[coxeterj]

I have just come up with a great idea......

 

If you have a Focus RS set up a smoke house and drive around with meat hanging off your bumper when you drive.....

 

Alternatively you could join the army and use your car for tactical smoke cover....

 

Sexy:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=bVCOtZ3MWGE

Edited by coxeterj, 17 April 2018 - 07:02 PM.

[T-800]

It’ll still have that ‘open deck’ cylinder block design.

So your suggestion is all it’s useful for in my opinion.

[RS3Dell]

I have just come up with a great idea......

 

If you have a Focus RS set up a smoke house and drive around with meat hanging off your bumper when you drive.....

 

Alternatively you could join the army and use your car for tactical smoke cover....

 

Sexy:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=bVCOtZ3MWGE

 

 

Cox.

 

That RSs grandad was an XR3i as the old CVH engines smoking was in there DnA 

 

Dell.

Edited by RS3Dell, 17 April 2018 - 07:10 PM.

[coxeterj]

It’ll still have that ‘open deck’ cylinder block design.

So your suggestion is all it’s useful for in my opinion.

 

Fords magicians worked their magic on that cylinder head..... 

[RS3Dell]

Fords magicians worked their magic on that cylinder head..... 

 

Cox.

 

With the CVH it was the stem seals & with the RS its a head gasket.

 

Dell.

[coxeterj]

Cox.

 

With the CVH it was the stem seals & with the RS its a head gasket.

 

Dell.

 

Minor stuff.... it'll polish out....

[RS777]

Cox.
 
With the CVH it was the stem seals & with the RS its a head gasket.
 
Dell.

Cox.
 
With the CVH it was the stem seals & with the RS its a head gasket.
 
Dell.

Agreed, my RS Turbo had the stem seals go hard and cause smoke at 40k. I replaced them with Cossie ones and it was ok after that.

I gues RS Focus forums are laughing at threads about RS3 brakes and exhausts to be fair. 😂

[Danw]

There’s a guy on YouTube that as been reporting on his car since it’s new engine. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea but worth a watch how he describes things.

[RS3Dell]

Agreed, my RS Turbo had the stem seals go hard and cause smoke at 40k. I replaced them with Cossie ones and it was ok after that.
I gues RS Focus forums are laughing at threads about RS3 brakes and exhausts to be fair.

Stu.

The valve stem seals used to ride up the valve stem allowing the oil to run down the valve.

The modified stem seal i beleave had a spacer on it to keep the seal in place.

If you had the right tool you could replace them without removing the head.

Dell

[T-800]

Stu.

The valve stem seals used to ride up the valve stem allowing the oil to run down the valve.

The modified stem seal i beleave had a spacer on it to keep the seal in place.

If you had the right tool you could replace them without removing the head.

Dell

I remember those days Dell.

Was the lucky owner of an XR3i with the CVH engine K-Jetronic
Those were the days

[RobRS]

I remember those days Dell.

Was the lucky owner of an XR3i with the CVH engine K-Jetronic
Those were the days

 

Lol I too remember those days well, having had a few dagenham dustbins with CVH's in them Escort XR3, RS1600i & RS Turbo in addition to a few company hacks with CVH's

 

May Favourite at the time was the RS 1600i - just felt special 

[RS3Dell]

Lol I too remember those days well, having had a few dagenham dustbins with CVH's in them Escort XR3, RS1600i & RS Turbo in addition to a few company hacks with CVH's

 

May Favourite at the time was the RS 1600i - just felt special 

 

Rob.

 

They had Kone shocks & solid lifters as standard mate.

 

Don't forget the roll top Recaro's mate.

 

Dell.

[T-800]

I owned both of these

In fact I had 3 GTE’s (1.8 8V / 2.0 16V / 2.0 8V).

The 16v car was a rocket in its day
Just had to make sure the head wasn’t porous.

https://www.driving....rd-escort-xr3i/

[RS3Dell]

I owned both of these

In fact I had 3 GTE’s (1.8 8V / 2.0 16V / 2.0 8V).

The 16v car was a rocket in its day
Just had to make sure the head wasn’t porous.

https://www.driving....rd-escort-xr3i/

 

 

Sean.

 

I had friends who had the red top 16v engines with webbers fitted in there MKI Nova's.

 

Dell.

[RobRS]

Rob.

 

They had Kone shocks & solid lifters as standard mate.

 

Don't forget the roll top Recaro's mate.

 

Dell.

 

Thanks Dell, had forgotten about those details!

 

Oh yes, proper seats in the day they were. 

[RobRS]

I owned both of these

In fact I had 3 GTE’s (1.8 8V / 2.0 16V / 2.0 8V).

The 16v car was a rocket in its day
Just had to make sure the head wasn’t porous.

https://www.driving....rd-escort-xr3i/

 

 

Amazing looking at the spec's of those two Sean, they seem trivial by today's standards. but were the things to have back in the day.

 

Would love to have a drive in one of those now, just to see how things have moved on.

[T-800]

Sean.

 

I had friends who had the red top 16v engines with webbers fitted in there MKI Nova's.

 

Dell.

Yes Dell 

 

If i remember correctly the Coscast heads were the ones to have for a chance of avoiding a porous cylinder head

 

The Red top was such a good engine.

 

I later bought a 16v Calibra that i knew had the oil / water mixing, so got it for next to nothing, stripped down the engine and sent the head away to a firm just past Chester i recall, they drilled across the problem oil gallery then inserted a tiny tube to reinforce it.

 

Had the head skimmed at the same time then put it all back together.....ran like a dream after.

[T-800]

Amazing looking at the spec's of those two Sean, they seem trivial by today's standards. but were the things to have back in the day.

 

Would love to have a drive in one of those now, just to see how things have moved on.

Agreed 

 

The XR3i made a pretty good noise i remember at the time....

 

Getting into the GTE though seemed a world apart with its fancy Digi-dash and 148hp

Although cornering and rear arch rust were it's achilles heel 

 

Things moved on when they started turbo charging it though with the later C20LET then the Z20LET /Z20LEH 

Edited by T-800, 19 April 2018 - 05:36 PM.

[RobRS]

Agreed 

 

The XR3i made a pretty good noise i remember at the time....

 

Getting into the GTE though seemed a world apart with its fancy Digi-dash and 148hp

Although cornering and rear arch rust were it's achilles heel 

 

Things moved on when they started turbo charging it though with the later C20LET then the Z20LET /Z20LEH 

 

I remember having a high lift-cam & solid lifers fitted to my XR3i together with the Bosh K - jetronic re -adjusted with race plugs - made a big difference but did suffer with a lumpy tic-over   Also sounded nice from recollection.

 

LOL sounds like American cars, Ok in a straight line! 

[Ozmosis]

I have just come up with a great idea......
 
If you have a Focus RS set up a smoke house and drive around with meat hanging off your bumper when you drive.....
 
Alternatively you could join the army and use your car for tactical smoke cover....
 
Sexy:
 
https://www.youtube....h?v=bVCOtZ3MWGE

I have an idea: my head gasket has blown so I'm going to run it and rev it to make sure the water is actually passing to the exhaust via the head...

Anyway, there's a guy I work with who has one of these, and Ford dealers seem to be as popular as Audi ones. He had to go and check himself if his car was one for the recall for the gasket. Turns out his is one of those, Ford didn't even have the decency to contact him!