 24-05-2013, 10:23 AM

Seems there are quite a few Brisbane ST owners appearing now. Maybe we should all catch up for a cruise at some stage?

pajoda · 24-05-2013, 05:28 PM

Sounds like Phil will drive up for that!

phil545 · 24-05-2013, 06:21 PM

Hahhah don't tempt me!

MKE13 · 24-05-2013, 07:59 PM

Its amazing, after not having seen a fellow ST driver in weeks, seen 2 within 2 days of owning an ST!!!!

Sounds like a plan on the cruise, Im thinking of going for a nice sunday drive this coming - thinking Mt. Glorious, Mt Tamborine or something?

**DJM83** · 24-05-2013, 08:15 PM

Yeah i seen 2 in one day, and one was a FW aswell not far from my house. Maybe we need a spotted thread for new ST's?

MKE13 · 24-05-2013, 08:53 PM

Hahahah was it on the northside that this other was spotted?

**DJM83** · 24-05-2013, 08:58 PM

Yeah both were northside, FW was at North lakes not far from home.

GC1 · 24-05-2013, 09:09 PM

I live on the Gold Coast and am picking up from Melb. Any thoughts on how to effectively run it in on the trip home and replacing the oil/first free service etc? it is a 1600km trip.... or am I just buggered?

MKE13 · 24-05-2013, 09:12 PM

Would of been me or "TAX H8R" DJM83....

**DJM83** · 24-05-2013, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by XRFALCON03

Would of been me or "TAX H8R" DJM83....

I have seen the TAXH8R on an LV XR5T a lot near my house but this one was an ST.
So i gather you live nearby then

MKE13 · 24-05-2013, 09:30 PM

Yeah from talking to salesman up at Torque Ford ages ago when I first started looking at the ST's he was telling me how he'd just sold a FW to that guy..

Yeah I'm in North Lakes myself.

**DJM83** · 24-05-2013, 09:47 PM

PM Sent, that LV XR5T was a hawt looking car.

pajoda · 24-05-2013, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GC1

I live on the Gold Coast and am picking up from Melb. Any thoughts on how to effectively run it in on the trip home and replacing the oil/first free service etc? it is a 1600km trip.... or am I just buggered?

Engine design and manufacture have changed so much in the past 10 to 20 years. In years gone by you would see the slow coach with the " engine running in sign" in the back window, pretty sure it was beneficial back then, particularly reconditioned engines. These days some swear by drive it like you stole it. Personally I would make a bit of an effort to vary revs a bit and wouldn't be scared to stretch it a bit at times too. I would also be conscious of not maxing it out or letting it labour, when you're home you should be fine to give it anything. My two cents worth.

phil545 · 25-05-2013, 09:33 AM

Has anyone put a BOV on their ST yet? What are the benefits of it, easy to do etc? Sorry for the silly questions guys (its my first turbo car)

aratic · 25-05-2013, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pajoda

Engine design and manufacture have changed so much in the past 10 to 20 years. In years gone by you would see the slow coach with the " engine running in sign" in the back window, pretty sure it was beneficial back then, particularly reconditioned engines. These days some swear by drive it like you stole it. Personally I would make a bit of an effort to vary revs a bit and wouldn't be scared to stretch it a bit at times too. I would also be conscious of not maxing it out or letting it labour, when you're home you should be fine to give it anything. My two cents worth.

Agreed. Make sure you shift through the gears regularly, don't just sit it in 6th the whole way home

**DJM83** · 25-05-2013, 10:30 AM

If the ST is anything like the old XR5. It never responded well to BOV and would bring up a MIL light. A decent intake will give some decent noise if thats what your after and also some performance gains also.
I wouldnt fit a BOV.

BadMax · 25-05-2013, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by phil545

Has anyone put a BOV on their ST yet? What are the benefits of it, easy to do etc? Sorry for the silly questions guys (its my first turbo car)

There is zero performance benefit attributed to a BOV. It is put in place to reduce 'dose' between gear changes, which is essentially reverberation within the intake. If I've seen correctly, the ST has one in place and is plumbed back into the intake system not to atmosphere.

phil545 · 25-05-2013, 04:35 PM

Ahh nice thanks guys! Yeah ive seen the cobb intakes are pretty popular however does replacing it affect the electronics ford have done which pipes that awesome engine noise into the cabin?

**DJM83** · 25-05-2013, 04:43 PM

Nah mate, the symposer is a different system and will still work with an aftermarket intake.